Reviews of Saadia Hotel, Skanes, Tunisia

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Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Aug 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mr N Ahmed

Comments:

WARNING PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS ABOUT THIS HOTEL THE HOTEL IS CRAP i went there on the 27th of july came back on the 4th firstly i cant fault monastir and skanes beautiful place go there but do not go to hotel saadia from day one i got there the reception treated me very rudely my room taps did not work neither did the ac n trust me in that weather you need your ac to work my room telephone did not work my towels used to get taken away at 9 in the mornin so when it came down to me having a shower i had no towels obviously they would come and give you some more at 4 o clock because thats what time everyone has a shower. o and the FOOD i did not believe people in the way they said in the reviews how bad it was it is that bad i have food poisoning because of eating there. another thing which you can add to you list of things which you dont want to go there they got MICE yes mice with my own eyes in the piano bar told the reception they dint seem to giv 2 hoots. so they say this place is 3 star no way can it b given that and if you have children do not take them to this hotel in the childrens play area were found 5 used CONDOMS now for me that is disgusting and not only that it is unhygenic. if you want to go to skanes go to sahara beach beautiful hotel worth going too ull enjoy your stay there and saadia beach well if your going for a beach holiday and you wanna walk over a kilometre to get to your hotels beach then this is the hotel for you and dont think after walking a kilometre your walking into paradise no way your walking in to a beach filled with seaweed compared to our UK standards iw ould rather go skegness then go to that place again go to sahara beach beautiful i dont see how people actually give this place 10/10 i spoke to most of the people at the hotel and they all agreed with me and trust me if everyone of the people had the time to right reviews you would obviously get the point so i plead and beg with people i am not a person who is fussy and wished to complain about every little thing but this place is a S***hole do not go there dont make the mistake we did and ruin your holiday to a fantastic country and beautiful resort.

Hotel Saadia was absolutely...

Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2008

Tour Operator:

Booked IndependentlyThompson

Submitted By:

Miss Z Aziz

Comments:

Hotel Saadia was absolutely RUBBISH!!!! do not go there even if its free! the hotel was meant to be a 3 star but i wouldnt even give it 1 star. the rooms were awful and dirty. the food was disgusting and i got food posoning at least twice. the food was crap and very bland no taste, no variety, and not even cooked properly. the cooking oil tasted as if it hadnt been changed since the hotel opened. the reception staff were so rude and not helpful at all. the cleaners came in the room and took your towels even though the DO NOT DISTURB sign was on. the lifts did not work and there was only 1 lift. the toilets in the hotel smelt and were dirty. we had to tak eour own suitcases up the stairs. there were mice in the bar and the pool was dirty and half broken. thompson said that the sea was behind the pool but it was a good 10 minute walk away from the hotel. this beach was awful and really disgusting and dirty. we had to use another hotels facilities which became very inconvenient as we had elderly people with us. overall this hotel was below average. i do not recommend this heotel to ANYONE. its absolutely awful! DO NOT GO TO HOTEL SAADIA.

I like others had read the...

Overall Rating:

4/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2008

Tour Operator:

Sunshine.co.uk

Submitted By:

Mrs C Uden

Comments:

I like others had read the reviews before travelling and was a little concerned but thought people obviously hadn't been to Tunisia before and were being fussy. Having stayed at the Saadia I now realise that is not the case. I have been to Tunisia both north and south on 7 occasions and each time have thoroughly enjoyed it and love their way of life and have always found new friendships. I arrived at the Saadia with my partner and 2 young children at about 1am. We were given a room (bearing in mind I had upgraded and paid extra on booking) - not in the main block but on the groung floor. The room was very spacious and contained 4 beds and a wardrobe and a broken bedside cabinet which was on it's side. The floor was uneven and sharp in places. However we were all tired so just hit the sack and waited for morning. In the daylight the room was very basic but that wasn't really an issue. The area around the pool is very uneven and many people hurt themselves on the stone. Even one of the entertainment staff put his foot through the edging of the pool which gave him a nasty gash on his leg. The pool was fine but very gritty at the bottom. The gardens were beautiful and well kept - don't bother trying to get a sunbed they're all taken by 7am! However a towel on the grass was quite sufficient. The entertainment/animation team tried hard to keep guests occupied and quite often had their work cut out. The restaurant was not air conditioned and very busy therefore very warm. There were many flies but I'd expect that in this country. However by day 3 both myself, my partner and one of my children all had diarrhoea and stomach cramps - we weren't alone. The food was the same for the week - nice enough but the chicken was pink and the hygiene just wasn't there! The reception staff I found to be not helpful but all the other staff were great. The courtesy room we used before checking out was much nicer than our room and even had carpets on the floor - this was in the main building - so ask for one of those if you can. As for asking for a fridge, or more than 1 towel between 4 of us - i was informed there was no chance! Wouldn't recommend this hotel but do visit Tunisia as it is a beautiful country.

The Saadia Hotel has yet to...

Overall Rating:

4/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mr J.L Leo

Comments:

The Saadia Hotel has yet to develop a better reputation, business plan and services in order to succeed in future. A hotel which Thomson refers to as A FAMILY HOTEL has five male workers who recieve pleasure by harassing and sexually assaulting young girls and other females of all age who they find easily led.



During my visit here I went into the hotel shop and the worker was watching a 13 year old French girl try on a pair of shoes she wished to purchase, whilst he was looking up her dress and later that evening putting his hand on her leg after she told him to stop.



Another assault I witnessed was after the disco (on hotel grounds) when a young girl came out under the influence of alcohol and the performer from the entertainment was forcing her into the lift and holding her hands back.



I would never recommend this hotel to anyone with children, the shop keeper, his brother, camera guys and stage performer are all perverts and the service provided is unacceptable with half cooked food and no Health & Safety. You could slip on the floor as there is no wet floor sign.



After explaining my thoughts and ideas to the boss there was no action taken and it was as if it wasn't a problem.

Well what can we say!! This...

Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Jul 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mr G Sharp

Comments:

Well what can we say!! This place is truly awful. Apon arriving the room wasn’t made up but we did arrive at about 13:00 local time so we let them off that one. The first nights dinner wasn’t great but again, we put it down to a one off. By day three however, we was already looking forward to returning home (its was a 14 night break). The food was almost the same every night. It was generally cold, and was generally covered in flies. We know places like this have flies as do we back in England, but there was never any attempt to solve the issue. The rooms were not great but do bear in mind it is a cheap hotel, and it shows! The pool was clean but there were many broken tiles around the edges which we thought was a major hazard. The cleaners where in the rooms every day with their dirty cloths apparently cleaning the floors! They mop the floors in the public areas during the day which makes it very dangerous. I slipped over three times, badly bruising the ankle on one occasion. Its location is miles from anywhere and the touts outside the hotel bother you every time you set foot outside the hotel grounds. By day 5 both of us were suffering with stomach pains, including vomiting and diarrhoea because of the food. Also, bear in mind that the entertainment is poor and 99% in French. By day 10 of our 14 day holiday we were in a taxi going to the airport, we just couldn’t take anymore. Whoever has rated this hotel above a poor really doesn’t care about hygiene or is clearly delusional.

I have been going to this hotel...

Overall Rating:

10/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Aug 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mrs S Habli

Comments:

I have been going to this hotel as well as many others in Tunisia since about 14 years ago and can't see what the major issue is. The reviews that are so harse are most definately people who are so fussy, nothing will be good enough!



This hotel is not the most luxurious hotel in Tunisia and is a bit more moorish than the rest but makes up for it in other ways.



The maids, bar staff, waiting staff and entertainment team all work extremely hard and make your stay more enjoyable. Mostly, Houda in reception is very helpful and well do her best to rectify any issues quickly.



I have met thousands of staff in various hotels who will try their luck at sob stories for a generous tip but if you are naive enough to believe then you deserve to be ripped off.



Tunisia is a beautiful country and if holiday makers don't like it, it is usually people who like holidays which are very like the UK, spain or canaries. The resort is a little quieter than Hammamet or sousse but most entertainment is based in the hotels anyway.



I am travelling back to this hotel in 3 weeks for a fortnight and have phoned the hotel to order my fridge, which will be in my room on arrival and have asked for a specific room, if that is not a good service then what would be.



I am counting the days till I arrive in the hotel as I know before I go I will have an amazing holiday and so will the friends I am taking for the first time.



Roll On For My Holiday!!!!!!!!

This holiday was absolutely...

Overall Rating:

9/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

Apr 2007

Tour Operator:

Booked Independently

Submitted By:

Miss KL Glasford

Comments:

This holiday was absolutely great.

There was the indoor and outside swimming pool and the hotels own beach.

The rooms were very nice and every night there was always something downstairs to entertain you.

things such as shows,plays,bingo and a disco.

There was also thing near the hotel like go karting,quad biking and lots of othere things.

I would recomend this holiday to anyone.

we had a great holiday the hotel...

Overall Rating:

9/10

Board Basis:

Full Board

Date of Holiday:

Jun 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mrs G Wright

Comments:

we had a great holiday the hotel was great . staff was great . things to do in hotel was ace lots going on . The rooms was ok not the best but clean . the food was not the best and that is the only thing that i was not happy with . i will be going back has this was good value for money . once again the staff was the best i have ever had . they made my family most welcome .

I read all the reviews on this...

Overall Rating:

5/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

Jun 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Miss J Brimelow

Comments:

I read all the reviews on this hotel and was pretty scared as i didnt no what i was going to find. I can honestly say that most of the reviews about this hotel are correct.



We arrived and our rooms were not ready we had to wait an hour and the lady did not give us our wrist bands for the all inclusive until she gave us the key for the room. We arrived in our room and we instantly wanted to leave i have never been anywhere like it, im not a snob far from it i go to Blackpool and stay in £12.00 a night b&b and they have been better than the rooms at thr Saadia. The floor was horrible and we couldnt walk around in bare feet, the bed blankets were green and manky and looked like they had been there for decades, the shower was broke and handging off so you couldnt shower, and the air con did not work. We got moved to another room across the other side of the hotel which was bearable.

The pool is lovely and so is the indoor poor only problem with the pool area was the tiles around the pool, all the tiles were cracked and risen i fell over towards the end of the holiday (sober) and really hurt my knee and foot, and that was due to the unsteady tiles.

The food - i have never been somewhere with so mny flies, yes you get flies abroad but this is to the extreme, im not messing when i say you would go and get your food and there would be 3/4 flies sat on the food it was disgusting. Then if you found some food you liked or that didnt have flies on it you would sit down and the flies would land on you, sit on your drinks etc we often go so annoyed with the flies we left the dinning area without finishing our food as it got to much. The food was nice from the stuff that i tried, im into salads and there was plenty of that, the food was repetative like people said but we lways found something to eat, you might of had to share with the flies tho!!! Main meals were chicken and beef and they had spag bol chips and pizza on everyday to.



The bar area and reception was the same full of flies and you couldnt sit there for long without one landing on you, it was the same around the pool area, only place we didnt find flies was on the beach.



The Saadia beach was nice but please note if you do decide to go which i wouldnt recomend to anyone you can use the Sahara Beach hotel and OMG its gorgeous, its 3* like the Saadia but its so much nicer, if you come out of the hotel at main entrance go right the hotel is about a 8 min walk and its on the left, and its right on the beach there is always a bed and nice comfy matresses to - you have to pay for food and drink down there but its better than been eaten alive by flies at the Saadia.

I know i have complined but overall me and my boyfriend had a good holiday, we didnt let all the other stuff get us down, the people who made our holiday was the animation team they were amazing, we played bowls, darts archery everything with them and they really get you involved there great fun and great to be around we really miss them.



We went to Sousse market and haggled with the local's it was great fun and a great experience and we got some bargains. I would go back to Tunisia but i wouldnt stay in the Saadia id stay somewhere else.



I wouldnt not recomend this to anyone even tho we ended up having a gret time, the hotel needs knocking down and re-building and the place would be great

after reading these reviews i...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

Jun 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mrs J Ferreday

Comments:

after reading these reviews i was dreading this holiday and very nearly cancelled. The only thing i can really say is were we staying the the same place? i thought it was absolutely fine and the food was delicious! loved it. alot of people seem to be saying there was nothing to do but i was so busy i had hardly any time to stop! all you need to do is get in a taxi! not impossible. there are taxi's waiting outside the hotel ready to take you anywhere for very little money. there is monastir just down the road where you can go to see a monument of sum dead president or something, the medina, shops, mosque, port. you can go for boat trips, we had a great time on a pirate ship! the beach and pool at saadia aren't great admitedly, but you are allowed to use all the facilities in the surrounding hotels, i would recommend that you take the 5min walk to hotel sahara beach, its really nice there. and if you want great shopping head in a taxi for sousse, thats the place to go for clubbing too. taxi will only cost you about £3. No complaints from me.

this hoilday was horrable dirty...

Overall Rating:

1/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

May 2008

Tour Operator:

Thomson

Submitted By:

Mrs A Astbury

Comments:

this hoilday was horrable dirty and the food was horable too the in door swimming pool was very dirty . and there was nothing to do no shops nothing. the rooms had no kettle only one power point worked the shower worked on and off . i hated it . we had 3 days out with thomson 2 were good one was for 2 long days mostly spend on a coatch . with 20 min breaks . like a rush to the loo and a drink if u was lucky. the hotel was nice that we sayed in for the night but was full of old men and young ladys not sutabale for young children the girls looked about 15 . so that spoilt the trip.i would like to say to all english familes do not go to this hotel or even tunisia its horoble

Well our family has just...

Overall Rating:

9/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

May 2008

Tour Operator:

Booked Independently

Submitted By:

Miss C Bishop

Comments:

Well our family has just returned from our second stay in the Hotel Saadia, we yet again enjoyed everything about this holiday and cant wait to go back. Being honest, we did notice that the hotel was not as brill as last year but the staff were just as helpfull and lovely!

the only real problem was that the food wasnt hot enough and their could have been a bit more choice, we stayed for 2 weeks all inclusive and still managed to eat 3 meals a day...so it couldnt have been too bad really!!!

The animaton team in the hotel are fab and they will all do what they can to please everyone ensuring that your holiday is full of laughs! There isnt really a lot to occupy young children apart from the entertainment staff and the kids club. The animation team all work extremely hard and dont get enough credit for it. The evening entertainment is always good, always including lots of audience participation (if your'e brave enough!) and the cabaret is well worth watching, again the team work really hard to make us laugh!

The hotel rooms are basic but never the less they are clean with fresh towels and sheets when required.

You just have to go to this hotel with an open mind and we're sure you'll have a fantastic time like we did!

Hi stayed at saadia hotel had a...

Overall Rating:

9/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

Jun 2007

Tour Operator:

sunmaster.co.uk

Submitted By:

Miss S Hughes

Comments:

Hi stayed at saadia hotel had a exellent time food was good met some wonderfull people there Karl and georgia and jay, katie and a belguim couple we had a fantastic time i would go again , staff were great never had a problem with anyone dont take any notice of most ppl on here saying hotel is discusting cos its NOT try it for yourselves if u dont like it then dont go back but ill be going back this yr Food was nice different tastes to suit everyone dont forget its not england they cater for all nationalities

anyway i had a fantastic time

try it for yourselves

Well we got there it was...

Overall Rating:

3/10

Board Basis:

Half Board

Date of Holiday:

May 2005

Tour Operator:

Thomas CookHi

Submitted By:

Mrs Sadiaa Boureane

Comments:

Well we got there it was beautiful.

It was clean and warm . People are pathetic these days the people were lovely.

I enjoyed alot Lovely fresh yougort in the moring what else can I ask for.

I have been there 9 times now. I will keep going. Very poor people we gave them money for there families. You can say about me Im pathetic but your just stupid not giving them money. Lovely Pool It should be 5 star.

When we arrive at the hotel, it...

Overall Rating:

8/10

Board Basis:

All Inclusive

Date of Holiday:

Feb 2008

Tour Operator:

MyTravel

Submitted By:

Miss C Baker

Comments:

When we arrive at the hotel, it looked lovely and it was more than we expected due to the reviews we read after booking. On arrival the staff were really helpful and friendly and would do anything to help. The room's are not exactly what are advertised in the brochure, but they were clean and to be honest you don't spend much time in them.



The Animation team, well where can I start, they were pest and don't like to take no for an answer, but we loved them to bits and got to know everyone. I really don't think they understand our humour because the entertainment at night was bad it made me laugh.



The food was better than I thought, but missed out breakfast mostly because they was nothing to miss. We made friends with so many different people, they made it too



The beach needs cleaning and thats about it.



ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR!