Upon check-in at the hotel, you are given a blue, plastic wrist tag/bracelet which you have to wear at all times during your stay at the hotel, even in bed and in the shower, as you cannot take it off. They remove the tag when you check out by cutting it off. If you're not wearing your tag, you won't be served anywhere in the hotel, and security could ask you to leave. . The internet connection is a nightmare. It's annoyingly slow, and constantly disconnecting. The internet is available only in the lobby, not the guest rooms, and the lobby is ridiculously loud as there's an echo, as well as a loud disco right next to the lobby. . All the sockets in the hotel, both in the guest rooms and in the lobby, are falling out of the walls so that the plugs fall out when you plug them in the socket. I had to use the kettle in my room to prevent the plug from falling out, and in the lobby, I used a seat cushion to help the plug stay plugged in. Unacceptable for a 4-star hotel. . There was no tap water in all 3 sinks in the ladies room, next to the reception desk. So no washing hands after using the lavatory there, which flushed fine. . The hotel staff are all male (except one Dutch female at the reception) and they demand a lot of attention from the solo female guests, by constantly bothering them with ”hello” and asking ”everything ok?”. This is not being friendly, it's rude, as it happens too often. No one needs to be told ”hello” by every single staff member that passes by. Just keep walking. No female can handle, or likes, THAT much attention. I spoke to another female guest, who was also there solo, and she also found all this ”friendly” attention stressful. Yes, STRESSFUL. The hotel management really need to reign in these men and tell them to be professional and keep their distance. . The lighting in the guest rooms is dim, even when all the lights are on, too dim to read. So there's not much use for the rooms other than to sleep. You can't read there, you can't use the internet there, the TV channels are pretty useless, and if your room is on the pool side with all the activity and music, you can't sit quietly on your balcony, read a book, and enjoy the sound of the waves crashing on to the beach, as there's constant LOUD music by the pool. Sometimes they even had both Arabic and Western music blaring out of the loudspeakers at the same time! Just awful. On the other side, there's the quiet pool, which has a creepy, perverse male staff member walking around, checking out the female guests. Occasionally, other staff members, both young and old, come by to greet you, disrespecting the fact that you're trying to read a book and enjoy the sunshine in peace. I sat by the quiet pool once and never again. . The male employees on the beach went so far as to be catcalling!!! That really pissed me off, and I told them to F.O. so as to give them a clear message to leave me alone. It was my first day, and I didn't want to be dealing with their catcalling every d
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