If anyone is interested in a beach holiday, this hotel is for you. It is small with a green, well-groomed, clean territory. Everything is nearby! And the rooms, and the restaurant, and the beach, and the bar, and the pool. I'll tell you in order)
We arrived early in the morning, were immediately invited to breakfast, and then settled in. I was lucky, I didn't have to wait 12-13 hours. We lived in an old building, room 228. If you do not find fault with the cleaning, the fact that there are no towels, sometimes they forget to leave water, paper, then a great room) Dial the reception number and all questions are solved! Do you need an iron? They'll bring it. An adapter? You are welcome. There is even a fumigator. Keep in mind, in the evening, mosquitoes are just a fire on the balcony! If you do not open the windows at night, but use the air conditioner, then silence in the room is ensured. I can't hear any crows, cats, birds, or companies.
The food was at first surprised by the minimal menu selection. But everything is very tasty. Always meat, fish, chicken.Seafood.Delicious mashed soups. Super mushroom, seafood, tomato, creamy broccoli, and even orange! There was always rice, there were pasta, vegetables, even mashed potatoes. Salads are interesting, but delicious. Shrimp with cabbage is very spicy. Watermelon, melon, grapes,apples, kiwi.Pickled peaches, pineapple. Jelly and puddings made of sweets. Super croissants for breakfast. That's the problem with porridge, like water. Once it turned out to be normal semolina) Water, tea, coffee packaged always and for free. Juices too.
Many thanks to the cook, the kitchen staff and the girls who set and cleaned the dishes. Very attentive and unobtrusive service.
But the most important thing is the sea! Sand!
Fish, herons, Persian cormorant. Awesome Free towels, sun beds, awnings, shower on the beach, toilet with showers.
The bar is for those who have everything included. But you can buy it. A can of Coke is 0.33 - $4, for example. Canned beer, wine, vodka, rum, whiskey..
Tourists are mostly Russian, from different cities. All
We are open for communication, we got to know each other. There were Indians, Arabs, and Chinese.
Wonderful excursions are included from the hotel - crab hunting and a boat trip to see flamingos, turtles. It's fun and interesting! After the hunt, crab was served for dinner. From other hotels, these excursions come for a fee.
There are a lot of fishermen, they catch both day and night. Fishing is allowed in this place.
I am writing a review right in hot pursuit, we flew home today) 05/03/2024 We are absolutely delighted, we liked everything.It was the second time in the Emirates that we went for a vacation on the beach. This is when I went out and was already at sea. I went to lunch and again to the beach, to the beautiful sea. In the evening, after dinner, you sit and breathe in the sea air.
I would like to warn you, excursions have become more expensive. Abu Dhabi 110$, Dubai 85$..Flower Park $80,Safari,Indian Ocean...But it's worth it!
In general, I will definitely recommend the Flamingo for a vacation on the Persian Gulf.
The hotel is a class for retirement holidays. Calm atmosphere, friendly, unobtrusive staff. The territory is small, there is not much place to walk. The beach has its own, but it is also small, like the hotel itself. But everything is very cozy, homely. After a couple of days, it was like we were all in the same garden plot, frying shrimp on coals, and the like.
In the neighborhood, outside the hotel, there is already complete authenticity, with all its nuances. You can't go out on the boardwalk. The only thing that saved me from panicking when walking to the hotel from the store was the music of the band naphtha in headphones, which transported me to my personal safe world.
To the nearest supermarket by taxi or a very long walk. To lie down with a starfish - this hotel is perfect. Minus a star for the meager menu in the restaurant. Sooooo outright three-stardom. It's been more diverse.
For coffee lovers, excuse me, coffee in bags.
Drive from the airport to the hotel at 01:40. The hotel itself is beautiful, green territory, it is a protected area, the food is delicious, although not very diverse, there were almost no sweets. 90% of vacationers are Russian-speaking, many tourists come on weekends, celebrate all kinds of holidays. My husband and I got into Ramadan, alcohol is tight there and there is no holiday, but on a holiday it is absolutely a disaster. Those with everything included were given beer, rum, wine, and soda in bags. There are 2 large malls in this city, this network is called Lulu. We drove to the nearest small one (about 10 minutes) (it has 2 floors, one with groceries, the second with clothes and household goods) in 5 dirhams (if you catch yourself on the road, it's more expensive through the hotel), it takes longer to go to the big one (about 20 minutes), but it has fast food and shops He's more interesting. Alcohol is sold in a liquor store, according to a passport. It takes about 15 minutes to get to it from the hotel. There is NO Russian-speaking staff at the hotel. Translation via phone from Russian to English. Tour operator Biblio Globus, where it is called Voyage Tours. At the airport, we were met upon arrival, distributed by minibuses, taken to the hotel, the next day there was a meeting with the guide, they wrote to whatsapp themselves and told us what time the meeting was, when we left tranfer was delayed for 45 minutes, because of this we had time at the airport to get stuck. We arrived at the hotel for a rest at 9:20 in the morning, we were registered, offered to go for breakfast, at that time a room was prepared for us. We were pleasantly surprised, because in theory we were supposed to be settled at 12 o'clock, not earlier. The staff has 5 stars for their responsiveness. We were offered 2 excursions from the hotel for free: To see flamingos on a boat and to hunt crabs (but not in March, they have a breeding season). They catch fish on pantone and it's not bad enough, the guys caught something like catfish with us, 1.5-2 kilograms each fish. In general, there is a paradise on the territory of the hotel. I didn't like the area in which he was located. And the tour operator has expensive excursions. For a sightseeing tour to Dubai, we paid $ 70 per person, taking into account the fact that there will be at least 5 people from the hotel, as well as $ 85. We ran everywhere, took pictures and got on the bus, we were not fed anywhere, although the tour was from 13h departure from the hotel, and returned at 21:30. I expected more, I was just upset. Because of this, I'm removing the star from the entire comment.