Great room and good transportation around the site. Minibar was supposed to be stocked daily- I had to call three days and it was only stocked three days. I think I was among perhaps a half dozen English speakers in the resort- even the snorkeling trip was hard to communicate. Mostly Italian, Russian, Polish, and Ukranians there. Some were pretty inconsiderate breaking into line and demanding service out of turn. I was trapped on the boat with 90% of the divers also smokers. It literally made me sick. The food was a little varied. I was there for a week and normally skipped at least one meal a day- not motivated to go some days. The layout of the grounds is easier than it first appears. I walked all over the place and found it never a long time. There is a super market which is handy. On a scale of 1-10 swhere 10 is best ever, I would rate the stay as a 8.5. I enjoyed my time there. It is definitely a place NOT to go alone, which unfortunately I did.

However we phoned and asked about hotel transfers which they offer at a charge through a company at the hotel. Its double the price. DO NOT use hotel taxis. Use the Taxis at the airport and pay no more £70/80Egypt. Hotel Taxi wanted to charge 120 from hotel, use the taxis at the main gate of resort to get into Naama Bay very cheap £50. Or use the blue vans that turn up they are £4/5 per person into Nanma Bay. Our room had amazing view. Food/Drinks well over double the price at the resort. Oh and the Domina time is rubbish!! Swimming pool is great.

This is a great resort. The property was designed beautifully and it was very well maintained. There are several nice restaurants in the resort, also (try Silk Road...great Asian). The pool is huge and the view from the jacuzzi is amazing. My only complaint is there is no real beach. The resort is right on the reef, so the snorkeling is super, but the only sand beach is man-made, and held up by a rock wall above the reef. Pay extra for the "Club Rotana" rooms. Included is a free breakfast and a free happy hour every evening (with food), which is worth the extra money (alcohol is very expensive in Egypt).

Loved Baron Resort. The service was outstanding, the level of comfort exceptional. We upgraded to an ocean view room on arrival (cheaper to do it once you get there - but you risk not getting a room if it's high season). Ocean view is the way to go. View of Red Sea and Tiran outstanding, esp. at sunrise. The pool was the most amazing I've ever seen. Size of an ocean. There is also an adult-only saltwater pool in a 'quiet zone' which was great. Sinai Divers has a base at this hotel and they are the oldest dive company in the Red Sea and it shows. Cannot say enough about them. If you want great service, go with Sinai Divers. The bad news: the food. Food in the main restaurant was bad, but the 'specialty restaurants' were worse, given you pay more for them. No flavor, no interest, nothing really to eat at all. The Seafood Restaurant served fish so overcooked it was like eating a shoe The Egyptian restaurant cooked all meals completely without spices of any kind. The blandness reminded me of a health spa resort for salt-limited, diabetic, geriatric guests. There was nothing decent in the entire place. It was odd, given the amazing 5-star level of everything else! We tried room service and that was the worst of all. A "Greek Salad" arrived with a bed of shredded iceberg lettuce, sliced cucumbers and shredded carrots. And that's it. No dressing. No feta cheese. No olives. Seriously. We were told the hotel is re-working the food program. Would not return until they do.

Compared to other 5 star hotels I was dissapointed with this one. The food was always a buffet and never hot, the whole place felt more like a spanish package holiday resort. The worst bit for me was the overstaffing of the 'entertainment' team, BRAVO. They shouted down the mike the wholeday and tried to get people to join in with stupid games (like simon says!) It was like a kids club for adults. At one point they had about 3/4 different sets of music blasting out and even on the beach it was not possible to get any relaxation.

It's very nice resorts,clean beech,warm wheather,nice foods.

My husband and I stayed at Sol Y Mar over the Christmas Break for 5 days, and it was one of the best resort holidays we have had in Egypt. The staff at this hotel are amazing! They are so helpful and friendly, every one of them when we were there. The head chef does an absolutely wonderful job with the daily menus. The 3 buffet meals that are served in the restaurant are simply delicious - every night was a surprise. My husband and I would wait in anticipation of our meals, wondering what they would have that night and we were not let down a single night. The lunches tend to be similar each day, but there is a good variety of dishes, both hot and cold. Breakfast is great, too. This hotel is also one of the cleanest that I have been in during my many stays at many hotels in this country. The rooms were nice and still fresh (this hotel was only built in 2009, I think). We had asked for one with direct access to the pool, but upon check-in, they gave us a choice of that room (which we had paid only an extra $3 per night for) or a room on the upper floors. They let us see a room near the pool and I must say, I am glad we went with an upper floor room. The rooms with pool access are the same as the other rooms BUT they are much SMALLER. We were quite comfortable in the room on the upper floor. This hotel is just a 10-minute taxi ride to the main strip in Sharm. The surrounding area is very quiet. I would totally stay here again!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Our room the first two nights was probably the worst in the hotel as it was above the in-house nightclub. We were promptly moved upon our complaint (although not with a king size bed which is what we had purchased on hotels.com) to a room one floor up which was a lot quieter. It was my husbands birthday whilst there and the hotel really went out of its way to make him feel special - they presented him with a delicious cake complete with candles, a newspaper and chocolate bar. All very thoughtful. The snorkelling here at this resort is an absolute must. Buy snorkels in town on your first night. The fish are incredible! I have stayed at another resort at Sonesta that does have a proper beach, but I would choose Stella again due to the ease of snorkelling along a big reef. All in all a great hotel.