Guest User
October 23, 2024
Well… I don’t know where to begin.. we were looking forward to this holiday, 4 stars hotel and all inclusive, let me tell you guys , this is not a 4 stars hotel - we’ve been to all different stars hotels in our life but Hotel Shalimar I would say is something between 2 and 3 stars but definitely not 4. Don’t let yourself get confused. For us the worse thing in this hotel were meals. If you dont get to the restaurant early you have a problem to find a clean table, cutleries and all meals are cold. But tbf there is not enough staff to manage the whole restaurant .We both ended up with a bad stomach and diarrhoea which we still dealing with now after we got back 2 days ago. Breakfast was not too bad but lunch and dinner were horrible, I usually eat whatever I am not fussy but there was something not right with their meals they served, loads of flies round the dishes in a restaurant area. Some meat was undercooked. Beer is nice and it’s their local one. Cocktails are very basic and strong. French language is the first language there, all activities are in French. There is not many staff who do speak English. I am Polish my husband is English. On an advert it says they speak Polish too- let me tell you they don’t, it’s just basic thank you, please etc and some sayings they have mastered but they won’t solve your issues 😂. Our room was very basic but clean, clean towels every day and the housekeeper was a very lovely lady and she needs reckognising ,there is no kettle or cups if you want to make yourself a drink what I think it should be a basic thing in every hotel room. Shop sells some crisps and souvenirs, other shop sells some fake goods. There is no atm in a hotel. On the first day we got there we had a problem with a bank card, wanted to pay a tax but their terminal didn’t work , we were told to leave one passport and we can pay next day which we think was very nice. The beach is not private and the bar only serves soft drinks and water. Beach is very dirty, loads of rubbish laying around and animals droppings. Will we come back ..? It’s a no.