no kettle but has hairdryer in bathroom
its all inclusive so you can get tea coffee at anytime anywhere (apart from a kettle in your room)
try the victoria a bar therir frothy coffee is made from beans

hi
soup okay some days
smoking and non smoking restraunts
victoria bar has great frothy coffee made ground beans
2 water shute for the kids
pool near the beach has water polo net and volley ball net
also free scuba tries
we had our 11 year old son with us never out of the pool
night entertainment started 8.30 mini disco
9.30 show time was on untill 11ish was good
pool attendents good at finding beds for u
anything just ask

hi i was also looking at sunrise island view for july can you tell me is the beach close and can you walk into water also is it good for snorkling ? many thanks jill

great for snokeling but it is a jetty you have to walk out
and stairs into water like swimming pool
our apartment was near main building and it took us 5 mins to beach
private belogs to hotel
you get towel cards

hi, does anyone know what time the bars close...

thanx

sharon

after midnght but there is a singer next to the pool and she stops a 11pm so does all music
disco is on till 3am but you need to pay for drinks we did not know where it was it is that discreet (just off reception)

We have just booked for the Sunrise Island View in Sharm El Sheikh for end August 2008. Has anyone stayed here recently? We've read the reports on HT and other holiday forums and everything seems to be positive.
This will be our first trip to Egypt and really looking forward to it.
Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

Hi Gemma33,
My wife and I stayed at the Sunrise Island View last Jan 07 and thoroughly enjoyed it, whilst I wouldn't call it a full 5 star it is still good, what we found is that you could use the a la carte restaurants every night providing you book 24 hours in advance, not just one night as stated in the brochure. I would recommend the Italian but Fatima's Egyptian was close second, you'll never get a bigger mixed grill, the guests are predominantly Russian . What we heard before we went , was the entertainment is dire and believe me it is but its that bad you actually laugh, there is a disco but we never went to it so i can't comment. But the highlight is the position of the hotel as to the coral reef, it couldn't be any closer, definately have a go at snorkeling the marine life is the best I've ever seen.

Thanks Mr WRB, thats a great help. Its good you can use the restaurants most nights cos other hotels put a limit on this sort of thing.
Do most of the rooms have sea views? We've upgraded to a junior suite
Thanks

hi gemma,
we were there end of july last year..the complex is long so i`m not sure how many rooms have a sea view. we were in a junior suite and we were nowhere near the beach, our room faced the activity pool. the staff at the hotel are lovely and a tip does go a long way..we were treated like VIP`s especially when it came to drinks ..it was very hot when we were there with no breeze for 11 days. the entertainment is dire but we just laughed at it they do have a lot of choice of food and a smoking and non smoking restaurant, me and hubby smoke but we preferred to use the non smoking one.don`t forget your underwater cameras as they are expensive over there, but the is a shop where you can get them done in abt an hour for a good price. theres a supermarket over the road which has some nice stuff and the bottles of real coke are dirt cheap. you can also use the phones in the lobby to order mcdonalds which they will deliver to the hotel gates, just wait outside for it and its very cheap, they do double big macs with 4 burgers in...the kids thought that was great.

sorry to waffle, but you will enjoy it.

sharon

Thanks so much Sharon.
This is our first visit to Egypt just trying to find out as much information as possible. The hotel does get good reviews so I am sure everything will be fine.
Thanks again

Going to Sunrise Island View 28/07/2008 for 2 weeks AI. Having always been self catering was wondering what things will be provided in our rooms at this hotel. I know towels are but as we only get 15kg allowance each don't want to be taking things we will not need. First time to Egypt and AI so really looking forward to it.

hiya
has any one visited the sunrise island view,hotel in sharks bay, we are going on june 29th :

hi holiday sue,
we were there last july, any questions just ask!!!

sharon

Hi. We are booked to go here 28th July for 2 weeks. I would like to know if there is a dress code for any of the restaurants. As we have only got 15kg each don't want to be taking things we wont wear i.e long trousers for myself and 2 sons if it acceptable to wear shorts or 3/4s. Have never done AI or Egypt before so any other advise would be appreciated.
Many Thanks

hi tamtosh,
my hubby just wore 3/4.. he doesn`t do trousers or jeans on holiday, my lads were 14 and 12 last year and just wore shorts. to be honest it was just too hot to where anything more.hope this helps!!!!!

sharon

THANKS,SHAZZA06,
MY HUBBY IS A REAL SHORTS FAN SO IT WAS JUST THE DRESS CODE IN THE RESTAURANT WE ARE WONDERING ABOUT,IS IT LONG TROUSERS ONLY IN THE EVEVING.

Hi Shazza 06
Thanks for that info as I said before never done all inclusive before always gone self catering so any info about AI at Sunrise Island View or in general will be much appreciated. Tanks again Shazza 06

no...
my hubby never even took trousers, 3/4 in the resteraunt on a night, shorts at dinnertime. there was a few foreigners strutting around with jeans on but by the end of the night they were like drowned rats with the heat. .there was a few with the long shorts and noone said anything but i would deff not be taking long trousers..

sharon