Robinson Soma Bay

Excellent resort … Food: Varied, top quality, and great service … Drinks: those supplied are plentiful and good quality, those you have to purchase are reasonably priced. Rooms. Decent enough, clean, good ventilation etc … Sports: Varied, good instructors good equipment. Beach, Clean, stunning views, and almost enough sun beds, Note most beds normally have towels on them by 08:00 then sit empty for most of the day. Sundowner bar is the place to be in the late afternoon, cold beers, good music …. Entertainment: Very good indeed … Diving: Local sites are overdived, They are still good, but don’t expect to see anything other than small fish ( local reef had 13 dive boats on a 500m long reef on 9 November) Overall, it’s ver very good, but it’s also pretty expensive …

We have had a wonderful 10 days at Robinson soma bay. The hotel is beautiful, very clean and picturesque. We relaxed by the pool and had drinks in the bar enjoying live music and entertainment in the evening. All staff have been very friendly and accommodating.Special shout out to Alaa & Shaad in the restaurant who was so warm and attentive and to the bar staff.The weather was perfect.Food variety excellent and well presented. Definitely value for money and we would certainly come back.we have loved our lovely relaxing holiday.

We spent a very nice time at this surf station. Everything was easy from the beginning until the end of our holidays, excellent service, friendly and helpful staff. All the windsurf equipment is professional and in very good condition. Thanks a lot to all of you for the good service and your open mind in case of disease!

We had an amazing time here - the food is stunning, the wellness activities varied and really accessible and best of all, the staff are gorgeously welcoming. My little boy (6) went to the Roby club daily for two hours in the morning and the afternoon, meaning I could have my own time, too. He loved the girls who looked after him and did loads of great activities. Totally recommend ❤️

We had a great time at Robinson Soma Bay - Olli as director is leading by example and always present, interacting with the guests and keeping the Robinson spirit high, which is reflected in any interaction with the anyone working there. The dining on the beach while enjoying the sunset is definitely a highlight. While the club is ideal for water sport fans (especially diving (ask for Benno with his 25 years of experience in the area), snorkeling, windsurfing and sailing; not too great for new kite surfing fans due to offshore wind and newly constructed villas which make it quite gusty) our kids loved the kids club (3-6) especially with Olivia and Neva and 7-12 with Alexandra. All of the “blue and whites” were great, but our kids loved the program and these three so much that they directly asked us to return. Thank you 🙏 We also enjoyed the sport programs (eg Emeka’s TRX training; Claudia’s Fascia approach highly recommended among others), and especially the guests brought some great additions (eg Olaf's air yoga or Oli’s hot iron cross).

We really wanted to go to Soma Bay Egypt as we heard the area is amazing for diving, snorkeling, windsurfing and kitesurfing. We have been to different Club Meds for many years and love the concept but they no longer have resorts in Egypt. We heard the Robinson resorts were created by former Club Med managers so we decided to give it a go. Unfortunately Robinson’s resort are targeting only German speaking customers and we wished we knew that beforehand. Their website might be in different languages but the international side stops here. We were LOST IN TRANSLATION our entire stay at Robinson Soma Bay. Nothing in the resort is meant for people who do not speak… German. We knew our kids could not go to the kids club because they only speak French and Dutch but we never thought this was the philosophy of the entire village. All communications are only made in German. As such, meals are only described in German and only very few few people speak English. Being French expats and having travelled a lot for work, we were very surprised by this. Because of the language barrier and the cultural gap, we never felt welcome at Robinson Soma Bay. We felt like expats in a foreign country the entire stay. We felt out of place. From the moment we arrived at the airport where it was hard to find the bus, to the first dinners were people looked at us because we were asking what the meals were or because we did not know about the dress code, until the last evening where everybody was wearing a Galabeya except us because, as we later understood, it was gifted by the hotel and we had to pick it up at the boutique as explained in a note entirely drafted in German with no English translation provided so we did not know. People were not at ease when talking to us. We felt excluded and I was dreading the moment we had to set foot in the restaurant. Last but not least, Egyptian security guards are trained to stop people who are not looking « white » enough. Because my husband does not have a nordic countries type (understand he has dark hair and was a bit too tanned to look like a German, Austrian or Swiss German), my husband was stopped several times by security who asked him to show proof that he was staying at the Robinson. They even called reception to verify he was a guest. Other guests felt safe. We felt ostracized. Don’t get me wrong, this is a really nice hotel. The rooms are very comfortable. The reservation team booked us according to our wishes and I want to thank them for that. The food is very German but ok. There are not enough local specialties and that's a shame because they are just delicious. The beach is gorgeous. But... this resort is just NOT intended and organized to welcome guests from non German speaking countries nor make them feel welcome. I can totally understand this is meant for Germans, Austrians or Swiss German. But I wish Tui would have told us before we book our expensive stay for a family of 4. Overall this was the most unpl