El Mehdi Beach Resort ex Primasol El Mehdi

Overall great hotel with good services and friendly staff.

Myself and my partner travelled here last week and I would definitely not recommend. On entering the hotel it looks lovely but the reception staff are not very welcoming at all. We had to pay tax and the hotel would not accept card payments or Bank of Ireland, Bank of Scotland notes nor would the bank inside the hotel so if travelling check your notes before you go. The bedrooms in the main hotel are very basic and probably about 2*. The cleaners do clean the rooms every day but on day 2 I killed a couple of bugs on the bathroom floor and they lay there until the end of the holiday. The beach is just at the back of the hotel and it relatively clean outside the hotel but as you walk up the beach it is very unkept in areas. The bar staff are quite pleasant as long S you tip them at the start of the holiday although their English is very limited. The food was ok and we managed to at least get something to eat each day but the flies are everywhere. You do get pestered quite alot in the resort to buy excursions, we did the camel rides, quad bikes, pirate ship and photoshoot. We felt that the pirate ship was not really worth the money for us but may be for others. The photoshoot in the gardens and on the beech was worth the money and you can buy as many photos as you need . Outside the hotel there is nothing to do as it is mostly derelict buildings and very run down so a taxi is required. It was a nice break away but definitely wouldn’t be back in a hurry.