it's good does exactly what it says on the tin - massive complex - exactly what you'd expect of a Hilton not in the UK - bit old hotel - but very clean etc - loads of attentive helpful staff - on site restaurants not great - beach nice, funny when it does salsa classes in the afternoons - superb for diving, emporor diving based in the resort brilliant

Stayed here three nights after a wonderful tour in Egypt; Cairo, Aswan and Nile cruise.
Arriving here was a geat downtrip!!
The huge hotel was just like any other beach hotels anywhere in the world. Inattetive staff, not helpful, no smile, always busy. The hotel guests were mainly charter tourists on full or half board, and we (4 people) travelling individually, had to fight for everything from a chair at breakfast to a sunbed on the beach. Chartertourists NEVER seem to learn how to behave; put there towels upon the sunbeds early in the morning and only use the beds for a couple of hours, have never heard about queuing up in front of a buffet or not use their fingers to get something from the buffet !
Our room was ok except for the view - or should I say - lack of view. Two queen size beds, clean room and bathroom, small towels to be an American hotel chain, a small balcony which we hardly used because of the lousy view. We asked at the reception to change room and was shown another room in another building. And guess: the room ( an upgrade room to a junior suite) had the same lack of view.Most of the view from both rooms were a big tent used as a cafe/restaurant in the evenings in the middle of the beautiful garden, and some small local shops next to the tent.
So, if you ever think of staying here;be very observant and ask in advance what kind of room and what the view is like.
The breakfast buffet was ok (except for the "fingers"), we had one lovely dinner meal in the Lagona restaurant by the beach (shrimps in carry), and also one dinner not that good (lobster - too well cooked) and a nice pasta dinner in the Italian restaurant .
A quick lunchmeal was ok to have in the lobby bar, but service was too slow.
The beach was ok (except for the "toweltourists", and the quickest service we found here from the barwaiters.
The bar in the lobby did not allow you to bring your drinks out of the bar area. We asked once to bring our drinks to our little balcony in the evening (when it was dark and the view didn`t mean anything).NO - beacuse they where afraid of broken glass. But the minibar in the room was empty, so ????
Next time I want a beach resort, I will defenitely not travel to Egypt, but stay in Europe. The water temp was the same as the Med. The air temp. too hot and the water not as clera as the Med.

I've read a lot of the reviews here, and agree with what a lot of the reviewers have written. I booked the hotel primarily to do scuba diving with Emperor Divers, on the recommendation of a friend at work. This was my first visit to Hurghada having done most of my diving in Sharm El Sheikh. The same problems occurr at both locations, with large amounts of Russians on cheap package deals, a lot of whom are buying cheap houses/aparments to rent out. Until recently you couldn't buy property unless you were an Egyptian citizen, hence the large influx since the laws were relaxed. I think just by simply seeing the amount of buildings being thrown up, you can see expansion is being positively encouraged. Having said that, I like Hurghada and hope it doesn't end up like Sharm. The dive sites weren't overcrowded, and I was very impressed by the standard and safety of my dive centre. I did see some awful practices going on with other dive boats. What impressed me with Emperor was that nothing was too difficult, and if you had a problem it was sorted with ease by the dive centre. I'd recommend them to anyone thinking of doing a course, or just some fun diving. The hotel was at the quiet end of the strip, and I was glad I went b & b. The food was alright, but overpriced in some of the restaurants. I went out for most of my meals at night, and being a lone female traveller, had to run the gauntlet of street hawkers. I found speaking to them in Spanish put them off. If you are a lone female, not just in Hurghada take care. Experience has taught me that Egyptian male attitudes differ greatly from Western attitudes towards women. The whole hotel was impeccably clean, and although I only spent one day by the pool, it does get very crowded. The beach was even worse. I felt lucky I was on a dive boat. The room I was in was comfortable and although not as big as the one at Hilton Dreams in Sharm, served it's purpose. I would go back to both the Hilton Resort, and Hurghada, simply for the dive centre. From what I saw whilst I was there, the resort really suites couples, Russian entreprenuers, and divers, rather than families.

We stayed here a couple of times over the course of the month and enjoyed it, however the food was not very good, but not horrible either (both room service and the buffet were not very good). Even though our meals were included, it was not worth the effort to eat dinner at the buffet. The hotel has an excellent gym and spa and is in a great location. Hurghada is spread out so no matter where you stay you have to take a taxi to leave whatever area you are in. There were lots of tourist stores and a pharmacy close by and also an onsite doctor. All the staff at the hotel are very hard workers and go out of their way to make sure you satisfied with their services. Overall the hotel is very comfortable and I would stay there again when visiting Hurghada in the future. There are lots of options for food elsewhere.

Emperor Divers is a great dive operation and they are service oriented. Unfortunately due to the destruction of reefs close to shore, diving is done at reefs which take an hour or more to get too, so diving is an all day thing.... which is a bit of a hassle. That being said, Emperor makes the best of it by providing large and comfortable dive boats, excellent food which is freshly cooked on board, all the soft drinks and water that you like, and dive masters who are very knowledgable of the dive sites. Safety standards are high and all dive masters are required to be instructors. The staff on the boats are very effiecient and work very hard to make sure everyone has a great time.