Guest User
March 15, 2025
Not what we expected. The hotel was advertised as adults only, this was a deciding factor on booking it, but it was full of children. Also, there was major building work taking place using heavy noisy equipment, something I think we should have been made aware of. The hotel caters for mainly French, so not many of the staff spoke English and all the menu's and food descriptions were in French. A small bar with very limited choice of drinks on an all inclusive package and tonic water had to be paid for, which I found very unusual, a cost of 9 dinar a can. I bought a load of cans from the supermarket for 1 dinar each and just ordered gin and ice from the bar. The entertainment was virtually non existent, consisting of the occasional singer and karaoke in the bar. Fortunately we could use facilities in the sister hotel next door, including the bars, but still had to pay for tonic water which add decent entertainment in the large bar and theatre. The room I had was very nice. It was ground floor with a nice terrace a few steps from a shallow pool and it was nice and quiet. The food was reasonable, but a lot of times it was cold. The animation staff were mainly situated in the hotel next door but they were very friendly and made an effort to include everybody in the activities. Getting around outside the hotel was easy. Taxis were plentiful and very cheap. Would I stay at this hotel again? No. I probably wouldn't stay in Gjerba again, I don't speak French so it was very difficult communicating with people as hardly anybody spoke English.