Skanes, Houda Golf & Beach Club Review

Overall Rating

Weather. Pool.

Food queue. Food quality. Flies. Location

The queue for food was ridiculous. By the time you had queued for chips the queued again for your meat your meal ended up being cold. The carvery was a joke. There were approx 300 people in the restaurant and every one wanted chips but they only had 2 places were the chips were served. The chips basically lasted about 3 or 4 mins then you had to wait until the chef brought/cooked some more.
The entertainment was basic. No professional acts on, it was the animation team trying there best to entertain the guests. The animation team were very good around the pool trying to get everyone involved in the games etc.
After tea everyone went to a little square which was ok until you tried to get a seat. No entertainment in the square just the soft drinks man playing his Tunisian music CD, ok at first but not every night.
I think if the Houda management had thought about it they could have made the square a lot more entertaining with quality acts or maybe a disco.
The slide pool looked ok but I did not try it. This was the venue for nightly acts as the stage was next to the pool. The toilets here were a disgrace and were often flooded and stunk. The bar was a joke here as well, they was very little choice to drink. Lager and wine and a soft drinks machine for the kids to fill up.
If you are a non smoker the smoke hits you straight away as soon as you enter the reception room. The only place you do not smoke is the restaurant.
Beach ok but full of sea grass. The water clarity was not very good and the beach is situated next a river estuary that has a big factory sited at the end of the beach.
The task of getting a sunbed was ridiculous. We woke up at 6 am to get some poolside sunbeds and they were all gone. I noticed some people after they had been to the nightclub had also got there towels and put them out at 2.30am in the morning. I paid the pool attendant 10 dinars and he would make sure your towels were on the sunbed the next day.
The onsite disco/nightclub was very good but not many guests used the disco when I was there. If you are all inclusive you can get free drinks until the disco closes which is 2am.
The spirits appeared to be watered down as my wife did not get drunk, the beer was ok at first but then got tedious as the holiday went on, I ended up drinking rose wine which was not bad.
There is nothing to do on a night. You have to get a taxi to the nearby town but our rep recommended we did not go at night.