Al Hail Waves Hotel Managed By Centara

Located about 15 minutes from the airport & offers a transfer for R10 but you can do it for R3 by taxi eg Otaxi/ Tasleem which require you to use their Apps. (Yango requires an Omani phone number). Whatsapp requires a VPN eg Turbo for calls but not for texts. It is clean and generally well maintained and the room had a safe, aircon, hairdryer, tv, tea/coffee facilities with 2 (500ml) bottles of water replenished daily, shower and shampoo/body wash. There are many tv channels, mainly Arabic, a few in English and 1 in French. The room was quite spacious but half the rooms face the sides of the hotel which have no view and little natural light. My room was one with a cupboard for an air con pump which was noisy and there was even more noise from the aircon in the neighbouring buildings. The only restaurant is Thai/Chinese with a reasonable buffet breakfast and a small a la carte lunch/dinner selection of mainly spicy dishes. The 1/2 board menu is more limited for R5/day (£10) even though the website says R7.5. However a large deposit is required if you are not paying daily. There is a gym and a pool but although the website says it is outdoors it is on the 5th Floor with an opening above it. To sunbathe it is necessary to use the rooftop area however there are no sunbeds, just chairs and it can be quite windy at times. There is a Pizza Hut, Sushi Station, well stocked minimarket and Pharmacy in the same block. The Staff are friendly and helpful but can lack local knowledge.

Drains of the sink and bath tub didn’t drain well.

The AC was great, the dinner was really nice however was not happy with the selection for breakfast.

The hotel is clean and in pretty good shape. The staff were all friendly and helpful. There is a small indoor pool on the top floor and limited parking outside. The hotel is a 5 minute walk to the beach but this particular beach is not very nice. For the price we paid for two nights it was great value.