though, so if you have very severe allergies you might have a problem. Remy from the Taba Salt cave bar on-site was also lovely, so was the hotel rep, Russell - he was great, very honest and helpful, as was Katy the marketing manager and Fatima the entertainments lady. The exceptions were the guys at the Grotto bar who were miserable and surly, and the guy in the jewellery shop who suddenly turned on us and became quite rude when we changed our mind about buying something! The food The food was generally very good, though in comparison to other all-inclusive hotels we have stayed in it was slightly limited, and the juice was very poor in the morning. There was a reasonable choice though, and we found the food to be very tasty. If there wasn't anything we could eat on the buffet, the chefs cooked us plain grilled fish and meat with rice and veg, and made this taste delicious! The resort The resort was made up of five hotels, and you could dine in all of them if you booked a day ahead. We dined at the Sofitel next door one evening, and here there was definitely more of a '5 star' feel if that was what you were looking for. The food was OK, with marginally more choice than the Marriott but not much different. There was a free hotel shuttle bus to 'Uptown', a collection of of about 20 shops with a supermarket and a