Xanadu Makadi Bay

Back home after a fantastic holiday at Xanadu Makadi Bay What a beautiful place, where you keep discovering new spaces, and things. A little review: The resort: The resort is impeccably clean and well maintained. (Only the main pool tiles, well, they look old and definitely needs renovation) The other pools all have bigger tiles and look new. The room: We stayed at the Dune with Swim-Up. The room is very spacious and very clean, Special thanks to Tarek, who made it every day a pleasure to go to the room with his creations with the towels, from a snake, to an elephant and peacock... Also when we asked for more coke zero in the fridge, he placed every day 4 extra 👌👌 The food: In the 11 days we stayed at Xanadu, we only had 3 diners in the buffet restaurant... all other days we ate at the A La Carte Restaurants... French : La Cascade Damn I loved the steak with roquefort cheese 😋 Italian : Dolce Vita Delicious from starter to dessert Turkish : Turkaz Fantastic food and experience Middle East : Agora Way to hot to sit, service non existing (no explanation what the food was, forgot some plates, although there were only 3 tables to serve Such a shame... The food wasn't really bad, but the least of the A La Carte Restaurants for us Fish : Ariël Fantastic setting close to the beach, delicious food, the mixed seafood was amazing and the chocolate lava cake damn, give me some more 🤣 Dolce Vita: A La Carte breakfast Amazing breakfast, with the eggs Benedict Loved the quiet and relaxing feeling of having a breakfast like this. Indian : Taj Mahal For us the best of the best... The Tikka Masala was to die for 😋😋 Buffet : Breakfast, Lunch and dinner Lots of choices, delicious food (could be a bit warmer for sure, but when guests leave all containers open it's obvious that the food gets cold) but delicious anyway... Loved to have smoked salmon and poached eggs in the morning The staff : Pool staff : The live guards were amazing, they helped us every morning with the towels... The poolbar waiters, run their feet from under their legs to get you your cocktails, even when you go to the bar to ask for drinks, you don't have to take them, they bring it to your seats... The lobby waiters: Always friendly and in for a joke... They serve the best cocktails, and you get snacks with it (chips, nuts,...) The major downside of this Resort The sellers by the pool : Spa, safari, etc... Every single day 6 to 10 times, they keep pushing... They don't understand a "NO" They don't take "NO" for an answer... Our friends accepted to go to the spa, and got a bill after being there for 1,5hr of €650 🤬 Talk about being ripped... Beware when you book for the Spa. Conclusion: Would we go back? For sure... 👌❤️❤️❤️ Thank you Xanadu for an amazing vacation

wij zijn heel tevreden geweest over de hotel. Echt groot, familiekamers zijn groot. Personeel is super behulpzaam en was ook heel schoon. Waar we erg ontevreden over waren was echt hun bufet. Het pas gewoon niet bij zo een hotel als High class. Eten was echt werkelijk elke dag zelfde maar dan net anders. Erg jammer was dat voor het overige vond ik het geweldig. Erg van genoten.