Kedma by Isrotel Collection

First - the positives! 1. Studio room was quite big and made our stay enjoyable. 2. Beautiful decor. 3. Food was very good. Especially the makluba! 4. Nice store which had the bathing suit I needed! 5. Fun Gymbory for the kids. Clean, with fun games. 6. Spa was lovely and my pregnany massage was great quality.. Negatives: 1. No bathtub in the room.huge shower, but no bath. Traveling with two toddlers in a family room - it was odd. 2. Baby bed and sofa bed not ready when we got to the room. Nor were there enough towels. It was ready quite quickly but had I arrived with sleeping kids I would have been so mad. 3. Heated pool is just not heated enough to really enjoy it in Israel's mediocre winter. It's not 5 c out there, more like 15. Can't be that hard to warm the water more!! 4. There just has to be more food out options in Shabat, especially as the close area doesn't have any decent options. .

I don't remember exactly the date, but had to pick one. Very very nice accomodations Pool was closed but food was excellent. We didn't spend much time there. We came in very late and left early morning. But it was a very nice place. I don't know what else to say, but tripadvisor is requiring 200 characters. So by now should be ok.

For the supposed premium quality of the hotel I can summarize in one word UNINSPIRED. From the first moment you come in, it feels more like a dude ranch than a premium desert retreat. Came to the Company's yearly retreat, you come in to the hotel, you are told to leave your luggage in the middle of the lobby and go to the pool, or have lunch, lunch consisted of SANDWICHES in the main restaurant... with a very small variety and with no alternative to people that don't eat bread. Then, wait till 14.30 to get our room cardkeys and finally take our luggage to our rooms (remember we are about 400 people that left their suitcases in the middle of the lobby), and on the way to the room and all around the hotel there is this very annoying shanti music playing to loud to be relaxing and its just annoying. At dinner (again, remember, we are in the middle of no ware in the desert), uninspired buffet with nothing attractive to eat, the hummus looks like its been sitting there for a long time, no big variety at the salad bar to choose from, the meats were ok but nothing more and the desserts were just disgusting. The bed was too soft, not verry orthopedic, something you would find in a no-tell motel, wasn't able to rest properly. Israeli Hotels are known for their fabulous breakfasts, I guess being in the middle of no ware, they did not get the memo, I've seen a larger selection of pickled fishes in a 2 star hotel than what was offered here, same for salad selections and not verry organized at the omelet station, serving 400 people that have to be in the buses by 9 for their next activity, only 1 cook. Last but not least, the only well organized station was the coffee barista maned by 2 people in perfect sinc, and the coffee was not bad.