Sahara Hotel Eilat

We loved the fact that our room was on the highest floor next to the balcony. The free coffee machine in the lobby is appreciable. The place is clean and cosy and the fact that the hotel does not contain a huge amount of rooms, makes this place feel comfortable.

If you are reading this review then you know that this is a cheap hotel. No pool, no gym, and instead of a 2 minute walk to the beach you have a 10 minute walk to the beach. No frills. NOTE about location - yeah, this is not in the 'touristy' part of Eilat. But there are multiple excellent inexpensive eateries VERY close by filled with Eilat locals who KNOW good food and good value. Yum.... As for cheap hotels, this is one of the BEST. Why? It is NEW and it is extremely CLEAN. I would MUCH rather have a 100% clean room with NO frills, than even a SLIGHTLY dirty and/or 'old-feeling' room - yuck. I stayed a FULL week and I STILL liked it. I am not writing "good only for one night" - this was great for a FULL week. Whenever you go to a cheap hotel, there is a RISK. I report that there is NO DOWNSIDE of staying in the Sahara. I hereby give you PERMISSION to SAVE your money, sleep in an extremely clean [and new and/or recently renovated room] I would stay here again WITHOUT hesitation. NOTE - I also enjoy (and have the funds for) expensive hotels with amenities, but sometimes I enjoy saving my money even more. For this vacation, I skipped the hotel-gym and bought a one-week membership [for NIS 100] in "Fitness Facilities center Eilat" - great gym 8 minute walk. I skipped the hotel-pool and swam in the amazing Red Sea.

Clearly recently refurbished. Everything felt very new and clean. Bed was soft and cozy. It's a small enough facility that we didn't feel like we were with all of Am Yisrael and their screaming children. Also loved the coffee machine in the lobby.

Very friendly staff. We arrived early and they stored our luggage until check in. They don't offer breakfast but have a deal with a cafe near them for some breakfast at a set price. The reception sell coupons but we did not avail of this. The hotel location is approx 20mins or so away from the main boulevard and the street itself is very run down. However, the hotel itself is nice and the rooms are clean with a fridge and some complimentary bottles of water. The air con works perfectly and rooms have a large tv though we didn't use ours during our stay. We liked it and would happily stay again.

The perfect little silent place for travellers that doesn't take the whole wardrobe with them. We stayed for 1 night during the weekend. Perfect for sudden decisions. The was enough place in the room for 4 people (3 adult, one teen), nice and clean room