We always visit this bar, it is good for music, entertainment, friendly staff and have had a new cinema open this year. Go there and ask for Dezzie boy - he is the best cocktail maker there - apart from been my boyfriends cousin. We love it and have just had our holiday there for the 4th year running.

I think the place Thelma Smit (message of 23801) is asking about is the Castaway, it only opened this year (I been going to Argassi for the past 5 years)and have not seen anything up there before. Myself and my partner where not impressed at all, we where kept waiting nearly an hour for our food and when it arrived it was stone cold, no one was interested in even giving us a menu. When we go next year if it is still open we will not be going.

We went to Argassi for the 5th year running in June and this was a new place. We hated it, it took them nearly 30 minutes to even offer us a menu, when we asked for a drink we where told we would have to wait for a waitress who only does drinks to come to us. The food was flat cold, awfull, and the only friendly person in the whole place was the lass who stands outside. The reason for all this was explained to us - "we are very busy" - there was only 6 people in the place and myself and my partner where 2 of them. We will be going to Argassi again next year as we always do but will not be going here if it is still open.

Myself and my partner have been visiting Argassi for the past 5 years and always stay at the Admiral, we last stayed there in June 2001 as we always go at the same time each year. I was surprised to read some of the comments but I hope the following will help some people who are about to go. 1) I have never seen any sign of rats if I had I would not ever stay there again. 2) The hotel reception has just been refurbed as well as the pool area and rooms it does look very nice and modern. 3) It can be loud in the early hours of the morning but I found it was other guests on way to there rooms - they have no consideration for other people. 4) The staff are excellent, Gerti and his girlfriend Rachel are brilliant so is Zoe and the rest of the staff. I prefer to stay in the Amex which is opposite the hotel, it is quiter there, but this year we where put in the Hotel, It was ok, but because it was so hot on an evening we had to have the balcony doors open so of course we got noise drifting in. Myself and my partner will be going yet again next year and yes we will be staying at the Admiral as we have never had a problem, they also show films in the reception/bar area on a tea time and saw some films that have not even been released here yet. Believe me - I think is is brilliant but not everyone is the same are they!