Marhaba Palace

Due to the time of year we stayed, the weather was changeable, there was a spectacular thunderstorm one night which I spent a couple hours on the balcony watching. The hotel is beautiful inside Rooms -The rooms were very comfortable and clean. Food - plenty to choose from. I highly recommend trying from the Tunisian Corner for some authentic cuisine, I think my favourite foods came from there. Point to note for a first time visit, for evening meals you can't just choose a table. You're given a wee card with your time slot on it, which you give to a waiter who will allocate you a table. That is your table at that time for the rest of your stay. Breakfast and lunch however, watch for a waiter to call you over as you walk in. Outside- The pools were cold but again this is due to time of year and once you get in it's fine! There's beautiful palm trees lining the paths Location - It's a beachfront location which was lovely to walk along. The only real issue being all the people trying to sell fruit etc every so often and not always taking no for an answer. Staff - all the staff we encountered were so friendly and happy to be of service. As mentioned, there were a couple of days where the weather was not great, the staff did their best to keep everyone happy. Cats - if you're a cat lover, this is heaven! There's some hotel cats and also if you go to the harbour there's soooo many more! I would happily go back, and hope to some time in the future.

The hotel staff were all friendly and welcoming. The hotel is very clean and the rooms are spacious. The food is excellent with lots of live cooking stations and fresh fruit and salad. The waiters and chefs are attentive and ensure you have all you need. The animation team are very good and include everyone. The gym is well equipped and modern. The spa and hamman is brilliant and would recommend. Please look after all the cats around d the hotel. I always bring cat food to feed the cats and bear the port. Will definitely come here again. Loved everything

Super Holiday The Marhaba Palace is a perfect getaway holiday. Not too much around the hotel and certainly not many restaurants at all. But within the hotel it’s clear you don’t have to leave as it’s simply superb. Every member of staff go out of there way to ensure your ok. Restaurant food is overwhelming for choice, with quality food at all sittings. Best omelette chef in the world. Waiters in the restaurant, Nabil, our waiter for our stay couldn’t help enough, such a nice man. All the bar staff waiters worked very hard to ensure we were served promptly with a smile. Best waiters were Brahmin, Achraf and Mahmoud. Lovely pool(s) area and virtually on the beach. The Animation staff were outstanding, always entertaining. Room cleaners again, brilliant. So, yes, I’m coming back THIS year and the year after. 

I stayed in this hotel from September 1st until 12th, in the room 408. The first night I was assigned to the room 434 (no terrace, garden view), but I didn’t like it, so they moved me the next day to the room 408 (spacious, with 2 beds, terrace and garden view). It was a lovely room, with separated WC and the bathroom with a bathtub, old but functional wardrobe closets with a safe (which was working, unlike the one in room 434), and a very nice terrace with 2 chairs and a table (there are clothes-tubes for drying towels and swimsuits, which are not enough, so one has to use chairs, too). There was an empty fridge: they supply one liter water bottle per day in the room, but you can take 0.5 liter water bottles from any of the bars, as many as you need. There are bathrobes and sleepers, as well as a kettle for making tea/coffee in the room (no creamers, only sugar). Floors are tiled everywhere, with a carpet only under the bed and about 20 cm on all sides. AC was working. Resort has a main restaurant with a terrace, buffet-style, for all main meals (abundance of choices, both in quality and quantity of food) and a la carte restaurant which has to be reserved day in advance (my friends used it once), and several bars: Beach bar (snacks and lunch during the day), Lobby bar with a terrace (best served coffee, beside the one I made myself during breakfast), Moorish Café (lovely place, we used it only once) and American Café (it was always closed when I passed by it). Entertainment team was active both on the beach and by the pool. They were working throughout the day and if a guest wished to play all sorts of games or just watch (like me), they were there. There was a different show every evening at 21:30 h, advertized everywhere (program was on weekly basis). The staff of the hotel is fantastic: they work hard and long hours, mostly with a smile and kind greetings. I do not recall their names: cleaning lady left my room every day with fresh flowers or new towels, replenished water-bottles and cleaned floors in the room; waiters in the restaurant and bars were always there if we needed anything; guys by the pool were there at dawn helping with parasols and mattresses for our loungers; there was always someone at the Reception, answering questions (which I had many!), helping with various arrangements, especially to organize a driver and a vehicle for our private excursion, etc. There was only one big problem I noticed: the resort needs more staff, because there are omissions and annoyances that would have been avoided if there were more people at hand and working. My terrace would have been cleaned every day, too; pools and pool aria would have been completely cleaned by 8 a.m. when the guests start pouring after the breakfast; the beach would have been “combed” and flattened at least once a week if not daily (as I’ve seen in other resorts in Tunisia), which never happened during my 11-days-stay; it would have never happened to not have clean towels a