Marhaba Beach Hotel

This is a three star hotel which has seen better days. A lick of paint and a bit of plastering would help it enormously. The food is a bit repetitive but the plates are properly warmed in the buffet restaurant so your food won't be cold when you get it back to your table. The staff are very friendly and helpful.(a special nod to Rocky and Krisbo for their efforts and Arabic lessons) The weather has been cold this week (not the hotel's fault) but the hotel itself has also been cold and that is definitely their fault. People have been wearing coats indoors. The hotel doesn't provide kettles or safes in the rooms. The rooms are a decent size as are the balconies and these are well cared for by the cleaning staff.

This is a fantastic hotel with warm, welcoming, helpful staff who are focused on ensuring that you have a great holiday. We thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful selection of food on offer and our every need was attended to by a first rate team of restaurant waiters, particularly the lovely Kablil. It was such a treat to be able to enjoy an omelette each morning, made for us whilst we waited by the lovely omelette ladies. On several occasions we travelled by taxi into Sousse where we enjoyed the fixed price Soula Centre, the Sky restaurant and the little local coffee stand outside, where we could watch the world go by. Another day we travelled to the brand new Mall Sousse, a wonderful venue for those who enjoy the out of town shopping experience, in the delightful company of taxi driver Mounir who also speaks good English. In the evenings we were entertained by the hotel's great team of bar staff; the excellent, friendly animation team and we shared a whole selection of yummy cocktails with some lovely fellow guests. Each day our room, which looked straight out onto the beach, was beautifully cleaned by our lovely cleaning lady who also created some sensational towel sculptures for us to admire and photograph. Will we be returning to the Marhaba Beach Hotel, Sousse? Most definitely "Yes!!"

We have just returned from a very restful holiday on an all inclusive TUI package at the Marhaba Beach. My husband was recovering from recent medical treatment. He left the hotel well rested, with a restored appetite and waistline. Our room was lovely, comfortable beds as well as a decent sized balcony facing the sea, almost on the beach. You went to sleep lulled by the sound of waves (room 107). Very clean. Shower very simple to operate and good pressure. Wifi excellent. We also found the food to be excellent with a lot of variety. Included traditional Tunisian dishes as well as food that was freshly cooked in front of you. Buffet was good for trying out new things. Cakes were amazing. Staff were very helpful, friendly and efficient as well as sometimes good fun. The hotel felt very much like a community. People talked to each other across nations - there were us Brits but also North Africans (Tuniians, Algerians and Libyans), Germans, Flemish and French speaking Belgians, French speaking Canadians, Russians Location of hotel is good. You can walk into the centre of Sousse in about 20 minutes along the road or the beach or get a taxi from the road for 3/4 dinars (£1ish). Lots of transport possibilities from the centre to other places in Tunisia e.g. train, metro, buses and louages. Great old walled town. The beach was beautiful and easily accessible from the hotel. We spent a half day lying on a hotel sunbed in the sun (were there in early January). The hotel and town have a lot of security which seems to have sorted out most of the irritating hassling that I remember from previous triips to Tunisia.