I went with my boyfriend to the Marriott Hotel Beach side in Namma Bay in January 2008 for 1 week. This was a complete chill out break away, the weather was great and spent the week on the beach. The pool was massive but i was not brave enough to go in as water freezing but would be good when going in summer seasons!
The food was lovely ate lunch from the beach restaurant most days which is freshly cooked on the bbq grill.
Rooms were lovely and staff all helpful and friendly.
This was my 3rd time to Sharm and would say this was my best hotel, would definantly go back here.
Short walk into the centre of Namma bay with restaurants and bars - loved the Hard Rock Cafe!
Would love to be there now!

two couples went over here couldnt be treated better great 5star hotel rooms are big pool is huge and swim up bar is the job ill be booking again !!!

Our introduction to the hotel didn’t set off on the right foot – we had to wait over an hour to be taken to our room – its not what you want after a plane journey. However it did kind of work to our advantage in that the late check-out that I requested when checking in was given to us for free, along with the promise of a fruit basket the following day. This didn’t emerge but we did find a cake in our room – we couldn’t work out if it was because if it was my husbands birthday (I had asked the concierge where would be nice to go for dinner in Naama Bay) or if it was instead of the fruit basket – it was a nice gesture either way.
On entering the room, our initial thoughts were its nice. It was a twin room with 2 double beds – a single double would have been perfect, but I can’t complain as it slept two people comfortably. However, the bathroom left a lot to be desired – it looked very run down. The bath was small and narrow and it was so frustrating to shower and have the shower curtain touch you. There were cracks and poor finishing everywhere. The mini bar was well stocked but as usual over priced. The TV broke down on the 1st night and the telephone on the 3rd night – once we reported it, it was resolved within 30min – really cannot fault the service provided.

On our 1st day we stupidly forgot to lock the safe. When we got back to room we found a note left advising that we should go to reception as the cleaner could not clean the room with the safe open. A security guard came up with us so that he could let us into our room and we could check the safe. Nothing had been taken. The room hadn’t been cleaned but in the grand scheme of things, we really didn’t mind. It was very reassuring.

The room didn’t have tea & coffee making facilities – something I took for granted in the other Marriott hotels that I have stayed in. When choosing the hotel, I assumed it was a given. Its always nice to go back to your room after a day on the beach/by the pool or diving to have a hot drink whilst you get ready to go out.

The room also had high speed internet access priced at 22 Egyptian pounds for 15 minutes. There wasn’t any WiFi in the hotel. There is an internet café near the Hilton Hotel (or it could be part of the Hilton) and they charge 22 Egyptian pounds for 30 minutes.

Pool at the hotel was cooler than the sea – on a really hot day, we appreciated being in the pool rather than the sea. The pool bar needs maintenance work carried.

The beach is well located – so many people were commenting on how rocky it was to get into the sea – duh! We were walking on dead coral! We saw so many fish and the water was so clear and relatively shallow quite far out. The sea was very calm – safe for young children.
For diving, I would recommend using a company called Only Six (www.only-six.com). They are currently based at the Novotel which is next door. You can book online. We normally book diving trips via the holiday rep and this time it worked out well that we didn’t. Normally the boats are crammed with about 20-26 people and you are all fighting for the sun or shade at some point. With Only six there were fewer people on the boat and as a passenger (not a diver), I pretty much had the whole of the upper deck to myself.
We booked our snorkelling trip with Sun and Fun- crammed boat and too many following the guide so you cant enjoy the snorkelling. We were taken to one spot near Tiran Island and I probably spent more time making sure I was with the right group rather than enjoying the fish and coral beneath me.

We went for dinner at the Parmazzino restaurant on our first night. Food was lovely – would recommend eating here. After dinner, we took a walk along the promenade – its about a 15min walk to Naama Bay. This was the best bit – the well-lit promenade links the hotels along Naama Bay so you have the option of visiting the other hotels for dinner or just having a walk past them. It made a difference to know that we didn’t need to take a taxi and that as female, I could walk there alone without worrying about being hassled.
Other restaurants to try that are along the hotel are Tam-Tam and Kona Kai (the Chinese restaurant). The Buddha Bar (the Little Buddha) is a hip and trendy place to go for a drink and the cocktails are lethal. Dinner here was really nice but verging on expensive given that we were in Egypt.
If you do get a dodgy tummy then there is a pharmacy (Omar&Omar) near TamTam. A big bottle of water at the local supermarket was 2 Egyptian pounds compared to 16 at the hotel.
The evening buffet in the hotel was great the 1st time – we had so much choice. As of July 1st, it was moved to the outside Beach restaurant. Here the choice was so limited and it worked out so much more expensive – two people could have eaten at the Parmazziano for the price 1 buffet meal. Evening buffet the 2nd time around was disappointing. Breakfast buffets were great – so much choice and variety and of a really high standard. Best to go for the buffet as early as possible as the queues for the omlettes/eggs can take forever.

My one comment that I would hope the hotel would take on board is that as a hotel in Egypt, there should an Egyptian restaurant. We can get all kinds of food at the hotel, but I would have loved to have tried local food at the hotel. Falafel and foul – a kidney bean mash were available for breakfast, but main courses for lunch and dinner would have been great to try. The whole promenade was littered with Italian restaurants and Tam Tam seemed to be the only one that had local food and entertainment. There was another restaurant called El Wadi that was part of the Hilton – we didn’t go there so don’t know if this has local food.

All in all we had a brilliant holiday – it was just what we needed. Would we stay there again – probably not – I would probably try the Hilton or Novotel.

I stayed in Marriott Beach Resort for my honyemoon, it was absolutely fantastic. We arrived late in the evening, we were surprised to find in our room a cheese cake and a welcome lettre from the management of the hotel. We had a sea view room but actually we did not really enjoy the view because most of the time we were out either on the sea or in the pool. The personnel is very helpful and very respectful. The room was cleaned every day and the hotel has an environment protection concern regarding bed sheet and towels. For breakfast, the restaurant is open to 11am which is quite convenient because most of the time we had slept very late. The beach is very clean, the swimming towels are available. The weather was quite hot 35 deg. C so it is very important to protect the skin with a high SPF cream. You can swinm along the coral with fish playing next to you, I snorkled in the beach and in Tiran Island, but definetly Tiran Island is a fireworks of beauty and colors.
Naama beach is very close so we used everytime the pedestrian way which is very beautiful, along the way there is some very nice restaurant (sea food, egytian), we had eaten in Abu El Sid restaurant (above Hard Rock Cafe) which serves egytian food, the food is excellent, a bit spicy but very tasty.
We went to Tiran Island in an unforgetable cruise, it is really something any tourist should not miss because everything you find there is marvelous. The ship is well maintained, and the service was perfect. Do not forget to bring with you a snorkling equipement and a submersible camera (you can find them in any shop) because you will discover one of the most beatiful sea view in the world. For snorkling equipement, you would better rent it in the shop close to the hotel because in the port is is more expansive, same for the scarf used in Safari. We had safari to the mountain with quad, it was really funny, and we disovered some view on the mountain which are terrific.
I would definitly come back to Marriott next trip to Sharm El Sheikh, and I will kindly recommand it to anybody around me.