Name: Palavra Resort
Address: Block 346, Building 2951 Rd 4652, 4652, Manama, 323, BH

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jul 2026

Amr

The hotel its self was great. The villas were not maintained nor upkeeped. The power kept flickering and the AC had barely enough power.
It’s a nice getaway if you’re not expecting anything from the staff.
The staff don’t seem to care if you like the place or not because it’s a great location.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2026

Mohammad

Great pool

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2026

Samer

The staff were super helpful and professional. The rooms were good. The lounge and restaurant were also excellent.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

21 Dec 2025

Faris

Rooms were part of a small villa with no common space
Not very clean . Bedsheets didn’t smell fresh
Slow service
But staff was friendly

2/10

Poor

10 Nov 2025

Oriana

Tragic.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Angela

Pool was great. Lifeguards very helpful and friendly.
Room comfy and spacious. The hot tub wasn’t working in the bathroom.
Very helpful and friendly staff. Always went out of their way to help.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2025

Andrew

Very good hotel and the staff were lovely.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2025

Hanan

I love my stay here …especially the swimming pool and the room is amazing

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2025

Omar

Amazing hotel, amazing staff, lovely accommodation always a pleasure and fun to stay at palavra. The staff are fantastic

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2025

Alaa

Old facility

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

Rynn

Really beautiful resort, tasty food at decent prices, friendly and helpful staff. Love the infinity pool!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2025

W

There was fees for accommodation approx wasn’t mentioned in

6/10

Pleasant

05 May 2025

Claire

Resort has a nice location with a large clean infinity pool. However, resort generally not well maintained, albeit generally clean in most areas there were many facilities broken or in disrepair and sun loungers were dirty as were the pool tables. The water feature in the villa garden was full of debris, the back door onto my terrace did not open. There were finger prints all over the fridge. Lots of broken chairs and loungers by the pool. It’s a shame as it has the basis for being a great resort, it just needs better maintenance. I tried calling reception many times the night before my departure to arrange my luggage to be collected, there was no answer, in the morning after finally speaking to reception I waited 10 minutes then gave up and walked (my villa was furthest possible from reception) that said the receptionist was then very helpful arranging a taxi. Also found sign posting around the resort to be lacking, it took me a few attempts to find the door from the pool into the main reception building. I really wish I could have rated it higher, there were just too many down points

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2025

Jennifer

Lovely stay

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

Maria

The location was amazing and the staff was wonderful. Lovely boutique hotel

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

13 Apr 2025

Junaid

Definitely not a 5 star hotel

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Apr 2025

Mahitab

The hotel location is excellent very close to Water Garden beach and restaurants.

The facilities are not well maintained, the pool was not functioning, it worked the second day of our stay, only one restaurant was working, the spa had no therapists, and the kids playing area was open without anything inside, just an outdoor trampoline.

The pool, when it worked, is excellent, the service and the view are great! There is sand so the kids loved it!

The room furniture is a little old, the beds are very comfortable, the bathroom had no hot water and the jacuzzi was leaking.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2025

Sami

Safe and Quiet place. Mosquito protection and room scent can be improved.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jan 2025

MOHAMED

مكان جميل مطل على الشاطئ لكن المنتجع مستهلك من جميع النواحي لاتوجد صيانة في دورات المياة والاينارة الخارجية لاتعمل والتي تعمل ترمش طول الليل وكذلك لايوجد مواقف كافية للسيارات وصعوبة تسجيل الدخول والخروج عند الاستقبال

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2025

Mohammad

good experience

Mmmm good experience
We like it

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2025

Ahmad

Like the villa

Nice villa and we like the reef island

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2025

Abdulrahman

Like the room

Good room

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2025

Ali

Nice stay

Every thing nice but the not nice thing we have 5 suits not near each other how we like
And not all big but we receive 3 same kind but the give as only 1 big 💔

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2024

sameer

Lovely boutique hotel. Great facilities.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Oct 2024

Fahad

The room was not ready when we checked in @ 4:30 pm

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2024

Sultan

The perfect stay

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2024

SAQER

This rooms are clean and relaxing, and the area withing the resort is nice for walking and enjoying the ambient.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

22 Jun 2024

Mohammed

I have found a huge lizard in my room , and it took them 2 hours to take care of it. They actually killed the lizard inside the room and gets dirty.

Management said it is normal to fine one inside your room because it’s a resort (Unbelievable)

First & Last time in the place

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2024

Abdullah

I was wondering why I didn't know about this place long before. It was quite and nice retreat.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

David

We had an enjoyable time here. The island is beautiful. The amenities are great. The lagoon pool is amazing. Room was clean and nicely decorated. The staff were helpful. 10/10

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2024

Peter

Most enjoyable

This hotel has one of the best pools. It is like being at the beach but without the salt water.

Rooms were spacious and well appointed.

Good quality was good throughout the stay both in the restaurant and in room dining

We will be back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2024

SALEH

المكان مريح والخدمة سريعة والسويت كبير والراحة عالية والاطلاله عالبحر والمناظر الجميله رأقت لي

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Apr 2024

Yousif

The property theme was perfect for relaxing but the issue is some cabinets were broken and lose 3 lights were burnet , the electricity went off 2 times which is really not pretty for what i paid. Told the receptionist and didn’t feel that they were willing to offer something back.

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Mar 2024

Dmitriy

Nice and quiet island. Beware: not a single shop there (not even for simple food items, water, etc.)

Business Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2024

Bader

Great hotel

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jan 2024

Anfal

I stayed in the \"luxury garden view room\", i was disappointed for several reasons:
1- The furniture in the room is a 3 star hotel furniture. Although the furniture of hotel lobby is 5 star.
2- The bed was in the middle of the room. They built closets behind the bed. And no electricity socket near the bed to charge your phone.
3- A round table and 2 chairs were between the bed and the way to the toilet and closet. I had to move the chairs to have more space in the room
4-The sink mixer handle broke and draining the water takes time. I dont know if they check the room regularly after every guest.
My parents stayed in a \"premium suite\".It had alot of furniture pieces, It would have been better if they would have a mini kitchen.
The staff were nice and helpful. The room was clean. Since it's a resort, the villas are desingned in a nice way, walking from the villa to the restaurant to the lobby is nice. The breakfast buffet was perfect.
The value for money I give it a 5/10.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2023

Sultan Mohammed

It was very excellent try it was clean and the treatment was soft

2/10

Poor

21 Oct 2023

Abdulrahman

The hotel canceled my reservation

The reef boutique hotel canceled my reservation and said we Already sent full booking email to hotel website
Unfortunately I spent two hours waiting for nothing

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2023

Musaed

Nice and quiet. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

Leisure

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2023

Khalid

Disappointed stay

Make sure to check the room before check in. I had problems with the front door does not luck properly (major security issue), jacuzzi does not work, check-in takes long time, and staff is not fast to respond back

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2023

ali

Nice & cozy

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2023

ALI

The water pressure in the room was low and can not take descent shower

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2023

Abir

Very nice resort, clean and enjoyable

2/10

Poor

10 May 2023

Abdullah

The property was old and when we checked in the parking was limited and the room was dirty, some dirty napkins under the bed and the sheets were burnt in one corner. The backyard was not sweeped and full of dry leafs. The shower and jacuzzi’s water had a very bad smell and we were not able to take a shower the next day. The couch had stains all over it and it looked so old and dirty.
The sunbeds outside are all dirty and disgusting. Mostly has some bird sh*t on them.
I’m glad we only booked one night because it was an awful experience.
Not recommended at all.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2022

Armand

Not quite 5*
Poor points, very quiet so some facilities closed (spa's, some restaurants). Minor issues with room (no hairdryer, ironing board, leaking tap) all resolved quickly but I would expect 5* to spot these things first. There is still some construction going on on the island (November 2022) which affects the views but otherwise no intrusions.
Good points, the food in the open restaurants (shisha and pool side) very good. There's a great infinity pool with a man-made beach plus a small pool for younger guests. Plenty of seating all round. The garden and grounds are spacious, well maintained and spectacular when lit at night (as are the outside tables for the restaurants). Room was large and clean with outside seating area (hint, don't leave the keycard in the slot by the door or the lights can come on at random during the night!). Serviced every day. Great location, around 20 minute to airport (no aircraft noise), short taxi ride to mosque, museum, WTC, Souq, malls etc. Less than 15 minute walk to (a few) water side restaurants and convenience store. Similar short walk to the Reef Clubhouse which guests have access to. Big sea water lagoon with food and drink outlets, floating restaurant and tents (!)
By far the best aspect is the staff. From the porters, to receptionists, serving staff, grounds people, life-guard....all friendly, always smiling, and keen to please (I didn't see any rudeness as claimed on other reviews. Smile at the staff and you get 100 smiles back).

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2022

angela

no commence

Business Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Sep 2022

Regina

So many things r not working! The spa and kids club r out of service.

Breakfast is a 3 star motel quality.

Bathroon plumbing had a problem and there would be so much noice everytime we flush the toilet!

I tried to get a drink at the pool and add it to my bill I was told I had to pay immedialy and I did not have my wallet on me.

The rooms interior is so ugly! Like a fortune was spent on exterior and landscape but the rooms were of horrible taste.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

04 Sep 2022

Ahad

Overall disappointing, no activities no spa they said its closed. Tbh I didn’t like the stay at all and I’ll not repeat it
The service too slow

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2022

Tareq

Bery nice

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

28 Oct 2021

Hazim

Although the location is isolated but this is what we expected because it’s a resort (or at least this is what we thought).

Swimming pool open at weekend only (nothing mentioned while booking)
One restaurant operates only (they mentioned six restaurants in Expedia site)
Extremely bad room decoration (my point of view)
No privacy at all, while you are setting on the terrace/porch of your room, suddenly someone passes by.
Beach is far, the beach has no life at all (it’s artificial beach).

We paid for services not provided/received.

By the way our booking is “superior” room, they told us this is the lowest category.

Thanks for Mr. Khalil AlYaman for his understanding and assistant, I think the staff is one of the best things (beside the greenery) in the resort

Leisure Partner