MarBella, Mar-Bella Collection

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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4540 reviews

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  Great holiday, with some improvements

  We had a great first stay at this hotel, so much so we are coming back in a few months!! Room was great, we opted for a sea view room, and the location was ideal...located in the main building so a lift straight down to reception. Staff were brilliant, bar tenders were always happy to help and we even did the cocktail making class one evening, the 2 guys that ran this were so funny and made every effort to make the class special for the small group of us that attended, even getting to go behind the bar and make our own. Favourite cocktail is the Gusto de Corfu!! Pool areas were great, we mixed it up every day and went to the beach, or the 2 different pools, never usually busy until after breakfast which was good for getting a sunbed. Pools cold but have come to expect this everywhere. Food was nice, few of the themed nights we struggled just due to lack of anything "exciting", we aren't fussy eaters and can eat anything but it just felt like there wasn't anything that great to write home about. Desserts were also a let down, having been to Cyprus a number of times to various hotels, they usually include hot desserts, chocolate puddings, apple pie, some kind of baked fruit etc but this hotel was all cold individual cakes, yoghurt and fruit and some ice cream, so a bit disappointing. The only other thing to mention with regards the main restaurant were the cleanliness of plates. Everyday I would have to search for plates that were clean, each time I picked one up it has either a film over it, like it hadnt been cleaned/rinsed properly so left residue, or on one occasion there was food stuck to the bottom of it!! Clearly the whole plate isn't being washed or put into a dishwasher if a bit chunk of food is still on the bottom...which puts me off to think they are just being rinsed under water. Please improve this and spent longer cleaning these, guests dont want to eat off dirty plates. Entertainment we thought was great!! Down at the beach most nights we had a jazz singer, a light acrobatic show, another band and an outdoor cinema. All really well done, the entertainment inside the hotel was mainly singers, and it tends to get quite busy so we didnt usually stay. All in all, a great holiday with some improvements to be made hopefully.

  Mar 27, 2026
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  Highly recommend

  Highly recommend the Marbella Corfu. Great location. Love the all inclusive, great food and drinks. Staff so friendly and helpful. It's very family friendly, so lots of kids (and it was August!) but you can always find quiet spots,as it's a large hotel. We can't wait till come again

  Feb 27, 2026
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  A Place Our Kids Can’t Stop Talking About

  We spent our holiday at Marbella Corfu and had an amazing time. The staff, organization, location, and overall value were all excellent. Everything was perfect, and our kids ask every weekend when we can go back. We will definitely return.

  Jan 27, 2026
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  Almost perfect except for wasps

  Almost perfect. Beautiful location, stunning hotel and decor. Food great, especially buffet - a La cartes could be better. Cocktails great. Brilliant water park for kids and a stunning decking to swim from. Main issue is wasps - you can’t eat or drink anything outside without being swarmed. My husband was stung and we saw a lady get stung in the eye. If it wasn’t for wasps would definitely return.

  Jan 16, 2026
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  A holiday to avoid with toddlers

  A lovely location and beautiful grounds but disappointing for the cost of the holiday. We travelled as two families with 5 children aged 1-7. There were some bits that we loved - the food and options of dining were great. The kids club and staff in it were great. The water sport options were great and the kids loved the water park. However, a lot of the frustrations outweighed these. Upon check-in, it was really slow and they went through some of the kids options and cruises etc, only to be told that they were full and we were put on a waiting list. After a lot of chasing they did find spots for the kids on the robotics and pottery, but only after we went daily to mention it. The kids cars were not available due to maintenance, one of the few things our toddler could have done. The daytime cruise was repeatedly cancelled due to issues with the boat so we didn’t get to do that. We only got a space on the sunset cruise on the final night with a lot of pestering and staff were just not very helpful. We found the customer service to be well below par for what you’d expect in this kind of hotel. We had a look on trip advisor and it seemed that we were not alone in this. There was an issue with our room upon arrival with a horrendous drainage issue smell. They came and cleared and then said we should keep ringing each day for them to put more chemicals down, again the onus on us to do that chasing. We also had a cockroach in our room and it involved a lot of chasing to get them to spray the room, and even then it was just an aerosol. The pools were quite cold and the lack of a toddler pool was a real negative. It made life with a 1 year old quite hard as there was nowhere he could stand up, meaning he was on the side of the pool a lot. Similarly, the sheer drop on the boardwalk was an area of anxiety, so the beach was often not a place I could take him safely. Also with there being no play area it meant we couldn’t just sit and watch them play when they’re contained. The evening entertainment was not that great, quite amateurish in comparison to other resorts and, as it was just on the beach, no lighting which meant you couldn’t really see the circus tricks for instance or allow the toddler to wander more than a metre away. There was also no lighting on the way down to the beach making it quite dangerous with the kids. You’d also have to sit on sun loungers to watch which wasn’t overly comfortable nor clean. It was also quite hard to reliably get a good drink. We would order cocktails in certain bars and it wouldn’t resemble anything we were expecting. Finally, the transfer on the way back had no air con which we felt was quite poor. We complained directly to the hotel who offered us a 10% discount on another booking which obviously we would never use and completely ignored by jet2. Overall, avoid this hotel, especially with young toddlers.

  Jan 16, 2026