Second visit to Sharm having stayed at the Hilton last year. Marriott (beachside) is undoubtedly better in terms of the rooms, pool and other common areas. Very comfortable bed. Helpful and friendly staff and particular mention of Waleed Nasser, Front Office Manager. However, beach is not as long nor deep as the Hilton, umbrellas smaller and closer together and so beach feels more congested. Sun-beds on the beach are way past their best and need urgent upgrading (poolside are fine). Hilton's beach also seemed a lot quieter.
As with Hilton, buffet food not particularly good and certainly not worth paying extra (even a couple of pounds) for dinner option. Recommend Pomodoro restaurant and Indian restaurant both at Camel Dive Hotel in town. Great food and very reasonably priced - cheap in fact.
If you dive, I highly recommend Sinai Divers which is about 200mtrs beyond Hilton towards town (good boats, smaller dive groups, great staff)

One of the best hotels I have stayed in. The staff was so helpful and made us feel very welcome. We had a lovely room on the ground floor with a patio leading to the pool area. I thought this would feel like a lack of privacy but as most people went to the beach, it was like having a privet villa.
The breakfast was fantastic, a great selection and plenty of everything with a young lad topping up our coffee as soon as required. We had dinner in the Italian restaurant in the hotel, the night of out wedding anniversary and when we said what day it was to the waiter, the lights were dimmed and a little cake with candles was brought out. The meal was lovely. If you are into Sushi, the sushi restaurant is very good but not cheap.
The snorkelling off the beach was only magic, I never snorkelled before but it did not take much time to learn.
Best of all was the surprise we got on my husbands birthday, when we returned to our room there was a black forest cake and two plates with napkins. I went up to customer services next day to thank them and ask them how they knew and yes you have guessed, the passports.
All in all we had a wonderful holiday, interesting and restful, I can see us repeating this holiday for the next few years for our wedding anniversary, and I would not pass the Marriott for anywhere else.

Our fourth family holiday to Sharm and first at the Marriot.

For £80 a night, half-board this was stunning value. (Booked direct via Marriot website - limited offer on off-peak dates.) Partly it was cheap to us in UK because of US$ weakness - all prices are quoted in US$, but you'll pay the bill in Egyptian currency on checkout.

On the beach side of this resort, which is split by the Peace Road (toot toot!) no pools are heated - why do all Sharm hotels, even the "quality" ones, pull this stupid stunt? The mountain side pool is heated, but with the attractions of the beach for our two toddlers, we only trooped across the road once... a heart-stopping experience with a buggy and two little boys!

Serious complaint - they say (on a notice in the lobby) that they do a kids' disco nightly at 9pm (which is too late) but they don't. It simply doesn't happen. We asked Dave Doubledecks to play something for our kids one evening, and he played two songs - to an otherwise completely empty bar. On the beach are half-a-dozen pieces of plastic play equipment which are ALL broken and sun-bleached, in a tiny fenced compound. Message to the Marriot - either provide properly for kids, or proclaim publicly that this is an adults-only hotel - but please don't promise stuff you don't deliver, as it causes resentment. (Two hotels away towards Naama Bay is the Hilton Fayrouz - THAT is how to provide for kids!)

Staff, however, were fantastic, without exception. Always made a fuss of our boys and looked after us very very well.

Insufficient sunbeds at the beach - problem solved with LE50 a day, as usual - can't say that this bothers me, but if you haven't been before, you may want to budget for it.

Buffet food got boring after 11 nights but they all do.... familiarity breeds contempt. No bad tums this time, though, so hygiene seems good.

I think we'll give the Hilton Fayrouz a go next year - good reviews here on TA, and we stopped by to see a room and find out what they did for young families - impressive.

My husband and I stayed here in April 2007 for his 40th birthday and i kept meaning to write a review. My husband did not really want to go to egypt but I convinced him with the climate, which was fantastic whilst we were there, the Marriott was great really friendly, clean, peaceful and with the choice of the hustle bustle of Nama Bay which was really lively and pleasent. I am taking my 2 children 11yrs & 14yrs next year without my husband so that must mean I am pretty confident in my safety there (obviously I would not venture into residential areas) I found the people really nice and could not do enough for you. The food in Nama Bay was a real experience and worth every penny (which was never much) as we only had bed & breakfast. The negatives are simply you are always in danger of a dodgy tum simply because you are in a diferent climate with different spices and possibly more to drink than usual but that can happen in Bognor on a good day. I say go with an open mind and enjoy, we did.