Overall Ratings & Reviews Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa

Just back from a stay at Sofitel Bahrain and honestly, it was excellent. The hotel is in a stunning spot right on the beach with beautiful sea views and a peaceful, private feel. Staff were genuinely warm and attentive—nothing felt forced. The rooms were spacious, clean, and had that subtle luxury feel without being overdone. The Friday brunch was a real highlight—loads of variety and great atmosphere. Spa is worth a visit too, and the pool area was perfect for a proper switch-off. All in all, a brilliant mix of comfort, service, and scenery. Highly recommend if you're looking for a relaxing break in Bahrain with a touch of class. 🌅👌

Great place to stay at a good price

We arrived at 3:00 PM as scheduled, but were informed that the room was not ready. Unfortunately, we had to wait until 5:30 PM before we could check in. This delay was inconvenient and disappointing.

The strength of all Sofitel hotels is the staff. Always friendly, courteous and helpful. Room was large and airy, nice little balcony. Club music is played outside all afternoon and I found it a bit intrusive but the families probably enjoyed it. Excellent gym.

The food was outstanding and there’s private access to a beautiful clean beach. The staff was beyond helpful in letting us have a late checkout and accommodating all our needs. Special shout out to Mary in reception!

My daughter and I agreed to an upgrade to Club Level (at our expense, not free) and were able to enjoy a lovely evening at Club Millesime with an excellent hostess, Angelika. Seriously the best mojitos I’ve ever had! We then enjoyed ladies night at the Greek restaurant, Yemaz, complete with wonderful live music and complimentary wine and shisha. The food was amazing and the atmosphere was exceptional and so relaxing! In the hotel itself, the beds were heavenly and the room was nicely furnished. If I had to make a suggestion, it would be more tv channels in English. Breakfast was great and the service was nice overall. We brought my grandson for a few hours until his father could pick him up, but the kids pool area was drained and closed, so that was a disappointment in an otherwise perfect girls night!

Loved the experience. We had a blast

Good

Lovely hotel and great staff, the beach area is small but ok. We really enjoyed the Greek restaurant and the live entertainment and greek dancing. The Indian restaurant looks beautiful , the service was good but the food wasn't great. We'd definitely stay at the Sofitel again.

Dining options are great but a little bit expensive. The place is good for family with kids not couples nor people who want to relax

Team did a great job setting up the room. However on arrival since brunch shares the same lobby as check in the noise is awful as a check in experience. The room is noce however as a suite there are no plugs in the bedroom. No USB ports which is odd. The bathroom amenities for a suite are missing so you have to call and they are visibly the cheapest they could find. No bubble bath availabile so dont ask. The room as I said was nice, not excellent and i have certainly stayed at better suites. But the team were lovely and did a great job making us feel welcome.

The pool was not clear

The staff are wonderful!! So welcoming! The Italian and Greek restaurants were lovely.. especially the Greek restaurant that had live music and dancing!!

This is a beautiful hotel, and is probably lovely to stay at when it's not a building site. I was told that the club lounge was unavailable due to renovations, but not that whole floors were being remodelled. The construction noise was constant and pervasive.

Rooms are very nice and clean

Rooms are of a very good size. Very nice bathroom and in good condition. Unfortunately there were some issues with the booking. Whilst I booked a room for 2 adults and a 5 year old (age was clearly stated) and paid 350£ for bed and breakfast for one night, we were informed when arrived at the hotel that if we require a bed for our child that there will be an extra charge of about 30 quid or if we wanted a free baby cot. Again the room was for 2 adults plus one child and there was only one king size bed. No couch no nothing for a child to sleep. When I contacted hotels.com they told me oh yes you need to pay extra £30 for a childs bed which is so bizarre since the room we booked was for 2 adults and 1 child. In addition, the room didn't have enough towels or enough toiletries to cover the needs of 3 people. Service at the restaurant was outstanding, very attentive. The hotel has a very nice swimming pool and the beach is private and very clean.

Hotel is in a lovely setting on the beach but is masquerading as a 5 star hotel. We were staying as a family for a winter sun break, whilst we were there the hotel was hosting a big wedding over many days. The noise level from this was completely unacceptable on many occasions (stacks of speakers and very loud music), public areas of the hotel monopolised, set up taking place at night causing sleep disturbance and hotel staff generally prioritising the wedding. Mattresses on Sun loungers were shabby as were many pool towels. No service at pool bar. Service at Breakfast very hit and miss. Friday brunch also very loud, disturbing attempts at relaxing by the pool. Really feels like the hotel prioritises making money over guest satisfaction. Club Millesime was good, great service from Hanna and Michelle.

We stay at this hotel every October. This year we noticed a big difference and not in a good way. Every day we had to ask for towels as they’d clean the room and then not leave any towels. We’d then be given 2 towels for 4 of us! Not a major issue but inconvenient having to constantly ask and wait for them to be brought to us. Also, things in the room didn’t work (hair dryer and shaving socket). There was a wedding during our stay, again this isn’t a problem as it quite nice watching what’s going on but the set up took away a section of the pool area and the DJ and music were ridiculously loud, not very relaxing for guests who weren’t part of the wedding. It won’t put us off staying again as we love the area but the standards do need to be improved.

Good place

Love the property. Feels like a resort. Perfect weekend get away…. But be prepared to spend some $$$$