Me and my partner have just arrived back yesterday morning from Tunisia, staying at Chich Khan hotel and what a fantastic holiday it was, a beautiful hotel, with amazing friendly people... We could not have picked a better place.. The food was brilliant, lots of choice for fussy people like me, and non stop all day long..

The rooms were very spacious with air condition even though they say they don't have it until June but it worked!!! Rooms cleaned everyday with different things made out of the blanket by the maid, very impressive!

The staff could not do anymore for you, you wouldn't even have to leave your sun lounger to get a drink or even ask for a drink sometimes! The animation team speak 5 or more languages and are very entertaining and very friendly, always something to do during the day and evening.

The hotel is extremly clean and a very large one at that, lots of different places to sit and have a few to drink, and if you fancy it there is a little night club with is down the bottom of the hotel so you are unable to hear it anywhere in the hotel.

Not that we had kids but we did notice they have a kids club there, and it looked like they had lots of fun..

The area outside the hotel is in reach of a few shops, supermarket and even ice skating! People in before reviews have mentioned about the men being a bit forward, but they are just slightly over friendly but as soon as you say NO then they do leave you alone.. Lots of bargains but be careful they do try there best to get as much as they can out of you!

We didn't do any of the excursions as we were just having a relaxing week, but a couple we met done them all and thought they were fantastic and good value for money..

We popped down to the beach for our photos to be taken by the hotel photographer, and the beach was beautiful with very soft sand, and lots of sun longers and a bar during the day..

Overall a fantastic holiday, I'd recommend this to anyone, and we have to our family, and are in the process of booking for all of us for next year, children included!

We have recently returned from our holiday at the Chich Khan - what can I say it was brilliant - we liked the atmosphere and the original moorish style of the hotel, everywhere was clean and tidy. The staff were always smiling and only to willing to help, we found the animation crew excellent, during the day they were around the pool area trying to get everyone involved in different activities, even arabic lessons, which in hindsight might have been useful, and the entertainement they put on in the evenings was great fun. The chef and all his helpers deserve praise, the food was of a first class standard and a wide variety of choices both at lunch and dinner, you had to be very picky not to find something that you enjoyed. We especially liked the idea of being able to try a themed evening at another of the iberostar Hotels within the resort, we opted for the Asian and it was delicious. I would recommend this hotel to any of my friends that were travelling to Hammamet

We visited the Chich Khan (pronounced Shish) in mid July 2007 and overall we’d thoroughly recommend it. Despite comments from some about the tatty nature, we found our room to be as good as most Travel Lodges in the UK, ie fairly simple but nice and clean with a decent shower / bathroom and beds. The air con worked well enough to keep room cool all day, and there’s a fridge which is handy although don’t expect to find any UK channels on the satellite TV.

The beds were twin singles pushed together in our case, not a proper double, and the beds were quite firm but better than a lot of hotels. We had a balcony as do most but not all rooms, so make sure you stipulate as the brochure does claim every room has one. Showers run a bit cool about 6-7pm when everyone is getting changed for dinner after a day in the sun but otherwise fine, just don’t rely on getting everyone showered in that small time period.

Food - good choice of mainly western meals to decent standard so there’s something for even picky eaters and kids (chips, pizza, spag bol etc), lots of salad and other starters as well as plenty of nice desserts too. Dress code for evening meal is mentioned as no shorts but it seems to be discretionary as lots of people wore smart casual knee length shorts so no need to bring the sunday best if you don’t want to.

Theres an “a la carte” Mexican restaurant which is complementary once per week for all inclusive, and there's 3 other themed restaurants (Italian, Oriental and Asian I think) at the other 3 Iberostar hotels in Yasmine all of which you can also visit once per week of stay free of charge, so in theory you have 4 nights out of 7 in those restaurants instead of the main buffet restaurant. However we sampled the Mexican and weren’t overly impressed, it’s a fixed menu and more of a novelty as a fun alternative than a proper restaurant, we got the impression the food was mostly pre-prepared and probably cooked in the main kitchen anyway.

Around the rest of the hotel there’s lots of snacks on offer through the day, pancakes at 4pm in the poolside bar recommended, but I didnt find an ice-cream stall/freezer anywhere in the hotel which I thought was odd, although there was ice-cream available in the dining area at lunch and dinner time. Most of the bars are open all day, you can get bottled water from them as well as other drinks including a half decent lager (no other beer) and cocktails, all FOC.

The pool isnt heated and is actually a bit cooler than the sea (in July anyway), so a bit chilly when first getting in, and the indoor pool isn’t open in the summer months. Sunbeds around the pool area are a bit of a pain, you need to be out by 9am to get a decent spot as everyone uses hotel supplied beach towels to "reserve" their beds whilst they go for breakfast, then don’t actually use them until 11am (if at all) which is annoying, so you have to play the game and do the same unfortunately. There are some nice shady spots under the trees in the garden area behind the pool, and although the temperature was in the 40’s centigrade, we found that you could happily sit out there all day, as it stays pleasently cool in the shade under the trees.

The alternative to the pool is the Chich Khan's own segment of beach which is very slightly more than the claimed 200m away (maybe as the crow flies), but not the 10 minute walk some have claimed. Its 3 minutes walk from the front gate tops, although that journey does involve crossing a fairly wide road that can be busy, so not ideal with kids in tow I wouldnt think.

Once on the beach, sunbeds seem less in demand as beds and parasols were still available at ~12pm when we went down a couple of days, although the only all inclusive supplies you’ll get down there are drinks, so you need to come back to the hotel for lunch or buy your own in the cafe on the beach.

The hotel occupancy is probably 75% mainland European guests with about 30-40 guests from the UK on the Thomas Cook package, but most of the staff speak good English.

The hotel is the main Thomas Cook resort in Yasmine so the rep is around quite often if required. There’s a WiFi hotspot but its about £4 for 2 hours access (in a 12hr period) so quite expensive, and the signal only stretches as far as the reception and immediate vicinity so you’ll struggle to use it near the pool or in your room. There is also a couple of PCs available around the reception area if you don’t want to take your own computer. I didn’t bother using any internet in the end, so cant comment on speed or access restrictions which evidently exist for Tunisian internet (no hotmail etc).

The commonly mentioned animation team and entertainment are easy to avoid during the day if you dont want to get involved, although various cheesy “holiday” songs like Agadoo, The birdie song and Superman do get regularly played from the stage PA system next to the pool during the day keeping the kids club amused, so load up your Ipod / earplugs if that kind of thing gets on your nerves adversely!! We didn’t sample the evening entertainment but it seemed to draw quite a crowd so probably ok if you enjoy that kind of thing, for the rest of us it was finished by 10.30 so even if you have a room overlooking the pool/stage area it wasn’t a hindrance to getting sleep (unless you have young kids I guess), although it would be nice to be able to sit outside in the evening and have some peace and quiet without it all going on.

Yasmine itself is all a bit new (only ~10 years since the resort was first developed) and many buildings appear only half finished / unoccupied so its not a great place to stroll around in the evenings. There’s a couple of restaurants an bars but not really enough to make us want to venture out more than one evening.

Overall we’d recommend the Chich Khan as a good place to stay for a fairly budget conscious week’s holiday away, but on a longer holiday the lack of facilities in Yasmine might be more of an issue.

We stayed at the Hotel for a "winter sun break" in feb 2007 for a week.
Like most of the reviews say, we found the hotel staff excellent, nothing is too much trouble, also the food is very good and varied, with fresh pancakes or eggs cooked in front of you for breakfast and fresh pasta or omlettes the rest of the time.
Again, as some other reviwes pointed out the place is a bit tired with a few bulbs here and there out and bits of flaking paint here and there, but overall its fine and very very clean.
Unfortunatley, for our stay of "winter sun" it rained a lot and this kept the temperature down, this meant that the main parts of the hotel like the lobby, bar etc were VERY cold.
Also The area is a tourist area and out of season like febuary meant that a lot of the usual bars and resturants outside the hotel were closed, of course this is NO reflection on the hotel.

Overall, this is a good hotel that took care of everything with minimal fuss with excellent staff.