Le Palme — Restaurant in Monopoli

We spent a day at this beautiful looking beach club, the beach was nice and the beach service was very good. What disappointed us was the restaurant and other services. For lunch we ordered a tomato with mozzarella salad , the tomatoes were green and the cheese looked very generic. (North American looking ), no flavor and very expensive 18€ (you can get this in any other tourist trap for 10) then we had a pizza with Fig and prosciutto , it was okay but the prosciutto was not the best and there was too much of it. Also very expensive at 20€. we really wouldn’t mind the price that much if it would have been extraordinary , but it wasn’t, and that’s the frustrating part.

So before i booked i made sure they offered showers , hot water, and towels , because we had an event right after and they confirmed they did. , i also asked again while checking in. Guess what, no hot water and had to beg for a fresh towel. After 30 minutes of arguing , we got one towel for two people. And they told my girlfriend to use the same one from the beach that was used all day. In addition, she told my girlfriend to go get her towel herself at the beach after she ran out of the showers from the freezing water. The two hostesses were just very rude and disinterested in their work. Will we go back?, i don't think so. In Italy there are tons of lido’s for cheaper and better food. We were just unlucky and relied on...

This place is unnecessarily expensive, in my humble opinion doesn’t worth the dime. The beds were comfy, but the beach was quite rocky and the water gets steep really quick. I would say it’s NOT child friendly at all. The day we were there it was windy, so the water got neck high 2 steps into the water, not to even mention the incredible amount of sea vegetation and gunk collecting at the shoreline of the Le Palme. Looking around seemed like there was the most of it compared to the neighboring beaches. So -even though I’m aware they can’t control the weather- paying a small fortune for a couple hours to lie in a sun-bed, without being able to even enter the water, was extremely disappointing. We would have left right away when we saw that we can’t even swim, but they take your credit card at arrival, before you see the beach, so… you are forced to pay anyway! Most staff seemed unfriendly and bored out of their minds as well, not the level of professionalism or service to expect for the price.

Some positive: nice sun-beds (although questionable, if they are cleaning the pillows after previous guests, they were dirty, but for the price tag I would definitely expect clean pillows), free parking with roof… and that’s literally the only positive things I can come up with right now!

PS. there is a much prettier, cleaner freebeach literally a couple of minutes walk north...

Le Palme is a well organized and a well laid out beach club with the restaurant conveniently integrated into the establishment. Some beach clubs have the restaurant completely separated from the beach and the vibe gets lost. It’s pricey but then again they all are! The difference is generally in the quality and service. We were directed by the beach staff who are imbued with an aura typical of a junior road warden who is blessed with all the power to say no but no power to say yes! This is generally sorted by confronting them without giving them a choice and then everything settles and one can enjoy the rest of the sojourn. This is a natural ritual in Italy probably learned from their agrarian experience of watching too many roosters in a chicken coup. The change rooms and showers are clean and spacious. The service and food in the restaurant was very good and I can highly recommend their pizzas as an antipasto. Le Palme did...