[1] Box Office magazine's Pete Hammond commented "The Palace is riveting, suspenseful first class filmmaking.
In just its short running time it manages to be every bit as accomplished, compelling and provocative as any full-length feature.
Peter Krausz, Chair of the Australian Film Critics Association, concluded his review after also seeing the film at the Melbourne International Film Festival ”This is pure film-making to the highest degree...”[2] Cine Outsider's Timothy E. Raw wrote "Director Maras' choke-hold on the audience only tightens, suspense building not to a point of release, but asphyxiating hysteria ... sixteen minutes of non-stop action that rivals the highest Hollywood standards and on more than one occasion surpasses them with blitzkrieg duck n' cover staging".
Blake Howard from The Co-Op Post ended his review with "The Palace is one of the most emotionally affective and powerful short films that I’ve ever seen.
The house has been restored to its former glory and now serves as a museum administered by the Department of Antiquities in the southern Greek part of Nicosia.