Ria Park Hotel & Spa

Having visited last August, I was looking forward to staying again this June, only to be disappointed on this occasion. This hotel is a 5* with a very corporate feel to it. We had a sea view room on the 5th floor and yes you can see the sea from that room. The breakfast for a 5* establishment was lacking in variety and choice eg, no egg/omelette station, no table service for coffee and tea (had to use a machine), waiting staff in restaurant had limited English. Pool area clean and tidy, sun loungers round the pool are very cramped. Pool bar food was good, variety of drinks and catered well for all. Majority of staff were sullen. Parts of the hotel feel very tired and in need of updating especially the rooms. The room we had felt like a 3* hotel room, very basic facilities, however if a fluffy dressing gown and slippers make up for everything else it's laking to make it 5*, then this is a 5* hotel. The turndown service at night happened between 4-5 pm every day, which in my opinion is far too early. Overall, the hotel is lacking qualities that make a hotel a 5* establishment. I have stayed in many hotels with a 5* rating around the world, and sadly this establishment does not live up to those standards.

Really happy with the choice we made: a nicely sized 5-star hotel, clean, nice & attentive staff. Good breakfast / dinner. Maybe they should try to refurbish / modernise the rooms a little bit, to give it more of an up-to-date image. Close to the beach with some nice bars/restaurants, and a nice walking path parallel to the beach. Definitely a place to return to!!

Beautiful pool area.

We stayed here one night while on a Country Roads of Portugal Tour. The hotel was nice but nothing stands out as remarkable! Although the service in the bar was excellent where we enjoyed a coke zero and some chips. You can walk to the beach where you will find several restaurants. The hotel breakfast was good! They had a lovely pool too!

Breakfast was missing an omelette station

This was our 6th stay at Ria Park, a hotel we chose due to its location, walking distance to the beach, and with in a short distance of numerous restaurants. You can not fault the hotel for cleanliness, it appears that they are staff constantly cleaning. The buffet breakfast offers a good choice of hot and cold food, and there is the ability to order additional items. There are two negatives from this visit. Firstly the hotel appears to be attracting large party groups, which we’ve not witness on previous visits.The week we were there, we witnessed a number of large groups, who were freely being served alcohol by the bar staff, clearly these sort of groups bring in welcome income to the hotel especially in bar receipts, but the hotel staff and management have a duty to ensure that these parties do not spoil the holidays of the other guest. We witnessed a fight in the bar area which the bar staff did nothing to stop, and the reception staff also had a full view of this event, and choose to do nothing. I brought this to the attention of the duty manager at check out, but the only response I got was why did I not bring it to the managers attention when it happened! Despite as previously mention the duty manager having full view of this event. Secondly the hotel has a nice pool area, we were there late April so start of season, and the hotel wasn’t full. I noted 50 sunbeds stacked under covers, I`am not sure where these would fit without sitting on each other

Went for long weekend and really enjoyed this hotel. Had good nights sleep every night as the hotel seemed well sound proofed. The lobby bar was relaxed and the staff all professional but lovely. Breakfast was very nice. And the pool area was lovely and peaceful would recommend this hotel to anyone who doesn’t want boom boom boom all the time. Near to Julia’s Maria’s bamboo restaurants and cheeky pup all cheap to get to and 10 mins from vilamoura in an Uber so good location for whatever you fancy

Nice hotel, lovely staff. Great location.

Our second stay at the Ria Park and my wife, daughters and myself enjoyed it tremendously once again. Comfortable rooms, great swimming pool, first class breakfast, super well equipped gym, great views, helpful staff and much more. Only one tiny thing lacking and that would be a coffee machine in the room.

We were originally booked into the Ria Park Garden Hotel, but they changed us to the Ria Park. the hotel is fine - housekeeping left a lot to be desired. staff were lovely. Breakfast was mediocre - could definitely be improved. The hotel needs a little care, a small upgrade in decor would be good. On arrival our room had bottles of water - we had to ask for it to be replenished 2 days later - lack of attention to detail. The pool area is lovely. The main shortfall was breakfast and housekeeping. The upside was the staff in reception and the bar were great.