So, I was in two minds about my star rating 4*/5*, however I feel I lean more towards 4 purely based on a few things that let this hotel down.
Staff, majority of the staff are nothing but attentive, helpful and polite. We had one occasion, where gentleman on reception was quite abrupt in that we couldn’t book another restaurant however we were definitely told by the lady upon check-in that if we came back on Friday we would be able to book a second choice. We was made to feel quite stupid but we was purely doing what we was told we could. Bar staff, round of applause, they memorised our favourite drinks and were always really attentive to our daughter who’s 2 years 2 months. I couldn’t get the name of the lady, but she had dark hair and a ponytail, this woman deserves a pay rise!
There’s several restaurants that you can choose from if you’re all inclusive within the Protur hotels, we unfortunately only managed one and it completely ruined my husband’s birthday. We went to the Country Grill, how bad could it be?! Well the steak wasn’t even cooked blue it was cold and raw, jacket potatoes cold THE FLIES, while we was eating, just awful, we sat inside and it’s basically just a buffet there was no service, you can only get drinks while eating and it was wine out of a tap and I have to say it was the most disgusting wine I’ve ever tasted. I would absolutely not recommend going there.
Restaurant, the first few days, THE FLIES, ah! I agree something needs to be done, one day it really put me off breakfast but mainly the flies seemed to be worse at lunch? (I always dug to the button for my salad). Had a good selection, always find something, dinner seemed to be better on the weekends. The gentleman on the grill probably needs to learn how to cook meat as well. I had a burger and it was so pink in the middle it just made me feel sick. They don’t seem to understand either when you asked to have something cooked thoroughly, I don’t mind steak medium rare but burger meat is different and it should be cooked through (to me).
Room, we had a swim up room, it was perfect! We went away with our 2 year old, so some days when we put her to sleep in her cot for a nap we was able to use the pool and sun loungers which was just amazing. Room was cleaned daily, fresh towels, pool towels also can be changed every 3 days, no complains about the room. (Maybe a more comfortable pillow but that’s me being fussy!).
Pools, yes they’re ‘fresh’ definitely first thing in the morning.. however you adjust very quickly once you’re in but I do think the kids pool could be slightly warmer for the little ones.
Evening entertainment, some nights we had an absolute blast. There was a music band called The Family I think, Wow! Incredible vocals!
The beach is a few minutes walk away and the sea was warm, we also went into Cala Millor one night which was literally a 5 minute taxi drive and was a lively area I personally wouldn’t take my little one but that’s personal choice (my mother in law had our little one for a few hours while we explored).
Upon check out, we wasn’t asked if we had enjoyed our stay if there was anything they could do if we had any questions they didn’t thank us it was literally, “I’d like to check out… “room number”.. *** “all done” it seemed a bit Premier inn, would’ve been nice to have a closing conversation.
I’d also just like to touch on a few of the reviews I’ve read about the children, this isn’t an adult only hotel so if you’re looking for that kind of holiday, I would recommend going adult adults only, just because it’s out of school holidays doesn’t mean children aren’t going to be there they don’t start school until four years old. I have to say all the children that were there during our week visit was so polite and so lovely. There was not one instance that I ever saw of children causing any issues or any disturbance, they all played and danced lovely during disco time and any entertainment. The only time I did see behavioural which I deemed unacceptable was when a Spanish corporate event turned up there was two boys jumping and running from sun bed to sun bed while the mother was in the pool restaurant. I couldn’t really understand it but not even the staff said anything. It was definitely an accident waiting to happen, but we shortly left anyway.
Overall, I wouldn’t say we wouldn’t return, but I would look at other hotels on the island / area, saying that, we had a beautiful holiday and our daughter had a wonderful time.