Was going to cancel on the strength of the reviews, but decided to go....I decided to pay/bribe for a good room.we were shown to our room which was not great, but not too bad, reasonably clean, no smells, flat screen TV, large bed and no leaking toilet as per reviews...little did we know that the aircon was faulty and ridiculously loud, and we were directly above the entertainment, so no early sleep, but I'm glad we got that room, as lots of people were complaining about there rooms...
Forward to food and drink....there was OK beer, no cocktails, and no sugar free drinks, no free water either unless you queued at 11pm..water was only 25p in the local shop anyway...food when we ate in the evening wasn't that bad,chicken, rice, fish, veg etc, but rude greedy Eastern Europeans made the experience awful, they act like animals pushing, grabbing as much as yhey can....I think they could set it out better maybe to make it less prison canteen...breakfast was awful, no toaster, hardly anything for my taste, but coffee machine and pastries were the order of the day...a guy fries/incinerates eggs, uses his bre hands to pick out the shells and despite my numerous attempts to show him how to fry an egg, he couldn't, so gave up...pool bar did pizza at lunch along with other bits which was OK but repetitive....dont think the restaurant staff can cope when hotel busy, as indeed it is hard to find a made up table, but we just grabbed a vacant one, then grabbed a member of staff for our cuttlery...there are 2 pools, we used top one which was OK, bit scruffy but quite clean...beach was OK too, but always packed...you have to buy tokens for the towels, and the towel guy thinks he is the big boss...he tells you when you can or cant change your towels.he was the rudest member of staff there....The hotel was surprisingly busy, full up actually, so no beds available after 9ish....Our room was cleaned, bed made, towels changed daily, so we tipped our lady daily...the rest of the staff in the main were miserable, lacklustre and only were friendly if they thought you would tip them...lots of nice staff though, and despite the reviews, they are always trying to clean the hotel which is quite run down....I really think that the guests make this hotel a poor experience...one northern girl and her friend complained about dirt in the pool, screaming and shouting, taking pics (for a refund I guess) trying to get the Brits to back her up, but they had left there food to be blown around hence the dirty pool, then smashed a glass the next day and left it...they, like several other guest would put towels on beds early, and not be back all day, so wrongwhen dozens of people were searching for a bed....What can you do with disgusting guests like that??? I would not book this hotel again, but actually would return if it was super cheap, as didn't have an awful experience, just not a great one, but as they say, you get what you pay for...