First time at this hotel for a short break. Initial impressions were good as we walked in to the hotel lobby, nice area which smelled lovely! Friendly staff and greeted with a glass of bubbly. Unfortunately couldn’t get in the room until 15:00hrs so we tried the buffet lunch. Usual buffet style food, nothing outstanding. One very friendly waiter stood out for us and looked out for us every time he saw us. The room key is on a wristband you have to wear 24/7. We found it extremely temperamental; it took ages rubbing it against the door to try and get it open. The walk to the room showed us a very tired and stained carpet. On entry to the room, the bathroom and the entire space were lovely and large. The balcony was overlooking the sea and pool area. Unfortunately the closer we looked at the room the more we found it was very tired. It really needs some updating. The furniture shows a lot of wear and tear, the TV is very old, the kettle doesn’t have anywhere to plug in unless you put it on the floor and the air con/heating system is out of date. The balcony furniture is that horrible brittle white plastic. Even more annoying is that the balcony sides are so high when you sit down you can’t see over! So all you can see is the sky. On arrival there was a lot of bird droppings on the floor so I had to visit reception to get them to clean that up. One of my biggest bug bears with hotels is when they don’t have any night lighting in the bathroom. The bathroom lighting is horrendously bright when you get up in the night. The bed is a VERY hard pocket spring mattress, very wide but not very long. There is a fridge in the room but there was nothing inside it. We did have a welcome bottle of cava which was nice. There is a safe but reception didn’t have the reset key so we couldn’t use it. They also charge for its use!? The hotel is large and over 5 floors, lots of stairs and lifts. The water feature running through the hotel is a nice touch but was annoyingly dirty and grim. The pool area is nice and they have thankfully updated the tiles; they are in the process of updating the tiles everywhere outside so there was some building working going on whilst we were there. We always found a bed and reserving beds isn’t allowed prior to 09:30hrs. The beds are very basic and pretty uncomfortable. The breakfast buffet is good enough although the coffee is TERRIBLE. The lunch at the outside restaurant is also okay; better than the buffet. However, I’d avoid the chicken burger as it’s some weird chicken patty thing. We tried the al a carte restaurant once and were very disappointed. I’d stick with the buffet. The food was uninspiring, the menu lacked any creativity and each meal came with the same potatoes and veg. Service was good. The usual commercial drinks are available at the hotel but I’d avoid any off the menu cocktails. I tried a whisky sour… it was whisky of some sort but no sour, and served in a martini glass. Overall, for a short getaway it was gr
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