Meliá Zahara Resort & Villas

From the moment we arrived to when we left the staff couldn't do enough for us. We arrived rather late, and reception insisted that yes, we should eat first and check in later so we didn't have to rush dinner. Our villa had a good sized garden with lots of furniture, with the pool a short walk away. We especially liked the Breeza beach bar - fantastic fresh fish! The hotel charges for parking, but it's quite easy to find roadside parking within a few minutes walk. If you have problems walking, the hotel does have an electric buggy to take you to/from the beach bar - order from reception. The Spanish pronunciation of 'buggy' is closer to 'boogy', FYI. Recommended!

Very disappointing all round - especially for the price paid. Constantly queuing for meals, breakfast, coffee machines that were rarely working - and topped off by very poor service. When escalating issues to management, they were indifferent (to put it mildly). Avoid.

If you like dancing in your bedroom, you would love Meliá Atlanterra. From 8pm until 11pm every night they would play music outdoors karaoke style, entertain children or do whatever activity they choose for the day at a volume that could probably be heard from Seville. If you are the type that loves these things (your typical karaoke or cruise guy, with more energy than taste) then this might be your place. Otherwise, abstain. At these prices, there are far better choices in Zahara/Atlanterra. The hotel is OK, no frills, but OK.

Very nice clean hotel. The rooms are spacious, clean and well equipped. The food both in the hotel and hotel’s Chirinquito was superb. The Hotel is well located only 8mins drive from Zahara de los Atunes, which in itself is worth visiting. The hotel also has access to the beach. With the exception of a slow and poor check-in from Front of House the Service was predominantly very good. Will definitely return. Thanks

Absolutely beautiful and well kept property, with a lively pool and huge beach stretching far along the shore. The town nearby is cute. The staff is friendly and food is delicious. Rooms are large. We would love to come back!!

Hotel was beautiful and very clean. Staff were very professional yet friendly and could not have been more helpful. Food and drinks were great. We used the Level and the Beach Bar. The Tuna steak at the beach bar was outstanding! Really enjoyed everything.

gorgeous setting and great staff, will be back

Gorgeous place, we will go back.

I am writing this review after just leaving The Melia hotel in Zahara for lunch. All I can say is what an awful and quite stressful experience from the moment we walked in. To start we were left waiting nearly 10 min as several staff promised to get our table ready. That is a family with 4 young children, their father and their mother (myself) with a sprained ankle. I’d say it took at least 5 attempts to get our order in and at least 30 min to do so. When we did finally get the head waiter to take it we got a half hearted apology for the delay. Lunch then took so long to come that one of the waitresses came over to ask if we were ready for dessert! My salad was nice but the children’s pasta (penne and tomato sauce… the only children’s option!) was under cooked as was my husbands squid which had to be sent back. On paying over €100 my husband said that the service was not good… again all we got was another half hearted apology. To say we were disappointed is an understatement and I am just glad we are not staying at this hotel because I would dread stepping foot in that restaurant again. I have no doubt that the hotel will not care about this review but perhaps it will help other holiday makers.