“Great place for a holiday.”

Arrived back home from The Alba Beach hotel after a 10 stay with Jet2. We stayed in a premier room because it had a refrigerator which my wife could keep her insulin cool. The service at the hotel is first class and any reasonable requests are quickly met. The hotel is kept immaculate by an efficie… more

Arrived back home from The Alba Beach hotel after a 10 stay with Jet2. We stayed in a premier room because it had a refrigerator which my wife could keep her insulin cool. The service at the hotel is first class and any reasonable requests are quickly met. The hotel is kept immaculate by an efficient cleaning staff and rooms are serviced each day. The public and reception Ares have updated and decorated which gives a good impression on arrival. Some of the hotel bedrooms are a little tired and in need of the update. The restaurant is very well run plates are quickly cleared and the evening any drinks you want are served at your table, no queuing for them at the bar. For a three star hotel the food is of a good standard and hot with the buffet being constantly refilled. The menu is different every evening some better than others depending on your choices. Breakfast offers a full English or continental (or both) as its a all you can eat set up. I was glad to find I could have lactose free milk for breakfast time but disappointed that there was no gluten free bread or options. Being both lactose and gluten intolerant does make meal times difficult. For a three star hotel it is at the top end and will be visiting again before long as it's location is excellent. Only criticism is the water pressure can be a bit hit and miss but this is a problem I have found in some other older hotels.

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“60th Birthday Surprise !!”

My Husband and myself stayed here for my surprise 60th Birthday, on arrival we were greeted kindly, I noticed that they were starting renovations which Jet advised a few days before leaving about this but said the were "minor", I was very disappointed with our room - too small, no fridge, balcony … more

My Husband and myself stayed here for my surprise 60th Birthday, on arrival we were greeted kindly, I noticed that they were starting renovations which Jet advised a few days before leaving about this but said the were "minor", I was very disappointed with our room - too small, no fridge, balcony looking out to another hotel too small and dark, very outdated decor, I didn't even unpack and headed back down to reception and asked about the request that my husband had asked for per our Travel agent both of the staff looked at each other and mumbled, I was then told if we wanted a bigger room with kettle, fridge, hairdryer overlooking pool it would be an extra 20 euros per day !! this I refused to pay and stated that i would take this up when the Rep arrived, however I think that the guy on reception he said his name was "Young" understood that this was a birthday celebration and gave us a room on the 1st floor overlooking the pool with all the extra to me were basic. the "minor" repairs were uplifting flooring , painting and papering, noisy and work tools all around, they had the lounge bar closed during this, pool bar only, upstairs bar "the sunrise bar" only opens on selection season ??.. The pool area on the grass side was awful especially when raining, pool bar very slow when busy, towels on beds even though signs up to say not to reserve nothing done about it !!..we stayed half board, the food was adequate and sometime repetitive, but we found you could get something if necessary, mornings were very busy sometimes had to wait on free tables and sometimes fresh food. The Hotel in general is clean and staff are pleasant, the rooms need updated as I was informed the rooms are standard, unless you upgrade to me these were also standard. hotel is close to the beach and a pleasant walk to the marina area, yes it is at the back of McDonalds but we had no issues with this or smells. the entertainment could do with a complete clear out too very basic and who wants to play bingo every night, there are lovely bars and restaurants when you get out onto the strip, however there is a very noisy Irish bar opposite or as you come out of Hotel called Clearys, some nights there was singing republican songs which was a bit off putting as we had been in this bar during the day and it was lovely. Benalmadena overall is lovely and we would go back but I don't think we would stay at this Hotel again..

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“Not bad hotel just needs a few improvements ”

Visited here from the 28th September until 4th October with my partner. Honest review is it's in a good location for the beach shops and restaurants. Yes it is at the back of a macdonalds but the bins are not smelly as some people have said on here. Check in was easy done in around 5 mins and strai… more

Visited here from the 28th September until 4th October with my partner. Honest review is it's in a good location for the beach shops and restaurants. Yes it is at the back of a macdonalds but the bins are not smelly as some people have said on here. Check in was easy done in around 5 mins and straight to our room at around 1.30pm. Room was OK. 2 main faults with it was only one plug socket to charge phones etc. Shower was very temperamental with it going hot and cold all the time. Room was cleaned every day and fresh towels if wanted every day. The restaurant was always quite busy. We was half board so we had breakfast and evening meal. Breakfast was the same everyday cooked or continental. Continental was very sparse not much available. The cooked breakfasts were usually cold but their was microwaves to heat up and people were using these.The evening meal sometimes was hit and miss. The best was the gala dinner was on Wednesday and the overall selection was the best all week. The pool and sunlounger area was not bad but in certain places it was bear grass areas and was just mud so if it rained it would be a bit messy to say in the least. Some renovations were going on whilst we were there in the reception area. But not as bad as before we got there. Entertainment in the evening was so so. The best was the Flamenco in the Wednesday evening. The rest of the time it was singers every night. One of which swore during his performance. Everyone looked at each other thinking the same thing did he just swore! Anyway would we come again ? Maybe not but we had a relaxing week.

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