Hotel Altamadores Reviews

I wanted to leave a review, since I read so many before our holiday and I rely on other peoples reviews to help me decide where to book. Firstly, we arrived at midnight and we were greeted by a lovely gentleman on reception who checked us in quickly and efficiently and handed us each a bag containing a sandwich and some fruit, the sandwich was as dry as a flip flop but we appreciated the gesture. On arrival to our rooms we found them spotlessly clean, plenty of wardrobe space and pool towels which you could swap any time at reception for €3. They had also left us a bottle of water in the fridge, at this point I was really hoping for a cup of tea, but there was nothing else to drink other than the water - a few teabags and a few milks would have gone down a treat. The following morning we were up with the larks and ready for breakfast, we were pleasantly surprised at the full selection of cooked items, pastries, fruit, cereals, yoghurts, pancakes and breads - my youngest son was in awe of the Nutella on pump! The coffee machine was mediocre, the fresh orange was nice but the other juices were not great! After breakfast, they pretty much serve snacks (usually hot dogs, burgers, chips and Ice creams) until about an hour before lunch, and then again shortly after lunch ends until about 30 mins before dinner - you definitely do not need to go hungry. The food was good but not excellent - 2 of my kids (19 & 15) are super fussy but managed to eat something every meal - even if it was mostly pizza and chips. We had a few themed nights, 2 bbqs while we were there, a Chinese night, a Sunday dinner and a Greek night - but each time they served up plenty of pizza’s chips and salad to go along with it. The staff were all lovely and worked super hard to keep the restaurant and terrace clean. The drinks let this hotel down, there are help yourself pumps available from 11am to 11pm which consists of Pepsi, 7up zero, soda water, fizzy lemon & orange, water, lager & wine/sangria. Soft drinks were all fine and the lager was Tropical which we liked but was definitely watered down (me, beer and sun don’t usually mix, but not even a head spin from this stuff) The wines were terrible, my husband loves a red wine and found it pretty much undrinkable and resorted to buying himself a bottle from the supermarket instead. I tried the red and the rose, both not drinkable for me - the Sangria was better but I would have liked a Prosecco. There were local spirits available to pour yourself also, but again, they were ok at best. There were plenty of sun beds, although people were still putting their towels out from 7am, the hotel give out announcements that they don’t allow sun beds to be reserved but they don’t stop anyone and after the second day we joined in to get a good spot - there were 6 of us and we always managed to get beds together. There is a small supermarket at the hotel which stocks pretty much anything you might need. We ventured out shopping a few times and to