Hotel Aiguablava

“Lovely hotel with incredible breakfast”

I loved this hotel: beautiful setting, excellent service and the most amazing breakfast. The swimming pool is huge, there is a tennis court and a beach nearby (several actually) and nice villages 20 mins drive away if you fancy dinner somewhere else.

“Great atmosphere”

Great friendly atmosphere. Attentive staff - good food - cozy rooms - all in an amazing picturesque location. Very convivial atmosphere though has a curious dated feel (e.g. crêpes Suzette) which adds to the charm. Suspect Miss Marple would holiday here!

“Great Hotel - Staff Need Training”

The hotel has very comfortable rooms, is spotlessly clean and location is great. However we felt that our dining experience at the terrace restaurant left a great deal to be desired. After reading so much hype we felt confident in booking a meal, so booked through reception. We arrived on time … more

The hotel has very comfortable rooms, is spotlessly clean and location is great. However we felt that our dining experience at the terrace restaurant left a great deal to be desired. After reading so much hype we felt confident in booking a meal, so booked through reception. We arrived on time and without any interaction were shown to our table. The menus arrived and we were very surprised to see that they didn’t show any prices apart from supplements. We were asked if we would like to order any drinks by a soured faced waiter and we ordered water and a bottle of wine. The water and wine arrived and again no interaction. Then a waiter arrived to take our order, what a difference he smiled chatted to us and took our order. Our food arrived with over cooked vegetables and undercooked meat, on passing the manager saw the blood coming from our meat and without any apology took our food away. When our food was returned the meat was overcooked and the vegetables burnt, there was no apology, we ate what we could and left. We didn’t book any more meals there. Before putting this on Tripadvisor we wrote directly to the hotel but they didn’t bother to respond.

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“Beautiful location, good service, but they need to fix some of the basics”

This is a difficult hotel to review because some things are excellent and some are terrible. I scored it a 3 but considered giving it only 2 because it was such poor value - for reference, we paid approx €400 for one night for 2 people including breakfast. The good: Staff - were generally very go… more

This is a difficult hotel to review because some things are excellent and some are terrible. I scored it a 3 but considered giving it only 2 because it was such poor value - for reference, we paid approx €400 for one night for 2 people including breakfast. The good: Staff - were generally very good. The receptionists were charming and very proactive and helpful. Carlos in the restaurant was fantastic. Location - beautiful spot in quaint town. Restaurant terrace is spectacular. Breakfast is good. The average: Room - was fine, but bath wasn’t clean enough and for this price there should be bath robes and slippers IMO. Small details like a price list for the minibar shouldn’t be missing and for €400 you shouldn’t need a towel card at the pool. Furniture in room was tired. The bad: Dinner: this was very poor, particularly for the money. My veal entrecôte was not good quality meat at all and my wife’s pasta was totally basic, like a school meal. Ironically the portions were very generous - please reduce the quantity and improve the quality. Value: I met my parents here. They paid €1800 for 7 nights half board for two ppl (this seems good value). So when I paid €400 for one night for an inferior room with breakfast but not dinner (admittedly booked at late notice) that wasn’t great. But what really got me was sitting to dinner and being given a very expensive menu while they ate the same food for a tiny fraction of the cost. If the food justified the prices that would be totally fine, but they were charging €20-30+ per starter and €30-40 per main for the kind of food you get at a mediocre all inclusive hotel. For that money in this part of Spain there are insanely good restaurants to choose from. It was a real shame because we had surprised our parents and had been so excited to join them.

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