H10 Rubicón Palace

“Good moments in Lanzarote”

Great time spent with our two little kids. Look out for the heathed swimming pool, a perfect place to go when temperatures are around 20-23 degrees! Kids are almost in their bath and can enjoy hours in it; even the youngest ones. Special Kudos to the baby club 1-3y and Marta which made our daught… more

Great time spent with our two little kids. Look out for the heathed swimming pool, a perfect place to go when temperatures are around 20-23 degrees! Kids are almost in their bath and can enjoy hours in it; even the youngest ones. Special Kudos to the baby club 1-3y and Marta which made our daughter happy and willing to go back every day!

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“Overall very good”

Generally, everything is fine. Rooms are good, grounds beautiful. Food – hit and miss but we find this in every hotel buffet. Bear in mind the following before booking: The hotel is 2 miles along the (flat) promenade to town, and over 3 miles (c 1hour walk) to the harbour. Playa Blanca is a lovel… more

Generally, everything is fine. Rooms are good, grounds beautiful. Food – hit and miss but we find this in every hotel buffet. Bear in mind the following before booking: The hotel is 2 miles along the (flat) promenade to town, and over 3 miles (c 1hour walk) to the harbour. Playa Blanca is a lovely resort with lots of restaurants, it feels safe with no lager louts, and I prefer hotels nearer to take advantage of it. There are few retail/bars/restaurants near the hotel so you don’t have the option of going out unless you take a taxi. That being said, the hotel has lots to offer in the evening/daytime and this will suit many people. Aimed at families rather than couples IMO: Young families should definitely shortlist this hotel. Older couples like us appreciated the chill-out pool as a respite from the many children. However, we did go at half term (one of us is a teacher). Food: Buffet is chaotic and very noisy with lots of queuing. Food hit and miss, ranging from freshly sauteed scallops in their shells (delicious) to pizzas so dry they were inedible. Food is aimed at an English clientele, so daily roasts etc. I would have liked to have seen more Spanish food. Bacon made from reformed pork is a new culinary low I’d rather not repeat. Service: Generally fine Rooms: Lovely, bright, modern and airy with sea glimpses in standard rooms and floor to ceiling windows that let light flood in. Pictures on website accurate. Definitely shortlist this hotel if you like large family hotels with good facilities, and look for good value. However, on the standard package, it is NOT a five-star hotel as indicated on their website, but the prices do reflect this.

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“Decent enough, don't worry about the bad reviews you've read. ”

If you've booked this hotel and read some poor reviews please don't worry. I had read certain reviews before we came and contemplated changing but I'm glad I didn't. The hotel isn't perfect but you can't asked for anymore for the price your paying. We stayed on an all inclusive basis and upgraded a… more

If you've booked this hotel and read some poor reviews please don't worry. I had read certain reviews before we came and contemplated changing but I'm glad I didn't. The hotel isn't perfect but you can't asked for anymore for the price your paying. We stayed on an all inclusive basis and upgraded after the first night to privilege. I will try and lay out as much details as I can below. 1. Reception staff, helpful and efficient. Morning after we arrived we upgraded to privilege. Nothing much different slightly bigger room and different resturants for breakfast and dinner. Didn't cost a lot to upgrade really. 2. Restaurant staff - helpful and friendly and very hard working. Some times takes a little while but they don't stop and certainly not as long as some of the reviews I read. Longest we waited for a drink around 10mins and that's because we had moved seats and there was some confusion. 3. Cleaning staff - keep themselves to themselves and get on with it. Rooms tidied and beds made each days with fresh towels. 4. Room service - took quite a while to get to us but it's a massive hotel you have to be prepared that things don't happen instantly. 5. Pools and pool areas - clean, plenty of pools to choose from. Usual towels on beds nonsense from silly o'clock but we always found at least two beds free. If your anxious about this get your towels down around 8am. 6. Booking a resturant - tricky, something wasn't working correctly with this, tried all the ways staff told me too but just didn't work. Be prepared to have to put some work into booking a table. That being said staff always accommodated anyway so wasn't a big issue. Maybe in the busier months might of caused a problem who knows. 7. Location - everything you need in the hotel but a short walk there are beaches and small restaurants to eat out at. 8. Food - again read the reviews and not holding much hope but the food is OK. Don't expect a la carte because it's not but certainly nice enough and decent enough choice. If you can't find anything you like your fussy. 9. Entertainment- we didn't get involved with this much as we like keeping ourselves to ourselves but what we seen of it looked great for kids. There's a small games room and some video games to play on. 10. Room - we upgraded so had a slightly bigger room not by much though as we had stayed in the normal room the first night. Room was clean and tidy and had everything you need or would expect. 11. Drinks - I again read some reviews about the drinks but wine is nice, wife drank cocktails which she said we nice. Always easy and simple to get. Read some reviews about it being difficult to get water. It's honestly not. It's served everywhere.

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