Hl Club Playa Blanca Hotel

“Fantastic holiday....”

Thanks to the staff of the hotel for making our vacation a memorable trip.... stayed there for 2 weeks with my family(all inclusive).... plenty of good food to choose from 7.30 am to 10 pm.... decent choice of alcohol.... Bungalows were very spacious and cleaned everyday except Sunday's.... plenty … more

Thanks to the staff of the hotel for making our vacation a memorable trip.... stayed there for 2 weeks with my family(all inclusive).... plenty of good food to choose from 7.30 am to 10 pm.... decent choice of alcohol.... Bungalows were very spacious and cleaned everyday except Sunday's.... plenty of things to keep the family occupied.... tennis, table tennis etc.... Spanish bar is a great place to retire after dinner and play card games with the family....All in all we had a memorable holiday....

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“October half term”

Bit of context this is our 3rd visit to the hotel over a 15 year period. 7 in our party including a 3 year old, 16 year old and 19 year old. Food - standard AI fare, not worst I’ve had not the best. Always plenty of choice, with speciality nights best. Vegetarian choices not very well labelled. Ca… more

Bit of context this is our 3rd visit to the hotel over a 15 year period. 7 in our party including a 3 year old, 16 year old and 19 year old. Food - standard AI fare, not worst I’ve had not the best. Always plenty of choice, with speciality nights best. Vegetarian choices not very well labelled. Can get very busy and noisy at dinner between 7 to 7.45. Drinks - again standard AI fare. Self serve soft drinks but any alcohol you have to be served. Never much of a queue. Beer is Amstel. My criticism would be the pool bar should have been shutting at 6.30 but very often it would shut at 5.45 and the advertised cakes etc. never materialised. Rooms- very spacious, with lots of storage space. AC only in bedroom but very efficient. Cleaned 6 days a week. Fridge and tea/coffee making facilities. Amongst best rooms we’ve had at an AI hotel. Pool - plenty of sunbeds. Usual notices about not reserving spots but not enforced. If you wanted a particular place people were reserving from 8. Kept as tidy as they can be by staff during the day, but guests don’t help themselves by their laziness to just put used cups, plates etc. in bins! Water temperature a tad bracing! Special mention to the lifeguard who was the friendliest person I met at the hotel. Gardens- immaculately tended. Some of the cacti are incredible, with gorgeous bourganvilla adorning a lot of rooms. Our 3 year old was fascinated by the bananas growing around. Entertainment - basic. We are not joiners in during the day, people who do seemed to be enjoying the darts, water polo etc. Evening the team did their best, managed to make one game of bingo last 45 minutes and kept it entertaining. 3 year old loved mini disco. However during our stay there were 2 quizzes. Great as I love a quiz, however when it became evident that the second one was exactly the same music questions as the first from a few days earlier we left. Location- 10/15 minutes walk to shops, bars etc. 35/40 minutes walk to harbour along a lovely promenade. Staff - hit and miss. Lovely young lady behind the bar on occasions. Other times young men who enjoy talking very loudly to each other but not guests. Reception when I checked out was met with veiled disdain. Not even a ‘did you enjoy your stay’ a simple touch to round off the holiday. In summary overall we enjoyed our stay again. We know what we’re getting, a nice clean hotel offering decent food in a good location.

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“Hl playa blanca”

We started our holiday absolutely brilliant food is really good never had a problem theres a good selection of English and Spanish food, pool area is nice could do with a lick of paint but other than that, it's nice. cleaners are always out cleaning up after people. Cleaners always every morning as… more

We started our holiday absolutely brilliant food is really good never had a problem theres a good selection of English and Spanish food, pool area is nice could do with a lick of paint but other than that, it's nice. cleaners are always out cleaning up after people. Cleaners always every morning asked me if they could clean our room but I refused as I like to clean it myself. Then the room we had problems regarding the bathroom door being locked in and the staff having to come out let us out of the bathroom, on 5 occasions, the maintenance team came out and put a new handle on the door. Then we couldn't get into our actual room the key card wasn't working then on 10 occasions the electric went off, honestly drove myself and the staff mad between us we couldn't find what was wrong, they changed the hair dryer as every time I used it a couple of hours later something blew the fuse box, even after they put a new dryer in the electric went off again. I can't blame the staff as every time we went to reception they were at our door within minutes. It was stressful but I can't blame them. Would definitely be coming back I love it and so did the kids. Entertainment staff wow wow wow honestly they are amazing with adults and kids, they had me up dancing with the kids honestly the best place I've ever been with the entertainers honestly they make the place all the staff and entertainment it's all worth it. We will be back 😁

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“Improved during our stay”

We felt a little disappointed when we arrived but that improved during our stay and we left having had a nice time. If you've booked, it will be fine. You get what you pay for and for what we paid we were fairly happy. ROOMS: We enjoyed our spacious and clean rooms. They are a little dated but ha… more

We felt a little disappointed when we arrived but that improved during our stay and we left having had a nice time. If you've booked, it will be fine. You get what you pay for and for what we paid we were fairly happy. ROOMS: We enjoyed our spacious and clean rooms. They are a little dated but have everything you need and plenty of storage space, unlike some of the refurbed hotels where there is nowhere to put anything. The beds were very comfy in one bungalow and ok in the other. It was good to have extra blankets (November). It was lovely having a terrace with our own bougainvillea to sit under. GROUNDS: This must be one of the prettiest hotels we've stayed at. Lots of colour from the hibiscus, bougainvillea and more, various cactus plants, palm trees and bananas. We found it amusing when we said "hello" or "hola" to the cats as we walked by, they usually miaowed it back. Our room was quite a trek from the pool but it was good exercise, especially as we seemed to go different ways each time. Better signage and lighting would help. We called our "road" Pom-pom Drive because of our topiary tree. FOOD: We are not picky, we take food reviews with a pinch of salt as you can usually find something nice. However, our first opinion of the food was awful when we arrived but thankfully it improved (and got a bit hotter as the week went by). Our flight had been delayed and we arrived 20 minutes before the end of lunch. There was barely anything left, it wasn't appealing and was barely warm. We got something to try but it was not good so we left it and went to the pool bar for pizza. We made it just in time to the pool bar and got a freshly cooked pizza which was ok. There was a small salad bar which was a little too uncovered for my liking. There is a glass cabinet with wrapped ham and cheese sandwiches, some fruit and a small selection of ok pastries. There is a toastie machine. The pizzas are not around for long, we only managed to get them once. We went for a walk on our first day and none of us could face dinner at the hotel so we ate out. We liked the restaurant, it was clean and spacious, light and bright, and you didn't have to queue. Tables were cleared quickly, so quickly that a couple of times my wine glass and plate were taken while I was still eating/drinking. The cooked breakfast was ok. The sausages on the Live Station were always pink in the middle. If you went to the cooked breakfast station you might be lucky getting a cooked one but they weren't that nice. Bacon was sometimes black or a mixture of ok or undercooked but a nicely cooked piece was fine. The fried eggs, omelettes, scrambled eggs were generally good. The hash browns were poor quality. Breakfast was often warm, not hot and the microwave nearby got used. But there were other things to eat. The evening meals were better. In particular we loved the serrano ham, chorizo, veal escalopes, lemon potatoes, canarian potatoes with mojo sauce. The Indian themed night was very yummy. We had lunch before we left and enjoyed some hot & meaty BBQ ribs. The desserts were nice and we enjoyed the caramel and almond ice-cream (we called it amaretto ice-cream) which made a very pleasant change from the usual 3. The soft drinks, wine and beer were very good, the cocktails were ok. The coffee was good. We went to the quiz night which turned out to be bingo. We didn't bother after that, instead we enjoyed going to the Spanish bar with the games that we had taken with us. LOCATION: It's a fairly easy walk to the promenade. We liked to turn right out of the hotel, cross the road and through the garden area. Coming back we got a taxi, just under 4 Euros. One day we walked to Rubicon Marina and tried to get a taxi from there as it started raining. We waited nearly an hour and were second in the queue. In the end we gave up and walked back to the taxi rank in Playa Blanca where taxis were plentiful. The clientelle seemed mainly to be Brits and at first felt a little like Pontins but we met some nice Spanish and Italian families and some nice English families later on. Some of the staff were very helpful while others were brusque. Overall we had a nice time. If you are booked - go, it will be fine. Better hotels are available but they are also more expensive.

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