LABRANDA Playa Bonita Hotel

Spent a week here in the middle of August. Both my children loved the hotel especially the pool. Food was good. Not a bad location for the hotel. Hotel very nice. Lots of sunbeds available in many different areas of the hotel.

Recently arrived home from having a week holiday here with family. I can honestly say I wasn’t as impressed as I had hoped to be. The hotel has its pros and cons but unfortunately there were too many cons for me to want to return or recommend this hotel to family and friends. PROS The hotel was very clean throughout. All of the staff work extremely hard, especially the cleaners and are all very friendly. It’s brilliant that you can pour your own soft and hot drinks at both bars without having to que. The Entertainers done a good job and didn’t hassle you if you weren’t in the mood to join in activities. CONS Smoking - Do not go to this hotel if you aren’t a smoker and generally can’t stand the smell of smoke. The hotel says it has ‘designated smoking areas’ when in fact it doesn’t. People smoke everywhere and anywhere around the hotel, including the covered terrace outside the restaurant. I am pregnant and had to deal with breathing in smoke everywhere I went around the hotel - It is just not fair!!! The hotel claims to be family friendly, however allowing people to be near enough naked prancing around the pool is not appropriate for a ‘family friendly’ hotel. Sunbathing and walking around topless can be offensive to some people and is not the right approach around young-middle aged children. The food was very basic and extremely repetitive. Lunch and dinner were basically always the same. If you don’t eat fish or pork, you are pretty much buggered and left with nothing but salad. The rice was always undercooked and one dinner time, burgers were served pretty much raw! The restaurant isn’t big enough for the amount of people at the hotel, resulting in queuing to get food. Also, the plates smelt like wet dog some days and the staff need to think of a way to deter the annoying flies that are constantly buzzing around the restaurant. Air con would also be beneficial. The beds in the rooms were uncomfortable. The sheets were rough, the towels were rough and the mattresses were rock hard. The pillows are very flat and unsupportive. The room was very basic and didn’t have a kettle, complimentary water or even an iron. I have never stayed in a ‘4* hotel’ that didn’t contain these basic items a - Very disappointed in this. Sun beds were very uncomfortable and rock hard, leaving you with back ache. The sun beds are also not laid out correctly and can sometimes feel too squashy and overlooked. Overall, with some improvement I believe this could be a great hotel as the location is brilliant (5 min walk to beach, shops, bars etc). However, I wouldn’t return but would like to thank you for having us.

I stayed here for 2 weeks with my family and we had an excellent time. The food was lovely, especially at tea time, the balcony from our room was on the ground floor so we could easily just go out to the pool. The evening entertainment was good because there was a kids disco and then the entertainment was good but some where a bit boring. Would definitely come here again if I had to! 👍👍