Hotel Roquetas El Palmeral by Pierre & Vacances

The hotel opened its doors early in the year to accommodate pensioners through IMSERSO and Turismo Social. Spacious room with 2 huge comfortable beds, and the bathroom was fitted with a walk-in shower. The room was serviced promptly each day by the friendly and efficient cleaners. Food was plentiful and nutritious, though a bit repetitive, and only cold plates were available. The vino rosado in the restaurant tasted slightly oxidised but the blanco and tinto were good. Full marks to the friendly bar staff and praise goes to Willy, the entertainment guy! He is non-stop and turns his hand to all aspects of work in the bar area, as well as putting on various forms of entertainment for the guests! (The pacharan went down well!) Bar prices were reasonable. Overall, we had a very pleasant 7-night stay.

I wasn't happy from booking in. The reception staff spoke poor English. Although the hotel and the room were nice it was simply the fact that there wasn't any warning signs around allergies in English, as to the food or pets. If I had known that your hotel allowed dogs then I would not have gone. Even the jet 2 rep was Spanish and not very helpful!

This hotel is really aimed at Spanish clientele. There is little English spoken by any of the staff, and no attempts made to include any English in any of the activities. It is very loud in all areas, especially around the pool and in the bar - if you want a chilled holiday this is not the place for you! There is constant very loud music, horrendous drum and base at volume 11 both in the bar and round the pool, so even if you want to cool off in the bar there is no chance of any conversation because the MUSIC IS TOO LOUD. And really bad as well. The animation guy does a lot of shouting throughout the day, but only in Spanish, so no idea what's going on, just very loud. I'm in my room at the moment, the furthest room you can get from the bar, and I can still hear the horrendously loud music! So much for siesta. The food in the restaurant would be great, if it was hot. You must get in there before 8.30 for breakfast, just after 1 for lunch, and before 8.30 for dinner otherwise you cannot get a table as all the Spanish guests eat at the same time, and the food runs out very quickly. And it is VERY LOUD in the restaurant at these times. All in all not a relaxing holiday, I can't understand why jet2 would have this hotel in their brochure, definitely not for British tourists, and I can speak some Spanish, but find it hard to find anythingto like here. Oh, two fabulous comfy double beds in the room...but there are no drawers or bedside cabinets and only six hangers between two of us. And the shower floor is like wet glass, accident waiting to happen...nowhere to put your soap or shampoo except on the shower floor. We won't be returning.

The Hotel was pleasant enough and clean but the food was cold. The guests were mainly Spanish and the staff spoke very little English but were very helpful especially if you made an attempt to speak to them in Spanish.

Habitaciones muy amplias y limpias pero los armarios muy muy pequeños y sin puertas. La piscina muy limpia y cuidada, un poco lejos de la playa, el buffet justito de variedas pero bien de sabor y sin problemas de cantidad vino y agua incluido. Estuvimos en un viaje del INSERSO

CALIFICO DE MALO POR NO PONER PESIMO EL SERVICIO DE HABITACIONES SE TIENE QUE HACER MIRAR LO DE ENSEÑAR A HACER LAS CAMAS. LA CAFETERIA PEQUEÑA, YA QUE HACIA DE CAFETERIA Y SALON DE ESTAR, SALON DE ESPECTACULOS,TODO EN UNO Y AL MISMO TIEMPO Y LA GUINDA DE LA CORONA EL RESTAURANTE, DESAYUNO CAOTICO MAQUINAS DE CAFE QUE NO FUNCIONAN, NO APTAS PARA TANTAS PERSONAS (tardaban mucho tiempo en dispensar la bebida), PAN QUE EN ALGUNOS CASOS ERA DEL DIA ANTERIOR. PASEMOS A LA COMIDA, SIEMPRE REPETITIVA Y POCA VARIEDAD (no por la variedad, sino por que tenias que elegir entre pasado o seco), SIEMPRE SIN SABER LO QUE ESTABAS COMIENDO,EL POSTRE INCALIFICABLE. LAS CENAS MAS DE LO MISMO REPETICION (aquí si que siguen al pie de la letra el reciclado de lo anterior) LO MAS FUE CUANDO PEDI PIMIENTA Y ME DIJERON QUE COMO CERRABAN NO HIBAN A COMPRAR. EN FIN PARA NO VOVER MAS CREO QUE LAS PERSONAS MAYORES NOS HEMOS GANADO UN RESPETO PARA QUE NO SE RIAN DE NOSOROS Y NOS TOMEN POR ESTUPIDOS, YA QUE TODOS LLEGAREMOS A MAYORES.