Cook's Club - Adults Only Mini-hotel

Currently waiting in the lobby for the transfer back to the airport after having a week at Sunny Beach Club, I was cautious about booking after the reviews I’d read but everyone has a different experience so I booked anyway. Here’s my honest review - good and bad bits- Good: The location is great, a stone’s throw from a beautiful sandy beach and central to both Sunny Beach ***** and the historic and picturesque Nessebar. The pool area, 2 large pools and plenty of sunbeds, no reserving with towels needed, some offer shade at various parts of the day, We were all inclusive, arrived at 10pm and there were sandwiches, fruit and drinks in bags for us. The staff are nice, friendly and pleasant. The two animation guys were very sweet too. The food from the all inclusive was nice, plenty of variation and we enjoyed everything we chose (a range of dishes from around the world). The room was nothing to rave about, clean and comfortable with air conditioning. Bad: I think disappointing more than anything- Air conditioning in the room a godsend, but on a 20 min timer, so during some very hot nights, you woke to restart the system. All inclusive drinks are limited and weak - we drank plenty of cocktails during the day and as a self confessed lightweight, they didn’t touch me. When I say cocktails- there were 4, one of which was a gin and tonic - not really a cocktail! Towels for the pool are provided for a charge - totally understandable however they insist on cash, now we have 40Lv left and will be taking it home with us! I’ve stayed at many AI resorts and never before have I been told at checkout that they must cut off my wristband as food/drink are no longer all inclusive (very disappointing as on the day of arrival we arrived late and therefore have a late flight back). We did mention in the hotel rules it states lunch is included and a voucher is provided, and only then were these issued to us. We did identify a number of guests had invited guests into the hotel and were providing them with food and drink from the all inclusive- I do feel this should be better policed, especially as we were told we would have to pay for drinks on our last day, a little hypocritical and unfair. The evening entertainment starts at 7.30/7.45, (entertaining singers/magicians/traditional Bulgarian dancing), once this ends the DJ comes on, mostly really good music but on occasion not pitched at the right age bracket for the guests, this cuts off bang on 11pm. All in all, it’s worth staying here if all those things don’t bother you… it’s a nice hotel in a good spot.