Hotel & Spa S'Entrador Playa

Location: Best location, closer to the beach than any other hotel in the area.

Rooms and stuff: The rooms are somewhat old school, as are the hallways. Much is covered in wooden veneer, where the wood is probably 20 to 30 years old. At least, this is how it smells like since wood tends to absorb odors. We had a purple cushion cover on the headrest of the bed, kind of disgusting but it was clean. The safe costs you 3 euros a day. What? The balconies have see-through walls on the sides so you can see your neighbors and they can see you when you're out in your underwear. Why? However, the bathroom was clean and newly refurbished. But altogether attention to detail is missing. Here are some examples:

- The door handle to the main dining room was missing for a full week. How's that possible? I'm not a craftsman but I could install a new door handle in about 5 minutes.

- The plaster on the walls was unprecise and without straight lines. Nothing wrong with that but it just tells you that people are not perfectionist there. I'm German though, maybe my perspective is skewed.

- The elevator flatscreens show a weather forecast from 1 week ago. How's that helpful?

Food: A large range of things to choose from but I have to warn you. Don't try the fish unless you don't care about taste. I'm a fish lover and you can tell that the fish is refrigerated and cheap, it tastes fishy but at least you can eat it without getting food poisoning. But then, my stomach is strong, I have other weaknesses.

People: They are ALL very nice and try to help wherever they can. But one thing was bizarre to me. There is a single waitress in the dining area who - like every other waiter or waitress - cleans up your tables and plates when you're done. So she would end up collecting your plates so you have some space on the table to get a new plate full of food. Now, ... this one waitress, when she felt unobserved, would snatch leftover food from the plates she collected from people's tables and gobble that stuff right in the dining room. I'm not sure if that's just highly unprofessional or just plain creepy. It freaked me out, to say the least.

In total, a nice hotel but by German standards a 3-star one.

Friendly staff, attractive well finished hotel. Lots of attention to detail. Food choices were great and spotlessly clean. Great location with stunning beach very close by.