- shannon hoskin -
I recently stayed at Laguna Park 1 for 7 days. I would not recommend this hotel to someone looking to stay in Costa Adeje, and here are the reasons why. Firstly, you are told that there is a 24 hour reception service but majority of the time there is no one sat at the desk and they are in a room behind reception where you cannot contact them. Staff at reception were rude, unhelpful and unfriendly. One of the days I asked for a place to put my rubbish as I was leaving the hotel and an older man working behind the desk rolled his eyes at me for asking the question. All staff made you feel unwelcome and a burden. In the room we were not provided any hand soap or washing up liquid. The cleaners did not wash our dishes during our entire stay and they were left in the sink piled up for a week due to the fact we had nothing to wash them with. Cleaners visited your room every other day. They would come in whilst we were sleeping and wake us up to clean the room although we would decline due to the fact we wanted to sleep for longer they would still proceed to start cleaning anyways. Also whilst they were cleaning they would be on their phones shouting in spanish. Barely any towels are provided for the room and due to the unfriendly staff it is a task to receive more. I had to ask on numerous occasions for more towels and each time I was turned away and told to come back at a different time. With the staff there is a language barrier which makes it very difficult and frustrating to communicate any issues and have your needs accommodated to. Another issue was the wifi that was only available in reception, once you were connected to the wifi it was very slow and didn’t work. In the rooms there was no service so you were unable to use your phone throughout the holiday. I would not recommend getting the food down by the pool. I ordered a burger and chips, the pricing is reasonable as it was only €8 for a burger, chip and drink meal. However, the lady cooking the food was unable to cook the correct orders and threw away 5 meals during the time I was stood waiting for my food. The burger I had was pink and raw and the bun was burnt. The entire kitchen was unsanitary and cross contamination was evident. The worker also began arguing with a customer who’s order had been wrong. She was raising her voice and began slamming the cooking supplies in anger. Again the language barrier made it difficult for anyone to communicate their issues. The last issue that we found was when we were leaving we had our suitcases and were waiting for the lift. There was no sign saying out of order and we waited 10 minutes for the lift to arrive. When it did there was a man stood on top of the inside of the lift who shouted at us saying it was out of service. We then all had to carry our suitcases down three flights of stairs. Which was overall an inconvenient experience. We enjoyed our time at Tenerife, however we would not return back to this hotel as the bad factors outweigh the limited good factors. I would advise booking a different hotel in this area if you are looking for a stress free holiday.
Symone Finnie
Very clean rooms. Shower however not the best one minute it’s cold next it roasting hot water. Hairdryer is good enough though. Walls are very thin could here if someone was walking by. Beds not the comfiest but are clean. We had the 1 bed apartment and it has a decent sized balcony. Nice kitchen area with fridge. Plenty bars and shops around. The strip didn’t feel that long a walk for us as we walked along the beach front. Wouldn’t got all inclusive as not much variety for food.
Amy Kennedy
Had a long weekend here perfect place to relax and enjoy the sun. Staff were very friendly and helpfull. Was on my own and didn't feel uncomfortable. Had a huge apartment with all the accessories cleaners came in every other day. Was all inclusive but do half board full board and self catering. Near all the pubs and restaurants and not far from the beach only 4 euros 60 to the town had an amazing time
Clare Lewin
We enjoyed this Laguna Park 1 and we have stayed at plenty of high end hotels, but reading the bad reviews have driven me to write this very long, super review! It really depends what you end up paying: for context, we paid £2500 for a family of 4, 2 adults 2 kids in April during the school holidays, JET2 holiday package and that was a private transfer too. Stayed in C block 106, which must have had a refurb, as the room was newly furnished. We don’t watch TV when on holiday, so I’ve no idea about the remote issue some reviews mention. It was substantially lower cost than most places, we booked about 3 days before as we always watch the weather and go wherever looking nicest!
There really is an army of cleaners, quoting a previous review, I have never seen a team work so hard and clean so much area while smiling and laughing. This happened every single morning, with a deep clean on the actual sunbeds some mornings, the pool area is cleaned rigorously everyday. One review mentioned the noise made by cleaners, I didn’t experience this, was just thrilled with the level of hygiene. I saw one cockroach, also, they are insects, it is fairly normal in the Canaries, that’s just a reality. There was a 2 day employee strike on when we were there but the hotel was fully functional; I hope they have great terms and conditions, the whole team there are superb.
All staff extremely friendly, restaurant, bar, cleaners, reception. Wonderful people, fantastic, impressive English skills ♥️
Perhaps we were lucky; there were no guests drinking excessively while we were there etc. we are not bothered that all inclusive stops at 11PM; we’re in bed to enjoy the next day of pool fun. Plus, we don’t really do the entertainment in hotels and tend to walk about the local area in the evening, though there was something on in the hotel bar, every night when we came back.
No stress of trying to get a sunbed, although plenty of people do still reserve them with towels, despite lifeguards asking them everyday not to. Main thing is that the pool is large, there is lots of space and plenty of loungers, so you are never without, no matter what the time, so that was great. I thought the pool was a lovely temp to cool off after a hot day and our kids spent the entire day in it.
We loved that the restaurant was smaller and less choice, still changed every night and you always got a table immediately, not queuing to get seated all the time like in larger all inclusives, because people at Laguna 1 eat and then leave, rather than sit there for hours, sampling all sorts.
The food was more than decent, salads very tasty and a good range for everyone at every sitting. We all really enjoyed the food and ate out usually in the evening, after filling our fussy kids up on the stuff they liked, quickly on all inclusive in the restaurant, but some evenings the food would be so tasty we would end up eating too much before our meal, because it was really nice. The staff in there are fabulous, I cannot express that enough. We like that people cannot walk in wearing swimwear and PJs; it’s a restaurant and a good policy.
The only cons for me were:
1. The water tank for shower was small, so you had to be fairly quick in a succession of 4 showers or have a small wait between showers. It wasn’t a problem, it’s was very hot, so a cool shower actually lovely, wasn’t freezing, just not much above luke.
2. Sunbeds are not reclinable; I mean this is me being ridiculously precious, I would not want them to put all those beds in a landfill to replace, if given the option.
3. Too much use of paper cups, better than plastic at least, but would be brilliant if some kind of durable reusable cup system could be implemented for all inclusive guests, or perhaps encouragement for people to buy their own, or even have them there available to buy.
I was worried about the holiday after delving into reviews here. I shouldn’t have, I would 100% go back, should the weather take us to Tenerife next year. Thank you Laguna park 1 team; you were awesome 🤩
Kylie Ryley
Have stayed here this week for a family holiday and have found the hotel very pleasant and staff very friendly and helpful.
The rooms are OK with some basic amenities such as fridge, kettle and toaster, however to wash up, you need to go to the shop and purchase a cleaning set. There is also a lack of drainage board or towels to dry things up.
The bathroom has a lovely walk in shower with big shower head, however the water easily leaks out onto the floor, extra sliding door or curtain would help prevent it leaking.
Other than the hotel being a little worn in places and needed some new plaster and painting it was a lovely stay.
Staff were amazing and helped with our questions.
Outside there is a shop next door and lots of restaurants in close vacinity.
About 15 minute walk to the sea front.