Jamil Siddique
All in all the hotel deserves 5 stars. Good hotel . Clean and well maintained rooms
. Helpful and supportive staff . Good food in the dinner hall for breakfast and dinner . Restaurant staff are super helpful . Food range is very good too.
On the downside the gym is minuscule and the hotel could benefit greatly by investing in a proper gym room suitable sized for the size of the hotel . Getting around the hotel is a bit of challenge with various lifts that don’t service all floors .
But apart from that was a very good hotel to stay in.
Mike
The Iberostar Selection Lagos Algarve is located outside of Lagos and within a short walking distance from Meia Praia. Getting to Lagos involves a short drive or Uber ride into town. There is also a tourist train that stops outside, which takes you around the main sights in and around Lagos. The hotel is in a modern building with sea views, and the interior felt a bit corporate and sterile. We stayed in a comfortable junior suite with a sea view, although for the price it should have been a bit bigger. For food and drinks, we chose the all-inclusive option, which turned out to be a good choice. It included breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets and free food from the snack bar, including drinks. We enjoyed the buffet, which was very good quality. We preferred however the snack bar, which was less crowded and a more relaxed place to eat and also sometimes had even better food than the buffet. There was a nice indoor pool which was heated and which we used, since the outdoor ones were not heated and were too cold to swim in this time of year. The gym was very small and crowded, and too warm inside due to being located in a room adjacent next to the indoor heated pool. There were a few activities scheduled each day, but generally not much to do at the hotel. We tried to book a massage at the spa but were informed by the staff that there was no availability for the next 2 days, which was disappointing. There was a Star Club for kids between 4-12, and a kids pool, but we didn't see many children at the hotel and it seemed like more of a place for adults. Overall, a nice stay but was it really worth the price and did the service and amenities live up to the expectations? In terms of value for money I would give it 3 stars.
Elaine Coyle
We visited the hotel to use the spa. The whole experience was sublime and beautifully managed by Leonor. She is perfect spa personnel;calm, thoughtful and professionally experienced. The Spa itself is perfect. The system of reserving and having the facilities yours alone make it a luxurious, heavenly experience. The sauna, steam room and jacuzzi all functioned perfectly as you would expect in a hotel of such high standards. An experience I can't wait to repeat.
michael wood
Would probably say this is a good 4 star hotel, but not a 5, on arrival offered a glass of sparkling wine which was very nice, then directed to our room, (odd numbered rooms one side, even the other, ours was even, but told to get the lift to the odd side, after going up and down the corridor a member of staff showed us to the correct side and to our room.
Room very nice and decorated tastefully, balcony overlooking the garden, coffee pod making facilities, but only allowed 4 pods for a 9 day stay which I thought was unbelievable for a 5 star hotel,questioned this at reception and was told there is nothing he could do,if we had been on all inclusive then they were free to refill.
Towels in room are well past there sell by date, and could do with replacing.
Enjoyed the food which was acceptable, but not always hot, and if you wanted water with your evening meal then a charge of 3 euros 20 was added to your bill, even though water stations are on all of the floors, and are free to use and fill up your drinks bottle.
Plenty of sunbeds and always available, seems no one gets down early to reserve them, which makes a change.
Evening entertainment ok, but nothing special.
Do not rely on the local buses, especially at weekends, might turn up might not,didn't on Saturday,
during the week always late 15 to 20 minutes seems the norm.
Staff in restaurant very polite and attentive there to take away your plates very quickly once you have finished your meal. Had a spa treatment (massage), which was delightful, bliss
Stefan
Superb spot on the Algarve just a bit away from Lagos city centre but easy to get to via taxi, public bus or bike. Friendly staff and amazing breakfast buffet in the morning. The rooms are nice and modern but hallways, floors and carpet are a bit dated and could use a make-over to make this a 5 🌟 hotel.
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