Fiona Elisabeth
We really enjoyed our stay here, the staff were fantastic and very helpful, always smiling. The food was plentiful and always fresh. The rooms were good, the only thing is they could do with a bit of an update but it absolutely did not bother me. If you want somewhere easy, friendly and low key, this is it. Lovely pool, right by the ocean. The girls doing the entertainment were amazing, so much fun.
Mr M F
Rooms are basic but it's just a place to put your head down anyway, could not get the air conditioning to work so made do without.
Food was good, always something to eat and drink.
If you're in the low 1000s room you'll likely get a friendly cat popping around, he likes nothing more than curling up on a lap and going to sleep so look out for the wee fellow. There's another around the poolside bar too.
A fantastic week was had at Royal Monica
Steve Legg
We went with our two teenage kids 15,17 years old. The family room was not really suitable for us .The rooms and facilities are a bit dated.
The whole place could do with a revamp.
Rain water ce through the restaurant roof , gutter system just bodghed together.
You weren't allowed to take any food or drinks to your rooms.
The food was ok, but need to crisp the bacon up as was almost raw.
Could do with a fridge or tea making facilities in the room.
The entertainment was awful but made you laugh at how bad it was.
Didn't go in the pool as it was very cold.
The sea was warmer but not easy to get into because of all the rocks.
I would probably stay further up the cost at Flamingo Bay if I went again.
Balazs Lang
WARNING WARNING! If you want to enjoy your holiday, DO NOT stay at Royal Monica!!
My family and I went to stay here for 6 nights in 2 separate rooms and we arrived in the evening. The following morning, we went for a walk along the beach and when we arrived back in our rooms, we noticed the cleaners have been in. When we checked our wallets which have been out on the table, from one of them a €50 note was missing in one room and from another wallet in our other room, 2 €20 notes were missing. Unsurprisingly, the wallets which have been hidden away had no money missing. When we went to the reception and asked for a manager to put in a complaint about this, we were told the manager isn’t there and so we told what happened to the receptionist and he was very rude and laughed in our faces whilst telling us to go to the police as he trusts the cleaners to never do something like this. We weren’t the only ones there that needed to talk with the police as we saw the police at the hotel on 2 separate occasions speaking with people staying there and on one of the occasions the lady speaking with them was crying and left the hotel not long after, so clearly we weren’t the only ones having a terrible experience.
We saw cockroaches multiple times whilst staying here as well. We saw them inside of our rooms and also one time whilst we were eating in the dining room, a cockroach was crawling on my mum’s shoulder.
The food was horrendous at Royal Monica. The food available was repetitive, almost the same foods every day and on top of that, they were serving raw meat a lot of the time as the chicken and beef weren’t cooked enough. The chefs are also very unhygienic as we saw them cooking the pancakes and fried eggs on the same grill with the same utensils, this ended up with some of the eggs having a layer of pancake stuck to the bottom which was disgusting, there was also egg shells in the fried eggs. They definitely also used the same knife to cut vegetables and fruits as the watermelons tasted like onions. Dessert was also horrible as the cake they put out was fully frozen, it was hard to even cut the cake and you could see the ice inside of the cake!
There is supposed to be entertainment at the pool bar every day like at most other hotels but even though they say they put on entertainment, there is nothing at the pool bar for entertainment other than football on the TV.
We were all so excited for this holiday but it was the biggest disappointment of our lives and we do not recommend this hotel at all, please stay away!
Russell Swingler
Just spent a week at the resort. Very mixed feelings about the experience, having read the reviews before we arrived we were very sceptical. Some of the points we read were 100% accurate and can’t disagree with. Good location to be fair and the weather was glorious and the view from the pool area is stunning, sea is hard to swim in as currents around the rocky shore is strong and isn’t an easy walk to the sea. Swimming pool was freezing most days one of the days it was bearable to get in but it was the warmest day. Pool bar always quick to get drinks and waiters come and clear the empty glasses fairly quickly. Food was not good, very limited choice and very repetitive, seem to cater for the French and German guests over the English. Lunch was probably the best choice of food and quality. Breakfast isn’t English either and not even similar so went to bills 10 minute walk up the road ( breakfast there was insane ) and only €5 for a full English. Most of the staff were pleasant but there were a few that were rude and abrupt. They talk to you if you are French Spanish or German not very friendly to the English. The evening entertainment ( well if you can call it that ) is not worth wasting your evening going too, always late to start, no organization at all very very amateur at best, it was error after error on every night we went. Again if your French Spanish or German they engage with you other wise no, and when they do quizzes they tell you the answers in either French or Spanish. Very very heavily French and German and Spanish populated and found these people very rude and arrogant and just found them staring at the English all the time, the French stood out to me as being intolerable and no consideration for anyone else, its put me off even wanting to visit France. Rooms are clean and beds comfy and we had a nice terrace area on the ground floor which is a bit dated but we found the room fine. Only saw 1 cockroach on our terrace the whole time saw more little geckos than anything else, oh yeah and the local hedgehogs! It’s a cheap and cheerful hotel really don’t expect luxury. For us it was the people really who spoilt it in a way and also the food and staff. Location and weather were the really positive points and meeting some friendly English people too. Oh and a special mention to Katarina who does the car hire she was really nice and gave us a good deal on our mini convertible for 2 days. Also don’t get taxis from the hotel as they are perverts and make you feel very uncomfortable. 2/5 for hotel experience 5/5 for making our holiday fun in our own way.
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