Overall a very mixed experience.
The room location was superb, right on the sea front with an amazing view and patio. Also very private. The room and bathroom was also very nice (we upgraded to superior) and the room was mostly kept clean and tidy, although on a couple of days there was a failure to replenish tea/ coffee etc. Also towels just dumped on the bed not in the bathroom and bed not turned down.
Could not fault any of the staff: all were lovely, accommodating and friendly.
The Spa area and gym were what had drawn us to the hotel. You need to pay extra for the sauna 20 euro pp on each entry. Gym is free. The gym is okay, rather small. The Spa is mostly very nice. Could be cleaner in some areas and the jacuzzi is COLD. Also it's unpoliced, so we witnessed some quite inappropriate behaviour occurring in there.
We did not use the themed restaurants so cannot comment on those. The buffet food was excellent. A good variety and fresh. The Bistro Bar was a real let down. Food rubbish. The Sports Bar was a joke. It opened at 8pm every night (even when the 6 Nations rugby was playing over the weekend) was grubby looking, dim and dreary.
We were all inclusive and although we're not big drinkers in our opinion the alcohol was very watered down.
Towards the end of our stay the hotel got extremely busy and they were unable to cope with the volume of guests. There were massive queues for the bar and buffet.
Overall we will not be returning.