Hotel Da Rocha

Pros: Great location In room kitchenette Brilliant wi fi connection Two flat screen tvs View from sea view suite Massive bed with firm mattress Maids cleaned room daily including mopping Cons: Staff were civil when addressed but not friendly. No entertainment. Breakfast was average at best. Tinned rather than fresh fruit. Hard store bought waffles and undercooked crepes. White bread rock hard. Brown bread was nicer. Mean portions of smoothie / fruit juice pre poured. Room service food was equally a disappointing. Ended up eating out 4 times for breakfast even though we had added on breakfast buffet. Ate out for all other meals also. No pool bar, limited beds, sun only until lunch. Bar extremely understaffed. Had to buy washing up liquid & scourer for kitchenette. No milk (even long life) or tea/coffee/sugar provided with kettle. Iron and ironing board not provided as standard. Shower not separate from bath and no extractor fan in bathroom. Poor lighting everywhere but the bathroom so had to apply make up standing in bathroom when steam finally cleared. No seat near mirror / light seat to move & poor lighting to dry / style hair - plug socket is in the wardobe. Overall the hotel seemed like a modern 3 star and despite the above cons we enjoyed our stay. Feel there is better value for money out there for what we paid for our stay and tried to include information that could be deciding factors for those deciding whether to book this hotel.