MedPlaya Hotel Riviera

We had a wonderful stay at this hotel, Room was spacious and clean, great view from the balcony of the beach. Staff were friendly and helpful. Location is right on beach with a 5 minute walk to the marina, lots of shops. I am gluten free and was worried about food options but ate well, we were only B&B so cannot comment on the hotel restaurant, my partner did enjoy the food around the pool thought . I read some reviews about the music around the pool being too loud, we personally really enjoyed it, especially the lady playing the violin and the dj - very relaxing and gave it a great vibe. We will return!

The Riviera Hotel is in a perfect location, 15 minutes drive from the airport and a 10 minute walk to the Marina (or a taxi is roughly €4, where there are plenty of beautiful restaurants and shops. Being an Adult Hotel it is very relaxing and the staff are all very friendly and helpful. The rooms are spacious and the beds are huge and extremely comfortable with air con and ours had a shower with was amazing the Hotel and rooms are absolutely spotlessly clean. The pool is superb and plenty of room for everyone! Also we found there were plenty of sun beds for everyone and we went in the height of the season. The beach is literally on your doorstep and the Hotel have a lift from your room to the beach. The price for this Hotel is very reasonable and ours included breakfast, in my opinion the English breakfast is not great but plenty of other food on offer and it definitely wouldn’t stop me from returning.The Riviera is situated far away from the town for peace and a good nights sleep but easily enough to get to.I would highly recommend this Hotel.

We returned for the 6th time, but 1st time after refurbishment. We went direct through the hotel, which found good value for money We decided on an upgrade to deluxe Mediterranean view A bit disappointed with the room, bed was only a double were as in the standard room they are much larger and the room is more spacious. There was a useless fridge/ bar full of flavoured water, beer, etc nut olives crisps all at a price, but no room for occupants items, all very well but there is a extra perk for this upgrade, being access to a coffee lounge off the reception, were all the drinks are free, this doesn't make sense. Views were lovely from the balcony but doesn't give you any more the two chairs and a table. The main restaurant had been significant remodelled, nice seating areas with lots of space, pleanty of choice, presented nicely, pleanty of coffee machines. We didn't eat in the main restaurant in the evening as we chose to go bed and breakfast. The new Mediterranean restaurant, looked lovey, although the quality of food didn't quite match the standard of surroundings. There was a odd amount of themed activities taking place such as cocktail making sessions, a caricature artist and painting classes. Whilst these may appeal to some guest, they seemed to distract from the overall dining experience, rather than enhancing it. The pool area are bar area exceptional, clean well maintained, the pole attendant was great very helpful and removing towels left on sunbeds for more than an hour, ensuring pleanty of beds were available throughout the day. The large Balinese beds by the pool were excellent value. However the uper sun terrace was disappointing as it lacked improvement, from previous years ( looking tired) Live entertainment around the pool throughout the day, was a mixed experience, some performers were very good while others were less impressive. More importantly it has seemed to have had an impact on the evening entertainment, on our previous visits, the main bar was always busy with a great atmosphere which encouraged guests to stay in the hotel of an evening. This visit it was often very few guests infact some nights only 6 guests, The staff work very hard throughout the day and evening, but we think it must be sole destroying for them to see so few guests in the evening. Overall the hotel still seems to be finding its identity, which type of clientele it wishes to attract. My only observation is that younger guests are often more likely to leave the hotel in the evening and spend their money, which is a shame. Having said all this we still think it's a great place to stay, staff are wonderful and we did enjoy our holiday, and we will certainly return.