Hotel Riu Vistamar 4*

We got back Friday early hours from here It was lovely place the views are literally amazing and at night all lit up is even more amazing As a family we did like it it was a mixed holiday for us The steps are real anything from floor 9 up is steps and if you don’t want to wait for the lifts we were level 2 so it was a long way down (you CAN wait for lifts though ) and there’s a disabled lift to get you to first pool The atmosphere was okay ,the team got you involved but we found thete wasn’t too much going on till later in afternoon The evening entertainment I agree isn’t great but they do bingo at 10:15ish pm whoch is on your phone Can change your towels whenever Room was clean and had the basics of what you needed Staff are mainly friendly thete we’re like everywhere some that didn’t even look at you We went to the beach on the free shuttle but walked back and my godness it was VERY steep if you go wait for the bus 🤣 Food was plentiful and mixed when we were there I’m fussy but always found something The bug went through 3 out for 4 of us so it’s very real hit me the second day of being there. Booking into the different restaurants was hard and we never got to do it but wasn’t worried just thought I’d let you know be early in booking if you want to go to them Drinks were good and again could get bottled water from the sports bar I would prefer music round the pools seems a little too quiet but everyone is different Again size of the pools are small compared to how many rooms there are in the hotel Also we found the hotel shower towels tiny so I would take your own if you can we not small people but also not massive people (size14) (men’s medium)and it didn’t go round me or husband Nothing major happened other than sickness for us I think we’ve personally been to more entertaining hotels so for usas a family we wouldn’t return feel like there’s something missing with the entertainment for the kids in evening and generally atmosphere around. The hotel was probably too quiet for us For couple ect could be much better for you

We’ve stayed in Riu hotels in the past and do feel the standard have dropped considerably, On arrival the reception staff were most welcoming, friendly and most helpful. We were given our room details and set off to find it dragging our cases (no bell boy here) The room was spacious with a balcony looking out to sea with a terrific view. The room was kept spotless throughout our stay. We entered the dining room, found a table and a waitress offered us water, which we accepted and asked could we have wine …her reply was…..you fetch that from over there ….. and that was the same procedure every day, we NEVER saw a waiter or waitress, any drink you wanted you fetched yourself apart from water !!!! The food was displayed invitingly but were more or less the same offered each day, We attended tow ‘speciality’ restaurants but they were both ‘self service’ and basically the same food you could eat in the ‘normal’ restaurant . The drinks weren’t always “original” and the cocktails were actually made in a machine, poured into normal glasses (sometimes plastic) and didn’t look or taste particularly real !!!! I definitely wouldn’t recommend the hotel to anyone who can’t cope with steps as the pools are on three levels with quite a few steps to each and surprisingly the children’s oook is right at the top !!!! Wherever we’ve stayed we have always had waiters who deliver drinks to your seat in whichever bar you are, we’ve always had chance to speak and laugh with them and tip them for their service so we found this hotel quite distanced and lacking in friendliness. We had 7 days in the sunshine but wouldn’t return or recommend this hotel .