Estepona Hotel & Spa Resort

Whilst we had a very nice holiday here we were disappointed to find that there was no communal bar/lounge area nor a permanently established indoor restaurant (the indoor part was the breakfast room; the dining restaurant was entirely outdoor either in gardens or by the pool with no option to dine inside). On the one cool and cloudy day - too chilly to be outside - there was nowhere warm and communal to lounge around or get drinks. You had to be either outside by the pool or in your room. Although described as a "hotel" it doesn't seem to offer the full suite of services I would typically expect because it lacks that communal area. Secondly, we were visiting end of season about 3 weeks prior to seasonal close and they seemed to be getting low in stock of our chosen wines at dinner eg we were selecting the last bottle or the wine was no longer available. However, the staff are welcoming, friendly and helpful. The pool is lovely - as a keen swimmer I enjoyed doing daily laps because it offers a good length of at least c. 25m in the longest stretch. The gym has good cardio equipment although it was annoying to find there was no water available to gym users. Regarding location: it is a short 10 min taxi ride outside of Estepon. Taxis could be called very quickly. Nearest grocery store is almost literally across the road but on foot is via a circuitous walk in order to cross a very busy dual carriageway.

Hotel is really nice. No complimentary tea/coffee in the rooms. That was a let down.

Room was dull and dingy. Stuck in a corner on ground floor. No discretion curtain. Not cleaned properly, things not working. Staff were grumpy at best - apart from the amazing main chef.

Lovely hotel stayed as a family with 2 boys 9 and 12. Staff very helpful and the rooms are really big all with balcony’s . I feel it used to be 5 star but is going to be undergoing some work as only half open and a little tired in places but definitely worth a stay if you’re looking for a nice relaxing holiday. You will need to get taxis ( between 7-10 euro each way) to the port and Estepona if you want more dining options. As nothing local . We did this most evenings. Breakfast amazing and pool service good for snacks

3 night short holidays with my Mom , half board and food was very very good . I would maybe say room cleaning was not amazing, but also not dirty, just about ... pool nice , on the beach itself, we enjoyed.

We stayed here for one week in sep.22. The hotel has a large parking garage, payed, where you you will be assigned a certain place for your time here. The room was spacious, as was the bathroom. But there is a shower in a bath, which has a very high entry, so eldery or people with mobiliy problems might have troubles getting in. Large balcony, but also in need of TLC. The railing is loose and there is very little privacy, because of the obique layout you can see everyone else. The swimming pool is large enough, at least in sept that was the case, because it was very quiet in the hotel. They would be closing down after a week and refurbishe, we were told. And that is very necessary! The outside looks worn-out at some places, could do with some paint. The hotel had build a new and large fitness area, but that was not accessible for guest. There were a few fitness equipment outside. Too bad we could not use the one inside. Pools were very cold and the first day we were here it smelled bad. But other days that was not the case. The beach was a bit let down for us. Not clean, not appealing, bad odour. Could really use an upgrade! The other disappointment was dinner. We booked the hotel assuming there was a buffet, at breakfast and dinner. That is what the hotel claimed to provide. Breakfast was indeed a buffet, but at dinner there was a menu to choose from, but choices were very limited. After a week we were fed up with it. For desserts there was very few options and really small. And you could only get 1, but when there should have been a buffet, we could have had as many as we had wanted. That is a bit odd. And not what we wanted or booked. For a 4* hotel, they could have done better. But it was also not bad. Hopefully the renovations they say they were going to do, will upgrade the hotel to the 4* level they claim -＞But in the meantime, we have read that's not really the case :(