Tui Sensimar Don Pedro

Travelled with my partner and his friend and stayed in junior suite. The location and views are absolutely stunning. Even better, no kids! Not an overly busy hotel. Food a bit hit and miss but expected at any all inclusive hotel. Second time me and my partner have stayed and will not be the last!

This hotel is in the most perfect location. It’s in a small cove with the sun deck out at the tides reach. The hotel was clean. When you enter the hotel the first impression is very good. The receptionist was efficient in booking us in. There were a number of costs to be paid for at reception, including Tourism tax, deposit for towels and the safety deposit box. The total cost for 4 days for safety deposit was €39 with a further €10 deposit for the key. Our room was a weird shape but it worked because it allows more rooms to have a sea view balcony. There was a useful fridge in the room. The sad thing about the room was the damp. This is caused because the building hasn’t been finished off properly and sealed against the elements. The bathroom hasn’t got an extractor fan - as there’s no window it adds to the condensation in the room. The food is buffet style with different stations including a theatre style. We found the food disappointing as it could have been hotter and some of the meat was tough and gristly. The bacon at breakfast was reformed ham. To be fair there was always salad vegetables available. But less so for hot vegetables. Unfortunately we found the seating in the restaurant slightly uncomfortable. The lounge area was uncomfortable to sit in with partitioning which was not conducive to partaking in the entertainment.

The trip was booked through Jet2 hotel looked lovely and was presented as very nice. When we arrived on the first day we arrived before check in we were met by a member of staff on reception who was rude and when asked the question of storing our bags in the luggage room they said they said “maybe, hmmm there is no room.” But did not bother to look. Upon checking into the room the view was lovely and well presented. In terms of food it was buffet style and what was expected we went with half Board which I would recommend as the all inclusive only covers a small amount of cocktails and beer works out cheaper to pay yourself, the beaches surrounding the hotel are very nice as is the pool. Would recommend both windsurf and modesto restaurants within the town for lunch or dinner both are lovely modesto is mid-high value for food. Entertainment was good on the live music night However it’s 2 euros for bingo which if you win you are meant to get a large part of the money but in the case of this hotel it was a 17 euro prize despite over 30 tickets being sold maths ain’t mathing when staff were questioned they were very shady about it. They were definitely taking a share of the money into their own back pocket. In the downstairs bar there are plenty of tables to sit enjoy a drink and play cards and a pool table which is also 2 euros per game decent enough. To further add the staff seemed not to be accommodating and when asking questions was met with limited response and some using their time to be on personal phone calls rather than help. On the last day we woke up to it raining heavily we requested a later checkout to which we were told there was no rooms available throughout the whole hotel even though the option is available upon check in. Checked out at 11 and had no room or shower till 7:55pm as that’s when our transfer was. If you are looking for peace and quiet i recommend but hope the staff treat proper better than our visit