We have stayed here before and really enjoyed it, though I'm sad to report that the hotel has closed. We were turned away by a security guard. It seems the bank has taken hold of the hotel. I can only hope it reopens under new ownership.

I have stayed here frequently as the location is good for me and has free street parking and wifi - It has seen better days and due to financial problems and the crisis not much redecoration has been done, I was perfectly happy paying around 150E a night - bearing in mind its a bit tatty, the in-house restaurants have closed (just a buffet) and half the hotel is closed up so guests will all be crammed altogether in one section i.e. noise all night and early in the morning !!

It seems to have new management once again, and I just went to book and it was 300E a night!! sorry, for that price I can stay at an actual 5 star hotel. There also seems to be a lot of new positive postings all from single posters just reviewing this hotel.... suspicious..
maybe;-)

I have always enjoyed my stays here when a decent value for money. This time I'm taking my custom to another chain who charges business customers better rates. NH.

we stayed at this hotel for the new year,after reading reviews posted mid 2010 which said hotel chain in recievership we did have our concerns.We arrived at the hotel at 1.00 checkin not until 4.00pm but our room was ready and we recieved a free upgrade to a junior suite which was amazing,Hotel staff could not do enough to help.Breakfast was excellant value for money including a hot selection you could even help yourself yo a glass of champagne.Good location for Marbella old town a good 20 minwalk but public transport runs regular.Porta banus within walkin distance.Our room had a fully equiped kitchen and right next door to the hotel is a lidle store which was so cheap and good choice of food and cheap but good quality wine i would definitley stay atvthis hotel and would recommend my family and friends to do so if you visit the old town you need to eat at STUZZIKINI an italian pizza restaurant ran by a couple from SARDINIA buy ran a restauirant in London for 14 years the food and customer service was excellant

Having read the other reviews I was a little concerned about our stay. Our concerns were unfounded however. The reception staff arranged for our room to be ready in 45 minutes as we'd arrived so early (5 hours in fact) due to flight times. The breakfast was good although replenishment was poor at times. I was disappointed that not all of the restaurants were open, and I wouldn't recommend the restaurant in the evening, but the room was amazing for the price we paid. Good room facilities and very clean. The maid was lovely and helpful, as were all most of the staff, especially a lovely waitress at breakfast. All in all we had a lovely time and, although it wasn’t an amazing 5* hotel, we got a good deal (about 25% off brochure price) and therefore felt we’d got pretty good value for what we paid.