We booked by qwerty travel the way it sounded was just what we all wanted. Transport was waiting at airport thought this is great then yes [Bang Bang ] that was our first sound yes we where told that small building work was underway small my foot . couldent even open a window for dust shouting machines no pool well across the road , where the hotel was being built had a mesh curtain trying to keep . all dust out of pool with 2 teenage daughters being there we stayed 1 night and 1 day that was 2 long food was the pits we said hi to familys staying to be looked back with a dirty look. 1 uk couple had the same idea get out and find some where else. which we did never again will i take the word of a sale telephone rep. It cost us 2holidays and we only had 1 . 3to4* my butt come on you spanish it costs nothink to be nice dont wast your money on this hotel .

just back from the atenea hotel benidorm, not very impressed. on the plus side it was clean, the towels were changed daily and food was plentiful, however the food was awful, fish, veal ,fish, veal etc the staff were not unfriendly but neither were they friendly. i felt like we were tolerated but not welcomed, it is a very spanish hotel apart from me and my husband there was only one other english couple. we were full board but ate out every meal after the first couple of days. it was abit of a walk up hill back from the beach but i didnt mind that although we are both fairly fit. i have to say however that i loved benidorm and am going back in november but not staying at the atenea.

Stayed one week from July 25 th to August 1st at Atenea Hotel Benidorm, stayed with my girlfriend and i must say i was expecting more from this hotel. The check in was fast but what we found out later was that they had given us the smaller room on that level, and the one wich was more distant from the lifts, i am 30 and my girlfriend is 26 but we both look younger so i guess they thought we would be noisy and gave us a distant room so we don't disturb a lot. Pre conceived ideas are stupid and probably i will be the only one who is reviewing their hotel instead of the people they served best. Love comes back at you. Staff was helpfull but never nice, never made us feel confortable on asking for informations or directions. The room wasn't small (but i wanted to find out why i got the smaller one, i paid the same as everybody else), but the beds were really terrible, twin beds with a very thin matress wich wasn't ideal for a rest after a day in the sunny beaches. Bathroom was nice but the tub showed some signs og aging (and the hotel is not old). Air conditioning worked perfectly and we had a nice back balcony facing some taller apartment buildings, so i would prefer the front smaller balconies too. The room was always clean.
Food, we had full board, and breakfast was good, with lots of variety and both continental and english breakfast was available to anyone. As to lunch and dinner, the food was ok, there were was also variety, but we had one complaint over the weekend, when they had clearly more people than they had capacity for, the food kept running out and we had to wait a while for more to come, and then it would be like racing for it. Deserts were ok, there was lots of fruits, also typical spanish deserts and also ice creams, the dining room was large, clean but a bit noisy ( this was a family orientated hotel so there were lots of children running around). It had only 2 lifts, wich sometimes were full and we had to wait a while and both looked like the sauna they didn't have, no air conditioning on the lifts, it was terrible.
Finally but also very important and could be decisive on your choice, LOCATION is NOT great, its about 800 mts to the beach (poniente) but the only way is up, so it is a long climb to the hotel from the beach and once we turn left from the main street, it is still a couple of blocks away and they don't seem so nice. So i would advise another hotel closer to the beach and closer to Levante if you are looking for some night action, Poniente is still miles away from levante in terms of night life. Positive points, Hotel seemed new and was very modern and nice looking. Also poniente beach is a lot better than levante's. The pool was outside the hotel and shared with other 2 hotels from the same group, they had a construction work right next to it, so it was always very dusty and noisy. Overall i wasn't satisfied and would not come back. But it is a fair deal for the price and the food is ok.

just arrived back from atenea, wasnt impressed firstley wen we arrived we had 3 children in prams and 4 suitcases between us , an reception just looked at us struggle, no help watsoever,we were told we were staying in a child friendley hotel, but in the eating area they had only one high chair and the girls were racing every morning to get there breakfast first.there was only two cots in the hotel so one had to sleep in the bed, the food was not suitable for kids and we were buying baby foods from local pharmacy, even though we had booked full bourd.the pool was over the road and yes next to building site ,so was woken every morning to drilling,the food in the restaurant was alwuys cold, r patio door in room kept getting stuck and had to keep asking for it to be fixed, our bed linen was changed twice while we were there for two weeks so we went to reception and got the spanish only speaking lady for some clean sheets , and started doing it ourselves.the food was all spanish except the odd day,we were told on last day we could keep our room, but wen the day came they said no and no to any meals from 12 pm our flight wasnt til 12am so we lived rond the pool that last day and used there public loos to freshen up and change the kids,we did not see any rep so if you have children this isnt a child friendley hotel its not even an english welcoming hotel its spanish, spanish, spanish and i would not stey there again:-(