hotel down a side street next door building work happening facing front of hotel two carparks breakfast very limited they just put enough out like there on a budjet evening meal waitress service very poor attitude and rude three choices of main meal to choose from i ordered a fancy sounding chicken meal that turn out to be chicken and chips out of 4 nites stay igot same meal twice both had different fancy names they tried to give us legs instead off chicken breast they then tried to pass it on to some one else a man near us complained got rude response i did not see him dine again hotel mosly spanish pool area nothing like photo about 8 to 10 sun beds all i can say is i wont be going back to this hotel and there are better places to stay for the money you pay as for salou lovely place and will definately go back there

TRAVEL
We flew from Stansted to Reus with Ryanair (as usual, a pretty apalling experience!) Reus is a very quiet regional airport with no delays for formalities or baggage reclaim. The taxi from the airport to the hotel took about 15 minutes and cost a rather hefty 30 Euros.

LOCATION
The hotel is situated in a quiet side street near the shops and five minutes walk from the wide sandy beach.

CHECK-IN
We arrived at the hotel at 10am, but were advised that our room was not yet ready. The receptionist offered to lock our luggage away and advised us to return at 11am. We returned at 11am and checked in to our room which had obviously been previously occupied by a very heavy smoker. The housekeeper was in the corridor and offered to help by opening the windows and spraying air freshener. I decided to ask reception if they had a non-smoking room available. They quickly allocated us a new room, which was acceptable.

BEDROOM
The air conditioning and safe did not work, but were very quickly repaired. The room was very modern and minimalist with grey furnishings, a laminate floor and LCD TV mounted on the wall. We both found that the mattress was rather hard, resulting in a stiff back in the morning. The bathroom was nicely appointed, but there was only a shower cubicle and no bath. There was a small balcony with 2 plastic chairs and a clothes airer with pegs that overlooked the street.

HOTEL FACILITIES
The hotel is small and has limited public areas for relaxing. There is a bar with a few seats and a TV and some seating in the lift lobby/reception. There is a small roof-top pool with a few sunbeds, which was not well-used by guests.

MEALS
We had booked on a half-board basis and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the evening meal. There were three choices for each course, with the main course having at least one fish option. Our only observation was that there were no vegetables served with any main course. There was a good choice of wine, with a mid-priced bottle costing a very reasonable 10 Euros. The breakfast buffet was served in a different room and offered the usual spread of continental options, including sausage, bacon and scrambled egg. Due to the design of the breakfast room, it was rather noisy and not especially relaxing.

STAFF
We found the staff to be generally very friendly and obliging. The barman, Gerardo was particularly amusing and hospitable and spoke excellent English, as he had worked in London for many years. Not all staff spoke English, but there was usually someone available to assist with any language difficulties.

RESORT
Salou is a modern, clean and friendly town that is not over-commercialised. The resort seems to be popular with Spanish tourists, with other nationalities being very much in the minority. There is a wide palm tree lined esplanade running adjacent to to beach. If you want a sunbed on the beach, the cost is 4 Euros, plus 6 Euros for an essential parasol. The beds and parasols were in very good condition and the beach was cleaned every night. There were small kiosks on the beach selling coffee, beer, ice-cream and hot dogs etc at very reasonable prices.

RETURN FLIGHT
The hotel receptionist booked us a taxi to the airport (30 Euros again). The check-in process seemed a little slow, as many travellers were being advised that their bags were over the 15 KG limit. The check-in agents don't accept payment, so weary travellers were despatched to another desk to pay the excess baggage fees (8 Euros per KG.) These travellers were then permitted to rejoin the front of the queue. Once at the gate, there was the inevitable crush when the flight was called, which generally seems to cause minor conflict amongst the passengers! I wish Ryanair would follow easyJet's example of allocating passengers a letter and calling forward the letters in order of check-in. I would advise Priority Boarding at £2 per passenger each way to reduce the stress of the scrum.

SUMMARY
We enjoyed our four nights and would happily return in the future for a short-break.

The hotel is quite clean and the rooms are ok. Breakfast was good with plenty of choices. The staff was friendly and spoke fluent english.

The big problem is that the opposite building is under heavy cosntruction and the noise from that work was terrible. And the street is so narrow that you can almost touch that building. Our room was on the seaside but anly a small peace of ocean could be seen from the balcony.

There is a small swimming pool at the roof and it was ok.

You can borrow a bicycle without any charge from the hotel. Those bikes are not very good quality but they are ok for an hour ride.

Without the construction work I would rate the hotel 3,5.

What a find! This hotel exceeded our expectations.
Myself, husband and 19 year old son went to Salou purely for Portaventua theme park, and having stayed in the resort hotel last year choose this hotel as an alternative. Good move!!
This is not your typical package deal hotel, it's chic, trendy, sophisticated..............and quiet. We saw one child in our entire stay..............bliss!! No stag parties, no evening entertainment, no kids club.

We had standard rooms which were clean, comfortable and air conditioned, with mini bar and TV ( which we never switched on- who goes on holiday to Spain to watch TV?).

Views from the rooms were non existent but that's a small price to pay as you are in the old town.

The food was excellent, breakfast offered plenty of choice, the hot food was hot, and the cold food was cold. Evening meal was spanish cuisine and very good.

The staff are friendly and helpful, Gerard the head barman a true assett!! The staff all speak English but were very happy to speak Spanish so that we could practise ours!!

All the public areas are beautiful, there are 2 restaurants, a seperate breakfast room, a trendy bar in the reception area and a pool on the roof.

The hotel is ten minutes walk from the beach and only two minutes from the shops. There are also plenty of restaurants nearby.

My only critisism is that parking on the hotel carpark costs 15 euros a day.

Will not hesitate to visit again............and again........and again!!!!