Had a lovely week at this hotel which was enhanced by the lovely hot weather we had. We had a lovely room on the 3rd floor with a view of the pool and beach the room was cleaned daily and was a good size with a nice bathroom. The pool area was nice with lots of sunbeds although people did start putting their towels out at 7.30am!! we didnt go down till 9.30am but still managed to get a bed although you may struggle in high season! the pool was nice although cold but a good way to cool off and the beach is right outside the gate which is also lovely. The hotel is a decent walk away from cambrills and Salou but if you like a stroll its ideal and there is a lovely prom to walk along and its not noisy after 12 when the hotel entertainment stops. The food was good and there was lots of choice although I would agree with other reviews that it is a bit of a free for all although I dont think you can blame the hotel only other peoples greed. The staff were friendly although this does seem to be a hotel with more Spanish and Russian guests and the entertainment did cater more for them. The drinks in the hotel bar were well priced and the outdoor seating area was very busy most nights.
All in all we had a lovely holiday and I would definetly return to this hotel.

A review is the opinion of one person, so please don't think that because the Best Maritim didn't suit me, that it won't suit you (sir).
It may be advertised as being in Cambrils, but the town of Cambrils is agood 35-40 minute walk.
Salou, in the opposite direction is around 30-35 minutes. You can walk to both towns almost entirely on the beach, by the walkway or by the main road.
Buses are abundant, and by buying a pass card at any Tabac for around 10 euros for ten trips, you can go as far as Tarragona, Reus, and all points between. The buses are comfortable (unlike most British ones), air conditioned, and easy to use.
The area has a few bars and restaurants of varying quality and prices, some with entertainment, and most with the obligatory wide screens showing football etc.
The hotel location is the saving grace, being some 5 metres from the soft golden sand, and the warm waters of the Med.
We asked for a high floor with a sunny balcony, and were given a room on the top floor, overlooking the pool with sunshine from sunrise til around 2 pm. Great start. The room was smallish, clean and functional. The bathroom was also smallish, clean and functional. The shower was a bit of a disaster, ranging from scalding to freezing in a constant cycle. Toiletries were of good quality and plentiful, being replaced daily with more than two people could possibly use. The towels were an excellent way of saving money on exfoliating soaps and creams, being similar in texture to a medium grade sand paper.
The beds were rather like hospital metal framed jobs, but the mattresses were firm and clean. Bed linen was OK but we asked for a couple of extra pillows as the single ones provided were a bit slim. The balcony was sufficient for two, but only just. You wouldn't be inviting the neighbours over for an evening cocktail. ( Oh, and one of the two plastic chairs was broken)
The entertainment seemed to be mostly for the benefit of the Spanish guests, but as we went out most evenings, it wouldn't be fair to criticise too much.
The bar staff were efficient and friendly.(and the prices were reasonable). The maids were cheerful and quick, but never skimped on their duties. The reception staff were mostly clipped and sullen.
Questions were answered, but never with a smile, and there was an infuriating tendency to ignore you and chatter away amongst themselves while you waited until they condecended to notice you.
The restaurant staff were efficient, but apart from two or three, again the welcoming smile was conspicious by it's absence.
The General public areas were well tended, clean and safe. Sunbeds were usually all in use, but there were plenty available, bearing in mind that we were there in September. It may have been more difficult to find one in high summer. I did notice that quite a number of sunbeds were broken, but still left "in service"
The most dissappointing aspect of our stay was the food. The restaurant was large and somewhat chaotic at times. Grab a table, plonk your room number ticket on it to book it, order your wine then go and fight your way to the food. The "show cooking" area was heavily favoured, and by far the best choice for main dishes, although we thought that the cuts of meat were definitely of the cheaper veriety. The buffet vegetables were cooked to within an inch of their lives, usually cold, and always greasy (yes, I know they are cooked in olive oil, but not by the gallon surely). The meat dishes again were fairly poor quality (pigs cheeks, turkey roll, pork stew, Veal and several unidentified fish dishes) and we learned quickly to start with salad before moving on to the chops etc, available at the show cooking hot plate, but we had to queue for up to 10 minutes for this. The puddings were OK, but never varied throughout the fortnight.
Breakfast was better if you could get there at 8 am, but by 9 am, the bacon was swimming in oil , the scrambled eggs were a strange grey colour and the only choice was to head for the show cooking queue for a couple of nice freshly cooked pancakes.
Too many people, too few dishes, greedy beyond belief guests. On nights when there were fresh prawns on the menu, we saw "guests" with two platefuls each, piled so high that they were falling off before they reached their tables. The sparkling wine (Champagne????) at breakfast time was soon guzzled away, some "guests" managing 4 glasses full.
The Best Maritim is what it is. A three star hotel, in an excellent location, let down by some easily rectifiable problems, but as long as the Eastern Europeans and Russians, by far the majority guests, are willing to pay up without complaint, while pushing to the front of the queues and guzzling everything in sight as if the idea of buffet dinners are a new concept,I suspect nothing will change. Sorry to be so forthright about some of the guests but as I said, this review is the opinion of one person. No doubt some might be offended, and in all honesty, I was a bit shocked at the free for all, devil take the hindmost attitude, but I booked the hotel, I decided to drop from our usual one week 4 star, to two weeks 3 star, so I have noone to blame but myself for being less than thrilled with this years jaunt.
Back to a week 4 star next year.
Oh, by the way, the weather was spectacularly good for the end of September so don't worry about having a late break on the Costa Dorada, it's a great destination. Don't leave it too late though, as some of the bars and cafes were closing for the winter on the 1st of October.

just back from a short break in this hotel. requested a room with a seaview in advance of going and we were given a great room. rooms are a bit dated but spotless clean and were cleaned every day by the maid and we were given clean towels every day. the staff in this hotel were lovely, i did read other reviews where they slated the staff but from the time we checked in they were all lovely. we went all inclusive, loads of choice in food, food might have been a bit luke warm but there were microwaves if you wanted heat it. hotel was very busy but we never had a problem with a getting a table and the restaurant staff were all lovely. hotel is right on the beach lovely promenade that takes you one way to salou and the other to cambrils. long walk to cambrils so if you don't like walking take the bus it is only €1.50 each way and well worth a look. o'driscolls bar when you go out main entrance and too the left is a nice bar and food looked good there although we didn't try it. not sure about any other restaurants as they didn't look that great so we were glad to be all inc. but cambrils has some really nice tapas bars and restaurants will definitely go up there again. weather was fab too.

On booking requested double bed, quiet room with a view. Got a twin room, at the back of the hotel overlooking the bins and railway line! To be fair the trains whizz past so quick you hardly notice and didn't wake me and I'm a fairly light sleeper.

Rooms basic but clean, shower very tempremental, scorching hot then cold!

We had booked half board but upgraded to all Inc because drinks were expensive and mainly consisted of ice! (funnily enough once we upgraded this problem didn't occur!!) Buffet restaurant was ok, sumtimes struggled to find clean tables, slow to clear them and even slower to serve your drinks. Food was generally ok if you queued for the freshly cooked stuff, buffet food wasn't very hot and lacked flavor. There was always a good selection of cold salad/fruit/cheese though.
To sum up I felt the hotel lacked friendliness from staff, too busy to talk and not in the least bit attentive. No real atmosphere about the place and is slapped half way between cambrils and salou, it is not in cambrils as stated in brochure. There is a regular bus service to cambrils which is a lovely place with fab shops and restaurants etc. Salou is as expected!! Spanish blackpool!