I've registered for Tripadvisor specifically to write this review. We stayed here for 4 nights, on foot of the reviews here. It was a lesson for me to read the age profiles of those reviewing.

As a couple in our early thirties, without young children this was not somewhere I could recommend. It seemed to suit frazzled parents of toddlers and retirees, who are presumably the people reviewing the hotel so strongly.

The food was not as good as stated. It was functional and inoffensive.
The rooms weren't particularly comfortable, but again functional.
The location is pleasant, but isolated if you want to strike out from the hotel. You won't be walking anywhere but the beach.

Staff were very pleasant, and very accommodating of food intolerances.

Overall I couldn't criticise the hotel for serving its target market well. We were not the their target market.

We stayed at Hotel Marinedda for 11 days at the end of August 2011 having booked the hotel through Thomson, flights with Easyjet and hired a car from Europcar. On arriving at the hotel, our baggage was immediately collected from the car by the porters and we were taken from reception to our room by golf buggy which was a fun way to start the holiday. The rooms are very spacious and nicely decorated with good air conditioning. The rooms are located in clusters throughout the resort, centred around the restaurants and pools, with the majority being within a few minutes’ walk from the centre. This gives a good amount of privacy, especially on the terraces which are nice to sit out on and read or relax. The private beach charges for the use of the sunbeds but we found that the beach towels supplied by the hotel laid on the sand were just as good! The beach was busy whilst we were there and on a few occasions there was loud music playing which was fairly annoying to say the least. The buffet restaurant was the best I have ever experienced, delicious dishes, a variety of different specials every night with plenty to choose from and quality you would expect from an a-la-carte restaurant. It was so good in fact, we didn’t even try the alternative restaurant. Other things to do whilst you are there include the water park just up the road from the hotel which is only open in July and August. There are excursions that you can arrange through the hotel with transport provided or if you have a car you can arrange them yourself, often for a better price. We took a boat trip to see the Archipelagos (small islands) from Santa Teresa Gallura which stopped on a couple of islands (Isola Spargi & Isola Santa Maria) for sunbathing and swimming in the beautifully clear water and another island for a spot of shopping in the town. Another day we drove to La Pelosa Beach (north of Stintino) which has tropical, Caribbean-like blue water surrounding a small tower rising from the rock beneath the sea, one of the most beautiful beaches I have been to, but very busy and overcrowded. The most stunning place we visited during our stay was definitely Costa Paradiso, a short drive from Isola Rossa and a walk across the rocks to access the secluded bay, certainly worth a visit. We drove to Costa Smeralda to visit Porto Cervo, renowned for its style and class. There were some spectacularly extravagant yachts in the marina but don’t bother making a special trip; it’s tasteless, tacky and expensive. One thing that we didn’t realise when booking the holiday is that the majority of the buildings in Sardinia have no historical architecture as they have all been built in the last several decades. You will struggle to find a tasteful, historic village on the Sardinian coast, even Isola Rossa lacks the traditional charm that you expect to find in most other Italian villages. In all, a great holiday but not somewhere special enough to return to.

Spent a week here in September; only just had a chance to write a review. If you read the reviews you will get a pretty much spot on picture of the location and the facilities. As for our experience – it was fantastic. It was our 30th anniversary, they organised flowers in the room for me as a surprise for my wife. At reception they knew it was a special holiday for us and had picked a large room with a wonderful view. We got 3 half day complementary spa sessions, a couple of bottles of wine and a Sardinian silver ring. These were all little things to make it even more special. The beds are a bit hard so go order a topper pad from reception! The food on the evening was excellent, a wide range for all courses and if something ran out it just took a couple of minutes to re replenish. Breakfast was very good, plenty of it and once again a wide range. The pool side snack bar was a bit limited but no real issue.

As for the staff, they were fabulous, always a smile for the guest and so helpful.

If on an evening you like to walk to the local village have an nice meal or a drink and then take a slow walk back to the hotel you might struggle in that there isn’t all that much choice in Isola and the walk back is up hill and dark. If you want nice rooms, friendly staff, beautiful views, great food great facilities, good entertainment on an evening, a lovely beach and spa facilities then go for it you won’t be disappointed.

My Husband and I spent 2 weeks in this wonderful Hotel (returned on 1st October 2011), our Friends joined us for the 2nd week to celebrated my Husband's birthday.

Please refer to "barneyPlymouth's review" to save me having to repeat all that he has written - we agree with every word!

Special thanks to Maitre d Fernando for his excellent service, he was brilliant. Thanks to all the Staff, all eager to please even though it was end of season. The Manager is great he seemed to be everywhere and it is little wonder the staff are so good with such a role model.

Thomson's rep Marcella was excellent. Thomson's brochure doesn't describe the layout of the hotel, which is like a village with villa like accomodation built on a hillside, wonderful but unsuitable if you have a problem walking, many slopes, also not much to do, but great for a relaxing holiday. Only area for improvement - beds are a bit too firm, but upon request we were supplied with a matress topper.

We took the Thomson trip to Corsica and had a great meal on the Harbour side to celebrate my Husband's birthday - very good trip..

Thanks to the Hotel Marinedda this was our best ever Med Holiday. .