Globales Gardenia

Where do I start? It's in a fantastic location with beautiful walks either side (we did one every morning through the back gate). The food is fresh and plenty of variety. The omelettes in a morning are just beautiful 😍 The entertainment was quite good but we only went to 4 nights of this. The staff deserve so much credit, particularly the omelettes chefs, Pablo (he's so happy and greets you at every meal), reception staff and cleaners. We had an issue on the last night with a water leak which was resolved straight away at 3am and we were given another room around the corner. The pool is lovely and there's plenty of sunbeds. Look out for the parrots 🦜! Very friendly. I'd definitely stay here again.

Just returned from the Globales Gardinia . Standard hotel but set in beautiful grounds over looking the sea , I say standard as rooms are standard but spacious and clean , with lovely bathroom. The staff here are amazing ! I can’t commend them enough for there hard work, genuinely seeming like they want you to have a great holiday ! Animation team especially good ! The only thing that unfortunately lets this hotel down is the food . I hate giving negative comments as like I said above all the staff cooks waiter/waitreses bar staff cleaners , animation team, you can tell work so hard !! But the food is quite far below standard in my opinion . Breakfast is minimal hot food minimal pastries minimal and quality poor . Evening meal I ate salad and chips 2 nights and 3 nights we went out for an evening meal which left 2 nights which one was ok Mexican night was ok . Entertainment is good ! This hotel is a gem . But the food needs attention . Hope you take this as constructive criticism . Thanks to all the staff for the hard work !

Stayed for a week with my family of 9. The animation team George, Lola and Dani were absolutely brilliant. Got everyone involved in the day time activities which made it really fun. Our interconnecting room was plenty big enough with a sea view. Every where was spotless clean and the cleaner Alacha was always happy and chatty. Breakfast and lunch were really nice, Pablo welcomed us most days into the restaurant. Always plenty to choose from. Didn’t really think much of the evening meals so we eat out most of the week. It was our wedding anniversary while we were away and the hotel put a bottle of Prosecco in our room which we enjoyed on the balcony looking at the sea view. We had an issue when we first arrived with our door but it was quickly sorted out. Plenty of sun beds to choose from and different places to sit if you didn’t want to be by the pool. Hotel is in a great location by the beach. The rooms are very dated but didn’t go there to sit in the room, it did exactly what we needed. Apparently they are getting a refurb in October. Overall a 3 star hotel but the staff make it a 10 star. Meet loads of different guests from all over the world. We will definitely be back.

This was our 7th time returning to this hotel. We stayed for 2 weeks earlier this month travelling as a large group and seeing a lot of familiar faces returning confirms that this hotel is doing something right. We stayed all inclusive and never struggled to find anything to eat, I’m not vegetarian but noticed this year there were so many more veg options that were delicious and I enjoyed trying them all. Some reviews state that the meals were cold, we never found this unless we were extremely lucky! The hotel is kept spotlessly clean with the staff working tirelessly and are so polite and can’t do enough for you. The rooms are cleaned daily. We always have a family room as we travel with our teenage son which gives us plenty of space and gives our son the privacy of his own room within our room. As other reviews have stated the rooms maybe a little dated but we are rarely in our room as we don’t go on holiday to sit in a room and to us we would much rather have a spotlessly clean room than state of the art. The animation team are genuinely the nicest people we have ever met, George, Lola & Dani are just the best and to them this is so much more than a job and that shows. They remember everyone that have been in previous years but also make sure that newcomers are welcomed & involved and they are the reason so many people return year after year. Another shout out has to go to the bar staff. Ada, Javier, Noel & Rodney always great you with a smile and again are so friendly & hard working yet still full of energy even at the end of a long shift. The hotel is the perfect location for us as you go through the hotel gardens and through the gate and the beach is just across the road should you prefer the beach along with shops and pubs/restaurants but a quiet location at the same time We cannot praise the hotel enough and we have already booked for next year as has majority of our group we travelled with this year and we can’t wait to return where we know we will have another great holiday. Thank you to everyone at Globales Gardenia

Enjoyed fuengarola. Hotel was clean but very dated food average and cold even when being first in the queue for evening meals it was Luke warm