Riu Monica

We arrived on the 12-3-26 for a week & we stayed in room 343 a spacious room for 2 people & very quiet especially in the evening! Quite simply the hotel & staff are fantastic nothing is too much trouble for them ! The cleaners are fantastic ! The restaurant staff are fantastic ! The bar staff are fantastic! The staff at front of house at reception are extremely fantastic with their kindness & patience with lots of nationalities which is not easy ! We really had a wonderful vacation here ! Oh I nearly forgot to mention the delicious restaurant food it’s to die for ! All in all such a wonderful stay & we will hopefully return in early 2027 ! Many, many thanks to you all

Outstanding service from friendly professional staff. Hotel is comfortable, spotless with lots of facilities. Food is delicious and cooked freshly at the buffer. Would highly recommend hotel RIU Monica

The hotel is lovely, I do love a Riu hotel, and this one is nice, on the beach and very clean. I wouldn’t come in the winter here again as it’s been sunny but extremely windy, certainly not sunbathing weather. It’s more a break from our cold winters in UK, if you want warm sunny sunbathing weather go further afield. My disappointment is more so Nerja, wasn’t what I expected. I thought the promenade in front of the hotel took you to the town but it doesn’t go far and then you have to come off it and walk along the road to town cutting through alleyways. There are a few bars over the road from the hotel, Jamaica cafe bar is our favourite. The hotel is really more geared towards retired pensioners in their 70s & 80s during winter months and there’s not much happening, entrainment at 9pm for and hour or so then it’s all closed down and quiet by 11pm. I would imagine the summer months are very much different. Nice hotel in a nice location just not for under 65s in the winter

I only got back yesterday and already miss the place. I haven’t stayed here for about 3 1/2 years and can say this hotel has got even better. The staff were lovely throughout my visit. Check in was a breeze and the glass of cava on arrival definitely helped. I got a lovely room near the restaurant which had a limited sea view and a bit of a pool view. The balcony was a sun trap. The room was spacious and clean. It’s not often you had enough coat hangers in your wardrobe doe your stay but there were lots. I had an accessible room so it was more like a wet room and it was spacious. I would say in the shower area it may need a chair or seat as I found it a bit hard. There was a safe to use free of charge and it was easy to use. Tea and coffee facilities were ample. The fridge was a godsend. The restaurant was absolutely great for buffet food. Due to my dietary requirements; gluten free, lactose free, no onions, no garlic etc I was told to see the chef and he was absolutely brilliant. The first night he linked me snd we skipped around the buffet area - he was advising what I could eat and not eat. Certain nights he had soups in the kitchen without foods I could not eat so brought them out when he saw me. During my stay I’ve eaten a stew with white rice, gluten free pasta and sauce, a wide range of fresh fish, different soups, avocado and salmon, chips, chicken, beef - they even did gluten free gravy. In the mornings I went up to a chef and he put a gluten free baguette in the oven. I must say they catered for gluten free and lactose free brill - just don’t be afraid to ask. I was told more gluten free people arrived half way through the stay so more food was available. There were enough sun beds and glad to say no sun bed wars. The view from the pool is lovely looking across the beach and sea. This hotel is in the ideal location - a few mins walk to bars and restaurants, about 15 min walk into the town centre. I’m already working out when I can go back.

I won’t go over previous comments as I am in agreement with them all except perhaps, Elvis isn’t my favourite although I’m in a minority as you couldn’t get a seat that night. Great place to stay, staff all really lovely, special shout out to Ani who tidied our room. We went up to Frigliana by taxi and were very disappointed as the little land train was fully booked by a variety of tour bus companies and we would have needed to wait two hours for a trip ourselves, I read there was a Tuktuk service but we couldn’t find any evidence of it, if anyone finds out about that I’d be interested. One thing which made me laugh was sunbeds aren’t the only thing that bring out people’s competitive nature, we happened to be having an apperativ in the lobby area one night and there were a number of couples eagerly awaiting the restaurant opening, I realised afterwards this was in order to get a prime spot in there on the right hand side windows overlooking the sea, I hadn’t even noticed the tables myself but they were certainly in demand that night. So yet another pleasant stay, I didn’t even need all those sweaters the weather was lovely.