O7 Alondra

Lovely hotel in a great spot, as it's stones throw away from the beach, and a short walk along the promenade to the marina. The hotel has been renovated to a high standard, rooms are lovely. Half board option- breakfast is your usual offering, evening meal, is a small selection, food is OK, however, needs to be more plain choices, there was spaghetti there, yet no sauce to go with it, pizzas, Tuna, Bacon etc however a margarita should be an everyday standard, as that is universally liked by all. Pool snack bar, food is great, and reasonably prices, pizza, sandwiches. Drinks are really reasonably priced. The staff here are lovely, especially the lady in the pool side bar, who does the cooking, she is so lovely and friendly! Not enough sunbeds. I looked around and there is room for another 20 sunbeds at least around the area, there are a lot of gaps, where extra sunbeds can fit, and also there is a lot of space around the top end of the pool to fit extra sunbeds. Life guard on duty all day, which is great. Rooms cleaned daily, which I didn't expect, but again great! Pool is a bit strong on the chlorine front, it definitely needs some checking and adjusting, the smell is quite strong and also dyed swimwear due to the high levels of chlorine, I understand the need for chlorine levels to be maintained, however if you tested the water it would be way over the parameters, so maybe just need to adjust your chlorine dosing equipment, not sure if you have chlorine probes fitted to automatically dose the pool, or if you do, maybe they need a clean.

Loved the location - minutes from the beach & shops plus some great eateries, which you'll need some nights as the evening buffet for half board customers really lets this hotel down. Great salad, fresh bread & if you like pork, you'll be grand! We are good eaters but we struggled to enjoy anything some evenings. Best nights were chinese themed & the chilli wasn't bad. Breakfast we couldn't fault - great choices & mostly well cooked. If you eat out, I recommend the burgers, chicken satay & bolognaise at Tiki Beach & the fish at Porto Bello. The rooms are really modern, comfy & cleaned every day with plenty of towels. Despite this, there was a bit of a sewage whiff at times, esp in my daughter's room & other guests did remark on this. Super friendly staff. Chilled & laid back atmosphere - no dash for sunbeds & usually available. Lovely pool & not over crowded. Quiet mostly & other guests were mainly German/Spanish - respectful & everyone was chill. Entertainment wasn't every night, but we enjoyed some singers 2 nights. There are some good street entertainers in the port area some nights plus some nice bars/shops which were good to mooch around. Loved the resort & hotel is fine - but i'd do B&B next time or self catering. Wifi great.

A very disappointing experience. My first room had clearly visible mold and moisture around the air conditioning unit. The air conditioner was leaking, and the entire area appeared unhygienic. Shortly after checking in, I started experiencing health issues, including constant sneezing. I reported the problem to the reception immediately. Unfortunately, one German receptionist was rude and unhelpful. Despite the visible mold and my health complaints, he told me that there was no other room available and that I would have to stay in the room until the next day, when a technician would come to clean the air conditioner. As a result, I had to spend two nights in a room with visible mold, which I found completely unacceptable. Only afterward was I moved to another room without mold, and my symptoms disappeared completely. The other reception staff were friendly and helpful. The problem was not the entire staff, but the way this particular employee handled a legitimate complaint. A hotel should take mold and hygiene issues seriously and act immediately to protect its guests.

I can reccomend this placefor everyone the foods are good and the rooms are clean and the people who works here are trying to make a good vacation for everyone

We have just returned from 10 days on a half board basis at the 07 Alondra and on the whole it met our expectations - but didn’t quite make the grade in one or two areas. The hotel is clean and bright and as others have mentioned it’s in a lovely area for access to the promenade, lovely scenic walks, the beach and the town. The things that would put us off returning probably outweigh its positives for us though. Although the dining room was very civilised and quiet with well spaced out tables we felt let down by the food itself - especially as previous reviewers have praised it. The variety was definitely lacking - pork, pork and just for a change pork! Literally eight nights out of ten the only potato option on offer was frozen chips (hence the title!) - no mash, boiled, wedges etc. at all. Also most of the dishes were done with garlic so if you’re not keen it made even choosing pasta, vegetables or fish difficult. The desserts were very mediocre, the options being plain jelly, cheap fluffy mousse put in a large bowl to dip into, the same two flavours of small squares of sugary cake every time, 'fresh' fruit (some of which had decidedly seen better days on some evenings) or the only other choice was tinned fruit. Cheap cuts of meat and all done on a very tight budget by the looks of things. Also, breakfast is only served strictly from 7.45 am so if you have an early flight or trip organised you’ll miss out. All the hotels we have been to previously allow you to at least grab a pared down snack of coffee, juice and simple biscuit, cereal or pastry from around 6 am at least - but not here. The room was okay for what we paid but even that was a bit disappointing - not the view itself as that was more or less what we anticipated (although the trees in front actually obliterated any vistas anyway) but the balcony door was only the width of an ordinary door without any glass panel adjoining it so what view we had couldn’t be seen at all from the beds, and you had a darkly painted solid wall two foot from the bed. There was a bit of street noise but that is only to be expected when considering where the hotel is situated. You make your own choice whether you want to be 'in the thick of things' or isolated. The room cleaning was a bit hit and miss as well. We like to think we leave things as tidy as we can for the maids, and certainly don’t expect them to pick up after us, but on some days it was done thoroughly and others it was just a quick bed make, a wipe around the sink and nothing else i.e. shower not cleaned, sopping floor mat left (this was due to the impracticality of the half glass shower screen and no door that seems to be in vogue these days - so it floods the floor unless you’re extremely careful). Bathroom floor just left with puddles of water and room floor not swept or mopped. Fairly full bin not emptied on occasion and shower gel empty. The best clean we had was on the last day when we had one night left! We aren’t sunbathers but the sun bed baggers were out in force early on - nobody on them though. I couldn’t have sunbathed even if I’d wanted to as you’re all too crammed together in a small area - not for me anymore, peace and tranquility required at my age!! Also please note pool towels are not available to hire so bring your own. The final little annoyance was that on checking out we were asked to pay for drinks we hadn’t had! I’d like to think it was a genuine mistake, but… Fortunately we’re early birds and had time to sort it out and the receptionist very kindly took my word that we hadn’t purchased any drinks in the hotel during the whole stay. There really needs to be some system in place to verify room numbers when ordering drinks in the restaurant. The resort is lovely and we would return but probably to a different hotel - unless we got a really good deal. If you’ve already booked please don’t let my honesty worry you… it’s fine generally speaking. Perhaps our judgement was a bit clouded by the lovely 4* hotel we had been to near Palma only two weeks previously.