Location is good, across the street from the beach, on the promenade, close to many restaurants and shops,

Had a lovely stay in this hotel great staff lovely room stayed in room 701 clean modern large room with fantastic views to the beach and sea 
Would definitely book this hotel for our next trip Thank you for the birthday treat!

The beach is across the road, shops and restaurants, bars are within a 5 mins walk.

Despite its great location across from the beach, it was not worth the cost.

Very nice hotel and very close to the beach.

Excellent service, excellent location, step out of the hotel, cross the road and you are on the beach.

We will go again and Have fun on the beach in front of the hotel.

but I didn't use it as the beautiful beach was only a stone's throw away.

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Right opposite the beach and next to loads of restaurants.

We had an excellent stay, staff could not have been more helpful, food was good and such easy access to shops and entertainment and just a short 2min walk to the beach

but you have the most amazing beach and sea directly across from the hotel !

Just over road from beautiful beach, food was fresh & served by happy staff smiling behind their masks!

Well situated in front of the beautful beach and near to the Marina.

We were given a very large room with a big balcony facing the beach.

Excellent location, litterally access to the beach is across the road and loads of restaurants and shops along the strip.

We did go to the beach, which is of course lovely.

Very close to the beach,excellent long walks both by the beach as well as around the Marina.

Go to the fantastic
beach instead, just some minutes walk away.

Breakfast was one of the best we have had.

Amazing location,Very clean,frendly staff,great pool and gym Facility.variety of breakfast options 
My family and I enjoyed had a great time..Deffanetly Whould recommend family and friend's.

The breakfast was one of the best hotel ones I've ever had and staff were both professional and friendly.

The breakfast was very good and there were many different options.

Breakfast was good and the staff  in the restaurant was courteous and helpful.

the hotel has nice rooms, breakfast is very rich and nice.

In particular breakfast was lovely with fresh hot food readily available.

Saving grace was the restaurant downstairs that always had delicious food for breakfast and dinner.

The buffet breakfast was sensational with so many choices including a variety of meats and cheeses, eggs cooked in a variety of ways, cereals, breads, and pastries.

The restaurant served a great buffet with many different dishes.

Great location and base to explore the Algarve
Excellent service and friendly staff
Very good food and service for breakfast, with  plenty of choice
Very comfortable bed and room and good facilities
Will book again

Breakfast was excellent with a great choice of everything (hot and cold).

The breakfast was the best quality and variety of all the hotels we stayed in during our three week vacation.

The buffet breakfast is excellent and extensive

The service from staff was fantastic; front desk, room service, kitchen staff
The food was varied, fresh and delicious, had no issue eating there all week
The facilities were extensive, high quality and clean.

Another thing;  I rate a hotel by their breakfast and wow was I delighted to see the breakfast!!

Due to the time of year and location of the pool in relation to the buildings, you don't get a lot of sun which probably contributes to a very cold pool

The pool is located poorly between the hotel and other buildings, the walls of which are needed of repair.

The pool was in a poor location, amongst buildings so you didn't get a view of the beach or the city.

Modern building and rooms (by Praya da Rocha standards)

Pool is small and pool towel "service" is the most inconvenient I've seen: you need to "buy" the towel from reception against 20 eur cash deposit.

but I felt a little claustrophobic because it is set beneath high rise buildings and has no nice view.

The only negatives were the pool was in the shadow of the building, and no indoor pool, or sauna.

The only negative thing I can say about this hotel is the pool is located in an inner courtyard between buildings, so if you are looking for some sun by the pool it can be  difficult depending on the time of the day.

The entrance is at the back of the hotel,  a roller shutter down a very very steep slope between the supermarket and the Interpass building.

Good air conditioning system and good wifi in the room (not so good in common spaces)
Buts:
• Views from the swimming pool - terrible, just an old apartment building with all neighbours looking at you.

Reserved suite with straight sea-view and first night was watching toward another hotel building.

but since the hotel has no place to grow beeing surrounded by buildings that pool was the best they could do, but having the beach near by you almost dont go to the pool.

but it only gets the sun for a few hours in the morning as the building is built around it but the beech in only a few hundred meters away.

Pool small and very cold and because it is surrounded by tall buildings only gets sun partially throughout the day.

but never used the pool here as it is surrounded by buildings and never gets the sun so not nice to sit around and also the water was freezing even though it says it's heated.

Appreciating the fact that it is not the hotels fault for what goes on outside of the building, it is a major disappointment as regards the location!

Had a lovely stay here in July, mother and daughter, had a beautiful sea view room as we paid for, and could not fault it apart from the lack of sunshine at the pool area due to high buildings.

Unfortunately, this is surrounded on all sides by high rise buildings, blocking out the sunshine for substantial parts of the day.

I got up to check & to my disappointment, there is a building diagonally opposite us that is being reconstructed, so cue construction workers each armed with tools.

To us it seemed chlaustrophobic, being crammed into a too small space, surrounded by tall buildings, and is in shade in the afternoons.

Don't plan to spend your time in the pool, as due to the side it is situated in the property, it is almost always in the shade squeezed between the buildings with no nice view.

A downfall which is not the hotels fault was alot of the restaurants were closed until April so if your planning a quick get away here before April be warned alot of the shops and restaurants will be closed.

However we spent two sleepless nights (out of three) as our 3rd floor room(with a gorgeous sea-front view) was on the corner and from midnight  to around 3am we were disturbed by noisy groups and/or arguing 'ladies of the night' at street level.

Only downside which is no fault of the hotel, just purely down to location/space is the pool area is small and not really a lounging around the pool drinking cocktails all day.

If l was to find a fault the only little grip l had was there was no USB charger points only the TV had them.

Only fault was that we arrived at 10:15 pm checked in, and was told we missed the dinner buffet as they shut at 10. a little disappointed as we were hungry after travelling and was expecting at least some sort of cold food?

I can only find one small fault only a small pool area

Our room was on the first floor near the main street, and I was woken up in the night by the noise from the bars, clubs and people arguing in the taxi queue.

Only fault I would have is that the pool area is lovely,

but as the fault was intermittent it wasn't easy to fix.

Too many faults to list without becoming boring .

The staff for us were brilliant, an example is the curtain fell down on the first day we were there, (you can hardly blame them if the previous occupants had done damage and not informed them) and their handyman was there shortly and refitted the curtain within minutes, saving us the upheaval of having to move.

The Wife & I stayed at this lovely,well appointed & very well situated Hotel,for a Fri-Mon break.We were not dissappointed.For people reading the (very few) negative comments,ignore them.They have obviously been written by moaning,hard to please softies.Building work or anything not in connection with the Hotel has no place in a review of a Hotel & it's services.

The only fault at this hotel is the size of the pool which is very small.

For most of the day it is covered in shade which is a poor architectual fault

the noise from outside seem to drown the repetitive buzzing.

Loud (could not sleep)  -  Awful food - Staff was disrespectful and unhelpful .

My only gripe with the room is obviously the view as it was no a full frontal sea view and also the hotel is situated on a really busy street and does become really loud of a night, once the doors are closed you can't hear the noise

although our room was on the 7th floor it was like the band was playing in our room.

If you have young children with you, then you may want to sit further away from the water sport rental trailer as they play a lot of songs that have pretty explicit lyrics.

I had a query / anomaly on my booking through a third party
The front desk responded and resolved rapidly..

Front desk are the face of the hotel.

We found there were loud people briefly in the hallway at night that woke us up

could not fault the staff, room was very big and clean and the only issue was we stayed on the first floor which at night can be very loud so maybe request being on the top floor..

Maybe if we close it, the noise would be not so loud.

Actually, the only minus that I could find was the noise made on the street by the party goers arround 4-5 am.

But, the area is very noisy with loud music from the neighbouring hotel which continues until late evening.

The only down thing I would say is there is limited space around the pool, so if children were playing in the pool, it was impossible to relax.

There is air conditioning which is useful as we did find if we opened the balcony door at night it was a bit noisy with people coming back from the nightclub to the taxi rank below is

Another party member left a memory stick behind after they checked out.

I believe in high season, the street noise might be a bit loud.

Here are some general Pros/Cons about the hotel:

Pros
- Amazing location
- Clean and spacious rooms
- Probably the best complementary breakfast of any hotel I've stayed in

Cons
- Unhelpful staff
- Sparse gym without cleaning solution to wipe down equipment or water
- The noise coming from outside is unbelievably loud at night.

Where the neighbouring hotel plays crappy and loud music outdoors until midnight.

Food as always excellent with a great choice.

Better to go to one of the many good restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.

A short walk and you have all the night life you need from sports bars to night clubes from café s to fine dining restaurants   An absolute gem of a hotel and a home from home hotel.

The food was varied and will surely appeal to most tastes.

Our room was good enough, we really enjoyed a food in the restaurant.

This is a 3* hotel that was bumped up to 4* because of their restaurant and location.

Easy to look for a good restaurant nearby aor use the hotel one.

Rooms2 tv large beds comfy As well breakfast all you can eat good choice stay in sea front of side sea view   fantastic views plenty going on near hotel bars restaurants taxis at side of road can't fault praia d's Rocha  !!!!!! !

In the morning i then noticed another silver fish pest in the bathroom on the floor, which i took care of then went to notify the hotel staff about.

We came half board and the food was well prepared.

Everything you need from a good hotel,from varied and tasty food to clean rooms.

On a positive note, our room has a fairly large balcony with a side view of the ocean and the beach (it has a table,

The views are very romantic too, sea Size room is with a great sea view.

The view from the balcony was just gorgeous.

The Hotel Da Rocha is near these landmarks: Museu de Portimao, Taxi Ferry - Ferragudo, Algar Seco, Meia-Praia Beach, Nossa Senhora da Rocha Beach, Capela da Nossa Senhora da Rocha, Armacao de Pera Beach, Capela dos Ossos, Praia da Luz, Mount Foia, Praia Da Andorinha, Praia Sao Rafael, Arrifana Beach, Carvoeiro Boardwalk, Quinta Do Frances Winery, Praia de Albandeira, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Aqualand Algarve, Caldas de Monchique, Jonathan Markson Algarve Tennis Center, Praia da Oura, Pontal da Carrapateira, Praia Da Amoreira, Pintadinho Beach, Praia Do Vau, Meia-Praia Beach, Carvalho Beach, Castelo de Silves, Praia da Senhora da Rocha, H2o PooL Lounge, ASA Algarve Sea Adventures, Praia de Santa Eulalia, Monte Clerigo Beach, Vau Beach, Ponta do Altar Lighthouse, Vale de Centeanes Beach, Feira Medieval de Silves, Parque da Mina, Tridente Boat Trips, Beach Hut Watersports, Praia da Coelha, Praia dos Pescadores, Caminho dos promontorios, Vale de Covo Beach, Praia do Vale do Olival, Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro, Centro Histórico de Albufeira, Vale Figueiras Beach, Igreja de Ferragudo, Mercado Municipal de Portimão, Farol de Alfanzina/Alfanzina lighthouse, Município de Silves, Moments Watersports, Alferce, Praia dos Pescadores, Castle of Aljezur, Museu do Mar e da Terra da Carrapateira, Molhe Beach, João de Arens Beach, Praia do Carvoeiro, Silves Cathedral, Porches Pottery, Aurora Boat Trips, Albufeira Marina, Carrapateira Extreme Tours, Paradis Plage Portimao, Praia DO Torrado, A Boneca, Solid Rocks Algarve Horse Trail Adventures, Blue Xperiences, Praia Grande de Pera, Leonel Telo- cerâmica-, Algarve Shopping, Museu Pintor Jose Cercas, Amado Surfcamp, Praia dos Careanos, Vale de Centianes Beach, Museu Municipal de Arqueologia, WoodSpirit, Adega do Cantor, Casa Grade, Fortaleza de Santa Catarina, Ferragudo Boat Trips, Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Encarnacao, Olaria Pequena, Kippis Bar, Barragem do Arade, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church, Pau da Bandeira Viewpoint, Museu municipal d'Aljezur, Learn2Sail, Wildwatch Algarve, Carvoeiro Tennis Club, Misericórdia Church, Divespot Portugal, Algarve SUP Tours, R Star Surf School, Adventure Riding, Mission To Surf, Marina de Portimao, Algarve Freedom Kayaks, Carvoeiro Caves, Sao Sebastiao Church, Montechoro Strip, Boa Onda Surf School, Continente Centro Comercial, Praia dos Caneiros, Neptunos Surf School, Mercado Municipal de Silves, Original Thai House, Discover Tours, Praia de Lagos, QuadsExperience, Praia dos Aveiros, Aljezur Experiences Surf School, Estadio Municipal de Portimao, Icone Bar, CarvoeiroTours, Winery Convento do Paraiso, Praia do Barranco, Alternativtour, Castelo Beach, Horse Adventure Tours, Déjà Vu Art Shop, Cocktail Garden, Algarve Racing, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Rocha, Capelinha Bar, Praia do Peneco, Sandytoes Algarve, Kool Cocktails, Barranco das Canas Beach, The Jailhouse Carvoeiro, Cross of Portugal, XFlow Surf Spot Portugal, Burros & Artes, Os Tres Macacos, Edifício Paços do Concelho, Longevity Medical Spa, A TRIBO, Monchique Passeios na Serra, Praia dos Alemães, Indy Scooters.

Gorgeous rooms with glorious beds and stunning views of the sea.

Stayed for one night whilst we visited Portimao, booked a junior suite with sea view.

We booked a sea view room and what an amazing view !!!

We requested a ocean view and the hotel accommodated our request.

Request rooms 801 802 or 803 these are exceptional with a full sea view.

Everything from start to finish was excellent, in particular the hotel location (right across from the most beautiful beach) and the fabulous view from our balcony.

We had a side sea view room which was glorious

Situated overlooking the beach it is close to restaurants and local buses and has splendid facilities.

Five Star Boutique hotel overlooking the beach.

Next time we reserve a room with a sea view.

Once again, we opted for a Prestige Suite with a Side Seaview.

Hotel Da Rocha

fault

building

party

beach

restaurant

view

but the bar food was very good.There was an issue over weather or not we should sign for each order charged to our room.

Live music on the rooftop bar every night was a lovely surprise too! 10/10

The service of the hotel staff from the spa to the houskeeping to the roof bar was perfectly professional, friendly and helpful.

Staff were friendly and helpful especially in the bar area.

), the live music in the rooftop bar was great.

Enjoyed our stay at the hotel.The room and facilities including the balcony were good.The roof top pool and the bar were also good,with plenty of seating.

The roof top bar offers great views across the port.

The pool and rooftop bar are lovely with a great view.

All the Staff are friendly and attentive to your needs, the rooftop bar and pool is brilliant and the cocktails are great!

We would definitely recommend visiting Alvor which is only €7 in an Uber €13 in a normal taxi, lots of great bars and nice places to eat.

Great pool area and convenient poolside bar and eating facilities.

The service at the rooftop bar was great also.

The roof top pool is fab and the pool bar is lovely.

Great couples hotel, good food in both restaurant and roof top bar.

Parking and shuttle bus outstanding roof top pool bar make this a must stay location.

The rooftop pool area and bar/snack bar is fantastic and a great place to unwind, relax and take in the surrounding views.

Restaurant and reception staff are very good - some rooftop bar staff ok - others a bit slow to attend to our needs.

Restaurant very good with good quality food and great choice at breakfast.

The breakfast was plentiful with a vast choice, the evening meals had a good choice of either two fish dishes or three meat dishes to choose from.

The breakfast was top class and the room was everything we had hoped for .

The staff were always welcoming and helpful (especially the cheerful lady at breakfast!

Breakfast was plentiful with good variety.Evening meal was good the only drawback was the lack of variety on the menu with the same main courses served every night.The staff in the dining room were very pleasant and friendly.Would stay here again if we decided to come to the area again.

Breakfast was plentiful and of good quality.

The Breakfast was a fantastic choice with a chef cooking omelettes and fresh pancakes daily, we did not eat an evening meal here because of the choice of restaurants in portmao  and play de rocha , if you get chance take the boat taxi across to Ferraguda and the bus to Alvor they are beautiful places to visit for lunch and shopping!

Breakfast is very good with lots of choice.

We stayed half board, the breakfast made our mornings and the dinner never let us down.

This hotel is amazing, great staff, wonderful food, we were booked in for b&b and the breakfast choice was vast, we also had a couple of evening meals which were superb.

When you arrive you are asked which time slot you want for breakfast and evening meal.

Everything was perfect from the location to the amazing breakfast and the informative staff.

Instead ours had a view of a busy road which made it difficult to enjoy the balcony.

but although we paid extra for this I would have preferred to be at the back of the hotel as sitting on the balcony was completely spoiled by the continuous traffic on the very busy road.

but the response was a simple, well we were very busy.

Real downside was the rooms on the road side are very noise - it is a busy road.

If you book a room with a river view be prepared for the heavy traffic noise because the hotel is on a very busy main road.

The location is good between the beach and the town and in an area that is not as hectic or busy as the hotels on the beach.

Hotel was busy, staff were great, facilities were limited if you wanted to sit poolside or on the roof because of reservations on beds and loungers, the beds were booked and towels on others

but you can hear every noise from other people bumping and banging , and it’s next to a busy road , i didn’t get one single decent nights sleep , the patio doors on the balcony keep out no noise you can even hear people talking on the street .

We ate outside as it felt much less cramped and chilled out, and opted for 9.45am breakfast which could get busy.

The road outside the hotel can get a bit busy

It was okay, quite small with a busy road below

We did have a small balcony which I am not sure you have in a standard room however it looked out over not a very scenic view (the busy road - was fine if you kept the windows closed) which is a shame

but then you had to share a small lift with 4 or 5 other guests as lifts were always busy.

although did get quite busy at times so be prepared to queue for the hot breakfast, it seems it would be beneficial if there was a separate chef for the omelettes to reduce the waiting time for the bacon, sausages etc.

Tried to book a Bali bed €20, told by bar manager all sold out, we very busy Saturday 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Portimao museum is 5 min walk as is the new river walk which is lined with cafes and restaurants, people jog along and fishermen fish here too.The road is not a busy one so not much road noise.

Get down to breakfast early as it gets busy later.

but there  is a lack of hanging and storage space.

but needs sorting 
Room was again nice but could be better ,balcony had air con unit on so always hot regardless of time of day , those horrible hangers in room that accuse you of wanting to steal them and whilst room (329) always cleaned well never done till 4 pm so if had a day out felt couldn't use room if wanted it cleaned .

The wardrobes are no better than those at a Travel Lodge.

Tv reception poor in room, if you choose superior room with river view you will be disappointed as most of the view is derelict land and some ruins, some silly ideas here, small stones around the sun beds, and hanger rods in wardrobe fitted depth wise rather than width wise what a pain.

Just a niggle with the wardrobe the hanging poles are not horizontal go from front to back, so difficult trying to find things.

but when you get down to the detail it’s not good, the room is spacious however, stupidly designed  furniture makes it impractical, a single drawer over six foot in length, hanging lights that you hit your head on when getting out of bed or going out onto patio.

The wardrobe rail comes from front to back and not side to side so very difficult to get to the clothes also the rail is very high and unless you are 6' tall this most difficult to reach

The only downside to the room is if you are there for 2 weeks there isn’t enough drawer space or wardrobe space.

although modern, small with little storage space and, as we later learned, the problem of the wardrobe hangers being badly positioned was already known to management.

Only small negatives: Wardrobe too small for a 2 week holiday for 2 people
Only a coffee machine in room which you have to pay 1 euro for every pod used!!!

Our room had an orange wire hanging out from the roof only visible when laying on the bed looking at the ceiling as there is a lowered ceiling with the room lighting hidden behind it.

The rooms aren’t massive and there are only two small wardrobes in order to hang clothes, if here longer than a week could be a problem.

but maybe actual draws would be better use as wardrobe isn't massive and no dressing table with mirror.

7 Cupboard space in the rooms is very limited and awkward to use as the hangers face you rather than being side on.

The wardrobe space and hangers badly designed,  frustrating trying to hang and remove clothes as the hangers are behind each other rather than side by side.

The rooms are quite compact with tiny wardrobes, not enough space for even half a suitcase of clothes.

Since I was then suspicious, I set up a test marker to see if they had entered while we were gone and indeed, they came in again with the "do not disturb" sign hanging outside.

Don't overpack.. we had 28kg of luggage between us and struggled to get it into the wardrobe and drawers.

The food was fairly reasonably priced if not a boring lunch menu if you spend more than one day by the pool.

loved the infinity pool and if sometimes a little difficult to get a sun bed, the areas surrounding the bar were superb, with plenty of comfortable beds and settees to laze about on.

The views , the pool and service from the staff was all excellent.

Breakfast was fantastic, lots of fresh food to choose from every morning, the infinity pool was stunning, we did the Bali Bed Experience which was really good - food and drinks bought to you all day!

however newer, and has a roof top pool which is popular.

Great rooms, infinity pool, pleasant and helpful staff.

Room very clean only problem was we payed extra for premier room with river view .balcony looked onto a busy road with NO river view .Food .was plenty of a selection for breakfast.Evening meal could do with more choice .Rooftop pool area excellent.

All areas were spotless, great spa, cracking view from the balcony and the pool.

The roof top pool/bar area is just stunning and the location is great, just a 15 minute walk into Praia Da Rocha,

Infinity pool is amazing with pool service.

The 4th floor cafe bar and infinity pool are excellent with great views looking out over the river to Ferragudo and beyond.

The room was made up for us each day and was clean and comfortable.We didn’t use room service or the gym.l think we got value for money and would recommend this hotel to friends.

4.50 euros for a beer compared to 2-3euros everywhere else.

Half board definitely a great choice as you would really struggle to find nicer food with greater variety for a better price.

but it was surrounded by restaurants and everything.

The staff, cleanliness, food and drink were all great.

Excellent location between wonderful beach at Praia da Rocha and town of Portimao with its many restaurants.

Only reason we didn’t give 5 stars was evening meal menu didn’t have much choice and was the same each night, also there isn’t enough Sun loungers for all guests.

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