We partciularly enjoy the standard and condition of their establishments, the cleanliness and the wide variety of delicious food

The restaurant is bright and welcoming and the food is delicious and well presented.

The restaurant is bright and welcoming and the food is delicious.

Buffet meals were very good with excellent choice.

The choice of food at breakfast and evening meal was excellent and we enjoyed the pool side restaurant on 2 nights at no extra cost.

We had a buffet breakfast & dinner each day with views over the sea.

The buffet restaurant had plenty of choice and was always hot and tasty.

The waiting staff were so good and as we sat more or less at the same place for breakfast and dinner, we were principally looked after by Lola and Anabel.

The large buffet restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating; food was always of a high standard.

Plenty of food options for breakfast and dinner and of a good quality.

Everyone from the reception staff,dining room staff,chamber staff and even ground staff etc should be congratulated because at the end of the day it is a team effort.The food is of a high quality and there’s always enough choice at breakfast and dinner.

although it was a buffet menu there was always plenty to eat and on a lot of nights the food was cooked right before your eyes so it was always fresh.

The food at the Riu is extremely good with a wide choice at both breakfast and dinner.

The hotel arranged chilled cava and a lovely gift /souvenir left in our room on the day.A very unexpected and thoughtful touch.The hotel rooms, pool and grounds are immaculately cleaned and maintained.The buffet dining arrangements are very well managed with a very extensive choice of local and European favourites.

Always a friendly helpful welcome at meal times with a great selection for both breakfast and dinner buffets.

All the staff were so helpful wherever you were in the hotel is pristine and the food was lovely at breakfast and dinner.

Food was lovely and the Al La Carte experience was the highlight of my stay, eating delicious food overlooking the sea complimented by wonderful friendly staff.

Food in the buffet restaurant was very good, the choice plentiful and of a good quality both at breakfast and evening meal.

All the staff are friendly and helpful and nothing is too much trouble for them all in all this is a great hotel and is in a fantastic location.

Fourth visit to this lovely Hotel,excellent standard of accommodation.Good variety of food in the restaurant,always hot and quickly replenished .Used the A La Carte restaurant which was also excellent.Evening entertainment was very good,Bar staff always friendly and quick to serve.Outside seating area lovely with well kept gardens,good snackbar for drinks and snacks.We have no negative comments and will return next year.

It is a beautiful hotel with great food and clean rooms, most of all the staff are fantastic, nothing is too much trouble for them, and they are so friendly and welcoming they make your holiday even more enjoyable.

And all of the restaurant staff were brilliant too,  very friendly and kindly helping us to practise our Spanish!

The staff all work very hard and are professional and friendly.

Every member of staff we encountered was friendly and welcoming - receptionists, kitchen workers, waiters and cleaners.

The staff make the hotel all very helpful & friendly.

This is the 4th time we have visited here,and nothing has changed in the years,all the staff are friendly,brilliant,nice people.

Staff were so friendly and accommodating , loved every minute x

From start to finish we were made to feel welcome by the friendly staff.

All the staff were so friendly and the hotel was spotless and close by to everything in Nerja which is a lovely Spanish Town with plenty to see and do.

The hotel was lovely & all the staff were really friendly & helpful.

Hotel staff were very friendly and couldn't do enough for us.

All through our trip the staff were fantastic, all really hard working and friendly and couldn't do enough to help.

All staff are friendly, helpful and professional.

Very friendly and helpful staff, spotlessly clean and great variety of good quality food on offer.

Staff are all super friendly and helpful.

The hotel sits in nice grounds with a spacious pool area with lots of sunbeds overlooking the beach and the sea.

The pool area is great, plenty of sunbeds.

The pool area is kept pristine all the time and there isn’t a mad dash for sunbeds if you aren’t bothered about where you want to sit,but if you are then you can put your towels on your bed from 8am.The evening entertainment was ok

Had a wheelchair and despite different level the hotel was very suitable, with smooth floors and pool area.

All facilites gleaming and it is obvious that great pride is taken in maintenance of pool areas , public areas, reception lobby and grounds keeping.

Great pool area too and only a short walk from the lovely town area itself.

Pool area is superb, nobody allowed to put towels down before 8am and there was plenty of sunbeds.

The pool area is large with plenty of beds

Getting to the pool area involves quite a few steps

Extremely spacious and lots of seating options- foyer, large bar, outside bar, atrium, large outside entertainment space, hotel restaurant inside and outside terrace, plenty sunbeds around pool area.

There are ample sunbeds at the pool area and the beach is directly opposite the hotel.

but you have to pay to use it( pet hate as this is just making money)  the pool area is very nice and clean Leads through a gate on to the beach location is great.

The pool area is very nice and beautifully  calm, no intrusive music or "activities," which I particularly  like.

The pool area had plenty of sunbeds, and there were also 2 other sun terraces with sunbeds.

Beauiofully clean pool area with ramp leading to the promenade and the  beach is just 20 metres away.

Loads of sun loungers around pool area  (still get the usual towels in beds malarkey which was funny to watch) or beds available on beach for a small fee.

Had a wonderful time, friendly staff and very clean hotel, good size room, food 4/5 depends on personal taste, lovely pool area on the sea front.

We had room 002 right above the pool area with sort of a sea view

Location is good for short walk into town with numerous bars and restaurants, even in winter months.

There are a dozen bars and restaurants very near to the Riu Monica, and the town centre streets are lined with little shops, cafes, bars and restaurants.

Only a short walk into the town which has plenty of bars and restaurants.

Out the door to the left is a street with a lovely new little cafe bar called cafe wena .

The hotel is in a great location for the town and there are many bars and restaurants nearby if you fancy a change.

Beside the beach and short walk to shops, bars and restaurants.

The hotel is opposite a selection of bars and restaurants so handy if you fancy a change from the hotel food.

Hotel is spotlessly clean, staff from the cleaners to reception, bar and restaurant staff are friendly and welcoming.

The hotel and area are lovely and quiet and the hotel bar and restaurant are excellent.

Hotel RIU Monica is situated in nice location close to many bar’s restaurants.

This hotel is great, perfect location for walking out to bars and restaurants.

Plenty of good restaurants and bars within a short walking distance.

There are lots of good bars and restaurants nearby.

The surrounding areas lots of bars and restaurants opposite.

The hotel is just a ten minute walk up into the area full of bar’s restaurants & the many shops & ice cream vendors.

Few bars across the road for lunch or evening drink, (Ship is my choice) great staff, Nerja town 10-15 walk with plenty of shops bars restaurant etc.

Lovely couple of bars across the road and a short walk to the Balcon of Europe for lots of shops bars and restaurants.

The location is ideal as well, some nice bars and restaurants are across the road and within five minutes walk there are plenty more, we were only a ten minute walk from the center on Nerja as well.

Nerja itself is a lovely place, plenty of bar & restaurant options, from Tapas to Nepalese.

This 
Hotel is on a great spot to walk into the square (10mins) where there are plenty of bars and restaurants.

Spotlessly clean, the staff is first class and there is a great choice of food.

They are consistent - well managed, welcoming, comfortable, accommodating and always of a high quality.

Yeah booked this hotel last minute and we were not disappointed- from check in to check out hotel staff and amenities where 100% - we will definitely return and we can highly recommend this hotel to everyone

A fabulous winter break at this beautiful hotel everything about it was excellent from the staff to the accommodations and the entertainment I would highly recommend anyone wishing to take a break in this hotel.

The staff go out of their way to make you welcome from the moment you arrive to when you leave.

Clean, Comfortable bedrooms, quality food, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, lovely reception area and only minutes away from the centre of Nerja.

The Reception is quick, easy and well organised.

Well done to the management and staff for providing such a great base for a holiday.

Food very good plenty of choice and the staff are very helpful overall in the hotel.

The staff were very accommodating of my vegan diet.

although there are some people who seem to rush down in the morning to leave towels and then disappear!

Enjoyed everything about this hotel (except the towels which are small and hard!).

but please upgrade the towels, thin, ragged and sad and when I caught a bit of sunburn it was most unpleasant using them.

Sadly the habit of people putting towels down early morning is a pain,

but of course the towels go out early though the sitters are not as early!

My only criticism would be the room towel are a bit smalland thin.

The booklet even states that staff will actively remove said towels if this practice is seen to be happening.

The only complaint I have is that towels put onto sunbeds and no one coming back to them until well into the afternoon  there was a lifeguard on duty and no towels were taken off sunbeds like the notice said it would be.

however be quite busy around the pool with people putting towels down quite early , we still still found sun beds that were suitable for us.

We did chuckle some days watching guests from our balcony rushing to put towels out, in the same spot, day after day as

The only criticism was of other guests who reserved sun beds with towels not returning for long periods of time, not easy for the hotel to police!

The only down size to the room was the towels in the bathroom,they were thread bear and small.

The only thing I didn’t like and it’s petty, the bathroom towels were a waste of space, they were small and useless, plus it could of done with some music round the pool, and that is it.

Towels are a bit threadbare and could do with replacing.

towels are rather small and far from soft and fluffy no  face cloths, slippers or bath robes.

but towels in room are very rough and should be updated.

People did go and put their towels down early and leave them for hours unattended!

If your not so active or able you can easily stop on the way for refreshments 😊 would I stay here again yep, are most or the reviews on here stupid, so what if the towels are brown or thin, thin means they dry quicker! !

Hotel Riu Monica

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We were all inclusive and the buffet is great.

I went with my wife for a 5 night stay and we went on an all inclusive basis.

Its spotlessly clean, the food is good for an all inclusive hotel.

A lovely hotel, travelled with friends had a fab week all inclusive.

Opted for the all inclusive package and what we paid ,I thought was good value for money.

but it was still one of the best buffets I have seen in a while). I was very happy that we chose half board as all inclusive would have been way too much for us as we rarely ate lunch (coz the breakfast was so big and good!)

My husband & I got FOOD POISONING from their all inclusive buffet restaurant & the hotel refused to take any kind of responsibility.

However, this being my first experience with all inclusive with the kids, I will look for a different experience next year

The check in was convenient and we accepted the all inclusive offer which turned out to be quite good value for money.

We stayed on an all inclusive basis and were very impressed with the offering.

The all inclusive was well worth paying for with premium brands of alcohol and lovely foods to try out.

As a family of 4 we had an enjoyable weeks holiday staying all inclusive at the Iberostar Malaga Playa.

Staff all great, all inclusive drinks and food excellent -

We were all inclusive and I must say the drinks on offer were good, there were the choice of 4 white, 4 rose and  3 red wines.

We were all inclusive, which we thought was good value.

We had booked the all inclusive and were happy with the variety of wines/cava and beers available as well.

The all inclusive price is fabulous value for money and the food is delicious.

The all inclusive drinks were all quality branded ie San Miguel beer, Gordon's, beefeater and Bombay Gin.

Staff were efficient and mostly friendly.

All staff were friendly and hard working.

The staff were very friendly and helpful noting was too much trouble.

The staff work tirelessly and are very friendly.

The hotel staff were very helpful and very friendly, right throughout the hotel.

Lovely relaxing hotel, would definitely stay again, after a awful holiday in Cyprus last year, it's been a absolutely fantastic stay  staff are so friendly & helpful, extremely clean, food is 100% lush, Thank you x

pool area and grounds spotless and relaxing , the staff friendly and helpful.

Hotel backs onto the seafront which is such a lovely walk with the pram for naps, I would walk up to the lighthouse and back a couple times and was super easy with the pram
We ate at a couple of local restaurants for lunch which were all lovely, such friendly people nearby
The pool is absolutely gorgeous and the splash park was awesome, although suuuuuper cold water so we didn't take babe in,

Generally all the staff were friendly and very hard working

The staff are excellent friendly polite and welcoming.

Clean
Well Run
Good quality food and drink
Really friendly staff
Good facilities

The whole experience was first rate.

All areas around the pool / snack bar / pool bar restaurant were all kept spotless by the hard working staff who were all so friendly couldn’t do enough for you always with a smile.

Beautiful hotel with great facilities and lovely, friendly staff!

The staff are an absolute credit to this lovely hotel - everyone we encountered was so friendly, fun and welcoming.

Super friendly staff, always happy to help.

The staff in the restaurant were efficient, friendly and accommodating needs i.e disability aware🙂🙂🙂.

The life guards were really friendly and made the pool area feel safe.

Housekeeping, friendly and always greeting us with a hola and a smile, 

Best hotel experience in Malaga yet.

This was a big issue for us as all our children wanted to do was go in the pool for the week.

We particularly liked the pool as from one side you could walk into it and it was quite shallow, so this is where most of the children were,

There is a very big pool plus a good children’s pool with slides etc and a little playground for toddlers.

A kids club available to keep them entertained.

Great pools and kids splash zone, comfortable rooms (we were upgraded to a small suite on arrival which was a lovely touch as a family of 3).

The entertainment staff worked tirelessly offering everything from yoga, pool volleyball and salsa dancing to a kids mini disco and casino.

This was our first holiday as a family of 3, our daughter was 5.5months at the time 
We really enjoyed our stay
We had a lovely room out to sea next to the car park which has a market on once a week which was good fun
Supermarket is just down the road for fridge fillers and bits and bobs you may have forgotten
The room was well equipped,

The splash park was a hit with the kids and

The atmosphere around the pool for children and adults was really good the star team all worked so hard to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves they area credit to the hotel.

The pools were great and the little splash park for kids was my daughter’s fav bit for sure!

My sister and I, and our two little girls, had such a wonderful time.

Our daughter went everyday and was always happy to see the staff.

Even the children learnt to dance and showed everyone what they learnt with the Zumba Queen Instructor who organised many events craft making bingo etc.

Entertainment was like Butlins and nowhere decent to sit for a drink if you didn’t want to sit in the entertainment area for karaoke or kids entertainment.

The children had fun in the splash park area on the slides.

We (2 kids, 5 and 7 yo and myself)  have been staying here from 18th July - 25th July.

The entertainment was great and there were lots of daily activities for children and adults.

There are kids shows in the evening, or singers in the lounge/bar.

The shows in the evening were extremely entertaining and the children's clubs were so popular with my Max and Poppy.

Last October I went in a different hotel that was worlds apart from the malaga playa, determined not to go to a poor quality hotel we researched beforehand using TripAdvisor and I can say.

The poor daytime staff had to do a few nights which must have been a long day for them so they did their best considering,

Really poor response (no response till chased several times) about explanation.

Very unhelpful and poor customer services.

Some of the negatives that reflect my 3 star review have been mentioned by previous guests - slow service at reception; air conditioning and fridge not working; (fridge was replaced); overpriced drinks (€4.25 for a "large" beer, which was equivalent to about a half pint); old-fashioned shower over bath:; soundproofing in rooms very poor.

even though the sand is poor like most of the coastline in this area.

Bed quality was initially poor – one mattress was very hard and around 5 cm lower than the other, after a poor night’s sleep this was swapped for a much better-quality mattress for the rest of our stay.

The evening entertainment was ususally pretty poor.

Food good, rooms comfortable - (worth getting a sea view), and if you don't like hotel entertainment a few of the beach bars have bands / singers on.

Entertainment was mixed, with a couple of very good shows.

The entertainment team did a great job with the Halloween decorations and entertainment and obviously love their jobs.

Evening entertainment I mixed, as everywhere,

Fran on entertainment team made us laugh all week .

Entertainment team kept us occupied throughout the day with various games & sports with a shout out to Frankie who was a good laugh !!

The kids entertainment was quite cute as well and the staff did a great job!

Evening entertainment was good and well organised and flamingo dancers were great.

Particular thanks to Enrique, Alex, Fran and Jesus from the animation team for making this holiday a really memorable one.

The staff  is the best, these people are working non stop to keep the circus going.

The evening entertainment was varied and very professional

The entertainment team are fantastic, special shout out to Jesus and Fran, the whole team go above and beyond and my son was in the kids club each day.

I’d suggest the mini disco should be closer to 9 as most kids were still having dinner at 8.

Was a children’s disco every evening, followed by a different theme of entertainment every night which was great for adults and children.

A special shout to Carmelo the bar staff and the entertainment crew.

A beer in the salon was €4.50 (just over a half pint)
Apart from that food in the restaurant was good and staff were very helpful.

The hotel staff all work extremely hard to make your holiday the best it can be and always with a smile on their faces.

A deep tissue massage and a manicure the lady in the spa who did these was absolutely fantastic and I would definitely have more if I were to go back in the future!

Gorgeous hotel, good food and lovely staff.

A special mention to Fran and Jesus who always had a smile.

Staff are on ping and very welcoming and attentive throughout my stay.

Iberostar Malaga Playa

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It is a short walk to the beach and old town.

the rooms are thoroughly cleaned every day and the staff are very helpful and friendly
 it’s 1.25 miles from the beach all down hill  then choose to walk back or take a lovely walk along coast line into town with nice shops and restaurants.

About 10 minutes to local beach, there is a slight hill to come back .

Location is on a steep hill from the beach so if you struggle with this I’d take it into consideration -

The beach is fine shingle rather than sand and the sea is a little on the chilly side for the Med.

10-15 minutes walk to the beach and no problem walking back to the hotel 2 times a day.

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