We had two superb meals in the Alfama restaurant and the buffet breakfasts had every single choice imaginable.

Guests have access to two buffet restaurants for breakfast; we only attended the smaller one in Eden Mar as it adequately met our needs.

Breakfast is always very good and I would always include that as it sets you up for the day.

Breakfast is very good with wide selections.

We went bed and breakfast and the breakfast was amazing, so much to choose from and all very fresh.

The beds where very good and the breakfast excellent .

.the breakfast was excellent, the pools and garden areas immaculate and the Happy hour a great place for a swift one or two before eating out at one of the numerous local restaurants.

The restaurants were excellent for breakfast and buffet dinners.

The breakfast buffet was very nice with lots of choices.

Nice clean rooms, superb breakfast buffé, beautiful indoor and outdoor pools.

We the buffet selection is plentiful and great food and service at the outside varanda/bar.

Great food especially the All Farma the service breakfast service all great.

Breakfast and evening meal; always a large choice and efficiently serviced.

The food at breakfast and on the 4 occasions we ate at one of restaurants was superb.

For those that like a buffet they have the Atlantida Restaurant open every night.

Beautiful hotel situated in a lovely part of Funchal.A choice of pools spa and restaurants and stunning gardens.Lovely views of the pool and sea from our spacious room.Lovely buffet breakfast serving cold and cooked food.Friendly staff and lovely relaxing atmosphere.Restaurants in hotel excellent as was the bar which had singers each night.We had a wonderful time and would thoroughly recommend the Eden Mar.

I did eat at the specialist a la carte Portuguese restaurant one night - delicious

Hotel restaurants were first class in variety of food and service Self service breakfasts were of a high standard and given a choice of eating indoors or al fresco.

The hotel complex has everything you need, places to eat locally (Try Chefe Steak House and Sea Basket near the Pingo Supermarket) and bus stops outside for trips in Funchal.

The complex was lovely and there was always plenty of available seating by the pools.

There were also 2 pool bars at either end of the complex.

There is a very good  Pingo Doce supermarket in the shopping mall that is "underneath" the hotel complex, and a fabulous ice cream shop (Venezia) on the promenade 5 mins walk away.

Excellent Hotel complex with lovely suite rooms with separate bedroom, living room and galley kitchen with microwave, fridge and hob.

Spent a wonderful week within the Eden Mar Complex.

This is a fantastic hotel complex in a wonderful setting.

The staff are excellent and the whole complex is exceptionally clean.

The pool complex was excellent, with options for sitting in the sun or shade.

There was an extensive breakfast buffet in the PortoBay Hotel in the complex.

There is a Pingo Doce supermarket under the shopping centre at the hotel complex, at the far end of the site nearest the sea, better value than the Spar supermarkets.

Got lost more than once in the hotel complex as it is joined to 2 other accommodations.

A great complex of 3 hotels within walking distance of the centre of Funchal .

This hotel is one of three on the complex.

We recognised many return visitors from three years ago, which is testament to the popularity of the Porto Bay hotel complex.

As I have said in previous reviews, the main asset to this hotel and resort complex is the seemingly unchanging staff, excellent throughout.

Free parking for about 50 cars outside the hotel itself, with access to more around the hotel complex.

We stayed at Eden Mar one of the Portobay hotels alongside Portobay and The Residence and so were able to enjoy the most beautiful landscaped gardens and pools, restaurants and facilities of all.

The gardens are large enough for you to wander and enjoy their orchid garden and the variety of sub-tropical plants or simply to relax on a sun-lounger or enjoy the many viewpoints out to sea.

The accommodation,food and facilities were greatbavd the customer service was outstanding first class 
The pools and gardens are delightful one is heated and goes inside where there are two inside pools.

Beautiful pools, gardens, bars etc.Have stayed at many hotels on Madeira

It's like relaxing in the botanical gardens with a pool to keep dipping into.

Breakfast at Alfama is always lovely, delicious food in a peaceful setting around the gardens, a great way to start your day.

The gardens were well maintained and the promenade was just beyond them for an evening stroll.

We love the gardens, the plants, and sheer size of the gardens which are lovely to walk through.

Great swimming pools & gardens, very well kept.

The pools were lovely and clean, and the gardens were beautiful.

The gardens, grounds and pools are just beautiful and well kept.

but also has beautiful surroundings (including the gardens below) and an incredible sea view.

It's set with a well maintained gardens, which it shares with 2 other hotels that are part of the PortoBay Group overlooking the sea.

Two TV’s (with no English speaking channels)
Spacious balcony with sea and garden view
(No iron / ironing board

Amazing gardens to walk around along with the pool areas.

Great hotel,fantastic location,lovely restaurants and bars on your doorstep,all relaxed and peaceful.hotel rooms are of a good size,good sized bathroom,separate toilet.lots of storage for everything you bring.large beds and large private balconies.pool are and gardens are beautiful and very peaceful with plenty of loungers to spare for all the guests.great breakfast sat outside in the lovely maintained gardens,a pleasure.we never tried any of the hotel restaurants as we always prefer B&B and eat and mix with the community outside,again a real pleasure,so many charming restaurants,great maderian food.

Superb gardens and pools areas, always plenty of sun beds available with bar service in all areas.

Our favourite spot being right near the herb garden not far from the main pool, occasionally getting a waft of sweet smelling herbs as you lay relaxing in the sun.

We loved the breakfast, there was something to do for everyone, from the pools, the gym, the play area….beautiful gardens and great gym.

Lovely rooms, we had a ground floor superior room.

The hotel grounds are stunning, trees and flowers everywhere, very well maintained and the sun loungers are dotted all around the grounds so you don't need to go to the pools if you would rather relax in the gardens, plenty of shaded areas too.

We’ve stayed at the Eden Mar many times, the grounds are stunning,  the staff are extremely attentive, the reception area is always helpful in particular Manuela.

The hotel and grounds are spotless and well-maintained.

The staff are great, the rooms are lovely and the grounds beautiful.

There was no problem to get four sun-beds together as the hotel grounds are very spacious.

The grounds and pools were great and there was never any noise or rowdiness, day or night.

The grounds and gardens are also so pretty.

You can use the facilities of the Porto Mare which is connected by the corridors, literally you just walk through the hotel or through the grounds and can use any of the swimming pools, bars and restaurants.

Great location and view of the grounds and ocean.

Outstanding pools, grounds and breakfast.

The grounds and gardens of the hotel were stunning, it was great to lie and relax in such beautiful surroundings.

Lovely hotel in beautiful tropical grounds.

A good quality hotel with beautiful grounds.

The grounds are amazing and well kept, really lovely surroundings and the pools were all clean and spacious.

We had a lovely suite, comfortable, spotless and with a super balcony overlooking the beautiful grounds and gardens.

The grounds are amazing: Thoughtful interesting planting, great views and excellent pools.

Travelling from Luxembourg we were able to avoid all that and could enjoy two weeks from 9 to 23 January.

The lunch at the pool bar was poor quality and expensive and the menu needs a revamp.

Air con poor, fridge was faulty as just filled with condensation instead of cooling.

One disappointment was the poor service at the bar area for happy hour at Oceana, only 1 waiter and with it being table service no other way to get a drink.

but got a poor response and no indication of the chances of an alternative.

After a shaky start, when we were diverted to Porto Santo due to poor visibility at Funchal airport, the weather was almost perfect for the remainder of our two week stay, with only the odd cloudy day and temperatures in the 20s, reaching 26C on a couple of days!

We received a poor welcome from a receptionist who was too busy talking to a colleague to even greet us.

The lighting in the bedroom area was poor with two dim wall lights and a light in the alcove/dressing table area, to actually see and find clothes in the wardrobe was a major task!

First impressions are poor as the entrance is down a side street with cheap bars and restaurants nearby

We thought that the entertainment was poor and amerturish and very little that was aimed at children.

The quality of towels in our room was poor this year, nearly every day one of our towels would be either threadbare or have  a hole in it.

The smell is obnoxious and added to the the rather poor attitude to customers we regrettably won't be staying there again.

The hotel interior in many hotels of Madeira in in poor maintenance condition,

I have seen many reviews commenting on the poor breakfast choice and at one time I may have agreed.

The Reps meeting with her lasted approx 1.30hrs and was informative and helpful so dont listen to any poor reports, yes some info we didnt need

While we were experiencing this cold food and poor service for a second time, we were informed by another holiday maker, that there was another much bigger and better restaurant that we should use in the sister hotel Porto Mar.

Loved our room with a lovely sunset view and a kitchenette that allowed us to cook some meals. I slept like a baby as the beds were comfortable and the blackout curtains kept out the morning " sun ! )

The staff were very helpful and friendly, the food was amazing, the weather was brilliant and Funchal was fantastic.

You can ask for vegan dish, and they have it in all restaurants.

The staff are excellent, food is good and the rooms are very comfortable.

Particular mention needs to go to Mary Paulo in reception, Felipe in the Alfama restaurant, and Ella in the Portofino bar.

Just a wonderful place, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, very comfortable rooms, excellent food in all the restaurants.

There are lots of bars and restaurants around the hotel.

Lot's of great restaurants within a few hundred meters from the hotel.

There are several bars and restaurants all excellent food and lots of choice.

Our 14th visit to the hotel,great staff ,great food very clean and the attention to detail in pleasing the guests  is second to none.

This was important as there was a problem with the drains which meant there was a strong smell of sewers from the toilet room.

but the design of the balcony directed the  cigarette smoke from the room below directly into our room and balcony.

I guess  it must be the chemicals / salts they presumably put in.

but the bad drain smell outside the Eden Mar was horrible and put me off the Lido area,

though there was a slight smell of drains in our bathroom.

but nearby) was a strange experience though as due to mask wearing and the restrictions of two people in the lift at any time and the majority being couples or small families I 
never actually managed to meet or have a conversation with any other guests staying there.

Regular visitors of the hotel seemed to get better treatment by hotel staff who at times turned a blind eye to their smoking in the outdoor restaurants or made sure they were served first.

Smoking is allowed anywhere around the pool area and you might have to move if you don’t want passive smoke.

But worse was when they smoked, the smoke was on our balcony and if like us, you hate the smell of smoking it was a big downside.

though is that we are non-smokers and all of the patios appear to permit smoking.

although all the rooms are non smoking they do allow smoking on the balconies and if you are unlucky enough to have chain smokers next door or below as we were it was virtually impossible to enjoy our balcony so from that aspect we were disappointed.

The room we were given was old, tired and smelly.

One worrying issue was that people we met going out and became friends with had to move rooms because of a drain fault during the night thus feeling sick and headache, the guy was an ex services engineer and said during recent refurb they may have installed the toilet wrongly thus sewage gas leaking.

Any negatives yes sorry I have one,smoking around the hotel we are none smokers and find it anti social especially around the pool areas

Our room had an occasional smell of tobacco smoke.

but worth a short break but can be very noisy at night  with smokers on their balconies into the night and in summer we expect it might be more busy with families and younger children staying.

The only problem we had is on occasions strong smells from the drains in the bathroom

As should a stricter control of where smokers can puff away on cigars and cigarettes.

but the corridors to the bedrooms were dated and smelled musty, they reminded me of a 70s hotel in Whitby or Skegness.

You can smell it all the way down to the ocean.

Staff are consistently helpful, friendly and efficient as they always are and the new arrivals are an asset to the hotel.

The staff and service is second-to-none, absolutely outstanding on level.

Brilliant NY Eve, choice of different meal options and then transport (to and from) to see the firework display from the concourse of the local football team, views over mountains and harbour.

The staff in the restaurant and at reception were polite and the hotel was fairly clean.

The reception staff are excellent with room requests and are very welcoming on arrival.

The hotel is kept very clean in all areas, all the staff are efficient and friendly, it’s great to see so many still there from when we first visited.

An excellent place to stay, very well maintained with very friendly staff.

The location and surrounding is perfect for many activities, the service and personnel is nice.

The staff were unfailingly cheerful and helpful, and the facilities excellent.

Staff are fantastic, work extremely hard to ensure excellent customer service and succeed.

Staff everywhere were very helpful and friendly.

The staff are friendly, polite and helpful.

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Breakfast was served which was a treat and was plentiful.

The hotel was lovely, the breakfast was amazing & the welcome outstanding.

Staff were all very friendly and helpful, our room was spacious and clean, and breakfast was great.

Breakfast was amazing and a great start to the day.

Great family run hotel with comfy beds and delicious breakfast.

Beautiful architecture,  amazing breakfast more like a brunch.

This charming hotel in Bruges has the best breakfast that I can remember in a BnB style.

Being asked about a breakfast order on arrival was a new experience

Lovely hotel with personal service, tasty breakfast, and comfortable rooms.

Breakfast was in a beautiful dining room, I had eggs and toast.

The breakfast was great, always good and efficient.

Impeccably clean, outstanding European breakfast and service, wonderful courtyard, and privacy when I want it.

The highlight was our delicious breakfast served in the outdoor garden with some of the freshest fruit we have sampled anywhere.

Breakfast is something else; cheeses,  ham, freshly squeezed orange juice, yoghurt, eggs, fresh fruit and a bag of various breads, yes a bag full of locally produced baking.

Cold meat and cheese, a choice of local bread, eggs, yoghurt, generous fruit portions and lovely strong tea or coffee.

The breakfast was very tasty and we were astonished by the freshly pressed orange juice, the cheese and the fruits on top of the usual stuff, which was

Breakfast each morning was a treat; freshly baked local breads, croissants, yoghurt, eggs, cheeses, ham, fresh fruit and a little bowl of chocolate eggs!

It was brought to the table on elegant  white china and was a selection of fresh breads, pastries, egg, cheese, ham, nuts, dried fruit such as figs, a selection of fresh fruits arranged so prettily on the plate, freshly squeezed orange juice, coffee/tea, yoghurt, granola, Nutella, jams,  everything was super fresh, lovely quality and the charming owners brought it.

The hotel is absolutely beautiful, the breakfast is fresh, very tasty and has lots of bread, pastries, ham, cheeses, fruit.

The breakfast is fresh, made to order with lots of bread, pastries, ham, cheeses, fruit.

but the double glazing is very effective), superb breakfast - beautifully presented , fruit, yoghurt, perfect boiled egg, breads and pastries, cheese and ham.

Other reviews about this hotel and the fantastic breakfast are not exaggerated.. all served to your table with friendly service.. wide variety of breads, croissant, pastries, cheese, ham, yoghurt, granola, fresh fruit, fresh fruit juice and good coffee.

The breakfasts of fresh bread and pastries, fruit, yoghurt, egg, meat and cheese, orange juice and coffee are delicious and the perfect size.

The breakfast was exquisitely presented with: fruit, croissants, freshly cut bread, meats, cheeses, Yogurt, coffee, tea.

An amazing offer of breakfast items with a selection of fresh breads, local Cheeses and Meats, smoked salmon, fresh fruit and freshly squeezed orange juice, NO expense spared with there offerings.

and the array of meats, cheeses, fruit, bread.

It is a contintental buffet with fresh fruit, meats, cheeses and breads.

Breakfast got served from 8 am to 10 am, and they offered a great selection of pastries, warm bread, cheese, fresh juices, coffee, tea, cereals, toast, waffle bites, delicious jams, etc.

A breakfast was included with the room that included an egg cooked to order, as well as various breads and pastries, meats and cheeses, coffee or tea; available in an elegant dining area on the main floor.

The breakfast was delicious and they would ask if you would like fresh coffee or hot chocolate or a soft boiled egg to go with the assortment that was already prepared (fresh bread, croissants, fruit, jams, yogurt, cheeses, meats, nuts, oatmeal, juice, water, etc).

The staff ensures ample coffee, croissants, meats, cheeses, breads, freshly boiled eggs, fresh fruit, and so forth.

They serve a wonderful breakfast with local cheeses, meats, sweetbreads and fruits.

Breakfast consisted of fresh-squeezed OJ, fresh eggs, and a spread of fruit, meat, cheese, bread and more.

though was the friendly staff, the magical garden and a breakfast to remember!

Especially the cozy atmosphere and the very nice dining area and garden, which are difficult to come by in a bigger, more "posh" hotel.

Charming is the perfect word to describe the hotel: from the beautiful breakfast rooms to the peaceful garden to the quaint guest rooms.

There is a very attractive garden, and I assume that some of the rooms overlook it.

The home-cooked breakfast was delicious (including the freshly squeezed juice), and is served in two beautiful rooms, one on the canal, the other on their inner courtyard garden.

Very good breakfast, reading room, garden and good room facilities.

Quiet location with canal view rooms while only 10 min walk to city center 
Individual parking garages available 50 m away
Quiet and beautiful inner garden space and common area where breakfast is served
Breakfast indeed as delicious as rated in other reviews
Price/Quality ratio unbeatable in Bruges as also very friendly welcome
Highly recommended and upon our return to Bruges we will definitely book again a room here

Breakfast (very good) is served in a lovely, nicely decorated room looking onto a beautiful garden.

The delicious breakfast was individual and in a peaceful room next to the Hotels garden.

Breakfast was beautiful - a real treat, served in a gorgeous breakfast room, with a small walled garden - allowing coffee to be taken outside.

It is very well located along the main canal and has a wonderful dining room and garden.

The hotel is bright and fresh, with a gorgeous breakfast area, conservatory lounge and open garden.

The garden they have is marvelous, I could look at it all day.

Quiet and cosy , beautiful decoration and garden , very nice breakfast and view from window .

Particular highlights were the welcoming staff, the courtyard garden and the delicious and varied continental breakfast.

Special thanks to Dace for opening the bar one evening so we could enjoy a glass of wine in the garden room.

I just returned from a trip to Germany, Luxembourg, Brussels and Bruges with two of my daughters - both in their twenties.

You get a basket of croissants and bread, a buffet with lunch meats and jellies and some fruit with an option of a  boiled egg.

Breakfast was rather good with a selection of meats, etc.

Fresh coffee with hot, frothed milk, perfectly boiled eggs, and a well-maintained buffet that included everything from salmon, meats, and cheeses to delicious jams and sweets.

And the breakfast that was provided the next morning was both beautiful and delicious and there was an ample variety of juices, breads, meats, cheeses, etc.

The breakfasts are lovely fresh bread, cheeses, meats, cereals, yoghurts, fruit, freshly squeezed juice and teas or coffees .

Breakfast was a nice spread, including bread basket, soft-boiled egg, and a buffet of fruit, cakes, meats, and yogurt.

Brilliant location, just a 10 minute walk from the main attractions, lovely breakfast room with a great selection of cheeses, cold meats, fresh bread and pastries.

Fresh coffee, fresh bread, cheeses, salmon and meats.

The hotel has a lot of character, beautiful breakfast room (lovely selection of fruit, cheeses, meat, breads, eggs, cereals, cakes).

We arrived to a very warm welcome and shown to 2 lovely cosy rooms.

It can be pleasant (and cheaper) to enjoy a ready-made salad or sandwich and a bottle of wine for dinner in your room looking out over the canal.

Our room was situated right on the canal in a quaint neighbourhood approximately 10-minutes on foot from the city centre.

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