Estival Torrequebrada

“Golf Holiday with the Boys ⛳️”

Having never been to Benalmadena area before we didn’t know what to expect. The hotel is in a great position right on the shore only 5 minute walk from Benalmadena beach and Promenade where all the bars and restaurants are. We were also close to a number of brilliant golf courses. The hotel is ... more

Having never been to Benalmadena area before we didn’t know what to expect. The hotel is in a great position right on the shore only 5 minute walk from Benalmadena beach and Promenade where all the bars and restaurants are. We were also close to a number of brilliant golf courses. The hotel is very modern inside and appears fairly newly decorated. It has two large outdoor pool areas, one is a family area which has a bar and snack bar and the other is adults only and it has a pool bar. Both areas are brilliant. The rooms are clean and well decorated and have a cracking powerful shower. The restaurant is bright and clean with great views out to see. The all inclusive option was excellent. The food choices were far beyond our expectations. Some cracking sea food options every night. All in all we were impressed with the hotel and the attached casino. There is a couple of odd small negatives which I have seen in previous reviews. In the main bar in the evenings there is a drains type smell through the bar which is a bit unpleasant when you first enter. Not sure why they haven’t sorted the issue because it does impact people using the bar. The other thing is the constant large queue in main bar all evening. The other bars all have self service beer and wine but not in main bar which leads to long queues each night. Small negatives though.

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“Not the best. Not the worst ”

Visited here on 21st April for a week. Had high hopes but was slightly disappointed. Booked with jet2 & booked on All inclusive plus basis, although this wasn't throuley explained to us as what it actually included. I asked the rep in resort & was told it was one visit per week per stay to the 'a... more

Visited here on 21st April for a week. Had high hopes but was slightly disappointed. Booked with jet2 & booked on All inclusive plus basis, although this wasn't throuley explained to us as what it actually included. I asked the rep in resort & was told it was one visit per week per stay to the 'al a carte restaurant '& nothing more. This was disappointing as the food in the main buffet style restaurant wasn't great to be honest. The al a carte was just the 'sports bar' dolled up a bit with a few tables although the food was marginally better because it came out hot & all drinks were served to you from out of bottles i.e Cava, wine, spirits etc. Maybe they change it to other area of the hotel in high season & the sports bar opens as another bar. Also another issue was at the main bar, sapphire, if you asked for wine out of a bottle or a bottle of beer or a coffe from the proper coffe machine you were charged one or two euros but with the hotel being all inclusive I thought this was odd. Again I asked the jet 2 rep & he said that was correct, he gave me a list of what was included & what was & what wasn't on the drinks, It would have been handy to know this before we booked as if you book all inclusive then to pay more for 'plus' you expect everything to be included. Some hotels we have been to before there was unlimited visits to al a carte restaurant when booking all inclusive. One if the positives I would say was our room, we had booked a Juniour suite' & it was huge, had 2 parts to it, a bedroom & a lounge area, a small corridor with the wardrobe in then the bathroom with walk I shower. Balcony way full on sea view facing. The room was on floor 4. The other rooms I'd seen on the same floor were a lot smaller. The entertainment was good, they opened up the function suite, salon atlantico to do the big shows like the Spanish flamenco night, the funny thing was you got wine out of the bottle there in the function suite but if you wanted it at the main bar it came out of a tap or you had to pay more for it, very strange I'd say. We actually bought a bottle to take up to the room one day as the tap wine was undrinkable it was 5 euros on all inclusive basis but it want as good as other Spanish wines I know of so got other bottles to drink in the room from the local supermarket across the road - the supermarcor, they were cheaper too. The spirits were ok at the bar, we had Gordon's gin & tonic & smirnoff & lime/soda, they all seemed to be the real thing. The main buffet style restaurant has no outdoor terrace space for drinking or eating so you woukd be sat inside even in the height of summer but it's air conditioned. The food want great, everything was luke warm at best, all wine comes out of the tap. The beer is Malaga Victoria which was ok. The pool areas are one Adults only & one kiddie/family pool with a splash area for kids to play on slides in. You can only get food from this pool area all day intill 7pm. Drinks are out of the tap again for beer but bottles for wine/spirits all served in plastic glasses.Thers a kids disco every night from 8-9 then the main show either in the bar or salon Atlantico .The best bit of this hotel is the spa, free for us on all inclusive, I visited every day . You need a swimming cap, I took 2 with me for me & my partner but you could buy them at reception , also take your own towels or it's a €10 refundable deposit .The spa is for aduls only & has a sauna/steam, jacuzzi & rain showers. Also has a quiet are with loungers for relaxation. There is a kids/families indoor pool with massage jets & showers/sunloungers. This got busy when the weather wasn't good. There is animation team to keep you entertained at the family pool & different activities like a quiz night/yoga in the morning or stretching class somedays. Another feature of this hotel is the casino, free for hotel guests , you have to pay for drinks at the bar in there though. They have gaming tables & slots. There is a cigarette machine that are £5.75 per pack. There is a bus top outside the hotel the 110 goes through benalmadena all the way to malaga. We got on this to go to the marina area it's €1.50 per person & cash only on all buses. If you want to go to the Pueblo take the 103 bus outside the parking area of the hotel, sill 150 each no matter where you go All in a I wouldn't book again but it was ok. A bit overpriced for what it was. Did ask jet2 to rectify a few of the issues & the rep said he would try for us to visit the al a carte again but when adked he said sorry it was full as it was the weekend.

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“Recommend hotel . But not food or entertainment location”

Hotel is beautiful. Foods not great . The room entertainment is in is a joke 80 percent of the room watching entertainment through a wall divider that I can only describe as a double sided book case without books in it

“Food and drink is good”

Food and drink was good,very poor for entertainment,and smell of sewage when entering rooms and when entering hotel,only one bar open at night resulted in big queue for drinks,nice location on the seafront with lovely views unfortunately I wouldn’t stay again