Elba Palace Golf Boutique Hotel - Adults Only

This hotel never disappoints- our second home The welcome you receive from the moment you arrive in reception by Mercedes and Pilar ensure you feel relaxed immediately. Furthermore Ali, Yamilla, Theresa, Tania, Aziz and Mulud are amazing nothing is too much trouble to ensure you have the perfect holiday. Lupe and the housekeeping staff keep the rooms beautifully cleaned with a smile. First time we have experienced New Year’s Eve and wow what a fabulous event this was from welcome drinks canapés and a violinist playing to an amazing feast - so much so we have re booked for next year ! On a sad note we missed seeing Laura and Anita who were on well deserved break.

Firstly, the hotel is a lovely size, not too many rooms, very well cared for and all of the staff are excellent, all have a smile and they can’t do enough for you, they are a real credit to the hotel.. Golf The hotel is all about the Golf, pretty much everyone is there to play golf and obviously many come on a daily basis to play golf, so it’s all golf attire and golf banter around the place including on the terrace. The course is well kept, some nice holes and we both enjoyed it. It is achievable in comparison to some of the more challenging mainland Spain courses, quite flat and easily walkable.. The driving range and practice areas are also very good.. Food This is where it needs improvement in my eyes. Firstly, Breakfast is probably the poorest we’ve had at any comparable rated hotel. Very limited hot food selection and ‘hot’ is what it is not, mainly all the food in the warmers is cold which isn’t great…. Usually with a hot food selection you would expect standard additions like tomatoes & mushrooms but these additions are not on offer… There is an egg chef where you can get the only real hot option and the omelettes are lovely.. A strange set up is that the chilled yoghurt and fruit is right at the side of the egg chef which seems to contradict what I would expect to be normal food hygiene procedures (hot & cold) but I am no expert.. Lunch is basically sandwich, pizza or burger and quite limited, we would have preferred to see some small plate / tapas options to share as not everyone wants frozen food everyday. Lunch is on the terrace and a shared area with golfers who may / may not be staying at the hotel. Dinner is more of a let down as the concept and service is excellent, walk up buffet starter and then al a carte main course from a mixed menu. Sounded perfect to us, however some of the food really isn’t nice, I am not sure the chef tastes the food he serves as some of it is inedible.. An example, the risotto is so over powered with garlic one 1/2 of a spoon was all either of us could manage and it was returned.. We were also there for the Christmas gala dinner and most courses were not nice and some were inedible, a real shame as you could see the staff wanted to make it a special meal. I don’t think anyone in the room ate the meat course, all were returned from what we could see. Rooms The rooms are an excellent size, very large bed & bathroom, good quality furniture and our balcony overlooked the golf course and the sea, pretty perfect. Regular linen and room cleaning, very good… Pool The Pool is a nice area, well spaced out and good quality beds etc.. You have to access via the Golf pro shop / golf buggy collection area. The golf driving range is alongside so you’re never far away from the golf & if that’s why you are there it’s pretty perfect.. If not you may want to have a think about being surrounded by golf all day.. We are golfers but if not there isn’t a lot else to do.. Location It is a 30 minute walk to the ne

Currently staying at the Elba Palace for a week golfing. The hotel is lovely, well situated for the golf course. The rooms are good, with everything you need. Housekeeping are very good too. The restaurant and breakfast staff are also excellent and nothing is too much trouble, including Yamilla’s wine recommendations. The things that could be improved: hot plates at breakfast. A more varied main course menu for dinner, in fact on a couple of occasions we’ve not had a main course at all. It’s small things that make a difference