Melia Llana Beach Resort & Spa

This is my second time returning to Melia Llana and my boyfriend's first time - and we have mixed feelings about returning again. Firstly, we've gone for the VIP package at €50 per night, which really does make the holiday as it opens up so many more options. The positives - all staff are lovely, polite and attentive. There have been a number of staff at Linikers and Bikini Beach and the Level Pool at Llana who can't do enough for us. Also, the room has been kept exceptionally clean. We've also enjoyed the rock band who has played for a few nights here. We've had some really really fun nights at the late night Azul bar where the bartenders, DJ's and entertainment staff genuinely want you to have the best time. The negatives - the place is a little tired and this shows in the room. For example toilet seat is brown. Tiles missing on our terrace that could cause an accident. Broken sun loungers. Although this didn't massively bother us, it does add up and takes away from the luxury feeling of the holiday. But the main point is the food - We are not fussy people and not complainers, but we have been served really really bad food on a number of occasions. I ordered a pizza from the level pool, and what came was a pizza from the day before, reheated with my choice of toppings placed on top. I genuinely feel if I had eaten it I'd have gotten ill. My partner ordered a caeser salad from La Cabana and the chicken was easily 2 days old if not more. We feel the resort could create such a better lasting feeling for its guests if there is some respect, in terms of thinking we won't notice being served food that has seen its best day. I do want to balance this with some fantastic meals - Nami restaurant is amazing in particular. We just want some consistency! Overall we love the tranquility "no stress" and would still recommend this lovely resort. I'd just like the management to take note of what feels like some simple fixes.

We stayed 30/6-07/7/25 Positives Easy transfer from airport, not too far. Friendly and punctual staff. Very nice room - (swim up room) Free towel hire for pool. No towels put down early to reserve sunbeds and enough beds for everyone Clean. Situated On a large perfect beach with Sahara sand. Room for improvement No iron in room. Safe difficult to open and shut. Food was very standard - it was ok & not horrible but not great either and def not 5 star standard. There is no option to eat out as hardly any restaurants in Cape Verde. There was hardly any activities happening during the day? Not sure if this was due to large pool closure? Entertainment of a night time wasn’t of a great standard even though entertainment team all seed very nice. Overall we had a lovely week’s break. The hotel is part of a chain and because it’s adults only it’s quieter than its neighbouring sister hotels.

The hotel itself is lovely. The room was really good, and had everything we required. It was clean and tidy throughout the hotel. Food was ok, like others have said it’s warm rather than hot in the main buffet. There was a lot of variety and we could always find something. The day time snack bar was excellent. We ate here almost every day. We ate at the Italian one night and, again, food was very tasty, well cooked and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We ate one night at the pure Vida BBQ. Again food was good but people nearby had surf and turf and the prawns attracted swarms of flies - so many flies they moved but the flies moved with them. Then they didn’t finish their food. We don’t eat fish but the stench was so strong! One issue for us would be the lack of Choice on the all inclusive drinks. If you are a beer drinker there is just one beer - no choice! No cider, no ales. Not many cocktails and quite similar types. The pools were clean and the pool bar always good. The entertainment team in the day were ok. We enjoyed aqua aerobics. The night time entertainment was poor. There were a few good singers, guitarists and a saxophonist but that was an hour of entertainment. On two/three nights there was a show - enjoyable but again only an hour. There is a nightly DJ that plays until 2 am but don’t expect to hear any music you know! It was generally staff dancing to their African beats - thought they might cater for the guests but they didn’t. We were back in the room by 10.30pm. It seems that if you want entertainment you have to go to bikini bar or bar Marley - these seem to have a lot of entertainment but they are not part of the all inclusive. You have to pay for any food or drink which seems a bit of a con to be honest. You can upgrade for €50 per day but has to be a minimum of 3 days. It’s not all inclusive in the true sense. We had a small issue with cockroaches in our room that was dealt with by management appropriately after 2 days. Neilson on reception and another young bell boy came and got rid of then for us - thank you.