Bull Dorado Beach & Spa - All Inclusive

“Excellent”

Very nice hotel with very friendly staff and great location. The temperature in the pools it’s perfect so the kids were playing all day long. The food is nice too 🙂 Wr will be back for sure!

“Honest review”

We got back yesterday from a weeks all inclusive holiday at this hotel with our two children (age 11 and 13). It had many positive points: - lovely views from our room/balcony (we were on the 9th floor). - great spa downstairs which our children loved using each morning (it's open between 10am… more

We got back yesterday from a weeks all inclusive holiday at this hotel with our two children (age 11 and 13). It had many positive points: - lovely views from our room/balcony (we were on the 9th floor). - great spa downstairs which our children loved using each morning (it's open between 10am - 12pm every day for children to use) and has a range of different pools and steam rooms etc. - swimming pool was a perfect size and temperature. We also managed to find sun loungers each day with no issue. - food at the restaurant was good and varied each day - each night is a different country as the theme which was nice. There was a great selection for veggies too. We also really liked the steaks cooked on hot stones at the pool bar, as well as the cake they bought out at 3pm every day! - The sunset bar on level 5 was a lovely place to enjoy a drink with stunning views, and was always pretty quiet when we were there at about 6pm. Also wanted to mention the lovely lady who worked behind the bar up there - I can't remember her name, but she was always so smiley and friendly. The negative points: - unfortunately, as many of the recent reviews explain, there was obviously quite a serious issue of norovirus or similar sweeping through the hotel during our stay. Fortunately, we escaped relatively unscathed, although my son did have an upset tummy and tummy pains for a day and a half which might have been a version of it. I witnessed a woman vomiting all over the pool bar floor one day, and we were woken up once by very loud sounds of the man in the room next door being sick all night. We also saw various piles of sick throughout the hotel. I appreciate it must be very hard to keep something like this contained with so many people - but it really put me on edge worrying about trying not to catch it and constantly using hand sanitizer. - the evening entertainment wasn't great. It started late at 9.30pm every night, and only went on for an hour max, but it could have been alot better. Imagine very mediocre, cringe-worthy singers butchering songs...my 13 year old son preferred to stay in his room and avoid it entirely! - we weren't too impressed by Arguineguín - it was rather scruffy and tired and there didn't seem to be much to it. We did however get the boat from the marina along to Port Mogan which we loved. I highly recommend this - it's a beautiful boat trip and place. Overall, we were impressed by the hotel and facilities but the unfortunate vomiting issue did put abit of a dampener on the holiday for us, so we wouldn't return because of this.

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“Lovely hotel for kids but food hygiene needs improving”

The hotel itself is lovely, some of the shared areas/corridors are in need of updating and there was a fair amount of construction work going on when we were there. The room itself was very clean, we had a nice view over the pool/sea and plenty of space for a family of four. The walls are a bit thi… more

The hotel itself is lovely, some of the shared areas/corridors are in need of updating and there was a fair amount of construction work going on when we were there. The room itself was very clean, we had a nice view over the pool/sea and plenty of space for a family of four. The walls are a bit thin though so we got woken up by people walking along the corridor. The animation team were brilliant, our girls loved going to the soft play where they also had painting/arts and crafts set up. They also loved the mini disco and the kids pool which is heated. The gym is well equipped and the spa looked really nice. We had a slight issue on our last day as they allow you to use the shower in the spa but there is only one so a big queue. The big downside was the food hygiene, we kept seeing flies on the food and both myself and my daughter got sick. Food choice is also a bit limited for all inclusive. The lager was Tropical and the house wine was nice enough. The snack bar by the pool was brilliant, especially being able to cook your own steak over hot stones. Location is nice if you like the beach, there were a few small shops nearby by not much else unless you travel a bit further into Puerto Rico. Overall we had a good time but the food hygiene is an issue.

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