Club Hotel E Residence La Vela

“A pleasant place to stay with a great breakfast”

The location is excellent, right in front of the bus stop and yet very quiet and comfortable. A very good breakfast including numerous selections to choose from. The staff was very pleasant. Our room in a separate building was spacious, very clean and comfortable. Overall a very good experience.

“Good and not so good”

The location of the hotel is good but the hotel rooms need some updating. Only one small mirror in the apartment located in the bathroom. The shower worked well but was very small having only a small cubicle you had to squeeze into. Better use of the space in the bathroom could be used by doing awa… more

The location of the hotel is good but the hotel rooms need some updating. Only one small mirror in the apartment located in the bathroom. The shower worked well but was very small having only a small cubicle you had to squeeze into. Better use of the space in the bathroom could be used by doing away with the bidet. The electrical sockets seemed dated and even with a variety of plugs could not find one to fit the 3 parallel pin socket.

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“Enjoyed our stay”

I don’t usually write reviews but felt that some of the recent comments on trip advisor have been unjustly harsh for this hotel - so here goes. Firstly the bedroom. Our room overlooked the pool and kids play park with a side pool view. Beds were comfy, the free safe worked as did the fridge. We h… more

I don’t usually write reviews but felt that some of the recent comments on trip advisor have been unjustly harsh for this hotel - so here goes. Firstly the bedroom. Our room overlooked the pool and kids play park with a side pool view. Beds were comfy, the free safe worked as did the fridge. We had a nice balcony. The room was carpeted. The blackout curtains worked and it was quiet. We slept well all week. The decor is quite dated but all was spotlessly clean. The shower worked fine and our experience was that there was always hot water. The shower cubicle is on the small side but was fine for us. Now the restaurant - currently this is on minus one floor as the usual restaurant is being refurbished so out of action. Many of the group we travelled with had some complaints about the food in particular it not being hot enough. Again personally we found it fine. There is plenty of choice at breakfast with cereals, good bread, fruit and good coffee. On an evening there is soup or pasta to start then choice of salads - one hot meat dish, one fish dish, chips, one veg and pizza. Pudding is always a mousse, a cake or fruit. It is self service. I think at the moment due to the temporary location of the dining room they maybe struggle to keep the food hot and the self service tureens have pull down lids so if left open the food gets cold quickly. It is really not as bad as some of the reviews on this site and we never went hungry. It is a small hotel so you can’t really expect the choice you would get at a large chain hotel. The staff at the hotel are really nice and friendly. They always chat and had a joke with us. The pool area looked nice but it wasn’t warm enough to use during our stay. The worst aspect of the hotel for us was that the bar area is basically in the reception with dining chairs and tables. No soft lighting, no comfy sofas - this needs improving. People did use the bar on a night but it’s not a comfortable environment really. We had an odd drink then went out to a little pub locally called the Cutty Sark which was great - excellent cocktails and live music on Friday nights. The hotel location is great only a few minutes walk from bars, shops and the lake. The resort of Torbole is lovely as is Riva del Garda which is the next town/resort along the lake and a nice walk. I hope this review helps others who have booked and read previous negative comments.

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