Suites del Mar by Melia

Last minute booking via jet2. Arriving at 1pm our sea view suite 327 was ready, wow what a suprise, huge lounge/ bedroom, great bathroom and separate shower even a working bath by the window overlooking the sea. Huge spotless bed bug free bed, daily room service, great continental hot cold buffet breakfast, gym pools, sauna,, bar closes at 1030but we used the melia hotel next doors extensive bar and lounges 50 metres away as all the same company and open till 1am. Old Town 10minute walk, Castle entrance 5 minutes, lots of small excellent restaurants and bars all inside a short walk radius . Cannot fault the suites at all and going back in June (bookdirect and own flights) saves€250 but join melia rewards for deals. Highly recommended spotlessly clean place with lovely happy staff

Amazing all round! Had the sea view suite which overlooked the pool and gave incredible views of the sea and morning sunrise, staff very helpful and friendly. Rooms clean and incredibly comfortable (think I need to look into what pillows they have as I am not sure I can live without them now)

We really wanted to like this place more than we did. It didn't start well. The entrance is up an uninviting escalator. The reception staff are friendly, but at times it appears understaffed. The suites are a nice size and clean (as expected), but there are details lacking - such as no soap tray in the shower - and very cheap loo roll. There are no tissues in the room. The sea-view balcony was unusable due to the strong winds that got up each lunchtime/afternoon - not the venues fault of course, but we opted for the sea-view and wished we'd have stuck with the Marina view. We had the half-board option, and we regretted it. The Breakfast was nice and up-to-standard, but the evening meal experience was pretty dire. The only bar in the hotel is straight off reception, and has the atmosphere of a doctors waiting room. For half board, this where we ate - with a few tables set out with place mats, cutlery etc. The food portions were tiny, and there were mostly only 2 choices per course. We didn't see any Veggie option, for example. We've attached a photo of our chocolate dessert - basically, a bowl of squirty cream! We actually used to joke about it. The last night I ordered Rice Pudding (which was off). They then took ages to serve the dessert as they couldn't find the alternative which was...wait for it...just strawberry ice-cream. The barman was not friendly, and so with the lack of atmosphere we tended to go next-door to the Alicante Melia, where the bar area was much nicer and the barman much more chatty and friendly. We are really sorry to say this, but we really don't think that this place is worth the money.

Ana was extremely welcoming - the suite was amazing, every little detail has been thought about nothing is too much trouble and the bed turn down service with the chocolate earplugs and sleep mask a really lovely touch we are thoroughly enjoying every minute of our stay.

Was disappointed that the heating in our room didn’t work and after complaining it took over 1 hour 30 mins to get it partially resolved then after 2 hours fully resolved but only stayed one so most of the afternoon in the room wasted . Breakfast not up to the usual standard also

Fabulous location for a trip to Alicante! We had a marina view junior suite which was very spacious and the bath tub overlooking the view is a lovely touch. The bed was sooooo comfortable and believe me we are fussy!! Breakfast was very nice in a fabulous location with views of the sea and never felt too rushed or crowded. Excellent range of cold meats, cheese, vegetables and eggs along with hot items and a varied selection of breads, cereals and cakes. Several juices on offer along with Cava ( you’re on holiday after all) !! Staff around the hotel are friendly and the overall hotel is spotlessly clean We had fabulous weather whilst there so enjoyed the pool on the first floor which had comfortable sun beds although it took us a while to locate the cushions for the lounger and after asking reception staff they didn’t seem to know either !? until a maintenance man was located. For info they are in a cupboard inside the sunarium next to the pool 😂 Lunch meno and room is a little pricey but only used this once during our stay as we were out and about most of the time. Will definitely return.

This hotel was great. The suites were great, freshly refurbished and netflix !! Not that we watched it much but good to have. The design of this hotel means some rooms have a narrow view from balcony but we had sunrise view which was lovely. We asked to get a top floor corner room solely for the balcony view. Big bath in the room facing sunrise view (ask for a higher floor as there is a pool on a lower floor so if you want a bath with curtains open in the morning watch out for staff or get a higher floor). Breakfast was really good, freshly pressed juice, fresh fruit good coffee and lots of choice of healthy delicious breakfast items and breads. Also if you pick corner table, you have excellent view of water on the sunrise side which is beautiful. Ambient music when we were there. Food in hotel was good too, although we found some excellent tapas places in the backstreets, inc. Chico callas. The Ocean Race museum across the road is interesting and had a lovely bar terrace for some early evening drinks and great music. We had such a great time here we will return to the hotel.