Hotel Blanca Brisa Cabo de Gata

The hotel itself is very nice . The staff are very helpful . David the young man on reception is a credit to himself . Rooms nice and airy . The food is vey poor . Breakfast was good but , the evening meal was poor . Eg , last night , tinned carrots as one of the veg . Tinned carrots in a 5 star hotel is not acceptable . Outside area is nice but , the swimming pool is FILTHY . Also lot of tiles missing on the floor and walls of the pool . All in all a disappointing experience . Does not warrant a 5 star status .

This hotel is the best of 2 in Cabo de Gata, the rooms are clean and the breakfast is good with freshly squeezed orange juice and and coffee from the espresso machine freshly made how you like it. We decided on our second night to eat in the hotel restaurant on the terrace, so at about 2030 chose to sit at a table next to the balustrade, but were told by the restaurant staff that could only sit at a table for 2 again the hotel wall that you can see in the attached photo. We ate at a Asador restaunt just a short walk towards the town, where our bottle of wine, lamb chops and a sirloin steak were consumed at a total cost of ~€55. On our return to the hotel at circa 2300 I took the attached photo, 3 tables were occupied with approx. 15 clients. We tried to complain to reception both with a lady that evening and Diego the the following morning, neither wanted to listen. They argued that the tables were probably reserved, but none had reserved signs displayed and as you can see most tables were still available. Had I been the receptionist I would have apologized and informed the client that that I would look into the issue and would not have responded by trying to defend the restaurant staff

This is a lovely hotel. We are on our third night of four. The staff are friendly and try very hard to help non Spanish speaking English. The rooms ,with large built in wardrobes with hangers, are spacious as is the ensuite and the terrace which has a table, two chairs and sun loungers. The whole place is kept very clean The food is excellent and the continental breakfast is the best I have ever had on holiday with freshly juiced oranges, cheese ham, croissants, frittata and toast. Lovely coffee served by staff.Plenty of choice for the very reasonably priced evening meal which is of high quality. It is very quiet but it is only a short walk from the beach and not too far afield there is a lot to see and do with the city of Almeria only a short drive away, Los escullos with the interesting limestone formations and the town where the streets are named after famous actors ,to name just a few.