Hotels near Mióptica, Playa Blanca

We had a great family holiday at Elba Lanzarote this October with our family of nine, including two young nieces (2-6 yrs). The resort has a welcoming, village-like atmosphere and is pretty accessible, which is great for push chairs, elderly guests and wheelchair users. The rooms are self-contained and modern with their own private(ish) terraces, and they were kept very clean with plenty of fresh towels and excellent air conditioning. The pool areas were a bit cramped, this was during busy Oct school hols but we still found relatively quiet spots to relax. However I’d stress this is not a adult only destination and definitely a family-oriented resort. Our nieces enjoyed the kids' activities and the nightly mini disco. There were also various activities for adults, and a handy app helped us keep track of entertainment and spa treatments etc that are on offer. The all-inclusive food and drink was of pretty good quality, with themed dinner nights adding variety. However, the indoor dining areas, especially the buffet and Italian restaurant, were uncomfortably hot in places. Additionally, the bar and restaurant staff seemed overworked, which affected service, though they remained very friendly at all times despite the volume of people. Overall, we had a fantastic experience at Elba Lanzarote and can definitely recommend if you’re looking for a family get away!

On arrival your bags are stored and you are greeted like a long lost friend. A cold glass of bubbles follows whilst you check in. The Yaiza is a biggish hotel but it has acres of space so you never feel that it is overly busy. The entrance is pretty spectacular. The rooms are super comfy. We had a duplex room which has a large balcony and high ceilings. Plenty of space in these rooms upstairs for a couple more adults. Every room has exquisite toiletries, the quality is first class. The verbena body cream is a personal favourite. The towels are soft and fluffy ( changed twice a day if you require it) The sleep I get here is next level. Water is plentiful and there are so many special touches which make you feel really pampered. Rosa is a brand which recognises loyalty. Slippers, bathrobes and flip-flops were all part of my package. The food here is exceptional. There is nothing standard about the buffet, you really do look forward to it every night. In addition there are several restaurants you can visit. I love the Japanese and the Italian. This hotel combines adult luxury with first class child entertainment. There is a babysitting service, softplay, kikoland and a mini disco (special shout out to Bruno). There are character breakfasts each day for little ones. Our grandchildren adored it. I would go here with our without kids. Either way you will have an amazing time. I truly cannot recommend this hotel enough, it is luxury with real heart and soul

My young daughter and I have been coming to Caybeach Sun the last few years. We absolutely love coming here. There is an onsite shop that has all the essentials and more, staff in the shop are lovely. There’s 2 big swimming pools, a kids pool and water slides. There’s a pool bar where you can order food and drinks through out the day, staff at the pool bar work very hard getting everyone’s order to them, they are nice and helpful. The apartments are nice, spacious and comfortable. Reception and night staff are absolutely lovely, nothing is ever too much hassle. Especially Andreas who’s always cheerful and nice. One person who really stood out to me this year is Pika the entertainer, my god he is a ball of energy. He is great with the kids. Pika does activities during the day around the pool area and gets families involved adults and children. It’s great fun. Evening entertainment the kids love tattoos and mini disco, there does be bingo, karaoke, just dance and all sorts of evening entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Pika will talk to all the families and get everyone involved. He makes a big effort to speak in English for people like me who aren’t great with the Spanish language just yet . Hats off to pika he is very good at his job. The beach and town are only about 10-15 minute walk or 2-5 mins in a taxi. Great holiday this year.

I am currently staying at this hotel, for the 3rd time this year but unfortunately the shine is definitely rubbing off. I am one of the visitors who suffered from the sickness bug for 2 days and have to agree the evening meal food is terrible even in the Italian restaurant not good I was in there last night and was served a Luke warm lasagne (pork and mushroom) and you could have soled your boots with the pork it was that tough, breakfast ok plenty to choose from, I agree it could greatly benefit from an upgrade chipped units in the sitting area of the rooms,various states of sofas from stained and tatty to ok, unless you go for the deluxe rooms which have been refurbished and they are very nice, cleanliness overall I have found to be very good the sunbed situation is an absolute joke, people are sitting on beds at 8 am to get a bed or towels put on when you are told no reserve but nobody seems to do anything about it, overall the staff are lovely and helpful and being a smaller hotel it is friendly but the food situation really needs addressing, was hoping to return again for xmas but seriously considering alternatives

This is a very nice hotel in a great location with all the staff being super helpful and friendly. We stayed half board on the preferred basis. We requested a room change as we prefer one that catches the afternoon sun and this was done promptly by guest relations. The Preferred status gives you access to better rooms and some adults lovely pools and a lounge where you can get snacks and drinks ( non alcoholic). The Preferred breakfast lounge was excellent. The staff are fantastic and are always willing to help. The choices in the on-site restaurants was fantastic as was the quality of the food. I would have given this hotel five out of five but we were disappointed with the choice of sandwiches in the Preferred lounge which was virtually all meat (always Salami or ham) with no choices for vegetarians or vegans unless you wanted only salad and on complaining the next day there was one vegetarian choice of what looked like sandwich spread. If on half board you eat your evening meal at the Buffet restaurant or you can change it for lunch and it was in here we also struggled with little or no choice for vegetarians / vegans, Yes there was lots of vegetables but unless you wanted pizza pasta no real options so after complaining we were pleased to see vegetable paella but disappointed to find it had shellfish in it and vegetable soup which had chicken in it🙄 plus many dishes were incorrectly signed which could be a real hazard for anyone with allergies and on complaining again better options appeared near the end of our holiday including some great no meat options. Overall this is a great hotel with lovely staff that l would go back too as we had a great stay but it could do better.

Last year we had two lovely weeks at Mynd in our apartment with private pool and decided to return for another two weeks. Unfortunately this year it was a totally different vibe… Let’s start with the positives. Cleaning really improved (room and pool areas) and more options to eat at the poolbar (unfortunately still long waiting queues). We had an electric problem in the room so no electricity/airco for one night but it was solved immediately the next morning. Marcos, Daniel, Joelle, Alejandro and all the other guys are really nice (it looked like the others were burnout). Marcos recognizes us immediately and came to shake hands (unfortunately this was the only welcome back feeling we had). Viktor of the animation team is a real plus: very friendly, vivid, good with the kids and speaks different languages. Last but not least the Lallama restaurant was still very good (limited choice and inside dinner so only nice for a couple of times). Now why it didn’t felt like ,comming home as friends, (a quote is written on the mirror in the room). We were welcomed as returning guests with the question ‘is it your first time at Lanzerote?’ and offered a drink out of a paper cup from the reception ,mercado, instead of ‘Marcos bar’. A normal glass of wine was not possible so we paid for our ‘welcome back’ drink at the bar with our halfboard paper (paperless?). Also nothing in our room (last year we had a welcome note with a bottle of wine). The first night we had dinner on the terrace of the restaurant (we really loved the outside dinners last year), but now there is a loudly minidisco going on every night instead of nice live music (they replaced the music to the lobby again which has no ambiance) so we were ‘forced’ having dinners outside the hotel (we booked half-board so a lot of money wasted). Then the pool towels… they weren’t in the room so we went to reception and we had to pay a deposit IN CASH which we didn’t have, so we did not get the towels! This didn’t feel welcoming at all. We paid Mynd a lot of money upfront because we trusted Mynd but we weren’t trusted with 3 pool towels?! Also the thing with reserving sunbeds was very irritating (last year they took the towels away) and the queues at the poolbar were worst then last year because of a paper administration for the guest and only one computer to put in the orders. We wrote an email with our feelings about our stay but never got a real feedback (there was new management) or compensation so we bought expensive bottles of wine with our half board paper (we also wanted some to turnover to another family but also a no-go). We had a lovely holiday thanks to our lovely apartment, the beach and the Rubicon restaurants so WHEN we return we book bed and breakfast and bring cash with us for towels 😉!

Lovely family friendly hotel. Plenty of things to keep the children entertained and some really exceptional onsite activities. Rooms/Facilities in need of some upgrading in the apartments. Not alot of storage space. Main pool depth isn't a gradual drop it's 1.5m so not great for anyone who is on the smaller side. Only a short 5 minute drive to the Marina and the Beach, 20 minute walk. Cars in the car park are a laughing stock and most take up 2 spaces and should really be looked at by the hotel.