Hotel Balaia Mar

One of the worst hotels in Albufeira, starting with the hotel room, the mattress is awful, not possible to sleep on, the outside terrace was not clean, the table was dirty. The pool tables and other arcade games, you must pay for them although they are part of the bar in the hotel. The breakfast literally tastes like animal food, as it is with every other food offered in the restaurant of the hotel, the eggs were overcooked, the scrambled eggs were in soggy wet water, the bread was hard and not possible to eat it without breaking your jaw, the coffee was awful and the vegetables offered with the food were at least a week hold. The food is cooked in grease and it looks and tastes awful, Balaia hotel performs fraudulent misrepresentation with advertising a nice breakfast buffee with many various options, when you go to the breakfast in person, it just looks like you got ripped off. You have to pay for everything extra.

The property was a short walk to a local beach and a short drive to many attractions. The pool was nice after a day of touring.

The Hotel Balaia Mar in Albuferia is a little out of the way, approx. 15 mins by taxi from old town. There is a small beach with a restaurant bar approx. 10min walk down small slope. The hotel itself, dont expect evening entertainment, the bar is dead. The pools are good (water cold), more a couples place. The staff were very friendly. The linen and towels were changed every day. However, the breakfast was very disappointing. There was about 3 different cereals, the fruit was in one bowl i.e. banana, apple, orange (peel yourself) not diced. The cooked breakfast :/ ?? - ok, so we went to restaurant at 9.40am and the breakfast is until 10am. There was scrambled egg, beans, 2 x strips of chewy bacon and 1 x bratwurst (no normal pork sausages) left. You had to toast bread yourself, total: € 10.50 There is a Spar across the road and we stocked up on cereals and bread/snacks. There is a small fridge in each room so was handy. We ate in old town every night, approx 4 - 6 euro in Uber which is a fantastic service, arrives in minutes just download app to your phone. Restaurant prices were similar to Ireland, some cheaper than others. Glass wine approx. € 8. pint beer € 6, cocktails € 10 - € 12 but there was allways a happy hour somewhere. Would recommend if you want somewhere quiet, 1 week is enough. Paid € 2047.50 for 5 people hotel only for 7 nights June 2025.

This is a really good 3 star hotel! The rooms are big and have all you need for a pleasant stay.

I loved the room and the view over the pool but this is where the good points finish. I found the bed to be too hard. My elderly friends room was invaded by ants in the night even crawling into her pillow and she was so distraught she had to sleep in another hotel room at midnight. We went to the restaurant one evening and my friend asked for chips with his dinner which did not materialize and also I tried ordering ordinary coffee and was brought an expresso. I was told the waitress couldn't understand English but this happened another time at the snack bar around the pool where we pointed to empty pineapple bottles and a Pepsi tin and asked for the same only to be brought glasses of lager! The reception staff were lovely and very helpful and a credit to the hotel.

Bien Très bon séjour , bon accueil , hôtel très propre. Mais déçu du "restaurant" de l'hôtel ainsi que du déjeuner.