Melia Fuerteventura Hotel

Lovely hotel, but certainly not up to our usual 5 star expectations.

Positives - Views were beautiful Friendly staff, bar 1 Rooms were clean & spacious Big drink selection, named brand cocktails, flavoured iced coffees etc Liked being able to scan the QR code for menus 24 hour bar that also served food Sun beds always available The lunchtime restaurant Kanna was a nice setting outside - that served steak/calamari etc all afternoon

Negatives - FOOD, specially at dinner times we struggled! It’s a place that does everything, but not well! Many options, different meat, fish, even a smaller kids section with burger, hot dogs, fried chicken etc BUT when struggling for main meals that were enjoyable, we assumed worst case that there’s the pasta, burgers and chips for the week …wrong! I’m unsure how you get those things so wrong. Many items were questionable whether fully cooked or not also. My son got a boiled egg & when cracked open the egg was completely raw. Most nights we left hungry & went up to the 24 hour bar for bowls of nachos!

Not much evening entertainment. The World Cup was on but that’s it - other than a dry ‘circus’ that consisted mostly of bubbles. The only one decent evening was a group of singers, on our last evening. However, very short!

We still had a lovely time, but overall it’s definitely not a 5star & wouldn’t come back mostly due to food.

I could not recommend this hotel highly enough. We upgraded to Reserve when we arrived, it’s worth every penny. The reserve pool is lovely and peaceful, the sunloungers are really comfy. The bar serves anything you can think of.

Restaurants

We went to the Italian a couple of times, the food was lovely, varied. Pizzas were exceptional. Lemon Fish was not for us, I’m not a fish eater, there were other choices of meat dumplings, just not to my taste

Kanna was lovely, the staff were very attentive, however for lunchtime, the portions were huge.

The shack - we went here most lunchtimes, your typical burgers, wraps etc. again the food was superb, they just need to employ more staff, currently they are worked off their feet!

The buffet was lovely for breakfast and dinner, plenty of choice for everyone, no complaints here.

The hotel is remote, we got a taxi to Costa calma, but there is very little there for shopping etc, apparently Jandia would be a better option.

Our room was in the 8th floor with stunning views of the pool and beach. Stunning!

The rooms were a gem, large, airy, clean and peaceful.

I do have a little gripe, of no fault of the hotel, guests, please remove your rubbish from the pool area and put your own towels in the laundry bin provided, the amazing staff are not your butler/slave!

I would come back to this hotel, please ignore the negative comments, it is 5* and the staff make it that way!

We had a short 4 night stay in Paradisus in June. We paid extra to access the Reserve area, specifically the adult only pool area

The location, the rooms, the food and the staff were all excellent. Every member of staff from gardeners to Concierge would authentically greet you everyone you saw them. This made it feel very welcoming.

The food was excellent. We ate in a number of the restaurants and in each one the choice was good and the quality was excellent. The Reserve breakfast area and lounge are particularly special.

There were a few negatives but some of these are out of the hotel’s control. The wind takes a bit of getting used to and was particularly strong on the Reserve pool area, which meant it was unusable. We’d paid to have an adult only pool big had to use the main pool area due to the wind. The hotel could think about where it places the Reserve pool area, especially if people are paying more.

There was also a lack of toilets around the pool area, which meant going up 8 floors to our room each time you wanted the toilet. Great for getting your steps in. I also suspect that others weren’t making the efforts to go back to their rooms, especially with children, so we consciously did not go into the pool as we weren’t convinced how hygienic it was. More toilets around the pool area would be good

Finally I agree with some of the comments about there needing to be more staff in the restaurants and bars as this led to waits and waiting staff often appeared rushed. In contrast, housekeeping was impressive with them coming to our room multiple times a day to fill the room fridges, clean the room and check if we needed anything. Housekeeping were excellent.

Our stay was lovely and relaxing. We would look to book another Paradidus by Melia again