Occidental Jandía Mar

I didn't know what to expect after reading some on the reviews on here. All I can say is ignore them. The only complaint we had, is the fact both myself and my husband put on half a stone each in the two weeks we were there. How anyone can complain about the food is beyond me. So much different sea food. Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, duck. Potatoes, chips, rice, pasta. Salads. Fruit, yogurts, different puddings, including huge slabs of chocolate cake, which my son loved and huge pieces of the most gorgeous cheese cake. I'm not sure how much more food they could provide. Yes if you pile your plate up, with everything going in the first week your going to be sick of food. That is not the hotels fault.There is also a snack bar, where you can help yourself to burgers, pizza hotdogs, chips, salad, the usual snack things. We never had a problem finding 3 sun beds and this was in the summer holidays. Always something going on. My husband won archery 3 times and we came home with 3 bottles of sparkling wine. Trying the slush cocktail is a must, it changes by the day. The barstaff will. Ale up any drink you want as long as it's made with their local alcohol. We never had a problem getting anything we asked for. The top pool is where we always were. This pool is a lovely temperature. The sun beds are nice and comfy. Not your usual plastic ones. Yes the hotel is at the top of a hill. If it's too steep for you taxis are cheap. It's only a 15 minute walk to where there are lots of shops.Our room was big, plenty of room for all of us, and we overlooked the pool. No problems at all with noise, and the beds were so comfy.Entertainment on a night was ok. But we usually go to Bulgaria, where it's terrible. So for us it was better than we are used to. Plus entertainment is something some people are going to love, some are going to hate we all like different things.All in all we had a great holiday. Staff are friendly, ask and you shall receive. I'm sure some people just love to complain.

The hotel was lovely, clean; and staff were helpful in the main. As a wheelchair user traversing around the hotel was easy although we needed to use many lifts. Self-service in the restaurant was impossible for me. I couldn't see the food never mind reach it. Much of the food was overcooked and over-salted. Salads were lovely and the choice was excellent. Fresh fruit was plentiful and varied. The beach was too far away and down a very steep hill, so I was unable to visit the sea. But the pools were good.

Stayed in this hotel September 2018 for a week with an all inclusive package, booked with Thomas Cook. Overall the experience was excellent. We encountered no problems and we're treated well by friendly and helpful staff. Reception staff very helpful and check in and out quick and easy. Room had a balcony with sea view. Large room with large bed. TV with BBC 1, 2 and ITV channels. Large bathroom with great shower. Great free WiFi across the resort, had a problem connecting on one day. Towels changed daily and room cleaned really well. Room had fridge, water left daily. Coffee/Tea kettle in room. Great swimming areas. Lots of sun beds. Pool bar serving drinks, cocktails. Snack bar 10am until 6pm served great pizzas and snacks. Daily activities and evening entertainment. Some acts better than others. Really good choice of food and very tasty. Beach 10 minutes walk away. Subway or road crossings to get there. Free daily shuttle bus service. Would recommend and definitely return. A lovely peaceful break. Just want to come back now!

Ground floor room,The beds are very comfortable and the space is ample for 3,was fab to get to the pool,however there was no afternoon sun on the patio.The dining for evening was in 2 sittings we were on the later one.Occasionally things that were advertised had ran out but there was always plenty of other choices it did get quite busy so queuing was quite normal,we did find the food very nice and lots of fish dishes also the tables for the second sitting were often not ready,the staff were helpful and polite.The pool areas were really nice with plenty of sun-lounges you were fine if you were there before 10.am but they were monitored and towels removed it you were away for over an hour.The snack bar opened at 12 and could be quite untidy at times but the drinks were mostly self serve.We didn't get involved with the entertainment and sat in the bar upstairs which was quieter and very relaxing.My friend used the gym and described it as adequate the spa pool was chargeable as were cocktails if you weren't super all inclusive.

Please don’t believe the bad reviews make your own mind up. Room: basic but clean. Food: excellent, breakfast couldn’t have had any more Lunch: snack bar fab and enough for us during the day, although did try restaurant and was really good. Dinner: couldn’t believe there was caviar, muscles, prawns, steak of any kind cooked while you watched. The desserts were fab especially the wee pear and raisin crumble lovely. We couldn’t fault the food there was plenty of choice and they catered for all nationalities this hotel couldn’t have done more. Animation team: fantastic, especially little Scottish girl Katy. Well done it look like you were all enjoying yourselves which filtered down, you guys were hard working and a pleasure to watch. Evening entertainment: sometimes a hit or a miss but the Motown show was brilliant. Bee Gee tribute terrible but you can’t have it all. Now the hill, it is steep but a taxi up is no more than 3 Euro’s and to me, money well spent. Lovely little restaurants in jandia and worth a visit. I wasn’t keen on the beach too far to walk but that’s just me. Overall we had a really good 10days and would definitely go back. The pool man was brilliant keeping track of anyone not occupying sun beds, reception staff were great we didn’t have any issues at all. I am very fussy when it comes to food and cleanliness and I couldn’t complain. We paid for cocktails in upstairs piano bat and they were only 3.5 euros and well worth it. This hotel is great please don’t be put off. Thanks