Hotel Rober Palas

The staff provides excellent, friendly service. Guests appreciate the clean, well-maintained rooms and central, quiet location near the beach and restaurants. Comfortable beds and good air conditioning are highlighted.

On previous visits to Albir we had stayed at a seafront hotel and in a beautiful apartment. This time we stayed at Rober Palas on a cricket tour, as the hotel had been recommended by the local club. The location is good, in a quiet side street yet very close to Avenida Albir with its restaurants, and just about walking distance from the seafront. Check-in was quick (we arrived after the main group). However, when I saw the room, which was very basic, and the bathroom which was truly awful, I wanted to go elsewhere straight away. We stayed only because of the group. The room was extremely basic with virtually no amenities. The beds were not bad, though. The bathroom was a relic from the previous century. Getting in and out of bathtub (the shower was inside the tub) was quite hazardous, because of the design, and my partner slipped and fell on one occasion. The water temperature was extremely difficult to regulate, it was either boiling hot or very cold. The fittings on the tub were very shabby. And the provided 'toiletries' consisted of tiny sachets of the cheapest shower gel. The breakfast room was in the basement, and the buffet was at the low end of average. Not much choice for vegetarians, so we usually just had some muesli, a banana, and a slice of toast (or a croissant if they weren't stale). The coffee from the machine was pretty awful and watery, so I switched to tea. The staff were quite pleasant. The bar on the ground floor is pretty non-descript, service ok, nothing special, but there are some outdoor tables. I had been looking forward to the pool area which looked nice in the hotel photos but turned out to be a building site. I hope that has changed by now. After all this criticism I have to say, that prices were less than we had paid for the other hotel or the apartment. My expectations were probably too high, so taking into consideration that this is a budget place I have rated this hotel 'average' rather than 'poor'.