Vik Hotel San Antonio

Have stayed here many many times as its a fantastic hotel, great location delicious food brilliant entertainment especially on the Sunday evenings. Staff are friendly and helpful looking forward to my next stay next month.

We stayed here 2 years ago, roughly the same time of year. We returned, as the hotel is in a great location, and we had good service etc. Sadly the same could not be said this visit. For a hotel of this location, it really does need to be updated. We were in room 4701, and it was in serious need of refurbishment. The ceiling in the bathroom had been lifted in one corner leaving a huge gap, and had been wedged open with a piece of wood. The light by the side of the bed was hanging off the wall! The shower curtain was horrible, and the mattress had collapsed on one side. This said, when told them, they did put things right, apart from the mattress and shower curtain. The service in the restaurant was not as good as before. We were all inclusive, and it seemed to us that they would rather serve those who were half board as they paid for drinks, and therefore the staff were more likely to get a tip. When we asked for drinks, we were told ‘momento’ then they served other diners. As it was so hot, the no shorts at dinner time rule was lifted, but we saw people come in from the pool still in pool gear for an evening meal, so standards are not always upheld. The WiFi is abysmal! It didn’t work in our room at all and was very much hit and miss everywhere. If you need WiFi, you may want to think of other options if you stay here. The clientele of this hotel have an average age of 50 + so if you’re looking for party central, look elsewhere. There were families with children here, but not many. Evening entertainment was ok, and there were daytime activities should you wish to take part. If you’re there on a Sunday get the bus to Costa Teguise market….be prepared not to queue for the bus, as it’s a free for all!!! If you’re want a giggle, go to the crazy golf opposite the hotel, great fun! The hotel is kept clean, and the lady that cleaned our room, was quick, efficient and friendly. We went with friends and had a good time, but will probably not return again.

Stayed here for 10days for the first in this hotel, and we enjoyed it very much. Thought we would give it a try, as we usually go self catering.The food was very good. The rooms were large and very well kept. The WiFi could do with up grading in the room and in public areas. We booked a comfort room. Will definitely be back.

Hotel looks good from the outside and the reception however beyond that the hotel has not been updated in a number of years. Hotel decor seems dated and very old fashioned and doesn’t look to have kept up with similar starred hotels in the area. Rooms were very clean but again in need of modernizing. It’s a bit crazy this day in age that there’s no kettle in the room unless you have a “gold level” status and that the fact the fridge is €10 to be opened in case you try and leave water in there instead of buying it from the hotel. The bar area is in dire need of a face lift and more staff to be available for drink orders. The entertainment is also lacking severely and the acts feel dated and no engaging with the guests. The lack of card payment facilities in this day and age is also a disgrace. Everything is either cash only or else to be added to the room charge. What hotel doesn’t accept card payments? The restricted drinks menu and lunch menu at the “pool bar” is also a joke. Some of the alcohol is poured from a jug into a pint glass and then topped up from the tap. Unsure why this is the case but the drink doesn’t taste the same. The lack of bottles of alcohol or pints of alcohol is also dismal. For a hotel with such large percentage of English speaking guests, the staffs level of English at times was also questionable. Overall not the best place to stay and sadly will not be returning to this hotel due to the lack of inves**ent in the basics. Other hotels on the island offer more for the same or slightly higher price but would seem the Vik San Antonio is not keeping up with modern times

Having read previous reviews we were not disappointed, a good all round hotel which we would not hesitate to return to. Only slight negatives were breakfast and the lack of fully operational water boiler and only 1 toaster which resulted in some queues. A toaster had become faulty but there did not seem to be a back up which was puzzling. The egg station was another area which could be improved with 1 person making omelettes and fried eggs and servicing the bread station which at peak times resulted in a 2 or 3 minute wait to get served and the eggs were a bit hit and miss and you needed to pick the best ones. The dining area overall was o lovely environment and service was good and lunch and evening meals were of good quality and enough choice. Room service was fine and the rooms were clean and all facilities worked. Entertainment was varied and depending on your choice was reasonable enough but the Chinese act was outplayed years ago and lacked any real quality. The drinks were of good quality but when you went through the drinks menu some drinks were not available although within the price range of the ones included? The beers were lager based and no real ale or John Smiths type beer were available. The mixers were pump but if you asked you could get bottled mixers but you needed to ask as they were not offered freely.

Being a second stay at the resort, it was worth every penny. Despite my low rating this time, the overall experience was still great either way. So my only 2 concerns were… 1) my hotel room was right next to a noisy lift & 2) a couple of restaurant waiters coming across selectively rude. I won’t go into any detail but just to say it was quite obvious on the trea**ent given to where you’re from. Eurovision results spring to mind… 😬 Apart from that, the resort was generally well kept, clean, quiet and had plenty of areas to soak up some rays. Not to mention it’s right next to the beach, which is great if you want to avoid anyone… The food and drink at the resort was exceptional, well worth going fully inclusive! The evenings were fantastic too with a line up of pretty okish acts. In all fairness, I would still consider going back to the resort for my next holiday.

We have just returned from this lovely hotel. Although dated it is much more comfortable than some modern hotels. A couple of disappoin**ents were that our side sea view room was actually facing building work that is supposed to be a new snack bar when it is finished but apparently it hasn't been touched for a long while and is just an eyesore at present. At least there was no noise from building works! One of the other disappoin**ents was that the beach actually made it impossible to get in the sea! There was a small, sandy beach but then big stones and rocks between the sand and the sea. Such a shame. Food was quite repetitive but nonetheless nice. Some staff were quite stand-offish and curt, although some were quite pleasant. Getting a drink in the bar was a struggle sometimes as for some reason, you order your drinks from a waiter who writes it on a beer mat and then he has to find the one waiter who has a handheld device to send the order to the bar! This meant it sometimes took up to 20 minutes to actually get a drink! Such a strange way to do things! The entertainment was very good most evenings. Two acts that stood out were Cuba YaYa and Essential Crossover. They were brilliant! There was lots of seating available and there was a great a**osphere. It was lovely to have seating round the pool bar and not just sunbeds. This made it very comfortable to sit and enjoy a drink or snack under the shade of an umbrella. All in all, a very relaxing and comfortable holiday. With a few tweaks it would have been a fantastic holiday.

I am trying to collect the most important things. These were important for me. As I always check this site when I travel, I decided to post my comments, too. I had beautiful time here in the hotel. I took a taxi from the airport it was less than EUR 20. I landed at 5:20 pm. I wrote to the hotel let them know that I would probably late. They offered that they would save me food for dinner in case I miss the dinner. But I arrived in time. The same was when I checked out. If your flight goes later, you can leave your baggage in the store at the reception area and they give you a stamp, so you can have lunch if you have all inclusive. So I had lunch and I went to the airport after lunch. You have to leave the room till 12, lunch is from 1 pm. My room was 3326 with a beautiful front ocean view. I am a single traveler. I booked a double comfort sea view room with all inclusive. The hotel is about 10 minutes from the airport by taxi. Lots of bars, shops, restaurants are in the area. With the all inclusive, using the fridge and the safe in the room were free. I used the gym once, I requested a small towel for the workout and I had to pay EUR 10 deposit, which I received back. It seemed the breakfast was the same every day but there were lots of things to choose. I had lunch and dinner every day. I always could find something to eat. Sometimes I tried things I didn’t know what those foods were. Everything was delicious. I had a birthday here and I found a birthday gift water and champagne in my room. I think that was champagne. As I never drink alcohol and called the reception that they can bring it back and they gave me coca cola instead of that. That was very kind from them. That was a surprise for me. I read in some comments that the wifi was terrible in the room. The wifi was really very bad in the room. I had issues to connect and many times got weak and lost connection. I went to the terrace near the pools every day. They have tables with chairs there and the wifi was good there. They have umbrella as well, so I could use my laptop for a couple of hours. And you can see the ocean there as well. But I could watch my Netflix in my room with my laptop. I had small issues in the hotel but when I asked the reception they always solved these small things immediately. They always welcomed me with the smile at the restaurant. They remembered what I drank. I only went to the capital, Arrecife. That was not easy. I couldn’t find sings. There was no monitor on the bus so I didn’t know where I was. The app said 36 minutes from here but it took about 10-15 minutes to get there. I accidentally get off at the right place because I saw the pictures on the internet when I checked where to go and I also saw a sign from the bus when we entered Arrecife. I took a taxi back to the hotel, that was EUR 20. The bus was less than EUR 2.

We had a fantastic time in the Vic San Antonio in lanzarote. Our room was spot on and ready when we arrived. Stephanie was brilliant, she was so polite and helpful. Nothing was a problem to her. The pool also was superb. The food was nice, we had a very pleasant stay in the Vic San Antonio. Thank you to the excellent staff Stephanie and Denise. We will be back again soon Annette and Tom