Lara Otel

I understand this is a budget hotel, but that doesn’t warrant the rudeness and uncleanliness! As soon as I walked into the hotel I was, I wouldn’t even say greeted more like grunted at by a rude receptionist, walked into my room and was hit with the strongest smell of smoke and body odour it made me heave! I tried to make the best of a bad situation opened the doors sprayed around some perfume and deodorant and tried to overlook it, there is an ashtray left on the dressing table which implies that they allow smoking in the rooms which you’re of course not made aware of upon booking. As a female solo traveller I was quite nervous and generally not one to complain anyway so felt uncomfortable in doing so. There is a building site next door with constant noise all day long, and you can hear word for word what the people in the room next door were saying. So first night going to bed, bed is full of hairs obviously left by previous guests so bedding clearly not changed, this is when I did decide to go to reception and say something. They said they couldn’t do anything about it until tomorrow. My lovely neighbours were obviously having a great time with a little room party until around 3am. Again I thought overlook it there just having a nice time ect but the same happened the following night so after 2 nights no sleep, I went to reception and asked about changing rooms and they just stared at me and shrugged. The most interaction I got from any of the staff was being shouted at when I walked in with a bottle of water I’d brought from outside of the hotel. So after two days no sleep, still the same dirty bedding, and not wanting to be overly confrontational because I was on my own, I decided to check out and go elsewhere.

Basic but does the job, Rooms could do with an upgrade, New restaurant opened next door with good steaks, Breakfast could be better, Good for watching aircraft if that’s your Hobby., Note pool is closed in March, Walkway down to the beach, a water fall and coffee shops very nearby in the local park.

Lost for words to be honest and difficult to know where to start. This is a real holidays from hell experience with an active 16+ hour building site next door, £7-£10 for a 33cl bottle of beer and anything upto £22 for a spirit!! Food is also at a premium too and really wouldn't go there if you value your health for the duration of your stay. It is FORBIDDEN to bring any food or drink in from the outside and have heard from other guests that they have been having a tug o war with reception staff who try to enforce this. Breakfast is often shared with stray cats who jump up onto the tables to finish any left overs and as for having a hot shower prior to this, well, only once out of 6 days as water is barely warm and that's if you like the smell of sewage!! On mentioning this to staff, we were told, well, you had it yesterday 🤣🤣 Pure theatre!! The Manager doesn't have the balls to come out and face you to address any of the above issues and appears to be running some sort of dictatorship here. In a nutshell, don't do it folks and if on a dental package, double check where you a staying first as this s**te hole will ruin your holiday for sure!! It is quite a shock to see that this place still remains on various Hotel booking platforms and I would say best remove it soonest!!

We visited for a 3 night break midweek. The accommodation and food were fine. We had a sea view bedroom with great views although it’s directly under the airport approach so aircraft flying over every 80 seconds. Our main issue was when we asked for a table at the restaurant we were told “pick your table”. We finished our meal (which was excellent) and then when having our drinks asked to move as someone had booked that table. That’s very SHABBY and a let down. That’s NOT what you expected t from a hotel of this standard. Also the length of time for waiter service was far too long.