If you are looking for a Spanish Taverna style hotel, quiet, totally Spanish cooking, a place to practice your lingo without staff automatically reverting to English, then I would recommend this hotel 200% (staff really don't speak much English at all - perfect!). A great view of the sea from all rooms & mountain ranges. Literally a 3 min drive into Nerje centre, a car is a must, but worth the peace and quite. We had breakfast included in our stay, ham, cheese, breads, cereal, tea/coffee, jam, yogurt, service until 11am. Good pressure on the showers. Very clean rooms, very pretty with beams etc. Only tiny downside was we had 2 twin beds not 1 double, as 90% of the rooms are twins. But they were together & so practically a king size really. Doubles need to be requested on reservation. Previous review suggest a sewage smells at around 7pm but we never experienced that.Can't wait to go back.

I have mixed feelings about this hotel. It's reasonably priced but it has "issues." The balcony has a nice view of the countryside and the sea in a distance. You would probably need a car to enjoy Nerja, about 2 miles away. The road up to the hotel check-in is narrow and hazardous. Parking is scarce up near the hotel entrance. When we arrived, Sat at 6 PM, there was a wedding going on and the parking situation was chaotic, since there was no real place to turn around. I would strongly recommend parking down near the main road and hauling your luggage upstairs. This place seems to host a lot of group events. At these times, comfort of the residential guests seems to be secondary .Our room was simple. My biggest complaint was that the place had lots of rules -- no outside food in the room, don't use their mini-bar as a frig. Yuk! The AC seemed to be pretty iffy, also. The restaurant in the hotel was good. Staff at the desk were very nice and spoke some English.

We stayed for a week and had a great time travelling the beautiful surrounding area however despite the reception staff being extremely helpful and the maids delightful, we found the two main waiters rude and sarcastic at times. The first night we arrived late & went for dinner in the hotel, I do not like steak rare & twice it was returned to me too red for my taste, i was not asked if i would like anything else & they showed their displeasure by storming off with it & i heard it slammed into the bin! Then I asked for fresh coffee at breakfast as mine was brought lukewarm and the iniital reaction was to look at his watch, follwed by ''well it will be 2 or 3 minutes'' this was at 10.30 & breakfast goes on till 11am! Also another morning my partner went to ask for tea as he wasnt there when my coffee was brought, he was told 'oh, one more?' (he hadnt had any yet) Also i asked what something was in a sachet & was told what it already said on the outside? then i was told one word 'meat' ( actually it was paste or pate) There was not enough smiles from them or politeness and other couples felt the same - one wouldnt bring a chap a coffee to the terrace as he had his girlfriend with him!!
However all the other staff were great and Statler and Waldorf didnt spoil our holiday! The only other disappointment was that the breakfast selection could have been more imaginative it was very tired and ran out quickly.

my initial feeling when arriving at the hotel was dissapointment, it seemed quite close to the busy road. However my opinion changed over the five days i stayed there. it was good to be away from the more commercial side of Nerja whilst being within visiting distance. We were on a half board basis and whilst there was a limited choice of food the food was above average for the rating of the hotel. My only complaint was that on one evening the meal contained mussels which I am allergic too, they gave me an alternative but the next night was paella which also contained mussels, they did find an alternative but I did feel like I was being a nuisance. The rooms were slightly tired but were cleaned impeccably and the staff were all very helpful. The pool area was particularly nice and we had it all to ourselves most days. My only advice is, if you are nervous of driving, the steep hill up to the hotel will test any car.