I can tell you this you will not be disappointed! I booked this hotel with a travel agent and when i got home i went online to read the reviews....i started to worry as there was alot of bad reviews but there was some good ones. great pool area especially for the kids, only thing about the pool area is that there is limited sunbeds....i didnt get a sunbed once :( but it was ok because i was in the pool alot. Restaurant and food was good....a good english fry in the morning...not a great variety on the menu but we found something. on beach front which is excellent. the maids was not very pleasant and did not communicate well. rooms was basic but its a holiday, the only time ur in ur room is when you come in at night. i will definitely be back here next year! not sure about the evening entertainment as we went out at night. overall i had a fantastic time.

A friend and i (both 20s) stayed in this hotel with the idea of having a quieter retreat from busy san antonio - where we would be going to most nights to party :) and we were not dissapointed. Lovely hotel, helpful reception and right on beach which was lovely. We took a 10 min or so water taxi (for about 2.50 euro each) into san antonio every night but was lovely to come back and enjoy our days somewhere a bit quieter. Loved the holiday :)

We have stayed at the Playa Bella Apartments twice now (June 2010, June 2011) and despite reading the bad reviews beforehand, found the resort absolutely brilliant!

The reception staff are absolutely brilliant and do everything they can to make your stay a pleasant one. A couple of the staff members on the reception desk are English, and therefore there were no problems, as we don't speak Spanish.

Safety deposit boxes are available, and price is reasonable, you get something like 5 Euro back at the end of your stay. Prices for the boxes vary depending on length of your stay.

The pool is lovely and clean, and if staying with children, there is an excellent splash pool, which looks like great fun!

The room was clean and spacious - my only complaint on the June 2011 stay was the leaking air con unit, however reception were happy to investigate/sort.

The location is great, and can be a bit noisy, but there are bars and clubs around the hotel, so this has to be expected, but this never affected our nights sleep. The resort has 2 restaurants, which serve lovely food! There is plenty entertainment for children, and prize bingo in the evenings, which was great also!

Plenty bars/supermarkets/restaurants/souvenir shops running behind the hotel - so never short of anything to do and a very short distance to go.

If you want to get over to the busy San Antonio itself, you can walk a short distance to the end of the beach in front of the hotel and take a 5/10 minute water taxi, for 2.50 Euro each. This runs frequently until late. If you fancy a secluded beach for the day, you can get a water taxi to one of these also, and they are absolutely stunning - definitely worth a visit!

20/25 minutes walk will get you into San Antonio. On the way there is a fantastic beachside restaurant called Es Pueto, which I have reviewed separately, we went numerous times over both visits :).

I stayed at Playa Bella with my wife and youngest son during the last week in July and first week in August. This was our third stay in three years and we can't imagine staying anywhere else. Everything about the holiday was perfect - accommodation, location on the beach, service, etc. Our apartment had a view over the bay and a good size balcony. We now consider many of the staff to be friends, rather than just people providing a very good service. Jose, Miguel, Alba and Isabella in the Playa Bella bar and restaurant do everything they can to make people's holidays enjoyable and relaxing. The rest of the staff are also polite, friendly and helpful. I've seen a few negative comments about staff in La Bahia bar - we found them to be friendly and good fun. Chip must be one of the hardest working people in Ibiza - he starts off in the morning entertaining children round the pool and trampoline, and he is still going strong late at night making sure all the adults have fun. His afternoon DJ sets were excellent - I would usually give Playa Bella a 10 out of 10, but this took it up to 11 out of 10.
Will we be back next year? Try keeping us away! Playa Bella really does feel like a home from home for us.
Simon and Zita