Labranda Golden Beach

"The hotel location and cleanliness are good. The suite rooms need sun loungers to make the most of the extra space on the balcony and all rooms need a clothes dryer to hang wet swim wear and towels. The breakfast was ok but the evening meals were disappointing. Restaurant staff acted like they would rather be somewhere else and couldn't wait to get you out so they could close the doors. They were more interested in getting their share for themselves. What little was left of the food was being packed away long before the end of service to the point where we were asking for it to be returned! Most people had All Inclusive but we opted for half board. This sometimes seemed to be problematic for the restaurant staff who would ask us if we wanted a drink and then tell us to go into the bar and get it ourselves. (why ask?) Hence leaving our food to go cold and having to queue with the All Inclusive guests for our turn at the bar. We enquired at reception about this confusion who advised it depended what drink we wanted and best to go get them from the bar first before taking them into the restaurant. Fine so long as you don't want more than one drink with your meal. The pool area is pleasant enough but loud music most of the time spoilt what could be a relaxing atmosphere. This place is an average 3 star hotel at best."

"What a little treasure this hotel is, we had a swim up room which was delightful, however the pool area was fantastic too, never a rush for beds they were available all day, the food was amazing, sometimes food was not what it was labelled as for example for mackerel was tuna! Such a chilled vibe, we were serenaded a couple of afternoons with a singer and a sax player. Place is spotless and staff work very hard to make it a pleasurable experience. We will definitely be coming again (although we can’t find it advertised with Jet 2). Weather was beautiful, nothing much around the hotel just a supermarket out the front and a spar on the way to the beach out of the back. The beach was lovely 9 mins walk, we dipped our toes in but to be honest we chilled in our lovely little swim up pool. AI drinks were fine all in all loved it. Two things to improve a mirror in the apartment -only one in the bathroom and lots more umbrellas around the pool."

"I would not go back to this hotel. The food in the restaurant wasn't the best, not enough umbrellas around the pool the entertainment horrendous. The only thing that kept us going was one person he was taking the time to get everybody going and involve them and make their holiday exciting and fun was Ishmael this holiday would've been a disaster without him. Keep up the good work."