Ukino Palmeiras Village

"Second visit to this hotel in two years with two kids (10 and 7) and standards are still excellent. Keep in mind the price you pay is very competitive. Plentiful buffet food that is themed every night. Varied drink options at the bar and a snack bar for toasties/hot dogs outside regular mealtimes. The rooms are modern, clean and spacious. Beds are very comfortable. We didn't use the pool nearest the reception but opted for the pool down by the water slides. Kids love it and also loved meeting new friends at the kids club that was very well set up and safe. VR room was excellent. We had no issue with any staff who were all professional. Only slight negative but I am not going to "score down" the hotel is the toy shop at the evening entertainment is expensive and the quality of items for sale is not good. Do not waste your money in this shop! Also use the bottom buffet next to the kids pool slides. It's much nicer and quieter. The top buffet restaurant especially in the evenings is so busy and noisy. We plan to return to this hotel for a third time soon."

"Overall the holiday and hotel was a little worse than what we expected. We knew it wasn’t a 5 star and was relatively cheap compared to others across the Algarve. The hotel was pretty modern and kept pretty clean. Rooms were pretty big and we were very happy with them. Location perhaps isn’t the best as the beaches are close but very tricky/downhill to get to to and we’re a nightmare coming back up with a pram. The staff overall were ok but there was a couple who were unfriendly and verging on rude, it doesn’t hurt to smile. Drinks were good, loved the Sagres on tap but as they were only small was quite annoying that you can only get 2 drinks per visit, especially as we were with friends so trying to get 1 drink each for 4 of us to save more of us going the bar each time. Food was ok, not sure if it’s due to the time of the year with it not being as busy, but there wasn’t a great selection or variation. Our 3 year old is very fussy anyway but only really ate chips, I will try most things and a big foodie but just wish there was a bit more choice, perhaps a nice pasta bake each meal or something or some meatballs or burgers. The snack bar was very good, loved the cheese & ham toasties in there! Met some lovely people on our trip, a whilst we would go to the Algarve again, it probably wouldn’t be to this hotel. Pools were very cold but to be expected with the time of year, was quite a walk to get to the slides pool aswell, took us a while to find our way around the hotel as the reception is on the 3rd floor and restaurant 2nd floor"

"Lovely hotel in a lovely location. Travelling solo and had no reservations. The only recommendations would be to have a "que" system at the bar. There is a que of sorts but it seems to depend on which way the bar staff what to serve. A simple arrow works solve this. Also, on the white night, I actually didn't attend as I felt like it was an "invitation only"event."