Enotel Magnolia

"Excellent hotel. Would struggle to find any faults. All the staff are very warm & friendly. The sea view room was spacious, clean & quiet. The breakfast was excellent every day. Lovely pool, steam room & sauna. Lots of restaurants within 10 mins walk. Funchal centre was 25-30 min walk or 2€ bus"

"Good hotel next to an extremely busy road and roundabout. Because of this it’s very hard to get a decent night sleep, as the rooms aren’t exactly sound proof. The windows do close properly, but if you’ve got a balcony the balcony door doesn’t close properly which makes it feel like you’re sleeping outside, so the noise from outside comes into the room all the time. In summer this is okay, as the temperatures are mild, but during the other seasons it’s probably too cold in the rooms. When I arrived the floor and the desk in the room were obviously not cleaned. During my one week stay they weren’t cleaned either. Not once did I get clean sheets. There are coffee and tea making facilitities, but once you’ve run out of tea/coffee bags you don’t get a refill. When you wanted to get new towels you had to leave them in the bath. I strongly suspect that they just hang the same towels up again, as they smelled and had make up stains. Staff at reception, especially the younger persons, are friendly and willing to help you. Food at the restaurant, breakfast and dinner, was very good and there was much choice. The beds in the room were very hard and the pillows were too soft. Wifi connection was good, but the tv signal disappeard all the time. The tv has hundred channels, but unfortunately most of them are in Portugese and there’s no BBC. Entertainment in the evenings is tragic, so basically you have to go out into town if you want to do something at night. There is an outside swimming pool, but because of the autumn weather I was never at the swimming pool. Make sure you check your restaurant/bar bill when you leave, because there are drinks on the bill you never ordered or they charge you for two persons instead of one and you have to pay double. Problem is that the restaurant staff don’t speak English at all. You can order wine, beer or a soda, but that’s as far as their knowledge of the English language go, which results in many mistakes on the bills."

"Our third visit in two years to this hotel. Can't fault it. It's exactly like the photos. All staff are superb, the standard of cleanliness exceptional and breakfast was brilliant every day. Walkable to the centre of Funchal ( 1.2km) and on major bus routes but still fairly quiet."