Ses Savines Hotel

Just returned from a 14 nights stay at this hotel. The review is really in two parts. The good news first: Location is right on the beach separated by a pedestrian promenade, although be aware you will be swimming in the harbour. It's a comfotable 20 mins. stroll into St Ant town for that post dinner walk and plenty of bars etc. to have a drink. This is a small hotel, with very friendly staff, always helpful and smiling. Spotlessly clean, with maids working all day. Room has all the normal facilities and was comfortable. We had a sea facing room on the third floor , which is one of the larger rooms with a very large balcony and views over the harbour and a brilliant sunset every night. Food for a 2 star was execellent, we had far worse in 3 and 4 star hotels. Choice of cereals, hot and cold food and fresh fruit for breakfast and you could squeeze your own fresh orange juice (this cost about E3 in cafes and bars) but was free at the hotel. Dinner had a good selection of salads incl. asparagus, olives etc. on most nights and a good range of hot foods, from pasta to fish, meat fresh veg and potatoes and fresh fruit as well as many deserts every night. The bar menu was also excellent and very cheap, so was the wine, only E6 for a very good house wine. Now for the bad news: Unless you are young and/or a heavy drinker, forget it. We have never ever stayed in such a noisy hotel. The layout of the hotel makes every step taken by anyone sound as if it is in your room, coupled with wafer thin walls, which lets you enjoy the entertainment in next doors room, which in our case was mostly drunk people arguing and/or talking in loud voices at 2 in the morning. There was also the normal outside entertainment on alternate nights, which could be heard in every seafacing room, so unless you participated, you could not have a quiet sit on the balcony. If you finally managed to drop off, the hordes of drunks returned from town at 4am and shouted/screamed/swore etc. all along the promenade. Even with all doors and windows closed, the noise was penetrating. By 5am the hotel started waking up, with maids/staff arriving and also of course new arrivals on every nights walking along the long tiled corridors with their suitcases etc. So all in all, unless you had a good drink and stayed out until 4am, not much sleep. This was a great shame, as we really liked the hotel and the location was excellent for travelling around the island. Would not go here again.

Hiya, the only thing i can say is this is the best hotel in san antonio bay. We went half board and the food for breakfast was nearly the same everyday, continental, full english (not hot dogs proper sausages) and 4 different cereals. Dinner was different every night and as we are both fussy eaters we were made up that there was something for us every night. The hotel its self was quiet of a night and we could get a full nights sleep undisturbed. For lunch the hotel have menus and the food is good for the money. The beach is on the door step and its lovely, the sun loungers are £2.80 a day to hire 9 till 6, we bought a lilo but don't go to the souvenir shop just past a bar called orange corner a five min walk to the right of the hotel (as u stand on the beach facin the sea) as they charge £10 for a lilo and you can get them for £4 futher down towards the west end. The west end is mad, if ur into club music or funky house it is brilliant. All in all worth a visit we have only been back a week and have booked to go again next year. This hotel should be more than a 2 star its fantastic.

Ok, I'll start at the end (like an episode of Alias) and then work towards it from the beginning. Two days before we were due to come home, our 'beach-bag' was stolen from within the hotel grounds - that kind of put a bit of a damper on the stay to say the least. The first thing I'd say about Ses is that if you can get a sea view, you're gonna love sitting on the balcony each night watching the sunset. Julie and I went to Mambo a couple of times to watch it from that famous beach, but the view from the balcony was worth it each night we stayed there. The second thing is that like the rest of Ibiza, this hotel likes to make money. Sure, the bar is priced the same as most places (2.50 for a pint of San Miguel) but we weren't even in the room yet and we'd already paid out 180 euros for a fridge, air conditioning and the safe. Sure, make some money out of your guests, but that was over £100 for a two week stay, and the two of us were a bit surprised. And the last major point about Ses is how loud it can get. Sure, we were in room 302 - which is right next to the elevators - and therefore, every time the lift opened (with a big 'CLUNK') and moved, we'd get woken up. Fortunately, I slept furthest away from it with ear-plugs in. I've no idea how I managed to get such a prized position. But as well as the lift, the design of the building it like a giant amplifier for noise. You've got to remember, everyone wears flip-flops on holiday that smack along the floor. Add to this a marble/tile floor and reall long corridors, and it's like someone shooting a gun outside the door when people walk down a corridor. As the hotel had mostly families, all the 20-30's people were probably in the apartments - it wasn't that bad for getting woken up when people came back from the clubs. A couple of nights you'd hear people stumble along at 5 in the morning, but all in all, the clubbers weren't the problem. The problem is the kids! This is a hotel review, not a rant about parents controlling their kids, but I don't understand how parents can allow their kid to scream its head off at 11 at night (probably coz it's tired too) and start hammering all the walls as it (and I mean IT) walked by. Mornings/nights/siesta time each night were interrupted by a family with no manners - in a corridor that a pin drop sounds like a balloon popping. So, it's kinda noisy - take some ear-plugs. We were half board- so we got breakfast and dinner provided. I say breakfast and dinner, but as breakfast was so bland, we didn't stay for dinner once (and by the way, it's pretty hard finding good restuarants to eat in at San An Bay - I recommend going to Josephs which is right round the bay in towards San An town, right before the bus station - best service ever, and a waitress who was batty as hell, and really made our holiday). Back to the food - it was all there, all good to look at, but the bread was bland, the beans were bland, the sausages were - well, hot dogs - but when they did get sausages, they were bland. The only thing that wasn't bland was the orange juice from the machine, which was more like battery acid!! (But did taste nice). Oh, and the coffee was good too. Here's a tip though, Julie and I took two plates each. One for toast and bread, the other for the eggs/beans etc. Why? Because the plates they provide are tiny - and though you can go back for more, if you want just to one journey, two plates is the way to go. Onto the hotel basics then - it was clean. Basic, sure, but very clean. The staff were all very friendly, and though you may read about the grumpy, surly night porters, they become charming after a while. One of them (the silver haired fella) seemed to thaw when we asked for our room key in Spanish (tres zero dos por favour...) so I recommend learning how to ask for your room key, and say good-night - it'll go a long way. There's two computers, which when the other kids in the hotel aren't using (which is about 20 mins during the day when their parents make them eat) are good for emails etc, and there's some arcade games a bookshelf and a pool table for when you don't want to sit outside. Tennis/Squash/Golf/Table tennis all cost money - which is fine (Tennis was 7 euros) and the Tennis courts are quite good too. If you're on court 2 - don't lob the ball from the left hand side, as it'll get stuck in a tree... Didn't get a chance to play squash, but it's still a good court, with a glass back wall. Needs swept before play though. So apart from explaining what happened with the bag - I think that's all the nuggets we gleaned from our stay. It's hard not to look back on the holiday as a minor disaster because of the theft, and some pretty nasty weather, but the hotel was still a good place - for a 2 star hotel, it does very well. But it has taught Julie and I not to stay at a 2 star again, and probably investigate the hotels that are over 16, as we've not developed the tolerance for other people's kids yet. There's a beach section to the hotel, next to the swimming pool (I say 'beach' it's just an area of flat stone covered over with 2 inches of sand) but that's where Julie and I did our sunbathing - far enough from the pool that the kids aren't 'too' annoying, close enough to the beach to go for a swim, and close enough to the hotel that you don't feel miles away. But it didn't stop someone coming in and stealing our bag. Loads of stuff stolen - no one saw a thing. I spoke to one guy on the beach (who looks after the sunbeds adjacent to the hotel) who said it's just kids pouncing on an opportunity. So be careful, don't take your eyes off your stuff, if you leave it behind, cover it up with something so no one can chance it, and don't get lulled into a false sense of security just because you're in the hotel grounds. If I gave Ses Sevines marks out of 10, I'd give it a 5. Ok, but not great.

I have just returned from this hotel with an infant, not great as rooms at the back of the hotel are on a main road with noise all night long from traffic. There was also noise during the night as this is a escapades hotel, with lots of young singles staying here. Staff waiting at breakfast and evening meals not very friendly.

Just got back yesterday after a great week in the sun! Having read the reviews of Ses Savines here before we left, we did have reservations about the grumpy bar staff and the noise through the night. However... There was only one grumpy old git, who would probably break wind if he smiled. All the other bar staff waited on you hand and foot. If you ordered at the bar, they wouldn't let you wait for drinks, they would always tell you to sit and they would bring them over. There was little noise through the night. There was the odd bit now and then, but nothing like we thought it would be. Food was ok. Average buffet style, but plates were small. Couple of tips... When queing for breakfast, take 2 plates and put on a tray, as you won't get a lot on one. (2 slices of toast takes up most of the room!) Same size plates are used at dinner too. Either take 2 plates and get salad and stuff on one and main course on the other, or go back for seconds. Dining room opens at 7.30 pm for 2 hours, and the queue is huge at 7.30!! If you can wait 20-30 minutes, it is a lot easier. If you can, get your drinks at the bar before going in for dinner, as the waitress doesn't always get to you before you have finished eating, and if she does, you have to wait for the maitre D to come and get the payment from you, which is not always the quickest when dining room is busy. If you do not have an air conditioned room, you can hire a large pedestal fan for 20 euros per week, with a 10 Euro deposit. Ask as early in the day as possible, or you may have to wait until the next day for delivery. If you have an early check out, it may be worth having a word at reception about the 10 euro depoisit. We returned fan at 7.00am just before getting picked up for airport, and the night watchman was on his own (smelt a little of liquor) and didn't speak much english. He never knew anything about the deposit, and so we missed out on 10 euros! The room itself was very hot during the day, and felt even worse at night, even with fan blowing and balcony door open. Entertainment is varied, but is sometimes held at sister hotel 'Arenal' just down the road. Look out for the funny short guy who runs the entertainment!

We stayed in Ses Savines from 31st May 06 for one week. I have been to Ibiza before but never stayed at this hotel. The hotel has a 2 star rating but unless you come on holiday to spend all your time in your hotel this shouldn't be a problem. It is quite basic but has everything you need. The rooms are clean but quite dull. Beds are changed weekly but are made every day and clean towels every 3 days. A sea view room has fantastic views of the bay and sunset and the balconies are really big. Wasn't a fan of the wooden doors which let no light into the room. Lovely beach literally 10 metres from the hotel. There are 2 pools which are a good size and kept clean. We didn't notice the 2nd pool for a few days as it's tucked around the back. Unfortunately there are not many sun loungers and any empty ones had towels on them anyway. Food was the usual buffet style. I thought it was quite good. There was a wide variety of hot food and lots of salad too. Breakfast the same idea with hot and cold food. Staff friendly except one old guy behind the bar! I would recommend this hotel to anyone who is looking for cheap, basic accommodation. It is in a fantastic location with 2 good pools, a good standard of cleanliness and above average food for a 2 star. Rooms are a little dull but I doubt you will be spending all day in them anyway.

This hotel is fantastic! As a 20 year old girl i obviously went to Ibiza for the night life, and was shocked to find just how many familys there were all enjoying them selves. On the drive to the hotel i was slightly nervous as some of the hotels we had dropped people off at were not that great- but then we pulled up at the Ses Savines and i was shocked. Our room was small but we had a huge balcony with a sea view which was amazing. The hotel staff are fantastic (especialy the waiters) they are there all day but always smile and are great with the kids! Entertainment was suited to familys and was there every other night- which is nice cos it gives you the chance to explore Ibiza a bit more. Ibiza is a lovely island- and has some nice local restaurents well worth visiting! (tip- dont go to KFC- i learnt the hard way) The nightlife was about 5-10 minute walk- but not boom boom boom all night! The clubs and pubs are all double glazed you walk through 2 sets of doors which must be shut by 12am. I want to go back to Ibiza next year with my boyfriend and i will most deffinatly be staying at the Ses Savines!!!!!!!!!!!

Great location right on the beach, spotless, freindly staff, evening meal good but breakfast was awfull. only other complaint was no air con. Will try sister Hotel next year Arenal. We were in the Ses Sevines its sister hotel

Great Location directly on beachfront near to centre but not too close for noise. Seaview room is a must as views are fantastic. Breakfast is served outside on the terrace which is lovely. Food ok, service excellent. Downside is no air conditioning in rooms.

Fabulous views if you ask for a seaview overlooking the bay!!! Beautiful beach literally on the doorstep. Staff very attentive and friendly,speak very good English. Meals mostly continental but something for everyone...only complaint is they are served on very small plates! Rooms cleaned daily and clean beds and towels. No fridge in room and no air conditioning so it gets very hot!!!! Sitting on the balcony at night watching the many yachts and boats on the bay is breathtaking. As is the sun setting on the water. Within walking distance of the nightlife but why not take the water taxi for only 2 euros. The hotel has 2 swimming pools which are very clean. It also has a good poolside restaurant which serves a variety of dishes. The town itself has something for everyone young and not so young. A couple of musts are the cafe Mambo to watch the sun set on the sunset strip, and the Hippy market held on Weds. The hotel caters for everyone; families,couples and groups of young people We will definately be returning to Ses sevines.