Pinhal Do Sol Hotel

3 readers found this review helpful

We had a good holiday, the hotel staff were friendly although in the dining room things seemed a little hurried. Staff were always keen to please and very helpful. Limited entertainment some nights in the bar but this could be due to the fact that we stayed early in the season. The mini bus service was useful for travelling to Quarteira and Vilamoura although both are within walking distance if you like walking.
We ate out most evenings and found most places to be very friendly, we were particualrly impressed with Monteiro's which was just a short walk down the road from the hotel towards Quarteira. Having looked on various websites first one of the restaurants recommended was Fernando's Hideaway, however we found this did not live up to its reviews, (the owners seemed more concerned with watching tv than serving customers).

2 readers found this review helpful

Out of the way hotel, on the quite side but quite nice very clean, staff very friendly and rooms adequate.
Food good always supplied on time in form of buffet hot and cold meals. Hotel supplied free mini bus travel into Quarteria. Taxi only costs about 6 Euros into Quarteria.
Hotel has own swimming pool, safe in each room deposit of 25 Euros refundable. Television, fridge iron hair dryer ironing board etc all included.
Booked holiday via jet 2.com via internet all inclusive in November £200 included all transfers luggage on plane and accommodation for one week per person. Good low cost holiday.

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My wife and I stayed at this excellent 3 star hotel from 3rd to 10th October 2007. We booked bed and breakfast at the amazing price of only €24.90 per day for the two of us - NOT EACH.
Rooms were quite large, bed, settee, table, a/c, separate bathroom, and toilet, outside table and chairs (we were on the ground floor - upstairs rooms had a balcony). Hotel is only two stories high and does have a lift. Beds were made each day and linen changed twice during the week, Towels changed three times in the week, toiletries left most days. Nice basket of fruit left on first day. Room was cleaned daily and kept well.
Breakfast was very good. Scrambled egg, beans or mushrooms, sausages or bacon. Also ham, salami, cheese, sliced meats, tomato, cucumber. Rolls, bread, yoghurts, cereal, limited fruit (usually melon). All on a self-service help yourself mode, meaning you could have exactly what you wanted, as much or as little.
The one thing that spoiled me saying this was perfect was the drinks. Tea/coffee/chocolate were from a machine. These were never hot and varied in quality and taste drastically. Fruit juices were also from a machine, usually weak and too sweet.
Reception staff were extremely helpful, very pleasant, and knowledgeable with good understanding of a variety of languages.
Hotel was 3km from Quarteria, but hotel ran a free mini-bus to Quarteria and Vilamoura 5 times each day, otherwise it is a little far away for most people to walk. (We hired a car for the week - better to do this on line from home as much dearer at hotel)
I would not recommend booking accommodation with evening meal. We had one evening meal. Just one choice of a meat or one of fish for main course, soup, or salad to start. This was not brilliant, no choice at all for my wife - a vegetarian.
Overall, excellent value for money. Well worth trying, but I would recommend car hire and eat out.
We will recommend to friends and happy to return.