Son Bou Gardens Apartments

We stayed in the hotel Son Bou Gardens it was a late booking as our original holiday was changed at the last minute.
The apartments [zone 4] are two up and we were on the top, set in nice gardens. We had a sea view although most of the view was of other apartments. The apartment was clean but the kitchen area is in need of updating, although every thing you need is there including a steam iron and an ironing board. The bed linen was changed one a week and towels twice a week [not enough for the bed lined]. We never eat at the pool side as we found the prices to expensive and preferred to eat in our room for b/fast and lunch. Evening meals varied from the usual chips/ burgers/ chicken to local fish dishes. As every where you get what you pay for.
There are three pools 2 smaller ones where the loungers were free if you could find one.
The main pool is lovely but they will charge you 4.5 euros per person per day for a lounger and no umbrellas were available don't know why. Next to the main pool is a large water slide which charges 2 euros for 2 slides or 6 euros for 10 slides, if you have a few kids with you it can work out very expensive. We took our own umbrella and cushions to lie on and saved a fortune.
The local Spanish school children use the slides and pools on week days [not all week] so it can get very noisy and busy.
The beach is 10 minute walk from our apartment and was lovely warm water which is waist deep for a good 300 meter approx with a great breeze. The down side being the cost of two loungers and an umbrellas being 17 euros per day so be warned. With the cost of the beach and pool loungers the cost could go up £150 and more.
It may sound like I am going on about money all the time but when you go self catering most of the budget should be food and entertainment not loungers.
The entertainment was mostly tribute bands and most of them were really good and the younger kids enjoyed the magic show. Older children were not so impressed mine was 12 and did not enjoy the shows that much.
The staff were friendly and worked hard all day, one draw back was my husband was at the bar having a beer and was given half a bowl of nuts then asked to pay 1.5 euros when he pointed out to the waiter that a Spanish chap had been given 2-3 bowls of nuts at no charge he was told that he was to busy to charge the Spanish chap!!!!!!. It seems routine practice to charge the British for some thing which is complementary to the locals.
The reception was helpful, I found it a little unnerving as the place is so big and the apartments have no phones in them if you have very old or young with you and they become ill during the night then it’s a long trek to get help.