Iberotel Praia De Monte Gordo

We arrived at hotel at midday room was not ready till three so had to wait in the bar. Room ok but needed a coat of paint food was very much the same if you don’t like fish don’t bother. Locals and staff not very friendly need to cheer up a bit not that much to do at the resort a couple of bars and restaurants weather good though. Needs to be greatly improved

I visited this hotel in April 2006 with my partner and some of his family. There were 6 of us in total aged between 23 and 70 something!
The hotel itself is beautiful. Excellent decoration, beautiful views and good location. Unfortunately, that’s the only good thing about it!
We found the staff to be terribly rude. Only one male waiter found the time to give us a smile and say hello during the whole week.
The apartments were a good size and cleaned everyday, however, the cleaners did not appear before 4pm! By this time, we were all back in our rooms having showers etc to get ready for the evening! On one occasion we had decided to have a nap so put the "do not disturb! sign on the door, only to be woken half an hour later by the insistent knocking of the cleaner, holding the sign in her hand asking "do you want your room cleaned"?! go figure!
We found the whole dining experience to be somewhat disastrous! The food was poor, and very repetitive! Everyday was fish and a meat (often undistinguishable) in a brown- coloured sauce! The breakfast was very much geared towards the German and Dutch guests, ham and cheese, croissants and eggs etc etc. To make it worse, the dining room was like a free-for all! People barging all over the place, no organisation, a battle for seats and no guidance from the staff.
We also found there was a lot of hidden charges in the hotel. For example, to swim in the indoor pool you must purchase a hat at 4 euros. To use the Jacuzzi you should also purchase slippers at 4euros (although we decided not to bother!). Also, a charge of 4euros was added to any room service ordered! This made a 2 euro cup of (foul) tea cost 6 euros!
All in all, we found it to be very poor. Definitely wouldn’t go back! Probably will never go back to Portugal if all the people are this unfriendly!

Resort very pleasant, beach absolutely beautiful and clean. Hotel clean and well maintained, but not very friendly. Staff like robots. Self service restaurant very strange, hot food very poor, but plenty of salads and fruit. Drink prices more expensive than the local bars and a lot smaller. Entertainment in the evening only for children at this time
of year.
Overall we had a good holiday, because weather was lovely, but I felt hotel had a lot to put right. I have found in the past the Portuguese to be very friendly, and I feel
sure the staff at the hotel would have been as well, if they had time to stop and chat for a minute, they were run off there feet which suggests they were on minimum staff.
Would not go to this hotel again, however Portugal still beautiful and will definitely return.

Have just returned from holidaying with 82 year old mother. Excellent holiday. Hotel clean, spacious (don’t know what it would be like if it was full!). Food excellent (mother worried about buffet service but by end of holiday she was won over!).
Would have preferred tea and coffee making facilities in room to mini bar. Huge bathroom - super shower. Large balcony with fantastic view of sea. Games room not open (wanted to play snooker) - discovered late on in holiday that we should have gone to reception and they would have opened up for us. Some trips not running - winter season apparently starts in November.
Town of Monte Gordo small, unspoilt. Plenty of cafes and bars. One casino so night life quite quiet. Next to pine woods and sand dunes - beautiful! Would definitely go again (no trouble with security - used safety deposit box for valuables) - felt safe at all times.

Just returned from a week in the Iberohotel on a B&B basis with a group golf holiday. It was all that I expected apart from no tea/coffee making facilities in the rooms.
Hotel was very clean, well maintained, pool and gym great (didn’t expect to have to pay for gym, sauna or Jacuzzi though!)
Breakfast strange to say the least - hot eggs, warm bacon and stone cold baked beans!!! Plenty of ham, cheese etc. though.
Monte Gordo itself was OK, quite a few bars and restaurants open, and Revue at the Casino was good!
Several good golf courses within a 20 minute drive will definitely be returning next year.

Was in room 817, fabulous views, good food ,and free unlimited drinks with good meals. Very clean ,convenient for town and villareal. Excellent beach, WAIT a good shower as well.
No tea making facilities in room ,so take your own kettle.
Has usual Internet access machine(working).
TV has a sky news down feed and CNN. You can have pay TV films, behind us in their titles.
No real nightlife when I was there