Hotel Bali

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Just come back from the Bali Hotel. We had a great time. The food was nice, plenty of choice for breakfast and dinner, but we are not fussy eaters.
No problem getting a sun bed. We went to the small children's pool and this was great as we have two small children.
The entertainment team work extremely hard both day and night and the children enjoyed the mini disco (usual songs and dances) and I enjoyed the free bingo!
The only down side was the room. It was very dated and could do with a make over but the view from the balcony made up for it.
Benalmadena is a lovely place, plenty to do for everyone. Particularly enjoyed Selwo Marina where we saw the fantastic dolphin show, the cable cars was worth a visit-great views from the top and a good show by birds of prey. We went to Gibraltar which was very long and tiring but glad we went.
Overall, we had a lovely holiday and would return to the Bali Hotel.

Read some reviews and decided to book, please read on ----
BUY A SAFE AND USE IT- SEE BELOW -
Food Fantastic- you could stay in every night!!
Entertainment Fantastic - Hotel entertainment team are brilliant with the kids.
rooms very basic - no kettle - fridges scarce and dear to hire, some lower floors were modernised. We were given the room next to the lift on the 2nd floor entrance area , this is the top pool level- not suitable for us as we had kids, and this was a very noisy meeting point - maids cleaned early!! every day. DON'T GO IN LAST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST - unless you want to be shuved and made to feel unwelcome like you shouldnt be in spain - by the horrible obnoxious spanish on their public holiday...
ROOM GOT ROBBED BY SOMEONE WITH A KEY TO MY ROOM-
Make of that what you will - Neighbor seen a man with an holdall coming out of the room and lock it behind him.
GOT PICK POCKETED IN SECOND WEEK - NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD -
Millions of people on the beach mainly spanish who will move your towel to fit anywhere..
thousands of lucky lucky men - get ready to sit in a pub for one hour and see them lining up outside
hundreds of pickpockets in various age groups - be prepared to be suprised
lots of bad instrument playing scroungers - again you'll see at least 10 in one night.
Needless to say id leave mainland spain alone in the future too many spaniards and Ronny Biggs wish they were's here for me...

Delighted with hotel. Breakfast and evening meal very good - plenty to choose from.
Room was cleaned every day and fresh towels given. Bedding changed on the Wednesday.
Hotel entertainment staff very good - entertained adults and kids, then came to the poolside for everybody's amusement. Shows at night very good.
Poolside very clean with lifeguard on duty from 10am to 6pm.
Would certainly go back again to stay at the Bali.
Lots of pubs just a minutes walk from the hotel.

read the reports before i went, and have to agree with most of them.
food very varied and tasty, restaurant staff so attentive and efficient they were so friendly with every1.
cleanliness better than me at home. even shampoo and shower gels were provided in bali 1. i want a spanish cleaner!!
we didnt do much at the hotel though, we only saw 1 show an watched the kidiies dancing with the animacion team. drinks are cheaper off the hotel we drank outside at PICKWICK BAR!! well done brian for your bingo and games.
thomson rep available at most times, but i feel those bloomin trips are too expensive you are better off booking with the local tours.
horrible hill haha, i am so unfit i collapsed everynight but that was my problem.
benalmadena is lovely, and if you get a bus for 1.25 euro please go to mijas its gorgeous.
i would so reccommend this holiday to anyone.. and thanks thomson, you knocked olympic holidays and reps into a cocked hat (read the review of kathys studios in rhodes)

Not long back from a 2 week stay at the Bali Hotel and missing it already! Me, my boyfriend and my 3 year old daughter had a fantastic time. The hotel is excellent, first hotel I have ever stayed at where the maids change the towels every day. Although the hotel is situated at the top of "cardiac hill" it is nowhere near as bad as people say it is. If my 3 year old can walk up it every day for 2 wks, anyone can.
The food was ok, swimming pools clean but sometimes a bit crowded and we could always get a sunbed. Staff very nice and helpful and the evening entertainment is good.
Would recommend the Bali to all.

Just got back from benalmadena and needed to tell people you have to go there. Its a beautiful place one of the best holidays we've ever had. The Bali is a basic hotel its very clean,the cleaners are in every day with fresh towels.Plenty of entertainment for children and adults.The food is very nice plenty to choose from but if you are like us and fancy a change and want good english food visit Poppies bar which is just up the road in Ibensa square.Phil & Linda will give you a warm welcome and great meals and drinks reasonably priced. If you get the chance book the trip to gibraltar and see the barbary apes its fantastic day out.We definitely going to go back loved every minute of the holiday so much to see and do.

Beginners guide to Hotel Bali Benalmadena
Just returned from two weeks in Hotel Bali, firstly I’ll let you know about the hotel, than about the resort itself.
The hotel is split into 3 parts, Bali I, Bali II and Bali III, this is the confusing bit – reception is actually on floor 2, we were in room 2110 which was on the first floor. It does take you a while to find your way around and the maps aren’t very clear. However, once you get your bearings you will see that everything is pretty well laid out and easily accessible.
There are two pool area’s – the first being beside the main lounge which has a main poll with a smaller kids pool attached. Sunbeds were easily available from 8/9 am onwards. There is a bar area which serves food such as the usual toasties, burgers, pizza’s and chips – reasonably priced and tasty too!
The ‘second’ pool is located on floor -1 which is at the back of the hotel. We didn’t use this pool, but it does have a completely separate kids pool area which is somewhat tucked away round the corner.
Our room was okay albeit a bit small, I think the self catering rooms were larger (as we were half board). There were two beds joined together – we requested extra pillows which was no problem. The main issue with the room was the third sleeping area – a wooden box joined onto the wall with a hard sofa type cushion stuck on. Our 4 year old daughter refused to sleep on it as it was simply too hard, so we had to cope with her in our bed for the fortnight which wasn’t very comfortable.
Plasma TV mounted on the wall and a safe in the room for your convenience.
The rooms were cleaned daily, towels and sheets changed daily and the maid would always leave the air-con on which was nice to come back to at the end of the day.
As half board we got breakfast and evening meal. At breakfast there was everything you could ask for – fried eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, toast, cereal, baguettes, ham, cheese, yoghurt – no problems there.
Dinner was ‘okay’ – after a week you tend to get a bit fed up of similar choice, but saying that there was a good selection to choose from. Just a idea of what you can expect on different nights – curries, turkey, chicken, veal, beef, pork, fish, paella, burgers, sausages, potatoes, salads, chips, soup and loads of desserts. We decided to ‘eat out’ on a couple of nights elsewhere just to get a break, but overall the food was probably 8/10 in my opinion.
The restaurant staff were very nice and helpful, always smiling and making a fuss of the kids which was nice.
Trips worth going on – we only went to the crocodile park (10 euros’ in taxi) which was great fun and a day trip through Thomson’s to Gibraltar – this was fantastic, but you need to go to make your own mind up!
Entertainment was good throughout the day with the Thomson Kids Club for those who want it and the ‘in-house’ animation team who organised poolside games throughout the day if you wanted to take part – but beware they are very persuasive! We were disappointed with the early evening entertainment for our little one – having been to Majorca last year our 4 year old was looking forward to seeing ‘Thomson’ the dog again, but he wasn’t there – the early evening entertainment consisted of a painful hour of Agadoo type songs and silly kids games (in Spanish) – our daughter was really hoping for a mini-disco where there would actually be pop songs to dance to. The ‘main show’ each night started around 10pm which was run by the in-house animation team who I must say were very good, especially the head entertainer, Victor!
All in all we enjoyed our stay and apart from the sleeping arrangements would probably return.
By the way - this isn't a Thomson exclusive hotel - there were many many Spaniards, Italian's and German's also staying there.

Well. . . . Lets get to the point.. we just got back and booked again!
Speaks for itself!
2608 was great!! Request it.! EXCEPT THE SHOWER HEAD FELL OFF BEFORE WE GOT THERE!
Maid Was well Nice and i paid her 10 euro and bought her some champagne cava at the end of our stay!! Respect!!
MOving on... Bruva Thomas in restaurant was wicked he always made an effort. Bestest Waiter in Bali! BIG UP YASELF!!
I LOVED THE CURLY BACON EVERY MORNING
IT WAS LUSH!!
I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE PIDGEONS, THEY WERE CALLED PEDRO AND PACO.
THEY LOVE DIGESTIVE BISCUITS!! SO PLEASE KEEP UP THE TRADITION!
MED PLAYA ANIMACION TEAM WERE GREAT!! shooooting Competitioonnnn! LOved It!
The Massager was great! Although she did say i had gravy granuals in my back! WOT EVA!!!
i had the bestest holiday ever! cant wait to go bk!!!
Cya Soon Bali! x

Hi, Just got back from a weeks stay at the Bali Hotel, Benalmadena with my mum and 3 daughters, aged 11, 5 and 1. The rooms we had were very dated and in urgent need of renovation!! The wardrobe doors had come off the rails and were literally hanging and were difficult to open and close, the shower bracket on the wall was broken and bits of the furniture were literally falling to bits! Fortunately, it was a last minute holiday and we got a bargain but had we have paid full price I would definately wanted to move rooms.
After all of that though, everything else was o.k. The air-con in the rooms was fab and rooms were cleaned and beds made every day. We stayed on the 4th floor which was a pain with a buggy, it meant we had to use the lifts which were very small and sometimes took ages to come!
The food was the best part of the holiday - it was fantastic - worth more than 84% on the hotel ratings - plenty of choice for everyone !!!!
We used the 'top' pool which was very clean but had to get sunbeds early and more importantly a brolly!! (for the kids)
I dont think I would go back to this hotel, not entirely suitable for young children although the Thomson Kids Club, as usual, was fab!

Just back from hoiliday were we stay at the bali hotel costa del sol hotel good have been going there for 6years but what we found this year is that the food at the hotel was poor very repeated and nothing for children breakfast was ok but NOT dinner. The rest of our stay was good shows were good at night dont think we would go back because of food