Caribe Hotel

4 readers found this review helpful

I was so excited but even more disappointed.
The staff are rude. The pool is unclean and tastes like salt and sun cream. One boy had a poo in there and the staff didnt do anything about it. The place is tacky and full of chavs. The food is overpriced as are the drinks. The Internet Cafe is rubbish and the webcams are all broken. The food is disgusting. No choice for children. No variety. Bacon: 3/4 fat 1/4 meat. Rooms: tiny!! Beds: The most uncomfortable thing I have slept on! I slept on the floor most nights! Wardobes: No space at all! Air Con. : Leaked and created a huge puddle on our floor. Everything is overpriced. The beach is absolutely terrible! The Hippy Market: My daughter fainted from the claustriphobia of it all. One of the stall owners was smoking maruajana.. Husband got pick pocketed .. TWICE!! Can never find your way out again. Entertainment: they drag you on stage even if you say no. very repetitive. VERY loud! it goes on till early hours in the morning. Everyone is screaming and shouting and they don't even turn it down when its already too loud it could deafen a deaf person. The only good things were the pottery people who came in on a Thursay but even then, the man there was rude and disrespected people work.

6 readers found this review helpful

Looking at comments,i think this hotel is slighty over-rated,and maybe reviews have been based on the actual holiday people had in es-cana
from purely based on a hotel review,its just worth the 3 star
PLUS POINTS:
very clean and tidy with some half decent entertainment throughout the day/night
pool is spacious,plenty of beds for sept,although the busy months this might be a problem
rooms almost cleaned daily (not on thursday) with new towels everyday
seemed quite secure hotel,with cctv,and safe deposit boxes if needed
Very nice ice cream cornets,and only 1.40 euros
reasonably priced drinks
Near to the sea
Good airconditioning (you couldnt control the temp tho)
MINUS POINTS:
unfortunetly for me anyway,there were far too many bad points
Rooms were on the small side,if you had 2 adults,and 2 kids,it would be a nightmare
we had 2 double beds (gods knows why as there were only us 2 adults in there),a baby cot for the little un,and we also had a a fridge...we were left with hardly any room left,and they were quite noisy
The sunbeds were the most uncomfortable beds i have ever had the pleasure to sit on,a lot of guest bought li-los to overcome this
The food got a bit tiresome,and a week was enough,there was little choice for younger children,unless you like to feed them chips everyday (a few potatoes and veg each would have been nice)
On first arriving,we had no cot in our room,it took 3 requests,and eventually a stroppy receptionist dealt with it as she could she i was getting very frustrated (it was 7.30pm by the time it was delivered,and that was after arriving at noon)
Found that a lot of guests would leave their towels on the best beds and dissappear for most of the day (very annoying)
Quality of snack bar food was nothing short of a disgrace,and expensive for that matter for what it was,we had a jacket potato each (which was 1 spud cut in half between us)
portion of chips (very greasy),and fish fingers/chips for the little un,and 2 large soft drinks....This cost just over £20,maybe it was a one off?
Overall,this isnt a bad hotel by any means,but its one that could be much better,with better sunbeds and a better quality menu at the snack bar as the food there is not on par with quality at dinner times.The other little gripes would be overlooked i guess.
I wouldnt want to recomend this hotel,not entirely down to the hotel itself,but more so that ibiza is so overated as an island,es-cana is a quite resort,with the generation being more populated by the older generation looking to relax
Nice for a week,but no more i'd say....its getting very expensive in spain now,and dont be suprised to pay up £10 for 2 decent mixer drinks,cocktails were 5-6 euros pretty much everywhere.
My advice would be to go here if you get a good deal,but if this is your only holiday,and you have saved hard for it,try somewhere else,as you may be dissapointed.

2 readers found this review helpful

Just got back yesterday from the Caribe, first time in Ibiza. Couldnt have picked a better hotel had a fantastic time the hotel I cant fault the entertainment i cant fault which included Ricardo, Jose and Thia they are absolutely fantastic what a big personality in Ricardo everyone loves him!!!! |Yes the rooms are basic but they are clean and everything you need in there, clean towels everyday. hotel is absolutely spotless food fantastic dont think we had the same thing twice apart from chips. Great acts on every night and again apart from a couple all new different acts for the whole two weeks You would be quite happy to just stay at hotel every night. I am certainly going to go to the Caribe again and so was all the people I made friends with, All staff were friendly I didnt find anyone to be rude even on reception found they bent over backwards to help. Only thing I can complain about is how expensive Ibiza is now, I actually found it cheaper in the Caribe to buy lunch restaurants are very expensive so are goods apart from that I will be going again

1 reader found this review helpful

WEATHER FAB IN THE 40'S. just got back this week, 2hr delay from manchester, then had to wait for coach left an hour later to resort, takes abt 1hr to hotel. Reception staff are not wonderful very rude, only Ana a spanish lady on the desk who was really helpful. The rooms are just basic and small, we had 1 room for 2 adults and 2 kids, ended up with 2 double beds and no where to sit, one wardrobe and a tiny balcony with pool view, asked to change but could'nt. The view was very nice of the pool but very noisy at night as the entertainment was on the stage there until around 12.30. Was good if you wanted to sit in the balcony to watch the acts no need to go downstairs. The room was operated by a card, that gives you electric aswell. The air conditioning was operated by closing the patio door and it came on, very handy as it was roasting. The walls were very thin so you could hear everything!!!! You have to have a safe it is 3 euros a day, also you can hire a fridge at 3 euros a day too, quite handy. The breakfasts are served from 8 till 10, the dinners are served 7 till 9.30. The breakfasts are cereals, donuts, toast, cooked breakfasts, tea, coffee, fruit juice. The dinners are soups, salads, fresh bread and the rest in a buffet, chips with everything, sausages and chicken for kids, roast beef, chicken, pork, rices, cauli cheese, fish, prawns, pasta, boiled pots, paella. The entertainment was ok, they took on a new guy Ricardo was great getting everyone up, there were different acts on each night, parrot show, singer, snake guy, drag acts and variety by the staff, not great but watchable, had bingo each night but only got a t shirt and a cheap bottle of bubbly, if you go to charlies bar 5 mins away its 50 euros a line and 200 for a full house, they also have lots of very good acts too. You can get take aways in the afternoon next to charlies bar of chips, ice cream, cakes, very reasonable priced, not much to do here, very quiet resort, if you get a taxi to the next town it is 8 euros santa euralia you can do the place in abt an hour, restaurants, pubs, beach, few shops, there is a train that goes to a museum and other places takes abt 2 hrs runs at 10 12 4 but if there is not 8 or more people they wont go, as we found out. There are boat rides to go on but we never went on any, the pool is always busy and very strong chlorine so be careful with the eyes as alot of people complained, on 3 occassions we had RATS in the pool, we got chaced and the pool was shut for 2 hrs while they cleaned it. Every morning people were putting towels on the beds at 7 in the morning, quite sad really, again not my cup of t. On leaving the hotel we got to the airport and told we had a 7 hr delay so be prepared for a wait. On the whole the holiday was a restful one as it was very quiet area but very rude spanish people, who i might add that if people like us who work hard all year and go there, they would not have a job and a wage. The cleaners only did the beds and bathroom on a daily basis, if you hide the towels they give you new clean ones and new loo rolls if you have none at all, sheets only got changed 1 a week(YUK). I would not say this is a proper 3 star hotel but an average 2 star.
If anyone sees Laura the rep please say hello from 219 JAYNE and hope she liked her goodies. CHEERS

1 reader found this review helpful

My husband and I had our 1st holiday here in 1989. It was great then and it is still a great place to go now and unlike 19 years ago there were no germans. The hotel has been modenised. we went with our 2 children ages 3 and 6. The rooms were spotless and cleaned often. The food was so good I put on 7lbs. Even though we went independently sunset still let our oldest boy join the club and included us in any poolside or evening entertainment. Es cana is a lovely little bay and has a nice beach. The children can buy fishing nets and try to catch some fish. I would definetly recommend this hotel.

2 readers found this review helpful

spent a week with the wife at the caribe and found it excellent all round the only thing i was not over excited about ,,was the balcony was a bit small but that did not spoil my holiday ,the staff very helpfull ,the resort was excellent and everything was on our door step entertainment in the hotel was ok and continued through out the day and night and we enjoyed a drink on our balcony while we watched it from there, excellent alround and would def go again

Came back on 12th July after 10 days. Nil entertainment on evenings. Rooms not very big and could hear conversations and noises. beds not changed very often, the food was OK but more staff required in Restaurant as pots were left on tables. The Pool area wasn't very clean and litter was left around. Staff were not very friendly or helpful. This Hotel is OK for young families but would not recommend for couples or elderly people. I would go back to Es Cana but not to this Hotel.

1 reader found this review helpful

Had a fantastic holiday here and would recommend it to anyone.
I wasn,t sure about Ibiza and certainly didn,t expect to want to go back but am trying to book again for a week next year. If i am successful , it will be the first time i have went to the same place twice!.
It,s a lovely clean hotel , reps/staff are polite and helpful, however the entertainment available in the hotel really made the holiday. there was something on every couple of hours that would appeal to most people. As a single parent, travelling with one child, i wasn,t sure that we would meet other people to socialise with and anticipated spending quite a bit of time on our own. However we made good friends on the first day and the entertainment team had us involved in everything going on!. We had a blast. I can,t thank the Manati friends team ( Elisa, David, Bambino, Jasmena, Bridget and all the other guys) enough for ensuring that this was a holiday we will talk about for a long time to come .
I really think this is an ideal base for parents holidaying alone with kids as there is a lot of activities which encourage people to mix.

2 readers found this review helpful

Just got back from spending a week in The Hotel Caribe in Es Cana and I can honestly say I had a FANTASTIC TIME!!
I'm 24 and went along on the holiday with my Family for my dad's 50th. My 18 year old cousin came along too and although it is no San Antonio, we still had a fab time!
Apache Bar has to be the friendliest place.... missing you already guys!!
Me and my cousin were made to feel really welcome by all of the staff that work there and we had such a laugh. Apache followd by Charlies disco and then on to Consarles (night club down stairs open till 6am) has to be the best night that we have had!
The Hotel
During the day they activities round the pool were - Scuba diving, darts, archery, shooting, water polo, crazy game (consisted of dressign up and swimming from one side of the pool to the other and then doing a dance and returning to your team).... and many more.
My and my cousin took part in almost every single one of the games and we had so much fun that we didn't leave the hotel once during the day! We did wonder to the beach one day but it wasn't that nice so went back to the hotel.
The entertainment team are fantastic both at night and during the day (Bambino, Vladamire, mohammed mohammed, the whole gang) and although we didn't have any kiddies with us I knew for a fact me nephew would have loved it.
The food was good and there was a huge choice to pick from and you can stuff yourself silly with as much as you like.
Staff were all great but don't remember seeing the thomas cook rep there at all after the first day.
Only thing that ruined the holiday was the return flight!! Should have flew at half 6 on the sunday evening but didn't get home till half 6 monday morning. Apparently the engin failed but a lot of the people on our flight said they have had this problem many of times with Thomas Cook (don't ever remember flying with them in the past myself).
We didn't get many updates during our delay from the Thomas Cook reps and in the end we were jetted home via Jet2.com!!
O well...... would go back again to the Caribe and can not understand why it is only a 3*??

1 reader found this review helpful

Just got back from 10 days in the Hotel Caribe. This was our best ever holiday, we had an absolutely fantastic time. Our 8 year old son had the time of his life, we definitely didn't want to come home ! There is a really special atmosphere at the hotel. the staff are so enthusiastic, big thanks goes out to Bambino, Alisa and David, the entertainment staff who worked so very hard to get everyone involved in the days activities. The evening entertainment wasn't so good, but its what you make it !! The food was very good my son isn't a chicken nugget kid so he ate very well, think we have probably put on a stone ! There was so much going on at the hotel we didn't frequent the beach very much, the dreaded jelly fish didn't appeal. I booked this holiday on the strength of the reviews I had read on here and we certainly weren't dissapointed. Go, get involved & ENJOY!!