Cornelia ek
Would recommend for young travellers in a group, not so much families. The walls are quite thin and sometimes you are able to hear people speaking in the next room. It can get loud at times but we haven’t had a problem with sleeping. The AC works wonders in the hot weather, a mini fridge in the room would be nice to have. The staff have been very nice and helpful throughout our stay. The breakfast is decent with many options depending on dietary requirements. Keep in mind that the elevator is not that good, it’s quite cramped and it takes a while to get to your floor depending on the time of day, a real hit or miss whether you need to take the stairs or not. The rooms are clean and house-keeping are very friendly. The location is perfect because it’s close to the beach and restaurants, along with multiple small conscience stores. The area is quite German and it is often heard, in our experience they can be quite loud and drunk.
Nia Anderson
A group of 4 of us girls stayed in a studio apartment in Whala!Beach hotel mid April.
After reading all of the reviews before going, I expected our stay to be quite unpleasant, but I can honestly say that it was a lot better than expected.
We arrived after midnight and there were 2 members of staff on desk ready to greet us. The check in process was quick and we were taken to our apartment, which by the layout, looked as if it was located in the older part of the hotel. The room was ready for us with 4 big towels and 4 hand towels laid out, along with the bed being made up and both sofa beds having pillows and sheeting on ready. The duvet covers were located in the wardrobe in the bedroom, so we were very pleased, considering we arrived late, we just wanted to get straight into bed.
The rooms themselves aren't quite as the pictures show, they are a little more dated and the layout does seem different to what's advertised, but we didn't mind. It might be different in the rooms located in the newer section of the hotel.
Once we were ready for clean towels, we put the sign on the door and went out for the day, and by the time we were back at the hotel, we had all fresh towels provided and floors cleaned.
We went up to the rooftop pool (located on the 9th floor) throughout our stay, which had a bar in which you could also order food there, which comes from the diner upstairs. This service was quick and very affordable, with a minimum spend of 10 euros for the diner. The pictures show 2 outdoor pools, but for some reason, we could only find the rooftop pool whilst there, with there being a private sunbathing area on floor 8 which wasn't accessible during our stay
The location was great, being only a minute walk from the beach and shops everywhere you go, even directly in front and behind of the hotel. These shops are extremely affordable and if you don't have enough room to bring a beach towel, they sell them in all of the shops around the hotel for only 3.95 - 5 euros.
The main negative that I've read a lot of reviews about would be the noise. Where we were located, our door took us straight outside to a courtyard area. During the hours of 4-6am, around 5 big bins would be jet washed along with the metal stairs leading up to the apartment. This was very loud and disrupted us every night we were staying there. The walls and windows are also very thin, so we could hear every conversation on the street outside and all the thudding of kids running upstairs constantly. Luckily, we were only in the room to sleep and out all day.
Another negative would be the fact that there is only 1 elevator for the whole hotel. The first day we were there we wanted to go up to the pool on floor 9. This took a whole 10 minutes minimum as it would stop at every single floor, even if there was no one waiting on that floor. A lot of people resorted to walking up and down the stairs instead, which I can imagine would be hard for families with pushchairs for example.
Genet Cellini
I stayed at this hotel for 8 nights.
The location is great — the beach is very close, which is a big plus. The staff at breakfast and dinner were absolutely lovely: kind, friendly, and always helpful.
The rooftop pool on the 6th floor is beautiful, with a nice bar and a great view — definitely one of the highlights of the stay.
Unfortunately, the night staff were quite cold and rude. At check-out, the woman at the front desk just said “that’s all, bye” and went straight back to watching her movie — no smile.
Another downside is that the hotel is full of teenagers making noise until the early hours, which made it hard to get a good night’s sleep.
I don’t think I’ll be coming back.
Laly Scamarcio
Whala! beach, is a very dirty hotel, the room where I am is very smelly, almost unsanitary, it is room 401, there are mosquitoes, a strong smell at first when I arrived it smelled strong cigarette and then the smell of mold, it's really unsanitary, there are even little creatures on the ground without counting the height of the height the noise, the elevator that does not come,This is a hotel to avoid, luckily I was only there for two nights.
There are no hygiene products to wash your hands after using the toilet, you have to go into the shower to get them.
Bad experience
Malik Eisenring
They literally tried to scam us with the hotel rooms. Booked a big apartment and first we got a super small one-bed room , afterwar complaining for two days they gor us an apartment but DID NOT reimburse the price we paid for the big room.