I think your safest bet is to call the hotel and ask their policy. You will find the contact details by email or phone in THIS LINK

I am just back from Torremolinos. I called the hotel at the beginning of January to ask about their smoking policy. I was told that the hotel was non-smoking apart from in the rooms. However when we arrived there were separate smoking areas in both bar areas so they must have changed their minds.

luci

Thanks Luci, I have e-mailed the hotel & they say that smoking is only allowed in the Lobby Bar.....all other areas including the rooms are non-smoking!!!

Does anyone know what size the Lobby Bar is? Sounds like it will be a popular bar amongst the smokers!

seem to recall lobby bar is not very big, or very comfortable! reminded me of railway station .
entertainment did take place in upstairs bars. this may present problem!!!!!
i would suspect that all hotels will start in january with one policy but as season progresses and complaints escalate in number that the policy will change.
how they expect to stop smoking in rooms is mystery to me as all rooms have balconies and windows so smoking in rooms will happen.

Hi, I have booked a week at the above hotel for 6 nights from next Weds. I then found this site and the reviews are very mixed, I'm hoping to find my trip will be a good one, it seems a bit hit or miss. Unfortunately Barcelona don't have a home game whilst we are there, but a visit to the city could be incorporated anyway.

Hi Mick

Welcome to HT!

If anyone would like to post a review for the Royal Star, please do so HERE.

Thanks.

Pippy

Weather not looking too bright for my trip!

I have booked an holiday at the Royal Star arriving in four weeks time, any comments about the pool, food and entertainment will be well received.

Which is the best pub nearby to watch the World Cup final

Can anyone give me an e-mail address for the Royal Star.

have a look here for info on htop chain
http://www.htophotels.com/
there are plenty reviews of the royal star under hotel review tab above.
there is a hungry horse pub just over the road from the royal star for the football -i think it is english type bar so it may not be best bar to watch the final

hi there i am going to hotel royal star for eight nights beginning wednesday 26th july the hotel has an exccursion to a medieval night included in the holiday does anyone know what night it is on and how much notice to give the hotel

it costs 11 euro's per person .can't remember the nights it is on ,we went on a wednesday though,it's a good night . soup and a slice of bread to start, then a whole chicked and 1/2 a baked potato with spices on it (the darker ones have more spices ) . followed by ice cream . the wine is free flowing all through the night . until you go downstairs to watch the flamenco dancing , then you have to pay and it is expensive . the night finishes at 12.00

sorry and i ment to say you can book the trip day before you go aslong as there is room on the bus ,there was loads on ours

We are staying in Pineda and want to go to the Medieval evening , where exactly is it .......

Thanks

dont know where the medieval night is , but the other show they do-the flamenco dancing/international cabaret- is in lloret at the fanals end.
to go to either you just see reception and book your coach seats, about 10 euros.been to the dancing and it was ok, but the cheap drink you get is only wine or beer and is limited, then you pay.
you can only go on these by booking the coach, you cant make your own way. as i say ive not been to medieval night -seen too many over the years-but the dancing is ok if you have nothing better planned.

Breakfast at the Royal Star

It is the second day of senora A and senora B's annual subsidised holiday to Lloret with 200+ other Spanish pensioners. They have settled in well and are getting ready for breakfast which is between 08.00 and 09.45.
Time 06.30
A -come on B time to get ready. We only have an hour. Doesn't the chair make a funny noise when you move it on these marble floors. Listen, can you hear it screeching.
B - yes. Listen, the chair at the side of my bed does the same, but I don't think it makes as loud a noise as yours does. See, if I move it quickly it doesn't sound very loud, but when I move it slowly like this it seems much louder.
Time 07.30
A - come on then, we better move. Make sure you give that big heavy door a good pull to make sure its shut. BANG! Are you sure it's shut properly? Give it another try just to be sure.
B - BANG! Yes that seems to be OK now. Doesn't it sound loud in this corridor. I am just going to knock on C's door to make sure she's up.
I don't think she can hear what we are saying to her, you had better speak up so she will hear us through that big heavy door. While you "talk" to her I'll go and make sure D is awake. KNOCK, KNOCK, SHOUT, KNOCK, SHOUT, KNOCK.
Time 07.35
A - just as well we were early today , look at how many of our friends are here now. If we had been a minute later we would have been back there beside senora E. HELLO E, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT.
General chatter follows, increasing in volume until we approach the magic hour.
Time 07.59
A - I think they are going to open the doors now , are you ready.
Time 08.00
Restaurant Manager opens door, and smartly steps aside, just managing to avoid being flattened by A and B, who are now on a mission.
Senora A heads straight for the bread and toasters, and narrowly pips F and G to the first toaster and gets her slice of bread in. F makes it to the second toaster and gets her first slice of bread in and G glowers at them both, but still they all carry on talking to each other. Meanwhile, B has gone to the other areas of the buffet and got some croissants and cutlery and found a table.
Back at the toaster A is now on slice 6 and is taking great delight in the fact that her toaster is producing toast much quicker than F's, although they are both just putting 1 slice in at a time-to make sure it's done properly, she makes sure all and sundry, including those at the back of the queue know that her toaster is the one to use. Eventually, after she has toasted the equivalent of a loaf of bread she heads off to join B.
A- look at all these Brits queuing up to get coffee and juice, don't they know that they are in our country and should at least wait until we've had our breakfast before the come in and monopolise the coffee machine and the buffet. Do you want juice. I'll get it.
She proceeds to the machine and getting 2 coffee cups goes straight to the juice machine and gets the cups ready. B DO YOU WANT ORANGE OR PINEAPPLE?
B- ORANGE.
Back at the table they decide that they will have a boiled egg, so A goes up to the buffet and makes her way to the eggs, muttering to herself about the Brits being in the way, and pushing in picks up the eggs. DO YOU NEED ANY BUTTER? ANYTHING ELSE WHILE I'M HERE. HELLO J, HAVE YOU SEEN K YET.
Back at the table, B decides that she will get some bacon, so up she goes and getting a plate this time proceeds straight to the bacon. DO YOU WANT ANY BACON ,A? HELLO M, HAVE YOU SEEN Q YET. LOOK AT THESE BRITS TRYING TO PUSH PAST ME. AREN'T THEY IGNORANT. She then works her way backwards down the buffet to the cold meat and again asks A if she wants any.
During the meal the level of conversation increases as A talks to B, B TALKS TO C, F TALKS TO G,K,Q AND R(who are all at different tables).
Time 08.30
A and B are ready to leave the restaurant to get ready for their trip out, so with a GOODBYE to everyone (a table at a time) they depart, leaving behind ¾ of a loaf of toasted bread, 2 croissants, some cold meat, some of it on plates but most on the tablecloth.
Time 08.40
After protracted goodbyes to each other the rest of the senoras(and the occasional senor) leave the restaurant and a kind of hush falls over the restaurant. The Brits left there give a long sigh and battle begins in earnest to get to the buffet/coffee machines before the Germans and Dutch.

Just transfered from casino royal to the royal star for end of april, would love some up to date reports please.

hi..highfield.......have had a few drinks and meals in the royal star (good choiceof hotel)....very pleased you changed from the casino hotel its a nightmare there we stayed for 2 weeks wish i had gone hell instead.
regards......john-doe..........

for highfieldc
i stayed there twice in march this year and am booked again for may.
my review from last year still stands.
i find the hotel situated just nicely between lloret and fenals and quite well run.
i still think the food is not brilliant, although others who stayed there thought it very good(but i have been spoiled over the years) but it is edible and there are plenty of choices. they do a very good range of fresh fruit every day.
hope this helps.

Thanks for the replies. Some friends have just come back from the casino royal and said 3 floors were taken up by students, who just run riot all through the night as well as daytime. They smashed a door area around the pool. the food consisted of veal and rabbit, this was sometimes reheated and served later.