I was also sorry to see some bad reports on this hotel?resort. We had a fabulous holiday. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Meals were suitable for everyone and good that you could snack when you wanted to. On arrival the place was very clean and this continued throughout the holiday.
Staff were very good at keeping people to the rules of not entering certain areas wearing wet swimwear.
We found the cove a lovely change and there was also a great restaurant/bar there.
Although remote, there is plenty for childen to do at the hotel.Bus to Mahon always on time. We watched a couple of shows in the evening which were good.
Have to say this was a very relaxing holiday and met some lovely people.

We also read some bad reviews about this hotel which is why i was prompted to write about our holiday.
The hotel was very clean, food was great for kids and adults alike, we never had a problem with getting a sunbed by the pool.

The beach near the hotel is small but it was very safe for the children.

As for the hotel being remote, yes it is but there is free bus to a different beach each day and there was a regular bus to Mahon. All in all we had a fantastic stay and would definately go again.

I nearly cancelled my holiday after reading reports on this and another website, I am so glad I didn't!. Just returned from an excellent holiday. The food was excellent, a wide variety, hot and fresh. I preferred to eat at main meal times but my daughter (5 yrs) preferred snack time as hot dogs and hamburgers were readily available! Hotel was clean, rooms cleaned and towels changed 3 times a week and linen twice a week. Pool excellent, although no deeper than 120cms. The staff work very hard and were always pleasant. Full multi-national entertainment programme, Irataxi kept me fit with aerobics!. First Choice withdrew their kids clubs after I had booked my holiday but the hotels own 'mini-club' was excellent, Gemma is a star. Cantuells is a small resort with only the hotel and a restaurant beside the beach, but other resorts are within easy reach. The hotel runs a free bus service to a different beach every day. During our stay I only heard a few complaints, mostly about the food. Some people expect British cuisine where ever they are.

we have just returned from a fantastic holiday at the mar de menorca.

Appartment was great, big enough for the four of us and very clean.We had a ground floor room right next to the large freeform pool- would recomend it.

A good selection of food which was served from 8 in the morning until midnight-there was always something the kids would eat.They made a cake for my daughters birthday and set up a special table in restaurant.

The hotel was completely isolated but this did not bother us as we were quite happy staying put. If you wanted to go out the hotel ran a free bus service to other beaches in the area and we did go to Punta prima and Cala Bona. There is also the public bus stop right outside with the bus to the capital costing a mere 1 euro.

Staff were friendly - reception staff very good and helpful.

The entertainment was done by 3 very hardworking staff from the hotel. We also saw 4 professional shows over the two weeks.

What we really liked was the way the staff collected in the towels every morning when people tried to reserve sunbeds. Had a good laugh watching their faces when they came back.There was a large proportion of German people there aswell as English, Dutch and Belgians.

Made some great friends had a fab holiday and would definately return. Good value for money.

Worse holiday I have ever experienced,in 25yrs food posioning, Husband and children, time in hospital. Next year returning to greece. This hotel is in the middle of nowhere, I wished I had set foot in the place. Would of got a flight home or relocated if possible. One plus has a lovely pool. Animation team work hard, and thank you to them for looking after the children while my husband and myself spent most of our holiday in Mahon at the hospital. Hospital very clean and team fantastic. Basically I would of preferred sipping wiskey and coke in a relaxing atomsphere.

Just returned from an excelent holiday best ever our children cried all the way home, didn,t want to leave!
Our children are 13 and 10 we never saw them they made friends and that was it they didn,t even eat with us. Due to the isolated location of the hotel meant they were very safe.
Entertainment staff worked hard hotel spotless.
Hotel is noisy mainly due to children but as mine were included can,t complain!
Food great but we aren,t fussy wouldn,t of ate mussels though.
All in all excellent value for money.

We really enjoyed our holiday in Mar de Menorca. We are definitely returning this year.
The whole complex is very family orientated and safe,our children had a wonderful time.

The food was beautiful,good variety catering for all. Minerals and ice-cream all day went down a treat with the kids. The staff were very friendly and the apartments and gardens and surrounding areas were spotless. The entertainment was good,pity it ended so early approx 11.45, bar closed at midnight but the entertainment started early evening. The cove near by was not great as a beach but our children enjoyed looking for fish with their fishing nets.

The main town of Mahon was a short journey away and was really lovely ,I would recommend a visit to the Port and the boat trips.Mar de Menorca is well worth a visit I would definitely recommend it to anybody for a holiday.

we came back from the Mar De Menorca last week,we found the hotel to be very clean and the apartments to be very spaciouce, the pool area was kept very clean and tidy and there were plenty of sun beds but you had to be up earley to get the space you wanted. The food was a bit of a downer good for the first day or two and then repeated again and a again and again, the day they put kebabs on for a change the greedy people there went mad and ate the lot in the first 45 mins of dinner, leaving the rest of us with the chips and the pasta and the breaded somthing or other. Hot food was available from 8am to midnight, but you had to eat in the resturant and you and you had to be dressed, they also had a ruleing that you were not allowed to take food out, every one kept to this rule so there was never any food left around the pool. Finaly the enterainment was appauling, everything put on by the hotel on NO budget so not worth watching. also you had to get your dinner done quick to get out to get seats for the entertainment because there were not enough to go round. Location very pretty countryside and villas but nothing ells.To round up not bad but would not go back.

This aparthotel, opened in 1990, consists of a number of accommodation blocks sited around a large admin/restaurant/bar/pool/entertainments complex.

Accommodation:

The accommodation blocks are mostly on three floors. Go for 1st floor if you can. Ground floor studio accommodation is not very private on the patios, while the 1st and 2nd floors (one & two bedroomed apartments) have very private balconies. On the 2nd floor you may regret the absence of lifts. Having said that, the standard is very good. The only complaint we could manage was the lack of BBC World on the TV (in fact, there was only one English speaking channel, which seemed to carry CNN most of the time).

Pool:

The pool has to be one of the best we

After reading some of the reports on here I felt I had to leave one. Although we stayed here 2 years ago I think it is only right to add what I felt about this hotel.

The hotel is out of the way from any town so if you want to get about you will need a car. Although there is a small cove beach it was not long after a severe storm so the beach was a mess. The cove was rather more a fishermans base than a holiday beach to go and lay on.
The pool and hotel are so good though we didn't need to go anywhere else.

There were more Germans than Brits but they were friendly and we had quite alot of brits versus the germans games.
There where lots of things to do water polo,five aside,
volley ball, archery, shooting(air gun), darts and pool.
The evening entertainment was always your typical holiday shows but some were better than others but what do you expect Broadway style shows!

There was 2 bars the hotel all inclusive one and a private one downstairs aroun the back. The hotel one was good but did get busy later on it did shut at around 12 though but it is a family resort not 18-30 club med, otherwise good beer. The one downstairs around the back was good and run by a nice English couple good for watching the footie in resonable prices and full of Brits. The pool side bar had cold soft drinks all day long and plenty of wasps.

The food was very good and lots of choice partically good late on in the evening was hotdogs and burgers which we all loved. Lot's of choice and so many puddings if you liked that your laughing. Didn't feel rushed while eating and anyone with kids will know how long it takes to get a 3 year old to eat somthing before going and diving in the pool. You couldn't take food out of the resturant but I can't see why you would want to.

Breakfast was nearly always missed but when we did make it it was good, lunch started early so we never really bothered to be honest.

The pool is something else very big and always room even when there was water polo on. Kids Pool was good not very big but big enough, tip get a sun bed early here as these are always popular.

The staff were polite and did speak English.

There was a kids club but mine were to young for it. There was a couple of shops around the back of the hotel and a couple of car hire places.

You can get a British paper here after 12 I think it was.
If you want a beach there is a better one down the coast a bit, short taxi there and back not much a few euro's.
There was a fireworks display in the mian town Mahon when we was there that is not to be missed with lots of markets stalls and one of the best fireworks diplays I have seen.
If i didn't do so many of the sports events I would have surely put on a stone at least.

The hotel complex was a self catering resort so the apartments were kitted out to this effect, but were always clean and well looked after.

Sorry no BBC on the telly what a nightmare that must be for some people! 2 weeks without British Telly.
To sum up then a very nice family resort great place to take the kids for a relaxing holiday with plenty of activites for adults who can be bothered, otherwise sit on your sun beds let the kids run riot and get fat eating like a king.

Went to the USA last year and tried to get back to here again but First choice are asking way to much, leave it late like we did and I think we paid