Just back from the Rosaire and i'd like to tell anyone going there that the hotel is good, if a bit basic.

Plus point was the food which was excellent.
Minus point was the pool which to be honest was a bit of a joke and be prepared to be queing at 7.55am to get a sunbed.

The rooms were adequate if a bit small and you are slap bang in the middle of all the clubs and pubs which is good at the end of the night, but surprisingly it is not too noisy even with the building work going on which won't spoil anyones holiday.

Word of warning for anyone going soon, mossie repellent, we were eaten alive and had to sleep with the balcony door closed. If you want to get the best out of the air conditioning keep all doors closed including toilet door and keep the curtains closed, also, the hotel staff don't tell you this, but on your last day, if you have to hang about for your bus, they have a room you can go to to freshen up.

If you are going on a trip and have to leave before breakfast ask for a breakfast box. Our rep didn't tell us, so we went hungry, anyway, have a great time and if you find carriages its a must and its clean well suitable for the kids.

Just back from the rosaire, we travelled as a party of 3 and 4 we requested rooms together which we got, i also requested a lower apartment as i have a tricky 4 year old again which i got. The apartments were clean and the cleaner was in the room every day with clean towels if needed and changed the beds every other day and took all the rubbish away. The staff were really helpfull, i had a sick child and got medicine from the chemist and the receptionist helped me translate what i had been given. The kids 4 and 9 loved it as as they learned 'ola' and 'gratsi' the staff thought it was great and would say it whenever they saw the kids, also all the waiters in the restraunt would come over and talk, play keek and such like so kids seem more than welcome. As for the food, there seems to be mixed feelings about it. For breakfast there were 3 differant cereals, prunes, fresh fruit, ham and cheese, then the cooked breakfast, eggs- sometimes there were boiled eggs, scrambled eggs - which were nice the first week but i couldnt eat them the second, fried eggs - you had to watch which ones you lifted and the timing of them getting put out sometimes they were rock hard, sometimes they were hard on top but soft underneath and sometimes the whites were very runny, there was allways 2 types of bacon, allways baked beans, and sometimes sausages which were lovley, and also fried tomatoes. So all in all breakfast had something for everyone with bread, fruit juice, tea and coffee also a toaster. They had a good choice for dinners, soup every day with bread rolls, but the days i tasted the soup it all tasted the same and a bit salty. The cold buffet was good for the first week but come the second you got a bit fed up with the same things a ham and lettuce coleslaw and mushroom and onion mayonaise dish, there were others but they had peppers in them and i cant eat peppers, also plates of cold meats and cheese. The hot meals were sometime missleading, you could read on the bord what was for dinner and look forward to it then get in and it wasnt what you thought it was example one day macaroni the kids thought yes but when we got in it was a tomato based pasta, also chicken curry turned out to be a leg of chicken in a curry sauce with no rice. They tried to cater for everyone, a kids dish - hamburger, hot dog, croquets - ham and cheese were lovely, a fish dish or sometimes 2, a red meat, a white meat and a veggie dish, plenty of fresh veggies too broccoli, cauliflower, peas, broad beans, carrots and mixed veg. So the choice was there as for the quality most days we thought the food was good but you could hear other people moaning 'same old' 'ive had much better' some said if there is a party of spannish in the hotel the food is much better, the first week there was a group of spannish in and the food was better, but for the price we paid and the hotel rating overall i thought we got a fantastic deal.

I would say though take a safe out as i had a pair of sunglasses go walk about, nothing expensive a pair that resembled oakleys but they dissapeared off of the table and never reappeard, we kept the phones and cameras locked in a safe but didnt think sunglasses would walk.

We (two 50-somethings) visited this hotel in the last week of February 2003. It is situated amongst all the night life of Benidorm, and is only a short walk away from the beach (flat walk).

The hotel itself is one of the smaller ones in Benidorm, and as such, does not have the extensive range of food that the larger establishments have. This, however, does not detract from the quality, and the meals were some of the best we have eaten. There was always soup and salad, and a choice of vegetarian, fish and two types of meat, as well as four different vegetables and different types of potatoes every day (not chips with everything!) The desert section even had bread and butter pudding one day. The main thing about the food here was that it was always hot. A definite bonus.

The bedrooms seemed to be larger than normal, with the added advantage of having a sofa bed to sit on, as well as the normal balcony furniture. Our room was at the front of the hotel, which had the sun all day, as well as providing a viewing platform for the building works.

There was a lounge/bar/television area at ground floor level, as well as a bar/nightclub in the basement, which was open to non-residents.

As it is a sister hotel, residents of the Rosaire could use the facilities (indoor pool, etc.) of the Rosamar, although there was no-one checking when we did, so I suppose anyone could have done the same from any hotel or apartment.

The only downside was the two tiny lifts, which could only take four people each (and this was at a push), but I wouldn't let this put you off. It is a hotel that I would have no hesitation in recommending or going back to, and seems worth more than its official two stars.
Wendy

My family and I chose this Hotel because it was reasonably priced and it is close to the Beach and all of the entertainment in Benidorm, so I can recommend it for location. The Hotel itself is Basic, but spotlessly clean, and the food is some of the best I have tasted from any Spanish Hotel I have stayed in. The staff were very friendly and were always available to help you when needed.

On a down side, I would have to comment that I think this Hotel would be unsuitable for people with disabilities and wheelchair users as there is a steep ramp at the entrance of the Hotel. Also, the two lifts are extremely small, so it would be difficult to fit a wheelchair and somebody pushing the wheelchair into the lift.

All in all, I would recommend this Hotel to anybody who wants a Hotel with a good location for the beach and the night life, but who are not concerned with "Luxury"

Excellent value for money!!