What can I say, the hotel shows 4* outside & Thomsons advertise it as 4* - it's not - I would say it's a mediocre 3*.
The hotel location is not good and rooms look out on to a building site at the front, untidy blocks of flats on two sides and the pool at the rear. It's a 15 minute walk from the beach/main part of the town and the pavements (if you can call them that) are poor - health & safety would have prevented people walking on them in this country.
The public areas of the hotel and the rooms themselves were spotless and the although the rooms were small they had tea making facilities, a fridge & air conditioning - all of which worked well. The bathroom was another story - small with black mildew on the grout, a discoloured bath and a toilet that rocked.
The dining room was too small for the number of guests and quite often - morning & evening there were queues of 20 to 50 people waiting to be seated. The food was ok - plenty of it and most of the time it was hot but because there were never any hot plates to put the food on, by the time you arrived back at your table it was starting to get cold.
Other irritating things - the entertainment team take massive amplifiers outside as do other nearby hotels and they can be heard half a mile away - bingo every night - drinks that tasted different every time and waiters who kept bringing you things you hadn't asked for - sadly not our scene and this is one hotel we will never go back to.

We stayed here in the last week of September first week of October and thankfully were blessed with sunshine. It is not a bad hotel but its not fab either and of course whilst reviews vary I feel some on here are a little kind to this hotel.
The reception staff are fab, very helpful kind and really go all out to make you feel welcome. The rooms are dull,(ours was damp in one corner too)but we had been moved once and figured that the little bit of damp there was would not cause any harm anyhow. The rooms however are in dire need of refurb to compliment the so advertised 4 stars.
I dont think the location is great myself. Its on a busy road where cars speed up and down day and night. (Try really hard to get a pool view). We did request it on our original booking but alas did not get one.

The food is ok. I have eaten a lot better but also a lot worse so if you want top class perhaps think again. Drinks reasonably priced at meal times which was good. Lunch and dinner can be swopped about to on your half board ticket and that too is really good!
It is quite close to the central town but certainly not "close" to the beach.
Should you go??? Possibly but look at the other options. Dont pay really big money to go here. The Best Cambrils on the outskirts of Salou and Cambrils looked nice and another one called the Golden Donaire in La Pineda which is actually owned by the same chain I believe as the Golden Port.
I did'nt mention the kids jumping in and out of the adults only jacussi and spitting water everywhere! Well I guess that is more the fault of the parents really but the hotel also needs to smarten its act up a bit!

I cannot think of anything negative to say about this hotel, I have visited salou 4 times in the last 2 years and this hotel is by far one of the best. Mini fridge and tea&coffee making in our room which is unusual for half board. Great location, lovely staff and brilliant food. I plan to use this particular hotel chain in the future. This is a real 4 star hotel. I am a very fussy eater and not only enjoyed the meals here but looked forward to them. There is a lovely small beach just a short walk from the golden port, there are also many shops etc. If anyone is thinking about going to salou, look at this hotel you will not be disappointed

I have no complaints about this hotel, it was one of the best I've ever stayed in. Room was spacious and comfortable, it even had a fridge which I didn't expect with it being a hotel but it was great for keeping the aftersun in! The TV also has ITV and BBC along with various other channels which was great when you needed to escape the sun. Safety deposit boxes were also available in the room. We were lucky and had a pool view, other rooms did overlook a building site. As it was so busy we could not get late checkout room but we were able to use another room to have a shower, this room is only available for a limited time during the day though and with numerous flights going on the same day make sure you get in early.
Rooms were cleaned daily and towels changed as necessary, maids were very friendly and had no problem coming back at a later time if requested.
I was wary booking a half board holiday as I normally go self catering, but was pleasantly surprised, the range and quality of food was amazing. It was buffet style with vast amounts of food and something for all nationalities and the staff were really efficient, there was never any waiting around for empty trays to be replaced.
The sunlounger dash at 9.00 is like nothing I've ever seen, there are a limited amount of sunloungers around the pool which get taken up early, but there are more further out which you can get if you go down later but after 11 you'll probably have to settle for the chairs on the terrace.
The location was ok, about 10mins walk to the shops and 15-20mins walk to the beach.
The entertainment was great, there was always something going on day and night (but you could also choose to just relax). Israel, Isobel and Nathan were really funny for both adults and children, we stayed in the hotel most nights rather than going into Salou for the bars.
There is a gym and a Spa in the hotel offering many treatments at reasonable prices, I would recommend a visit.
If I ever went back to Salou I would definitely chose to stay here again.

No complaints at all about this Hotel. Spotless at all times. Good range of very good food, even freshly cooked pancakes and omelettes available every morning and you could even boil your own eggs. You could also swop to have you dinner at lunchtime instead of night, which we did a few times to go to the theme park. Sunbed rush at 9 when doors opened for the best places in the morning but we always still found ones no matter what time of day. We got our requests, top floor (7th) overlooking pool. Had sunbeds on our large balconcy which got the sun all day. We did not hear any noise from the building works, which appears to be quiet anyway. Biggest bonus was a mini fridge, its almost hid behind a door in a dressing table, so not immediately obivous. Vending machines on every floor. I would not hesitate to stay in this Hotel again as it ticked all the boxes.

Hotel large and friendly, plenty of areas to relax in.
Rooms clean and comfortable. Although rooms at the front face a large building site and quite busy road)Food choice and variety excellent for both adults and children. Themed nights.

Hotel entertainers, Israel, Nathan & Isobel very funny and good with children. Great shows (although these do not start until 10pm) Bejing Acrobats and a snakeman. Films on in the afternoon to keep children amused if you want them out of the sun for a while. Happy hour 8-9pm (2 for 1) on selected drinks.

Only a short walk to the main street, shops and amusements and beach.

We would definitely come to this hotel again and would recommend it to anyone.

We found this hotel to be very clean. the food was quite good and plenty to choose from but was almost cold so we had to zap it in the microwave for a few secons.
The location is about a 20 min waqlk to the front and beach and our view was a building site directly opposite our room with a busy main road below us also.

The staff were friendly and polite at all times.

Some of the entertainment was good, Isreal,Nathan and isobel were quite energetic at times and were good with the children.

We did not like the snake man doing fire eating in front of the kids and pushing knives up his nose its not for youngsters to see.

We stayed at the Port Salou Hotel for a week in May. We were very happy with the holiday overall.

The hotel is exceptionally clean and tidy, reasonably positioned (away from the noise, but a short walk away from outside entertainment). It's a fair walk to the beach for little ones, about 20 minutes.

Ask for a pool view room, otherwise you end up overlooking a busy road with building work going on at present. Our room had a pool view and was a good size, with a double and two single beds.

The food was good, plenty of choice... salads, numerous different main course choices and puddings galour!

Its only 5 minutes taxi ride from PortAventura (if theres a few of you get a taxi it's cheaper than the bus) which is also a good day out.

Overall we enjoyed our time at the Port Salou hotel and would stay again if we were to visit Salou again.

This was our first two week holiday in a long time and I was taking my 8 year old daughter.

We had a great time and met some wonderful friends. The rooms were good, we had nice view of the pool, only thing it was abit noisy at bed time as we were over the entertainment hall.

Daughter loved the entertainment, even thought there wasnt anything geared for kids, but it was good. The pool was clean. Food was great, only nothing for the kids apart from chips, but my daughter still eat well.

Staff ok, the most friendly were the chambermaids, and bar staff and room was always kept clean. nothing I can fault the hotel on at all really.

Best holiday in years!!!

My family and I stayed for 2 weeks in the Golden Port Salou. It was one of the best holidays we have had together.

There is something to do for young and old alike.

The staff at the hotel are very happy to help you with
anything you need.

Every where in the hotel is kept to a high standard.

The food was spot on my 8 year old son ate like a horse every thing from salad to fish.

The location of the hotel is around a 10 minute walk
from the centre of the shops,you need this walk to loss the weight from dinner.

The entertainment staff where the best I've seen at any hotel funny made you feel welcome.