SOL by Meliá Falcó Menorca

Family of 4 visiting hotel in May.
Family rooms are downstairs on ground floor. These rooms have a small outside area out the patio doors. This area isn't gated off, fine if kids are older but for young kids they could easily get access to the pools. No shelter from sun (or for us in May it was rain) in outside area as there is no balcony above.
Family rooms have adjoining doors which can link two rooms together for bigger parties. This made our room very noisy, we could hear every word the family next door said.
Rooms are very basic and quite dated.
The pools were good for older kids, the slides are great. Pools are deep though. We saw the lifeguard jump in at least once every day! Baby pool is very small, it's just a wee paddling pool.
Breakfast and lunch was always nice. Dinner was very repeptitive, no theme nights. We ate out four nights of the week as we were eating the same lunch and dinner most days. Staff in restaurant were always nice.
All inclusive snacks during the day were fine, crisps, fruit, sweeties and usually burgers or chips.
Mini disco was good, our three year old loved it.
The indoor bar area where the entertainment is was really busy at night. We had dinner quite early so always got a table, but there were families standing by 9/10pm. Some nights only one barman so bar queues were very long. The all inclusive drinks system is ridiculous here, you are issued tokens when you arrive. Using these to pay for a drink, you then need to queue again to redeem your token back when you return your glass!
Small playpark which the wee one loved. Indoor kids playroom is very small with nothing in it.
Location is good, the beach and entrance to the marina is about ten / fifteen minute walk away. The marina is gorgeous with lots of restaurants to choose from.
Small supermarket out the back which was handy.

If you want a holiday for children, with pools, lovely food, clean hotel, close to a beach and beautiful surroundings, this is the place for you!

Hotel - set within beautiful landscaping, endless little birds and a little town close to it. Hotel was lovely and clean. It has a great little shop on site selling gifts, pool toys and other bits and bobs.

Food - lovely food on the whole, we enjoyed the themed nights of Mexican and Chinese, as well as the usual general nights. Food was warm enough - some have moaned the food is cold. We didn’t experience any cold food - it’s not boiling hot, but what do you expect from a buffet!

Pools - there are pools everywhere! All lovely and clean. Yes they are cool as some have complained about - but who wants a hot bubble bath in the boiling sun?! After 10 seconds, you quickly adapt and it’s lovely to be in the pools when the sun is out.

Entertainment - great entertainment each night. The usual random assortment from Greatest Showman songs, to Chinese Visual illusions to magicians. We enjoyed them all.

Beach - two beaches either 5 or 10 minutes walk away. We are not beach people so didn’t go much - but nice to be so close.

Local area - within 10 minutes you are in a harbour/marina area with endless shops and restaurants. It really comes alive a night!

Drinks - drinks are done using a coin system. You are given a coin, you trade the coin for a drink in a reusable plastic cup. Once finished, you trade your cup for another drink in a fresh cup or get your coin back to use again next time.

Room - a lovely room overseeing the splash pool in our case. Perfect size. Very clean. Cleaners came in daily to make beds and refresh the room.

In all, it was a lovely hotel and a lovely relaxing holiday. Before we left, we booked to go back again! You won’t regret it.

We have just returned from a family holiday with our four year old grandson. We arrived at 22.30pm and check in took over one hour with only one member of staff checking in over 20 people, which for a very tired four year old was not good. The positive of the late check in was that there was food available for us which was unexpected.
We asked for two rooms together
which they did accommodate us with an adjoining door to the two rooms. The rooms were cleaned everyday and towels changed every other day.
We were all inclusive and the food was of good quality with a wide selection each day.
Alcholic drinks were available throughout the day but the bar area did not provide glass so all drinks were in recyclable cups which wasn't ideal for an evening when you wanted a glass of wine.
The facilities were very good and had a good selection of pools and splash area.
Overall we had a lovely holiday, however certain areas could be improved to make it better.

Our 2nd stay at Sol Falcó and it didn’t disappoint. The location of the hotel with its proximity to 2 beach’s is amazing, The food is really good with lots of choice and always fresh with great kids selection. All the staff are warm and friendly and can’t do enough to make your stay as nice as possible. We made great friends with most of the entertainment team and they were amazing with our 9 year old boy going out of their way to put extra games on they knew he enjoyed etc. Special mention to Juan Carlos, Antonio, Aitor and Ivan who we knew from the previous year and Giulio and Loan who are a superb addition to the team, both really fun and positive with the children. We will definitely return next year!!

Our return trip after a first visit last year. The reason for our return was the high quality entertainment and we were not disapppinted. The range of activities is great, we loved aqua gym, pool party, magic carpet, darts, water basket, water polo. The kids disco was great and not too repetitive with same songs evey night like other places we have been. The Greatest Showman was brilliant and my son loved the kids being on stage dancing at the end....a real party atnosphere.
The thing that really stands out though is the manner of the entertainment staff; they interact with guests with warmth, sincerity and kindness and this is led by Juan Carlos who models these values everyday. Antonio, Luon and Giulio were exceptional at the afternoon dance activites and went above and beyond to include my son, who absolutely loved the sessions. We had a LOT of fun playing some of the water sports and darts with Ivan and we LOVED Aitor's dance moves at the pool dance and aqua gym.
The food standard was lower than last year but there was still enough options fot us, albeit not too hot, as others have said.
The hotel is very clean and tidy and well maintained. We didnt mind the token system for drinks.
The life guards are brilliant and have a good balance for safety vigilance and also fun and smiles with guests. We all loved the pools and especially the slides.
Location is perfect with a 3 minute walk to the beautiful beach and we enjoyed kayaking along the coves.
We were very very sad to leave and will definately be back! Thank you to the entertainment team for creating such happy memories!

Large complex, everywhere really well maintained. Rooms were OK - although air conditioning not working for first three days we were here. Pools are good, larger pool great for kids. Staff are lovely.
Unfortunately the poor reviews for the food & bar were correct. Food was poor choices, repetitive & lukewarm
Only having one bar for such a large complex was ridiculous - long lines at busy time. Long walk from accommodation to get a drink during the day. We had a room next to one of the smaller pools - would have been really good to have had a small bar nearby. It does seem that only having one bar is a way to stop.guests going for drinks. Wouldn’t recommend hotel unfortunately.

Having read reviews and prior research.. all my concerns were put to bed within the first hour of arriving. The hotel is beautiful, clean and has a lovely chill family vibe. My 3 year old has loved the pools, the discos and great evening entertainment. So far the food has been spot on, better than we could have hoped! Gorgeous nearby beach, we hired a car as we love to explore but are finding everything we need right here!

First 3 days the food was cold,complained 4 times before any improvement, No reserving sun bed was a joke,by 7am every bed was occupied with towels, the bar queue was erroneous with only one bar,drinks token that you get a drink then they give you your token back after returning your recycled cardboard cup. On the positive side the staff were all friendly and polite, the hotel was clean.
This is not a 4 star hotel and we will not be returning.

Recently back from a week stay at Sol Falco with our nearly 5 year old girl.
Hotel facilities and cleanliness could not fault and made for a relaxing and comfortable stay.
First few days the pools were freezing but became bearable as the week heated up weather wise. Great slides for the kids - a choice of x3 which dispatch you into a very deep pool so as many reviews have poi ted out, ensure your little ones have a floaty vest!
Kids mini disco every night followed by different entertainment each night, which was pretty good.
Food in general was at best average, so dont expect too much in this department, the offering could certainly be kept warmer!
No issues with service, apart from large que building up at the only bar that was open.
As for the resort, found it lovely with a smaller but very pleasant beach located only a few minutes walk to the rear of the hotel. Harbour is nice and only a ten minute walk max with a decent selection of bars ect. Larger beach next to harbour with crystal clear water.
In all honesty i would recommend this resort and hotel for any families, but deginately room for improvement in the food.

Week away with me and my 4 year old daughter. Be warned menorca airport is busy for queues with the new system of finger prints and if you have kids you have to queue to go through passport control anyways. The hotel is decent enough especially for young families. Felt the cocktails were watered down with ice. Food became very samey and felt the Choices weren’t great. Room was always kept spotless and we were close to all the main stuff right by the kids pools as someone has mentioned the pools are very deep at 1.9m and 2.3m take a float or armbands for little ones. Didn’t really do many excursions but talking to other guests the bars around the marina were pricey at €12 euros a cocktail !!!. Games rooms wasn’t that great either my little one did love the park tho. Also have a kids mini disco every night which was good.

The location is OK, not bad. 1 week is suffice, enough time to see everything around.
Plenty of shops around the hotel within easy enough walk.

We paid more for a better room due to it being our first holiday with our 1 year old.
The "XTRA Room Solarium", let me tell you now save your money and don't be tempted by this room 🤣.
The standard room isn't far off the same size, the only difference being you get a better space on the balcony.

I would give the cleaners the credit for doing a good job cleaning our room, and I'd say you notice the entertainment room ( the main part of the building) being cleaned well in the morning.
Other than that i'd say the rest of the cleanliness is again, OK.

NOW THE BEST BITS.

The hotel advertised 2 bars at this hotel. There is 1 drinks bar and 1 snack bar. So just understand that there is 1 bar to serve the whole hotel.
And because we had the pleasure of living through covid, everyone queues like they did during covid times.
The queue today backed up right up to the reception (another part of the building 🤣)

Let's talk more about the bar...
You get 1 token pp when you arrive, these tokens are used to get your beer or drinks at the bar. Once used, your cup then becomes the token. You cannot have another drink (unless you buy one) until you return the cup to the bar. However, you have to covid queue again sometimes depends who's on the bar, to swap your cup back into a token, or you just take your cups to your rooms.
Absolutely brilliant idea to keep the pool side clean, and no cups lying around everywhere.
But that means there are no cleaning done around the pool. So yes there isn't cups around but, there are food, wrappers and other rubbish. I think that the tokens is a way for the hotel to cut costs on cleaners throughout the day around the pool, and recycling ♻️

There's a few pools on site, all of which are FREEEZING! And VERY DEEP. Pack a rubber dingy for the kids and you, and arm bands. You won't touch the floor never alone the kids.
The slides and splash bit is very very basic. Nothing to exciting.

If you're in the middle of packing your suitcases, make sure you pack a microwave with you. All the food is cold 🥶 .
I'M BUZZING FOR WARM FOOD! 🤣

A few people including me have had a day in bed because of the food. (Seems to be a 24hrs thing and you'll be ok)

Noise is calm in some areas, and the main pool is obviously busy. The good thing is there are many swimming pools dotted around the hotel and hey tend to be nice and calm.

Put it this way. I won't be coming back here. 💯

BEST HOLIDAY EVER

All of the staff are incredible, the entertainment was incredible, the food was amazing, the rooms were amazing and air conditioned and amazing. Everything was incredible. Warning though, the main pools are very very deep so be careful if you have little ones. The smaller pools around the resort are perfect depth though!

We rented a car from sol to be delivered to our hotel the minura in Cala Galdena
Menorca, They were on time the car was clean and the driver who delivered it was
very nice, Paperwork took a few seconds and he showed us to the car and that was
it , we had a wonderful time driving all over Menorca. We fueled up full tank and left it
on the car park across from the hotel to be collected.So thanks to Sol Car hire we wouldnt hesitate to use you again next time we are in that area. Mary & Simon from England.

This was our second trip to Sol Falco . We loved it so much in 2023 we came back this year . It was just as good . Improvements have been made to the decor etc . One of the main reasons we came back to this hotel was due to the lovely staff , from reception to cleaners and animation team. We were very pleased upon arrival when we realised it was the same staff throughout . Anna on reception was immaculate , friendly and helpful . I would actually like to personally contact her if management see this . You can tell her my names Jack from uk and I came with my family at the start of October . My email is jackspark90@outlook.com if she wants to email . Just to thank her .

The food and atmosphere was slightly different this time of year as we came in June last time . It was just as good and we were happy . Our little boy loved the slides , the pool, the table tennis etc .

Rooms were cleaned and fresh towels everyday . This hotel is a genuine clean and lovely place to create memories with your family

I will start my review by explaining I had worked on the island over twenty years ago as a holiday rep for a large but now defunct UK holiday company for two summer seasons. For this reason I have always had a fondness for the island and have returned a few times since, but my most recent visit was my first proper holiday there in a considerable time. Whenever I have visited in the past I have chosen Cala'en Bosch because it is perhaps the resort with the most amenities and choice on the island. I booked a week's holiday at Sol Falco since it was actually a really good deal. Originally I was going to take the half board option as it was similar in price to self catering for the same dates, then I saw it was only only £20 a day more for all-inclusive, so it seemed a no brainer even if we were out exploring during the and ate lunch elsewhere, then we would still have our evening drinks included.

We arrived via coach transfer in the early afternoon of the 27th of September. Our transfer did have a number of stop off's but that isn't a reflection on the hotel. We were checked in, given two card keys to our room, an all-inclusive band and two cup tokens as well as a map to our room. Being a couple in a family complex, I had emailed in advance to ask if they could allocate us a room in a quiet area or by an adult pool if they had one. The room they allocated was on the first (middle) floor of the Hacienda block just outside of the main block and did have a view of the small pool and even a little bit of sea in the distance.

The room was very simple. Two single beds, a sideboard with mini fridge, fold out chair/bed and a side table. The balcony wasn't very deep, but was the full width of the room and had a table and two chairs. The patio door lock was a little tricky but we got used to it. The black-out curtains in our room didn't quite meet in the middle but the sheer curtain did, so the light still woke us in the morning. The wardrobes were large, with a few hangers, but I bring my own as back-up. Instead of doors, your clothes are hidden behind a curtain.

The bathroom had a narrow glass partitioned shower cubicle with hand-held shower or rainfall function. The floor in the shower cubicle had no grip at all, it was flat slippery plastic and you really had to be careful. We had a sink/vanity with plenty of storage beneath and a toilet. Plenty of toilet paper provide. The hotel do have pump action bottles of shower gel and shampoo if you want to save space in your luggage. The maid tidied round and replenished what might have been required, but one morning she knocked at 08:45 which I thought was too early, and when I say knocked, that's all she does, you don't get chance to even reply, she knocks and then she's in the room. So it does pay to use the do not disturb sign, but I didn't think I would be disturbed at that time. The room had good air-conditioning and the do not disturb/clean my room sign was inserted in the slot meaning it was on when we returned to our room without the need for leaving a key.

There is one large buffet/dining hall for all guests to use, off from that was a hacienda style semi-open air patio with water feature. We ate all of our meals there, as the main dining room was large and the noise travelled. I managed to eat three meals a day, there was always something, it wasn't amazing, but it was ok. I liked that it wasn't all burgers, pizzas and nuggets, there was a variety and there was always meat or fish being cooked directly from grill to plate. You could help yourself to water on tap or the fruit juice machine even when it wasn't a breakfast service. I tried a number of soups as there were always two options at lunch or dinner, and I did find them to be bland and tasteless, as was the butter margarine that I would spread on the bread rolls - it was like a waxy nothingness. If you were all inclusive you could get wine and beer from a small bar at the end of the buffet near the desserts. There was also a self service soft-serve ice cream machine.

There is one central bar that serves the whole hotel daytime (including as a pool bar) and night up until around 10:30pm when the evening entertainment finished. There are usually only two bar staff serving at any one time and another staff member running about getting stock. There wasn't really a defined queue, so it was pot-luck how quickly you were served. I will say though this hotel needs a specific coffee bar. All coffee is freshly made and it isn't time efficient to have two bar staff making cups of coffee whilst the queue is growing larger. A separate coffee bar away from the main bar for hot drinks would in theory reduce the queue and also time stood when queuing.

The all-inclusive drink system works on a token system. You are issued with one each. You take the token to the bar, request your drink, you are given your drink (in glass in the restaurant), in a plastic tumbler in just about any other instance. You return glass/tumbler for your next drink or your token to be returned, simple way of reducing wasteful plastic. However it's a bit sad that you end up drinking beer, mixed-spirits, wine or cocktails all out of this rather child-like plastic tumbler.

There is a snack bar behind the main bar where all-inclusive guests could help themselves to sweets, crisps, burgers, hot dogs, nuggets and chips. Very often these were sat out for a long time and were dry and inedible.

The hotel has a massive family pool with some small water slides and a tipping bucket. There are daily activities for both adults and kids. There is a swimming pool for lengths as well as smaller/quieter pools in outlying accomodations blocks, it's a really large complex. Something that I did notice about the complex was the number of access points from outside, meaning kids could literally walk out of the hotel or someone could come in very easily. It's not particularly secure. You can walk straight from the family pool area out to the road bypassing reception very easily, so if you have wandering kids, you'd have to be very vigilant.

There was a gate in front of our block that leads down a path to the Son Xoriguer beach in five minutes. This gate could be opened by anyone from 7 years of age, it wasn't locked. I can't say that I really noticed much in regards to security. I think a complex of this nature, attracting large numbers of families would be set up more securely, with all access being limited to a central point.

On the note of families being the bread and butter of the hotel, I expected to see many families during our visit, that isn't an issue for us, but I did see questionable parenting practices, that isn't an issue the hotel can be held to account. To give some context to this, I saw numerous people who thought it was appropriate to face-time their friends and families on speaker phone from their table whilst eating their meals, paying no attention to their kids who were usually propped in front of an ipad. I have no place telling anyone how to bring up their kid, that's their business, but having the most inane and vapid self-indulgent non-conversation at volume whilst others are just trying to have a pleasant meal says a lot about the kind of clientele that gravitate here. Had this been a one off, I probably wouldn't even have mentioned it, but I really got tired of seeing people do this at the table or walk around the hotel with with their phones not to their ear but on speakerphone at arms length conducting their private business in public. I didn't see any of the well-mannered Spanish or French doing this, it was actually embarrassing. Paying all this money and you can't just be in the moment and enjoy your surroundings.

Other than that, the hotel manage to cater to those who want a one-stop shop of everything on-site for all their needs and who might never actually see anything of Menorca. Having lived and worked there, I did hire a car and got out to check out more of the island, which I recommend anyone to do, it's a stunning place. If you can't do that, there are buses regularly into Ciutadella for a change of scene or the lovely little marina where you will find the central resort amenities of Cala'en Bosch, it's around a twelve minute walk.

At night the hotel do put on a show, I saw two. The Mongolian dance troupe/acrobats and also a magic show, both of these were impressive, but basically it's 45 minutes and then it closes. On the Tuesday after our third night of our stay, I received news of a family emergency at home, so we had to cut short the trip there and then, it was a shame as apart from some of the negative points about the bar/token system and some of our fellow countrymen, the hotel was growing on me. I never even made it into any of the pools.

In summary, I would recommend this on a bed and breakfast or half board basis, all-inclusive could be good value if you are a budget-minded family but as a couple I really wouldn't. At its heart this hotel is really geared up for families, it's not dreadful if you are a couple or a group of friends, so don't rule it out if you get a good deal, but I think there are other options in the area that may suit better

First of all, in my opinion, this is not a four star hotel with only one bar for the amount of people is crazy I know it’s a family hotel some days the Restaurant look like a poor café the food was always cold when asked about this they said the guests like it like that but not the British would never go back to this hotel , our room was short of some maintenance. The one thing about this hotel that was good was the staff.

Hospitality was good, staff were nice and accommodating.

Hot food options were not great. Flavourless, stale, overcooked and just really not a 4* standard.

Drinks were good atleast to make up for the food.

People in the entertainment were great and hospitable, so kudos to them.

Overall a decent experience, but would probably not hurry to go back

Here now.First few days ok.
However have noticed some of the food stations shut now.less choice.
Meats chewy at times.Some undercooked.
Same dishes reused time and again.
No plain yoghurt for breakfast last two days..no eggs this morning .only cold omelette. Hard sausages...Seems standards slipping by day.
Shame as pool is nice and staff nice.
Room is good too.
Just the food a bit disappointing as time goes on.