Evenia Olympic Palace

I'm genuinley confused how this hotel has good reviews.

Pros

* Room has a lot of storage.

Cons

* Excessively busy
* Long queues in the restaurant at every service.
* 2 x snack bars serve the exact same food every single day
* salad bar in restaurant is exactly the same selection every meal time.
* Long queues in restaurant
* Restaurant is incredibly noisy. It goes far beyond 'family holiday' noise. You have to shout so that the person next to you can understand you.
* There are lots of sunbeds piled up but that is because there isn't actually enough floor space around the pool to lay them down.
* crowded pool with guests defecating in it.
* Guests constantly smoking around the pool.
* freezing cold pools.
* staff who seemed annoyed that we were asking for drinks/food.
* paperthin walls in rooms.

I stayed the last week of August. Absolute waste of money - i've never been so pleased to catch a plane home.

Lovely hotel rooms were big enough nice balcony
Swimming pools - brilliant kids loved them
Food - always something good to eat every night there was something different my son is a picky eater and he was fine with everything
Location - 15-20 minutes walk to the town which was fantastic for shopping or something eat, beach is stony so wear some sandals haha
Staff were incredible rooms were kept tidy they all work so hard.
Entertainment - yes 9pm is late but it was good some days the circus act wow! My son was amazed haha

Downside - there was a conference over the weekend and the took over one of the pools and the outside area felt intimidating at times just to go outside where they all were.
Restaurant allocations - our restaurant we got allocated was on the other side even though we had one in our building which was strange and the one we got allocated to was fully of older people that didn't appreciate children I number of times my son who's 9 got pushed out the way and the drinks machine wasn't working a few times, but other parties got treated to bottled of wine we just stuck to water at tea time.
Child friendly - yes and no alot of smoking areas (being a smoker myself) but I could smell smoke in the hotel because people were allowed to sit by the open doors.

Overall it was a brilliant holiday a few minor issues but as long as the weather is great that's a big thing

Це вже другий раз як ми зупинилися в цьому готелі. Дуже все класно. Персонал дуже добрий та чуйний. Кухня дуже смачна. Відпочивати з дітьми дуже класно. Рекомендую 👍

Where do I start!

I've been to a fair few all inclusive holidays so l have something to gauge my experience from

It's like walking back into 1992, but not in a good way. The rooms are seriously dated and don't look like they've been touched since the place was built.
When you need a tv for the kids after a day at the pool before dinner there is only Spanish and French stations tuned in. On our first night the electrics started to smoke and trip out which scared the kids. The beds are rock solid and uncomfortable. You get charged 25 euro for a safe with 20 euro deposit on top! I haven’t been charged for a safe in the last 20 years

Thats not the worst part.
The food is awful. As I'm writing this there is a couple who have ordered a McDonalds delivery and are eating it in the packed restaurant, this is at 8pm which tells you something

There is pretty much one flowing station that you have to que at and if you're not the first ones in at 7:30 pm you might as well not bother. This is the same for breakfast. It's like being back having school dinners in the 90's with everyone rushing to be first in. If your not first in, by the time you've que'd for your food and got what you need at various sections along the line your food has gone cold. You could see people getting annoyed by having to Que and wait for so long.

I'm not a fussy eater but there is a severe lack of choice and the wife agree this has been by far the worst place we have stayed for food. The only edible thing has been the pizza which has been good. But it's a lot of money to spend to just eat pizza. It seems the restaurant and the serving stations cannot cope with the amount of people staying in the hotel. We will look to eat out on our last few days

Drinks - are standard all inclusive. I asked for a bottle of lager and a pink gin and was told it’s not part of the all inclusive, which I found strange. This seems to be saved for the visiting Spanish. If there was a upgrade we wasn’t even offered or explained why we couldn’t have these drinks

Positives (very few)
Swimming pools - seem to be alright a little on the cool side
Nightlife - standard kids club and different areas with various music

We stayed in Tossa De Mar last year at the Golden Bahia and had a really good experience

Would I stay here again - Not a chance!

Perfect from start to finish. Lovely family room, plenty of space for 2 adults, toddler and baby (cot provided). Toddler had a sofa bed in a separate room divided by a sliding door and blackout curtain. Shower/ bath was warm and powerful. Food was perfect all week, plenty of themes with your typical everyday items (salad, bread, pasta, pizza).
Kids pool in one of the other hotels and at first we thought it was far away but there are plenty of shortcuts around the hotels making it so easy to get around the 4 separate buildings.
We used the kids club daily (we had to stay with our daughter due to age) soft play, trampoline, colouring on everyday with extra activities such as nail painting, tattoos etc.
€10 cash deposit needed for towels, €1 to change them.
Staff very friendly, 15mins walk to the beach without children.

The first thing to mention is that we actually booked the Suites via Jet2 and with no warning were told we’d been “upgraded” to the Palace upon arrival. This came as a bit of an annoyance at first. It could be problematic for people who specifically like the Suites but as we hadn’t been before we went with it. The Palace appeared half shut. Bar closed, restaurant closed, pool bar closed and the pool even not available some days due to private events. If I had paid to stay there, I would have been quite annoyed. Saying that, the rooms were nice and clean and the hotel has a nice ambience to it and as a result was nice and quiet.

We were allocated to the Coral restaurant which we really liked. A good choice of food, lots of meats, fish. Fresh fruit and veggies and also the usual stuff like pizza and chips and kids stuff. It was one of the better all inclusive offerings I’ve experienced. On the last night this restaurant was closed and we had to go to “Cadi” restaurant - oh my life, chaos and the noise was awful!!

The main pool and kids pool and slides are brilliant. Snack bar great. Mini club was excellent for our 2 year old boy. Mini disco was enjoyed also by him and his cousin. Didn’t find queues too bad for bars and a nice choice of drinks too. The all inclusive ice cream truck and magnums, twisters etc. was also nice for the kids.

All in all we had a brilliant holiday and will definitely return but have to be aware it’s a bit of a “lucky dip” which actual hotel and restaurant you get!

The staff are friendly-ish, I’ve experienced more friendly staff elsewhere. There were a lot of Spanish people there for an event and they definitely didn’t like tourists, but I suppose you can get that anywhere.

We will return.

Bar was closed from 3rd September with restaurant following on 6th. This is the most expensive of the hotels yet were no facilities open. We were advised by manager we could eat in the other hotels and that they would keep the other restaurants open till 10pm (same as palace) but this never happened.
Queues at the other Evenia hotel bars were horrendous (20 people in queue at times) and I can only imagine what queues are like at peak times.
Most staff were really nice but restaurant staff decided to challenge us on our last night as to why we were eating there when we were not staying there!
Pools are shared between the 4 hotels but the pool bar beside the palace only opened on 2 of the days we were there.
One positive is loads of different sunbed areas but obviously if you want beside the pool these go first.
Entertainment for kids is great but nothing really for adults in the evening.
Cleanliness wise I couldn’t fault it at all.
Overall not a great experience!

Overall a good stay but needs more shade around pools and a better system for sun beds. House keepers do a great job in keeping room clean during stay.

Travelled as a family August 24, we ended up leaving for an air bnb as the hotel was SOO busy, we couldn’t hear each other speaking in the restaurant. It was a shame to spend our week together feeling like we were ‘getting through’

Was possible to get a sun bed at 8 in the morning to reserve for the day, but the pools were very very very busy ALL DAY

Food was ok, plenty of choice but not high quality. And queues were very stressful,

I don’t want my review to put anyone off the hotel because it’s a brilliant set up if it works for you and what your family is after, unfortunately that wasn’t the case for us.

We have a 2 year old and 5 year old so the idea of an all-inclusive and a pool with slides etc. was the reason we booked but in reality it didn’t turn out that way. The main issue we encountered was that the food timings were awful for us a family. Just be aware that food is from 0800 - 1000, 13:15 - 15:00 & 19:30 - 22:00. That’s way too late for our boys and caused us a big problem.

We also got slightly unlucky with the weather (no fault of the hotel) but it did highlight the lack of other activities available for our boys as there wasn’t too much else to do. Had a tiny arcade that wasn’t suitable for our kids ages. We were pretty desperate just for somewhere to run around and kick a ball and unfortunately the hotel didn’t have that. There was a locked football arena that wasn’t available most of the day.

Finally the room had basically 4 singles pushed together to make 2 doubles but were on wheels so it was like an ice rink. Think they should use double sheets to keep to together. Also the TV channels are basically non-existent, literally the UK channels not a single one even loaded although we weren’t there to watch TV but would’ve helped with the down time and during bad weather.

This hotel is brilliant if you’re after eating loads of food, drinks unlimited & sitting by an exceptionally cold pool all day.

Since the hotel is connected to 3 other Evenia's, it was too crowded at the pools mainly! During dinner the same.

Kids pool area is at Evenia Olympic, main pool connects Park & Olympic and another pool area for Palace. Several snack bars at each area. Enough to eat during the day but variety stays same. We didnt expect also a lot...
Mini club is big with gaming consoles for bigger kids, and also play areas for small kids.
Mini disco area and shows at night is small and the bars crowded at night.
Bar at Palace where we stayed closed during night!

In Overall, it was a good stay but defenitely the hotel rooms might need a renovation. The beds rather uncomfortable as the matresses are thin in my opinion. For a short stay of 5 nights is doable.


The people working there are very friendly and nice! Speak English and try to help a lot.

Most negative aspect is the parking around. Almost no space available. First days hotel parking was full but we got a place later. Defenitely make a parking reservation if you come by car.

Lloret is at walking distance.

Leuk hotel, prijs-kwaliteit was goed. Mooie zwembaden. Uitgebreid aanbod eten & drinken in de all in. Het buffetrestaurant was te druk en luidruchtig. Heel goede ligging, kortbij (10 min wandelen) het strand en het gezellige centrum van Lloret, maar toch rustig.

La limpieza era nefasta,habitacion que olia mal y baño a pises.

the Hotel and Resort 6 Pools are incredible, very beautifull.
Food is good,big selection to choose from. The snackbar and bar are always open inbetween meals.
Only downside is the Wifi, that just can‘t connect in the hotelrooms , in the public areas is the only place you can have Internet and the Beds and pillows in the rooms are terrible, woke up every Day with back and headaches.

Hôtel pour famille avec des enfants la nourriture correcte ,l’eau piscine très froide ,le bruit et permanent, pensez à prendre le parking car impossible de trouvé une place

excellente prestations nourriture pafaite tres bon accueil de la part de tout le personnel! proprete impeccable rien de negatif

Me gusto todo la habitación la comida las piscinas el no pagar el agua en comida un okey, lo único que no el spa de pagó, buscaba para relajarse pero el agua de piscina muy fría y la cubierta mucho niños mucho ruidos

Séjour en famille avec un ado de 15 ans . Formule tout inclus très inintéressante repas variés et de qualités . Chambre au calme . Très bien agencée car la chambre de l'ado et séparée par une baie vitrée et un rideau avec la climatisation dans chaque pièce.

I love the hotel. Staffs are friendly and very helpful, you seem to mostly get smile from almost every of them. Lovely food esp. in the evening that's because I love salad, cheeses and seafood. Enough choices and good quality of drinks such as wine and beer. The bed is a bit too hard. my husband did not like that but because he is a big guy and I find it's comfortable enough. The room is spacious. The room is clean but the balcony not so cos there was an old cigarette laying there for the whole week.

matelas très dur pas confortable
repas pas trop varier
animation pour les vieux
piscine intérieur pas très propre
oublie de matériel dans la chambre et il ne veulent pas nous le renvoyer par contre on part un jour avant il ne rembourse pas
chambre spacieuse et personnel agréable