Ramada Resort Lara

Stayed at this hotel for a cheap week, rooms were good. Food was good. Alcohol was ok, lager was poor. 10 managers for every staff member, more cleaners than servers ( jlhwnce very clean ). My biggest annoyance was, my wife left her purse in room when we flew home. Her driving licence, cards and less than €25 in cash. Hotel never contacted us, we had to contact them. I requested them send it to us, I would pay upfront !! The hotel did everything possible to not get my wife’s purse back to her. Kept saying next time your here, collect it of get a friend to collect. Or there’s cards and money inside, can’t send. So sent labels and asked them to wrap ready for courier I arranged, they did not wrap it, and told the courier money / cards inside so they would not take ( €40 wasted. Couldn’t have done any less to help us, absolute idiots. Happy to take my tips, all over me for that, for this reason would not stay again. ( I asked for managers contact details / they said manager was fully aware ).

Customer lost.

We have just returned from a 10 night stay at the Ramada Lara Beach. We travelled as 2 families of 4 (2x 6 year olds, 1x 3 and 1 x 2) When we initially arrived, quite late at night, we were shown to our room which had 1x double, 1x single and a cot for our 3, nearly 4 year old (even though we had not requested a cot). We had booked a ‘superior room’ but it was quite small for a family of 4. We went to guest services, who said they could exchange the cot for a bed but we were concerned on the limited space. They made the exchange and it was cramped but we managed. Our friends who we travelled with had upgraded prior to travelling to a family room. This was much more spacious and 100% recommend for a family of 4. The superior rooms are not adequate enough for 2 x adults 2 x children in beds. This was our only complaint.

The hotel was incredibly clean. There was always cleaning staff around the eating areas, pools & the beach! Food was beautiful! We only ate in the al a carte restaurant (purely for ease with the children) but there was always plenty of choice & the food was cooked beautifully! There is a children’s buffet which is only open for the first hour of service (lunch 12-1pm and dinner 6-7pm) which I found strange but there was always the standard stuff on the main buffet for the kids too. Pasta dishes, nuggets, chips, mash, veg etc. From a party of 8 none of us struggled to find something we liked every meal time!

In the main hotel there is a small splash pool with smaller slides for the younger children & 4 big slides which were great fun. Our younger children could go on 2 of the slides if sliding with an adult which was fab! The main slides are open 10am-12pm and 2-4pm daily. Down at the beach area (which is about a 10 minute walk) there is another children’s slide/splash pool - great for young children up to about the age of 8/9 I’d say. And a deep swimming pool too. There is another Al a carte style snack/ lunch area & Pizza Hut down at the beach open 11-5pm. A bar by the pool.

The beach is quite rough sand but plenty of sun loungers under cover and the bar on the jetty.

At the beach complex is where most of the evening entertainment was held - kids mini disco, shows etc. We were disappointed with a couple of the shows and skipped some that we weren’t too bothered about (kids talent show 🙄 unless your child is in it!) We stayed up at the hotel bar a few nights which also had evening entertainment like quizzes, singers, bingo etc. more of a relaxed area. Overall it was a fantastic stay and would definitely recommend to families - but book the larger room!!