Yesterday came back from a lovely week in the Presidente Hotel in Portinax. The hotel is spotless,rooms and all arears cleaned every day. The food was lovely, great choice for everybody, the service very good. Lovely place, but quite hilly. Bus service quite limited. Having said this, a great holiday, would reccomend.

Just returned from a week's holiday at the Presidente. We travelled as a family of 3 (with a child 19 months). Here are a few of my honest opinions on the hotel and location of Portinatx:

Hotel Food
Breakfast was typical of a 3* hotel english fry-up with cereal and toast etc but the food was usually hot and not a problem. Evening meal again was OK but nothing really special, I was expecting a few more fresh fish dishes being in the med and a decent paella but to no avail. The kids meal bar was typically chips, and some deep fried chicken or fish fingers so we didn't really use it

Hotel Reception
On the whole quite helpful but it seemed as if we were charged for everything they could stiff us for: fridge, safe, etc. On the last day they were a bit unhelpful with providing a room to change - 30 mins only for a family of 3 or pay another day to keep your room!

Hotel Room
Small and dated but clean and not really a problem (after we paid additional money to be moved to a sea view). If you do go try calling the hotel in advance and aim for rooms 320 - 328 (even numbers only), they have the better views

Hotel Entertainment
Very good, the guys here work extremly well and if you have a family with 2 young kids then the kidszone was second to none can highly recommend! Probably one of the best orgnaised entertainment I have seen (maybe this is why Thomson rate it as a 4T when the hotel is only 3*!)

Location
If you have small children with a pram or if you have a member of your party in a wheelchair; be aware that you have about a 500yrd hill from the hotel to the beach; its not extremly steep but steep enough you will be needing to catch your breath at the top (or maybe that's because I'm unfit!). If you have an adult in a wheelchair or you an elderly person then it maybe worth trying another hotel a bit more on the flat. On the plus side the beach is really nice and we loved the sea as it was child friendly. Nothing much going on at night if you want bars and discos stay in the south, entertainment in the resort is limited to a few bars

Thats about it, would I go again? Maybe if it was a last minute (cheap) deal but I would not plan to book next year, and certainly not at the prices Thomson are charging if you pay the brochure price - I think it is a bit of a rip off as there are better hotels in the balearics for the money.

The hotel staff did mention that the hotel was due for renovation over the winter period though?!?!

A friend and I stayed at the Presidente for 10 days, mid September and did have a good time. We felt it was good value but did have a few concerns.

As the previous reviewer posted, we were upset that the waiters took their own tips from our change at the evening entertainment, well one did twice. The solution was to walk to the bar. I don't mind giving a tip for good service but 1.70 Euros per two drinks seemed a bit steep.

Our room, 172, was in a very good position at the end of a corridor with a view to the hippy market site and side views of the sea and the mountains. The early morning cockerell crows from the wasteland next door was charming but I wish it had waited until sunrise.

Now for the room itself. Very limited storage space, so we didn't really unpack, and no place to store two suitcases, which resulted in much tripping over them when getting up for the loo in the dark whilst not turning the lights on so as not to disturb the other.. There were three beds in our room, one disguised as a sofa, which made space very limited. I drew the curtains back with my bottom while attempting to get into bed. NO TAP in the bath! I like a bath and it had to be filled via the shower head which meant the water was not hot by the time the bathwater was a couple of inches high. I'm as green as they come but I would have liked a decent soak.

Now for the good bits: The entertainment team were wonderful. Why did they move Tweety out??? The food was good but a real lack of choice of cooked vegetables. Emilio was a gem. The extras, like a flower for the ladies, a drink before dinner were much appreciated. I could find no fault with the breakfasts.

Cardiac Hill: Don't run at it. Saunter up it. Took me 7 days out of my 10 to realise this.

Things to do in Portinatx: Not much if you don't want a tan. Do not miss Duncan McCann, Drag Queen at Vincents Bar on Fridays. The drinks are very reasonable there too. For tobacco don't go to Boozy Buys but the one opposite on the square.

To summise, kudos for most things. Take the third bed out of a two person booking room and replace with a second bedside cabinet. More choice of cooked veg at dinner and stop taking tips that aren't deserved. BUT...all in all good value.

Stayed for 2 weeks mid sept.(Frankly this was one week to long for us as we are not sunbathers.) Portinatx is a pretty resort with 3 beaches. The third beach is slightly further away .It feels less commercialised (and less Brits). Empty sunbeds dominate all the best positions on the other main beaches (12 euros for 2 beds & one parasol). Portinatx is very small. There are lovely walks nearby but no chance with a pushchair. We felt hemmed in. As for the hotel, we felt we had good value. The food was excellent. All the staff were very friendly and the reps were hard working and professional. The professional evening entertainment 5 nights a week was very good and varied. The 'fill in' rep nights were awful. As for the drinks, beer & wine were comparitively priced to other hotels. However we did object to paying 2.60 euro for a fruit shoot and bought ours from the supermarket. Ice creams were expensive to. The waiters in the evening take their own tip from your change which I thought was off. However on the plus side the hotel does offer little things which make the difference, eg washing maching & dryer on every floor to use, air machine to blow up lilo's. free tapas, sherry, kids cocktails on occasional evenings. The hotel is dated, and I was disappointed with the size of the bedrooms. The tv channels are great if you like CNN and eurosport! Children are well catered for here with a soft play area, playground and of course the clubs. The music is loud but stops at a reasonable 11.30. The back of the hotel is quieter, only pay extra for a sea view if you don't mind noise in the evening. My 2 year old had a 'mystery' rash and throat/ear infection whilst there. Many people told me their child had the same? As for a previous writer I to would have felt agrieved if I had paid £2k for this holiday but as I paid half that I was very pleased.