My family and I have just returned from son bou in Menorca, this was our first ever visit to Menorca, I must say , that I would not ever go there in may again, the weather was not good and there really is nothing to do when the weather is bad. I have 2 sons aged 12 and 7 and they were very bored, the pool was lovely and so was the beach, lovely sand and clear waters but too cold to go in. The hotel is virtually on the beach and stretches for miles. The island itself is the most expensive I have ever been to.
We stayed on a half board basis at the sol milanos pinguinos, we were in the Milanos side, The pinguinos side was not open . We were on the 5 th floor. The hotel was very large about 250 rooms and 11 floors, first impression was good , very clean and quite modern looking, staff friendly although they didnt speak very much english, the prices in the hotel very crazy we went into the bar one evening and we had 2 cocktails and 2 bottle of coke and it came to £15..,.. The food was a buffet for breakfast which included drinks, the evening meal was buffet aswell but drinks were extra bottle of water was 2 euros each. There was a lot of food, but most of it was either cold , raw or too greasy. we did not enjoy the food at all and it was the same every day. The pastries at breakfast were very nice though, but you get sick of them after a week. The lifts hardly ever worked, with waiting time upto 20 minutes. The room was very cramped, especially for a family of 4 . we had a small balcony which had a nice view. There was no kettle in the room , which I found annoying after a few days, The maids come round between 8.30 and 10.30 which are the breakfast times. There was not really much to do at the hotel the entertainment in the evening was run by the hotel , not very good , I booked the holiday with thomson and we did not see a rep the whole time we were there. The hotel rooms did have a tv but the channels were mostly spanish , with a couple of german channels and 2 english news channels. My advice for a family would be to take a portable dvd player and some movies, just in case the weather is bad and the kids get bored , take a kettle and an adapter with some tea and coffee. if going in May check weather forecast and take some warm clothes as its a very windy island. be prepared to take cash as I didnt find anywhere in son bou that excepted cards, thats including Mahon airport on the way home. We rented a car for 3 days ( which was 90 euros )and explored the island, Mahon was nice and we took a glass bottom boat trip which was 30 euros for a family of 4 , lasts about an hour and was nice. Dont bother going to there so called zoo though , it was a little farm with a few farmyard animals very smelly and the animals didnt look very happy, that cost us 30 euros for the family . on the whole I wouldnt go there again, too expensive and not enough for the children to do, ok if you are an older couple without children,but I would wait until the better weather. not really much night life for young couples . Watch out for the cocKroaches at night!!!!

Travelled with hubby and 2 daughters aged 3 and 1. Very children based hotel. Arrived towards end of season.

Animation team, chef, kitchen staff and reception staff must have been worn out or something. They didn't really seem bothered to do much work. Animation team were friendly and did put on some good shows but didn't feel they needed to make any effort to get the kids to do anything. Reception staff only interested in playing solitaire on the computer or having a chat.

Food tended to be quite cold. Pizzas were usually like cardboard. Definitely got the impression that they thought vegetarians were mad and weren't interested in catering for these tastes. Loads of people were ill in the hotel (including each one of us) and I can only put it down to the poor hygeine and quality of the food.

Cleaners were great and hotel was very clean.

Beach was lovely and just behind the hotel. Swimming pools were lovely. Evening entertainment was great for the family. My 3 yr old loved the shows and the music.

Son Bou was a quiet and pretty resort with the loveliest stretch of sandy beach. Sea was shallow and great for kids.

Lots of young families ... the kids made lots of little friends.

On the whole loved the holiday. Hotel itself was great and is probably a bit better in peak season when the staff are fresher. Rooms are a little small but the location is superb. However, the quality of food in the hotel was awful. Lots of the eating options were closed as peak season had ended.

I would go back in peak season when the kids are older as the beach and resort is great.

Hotels have best location in Son Bou, right on the excellent beach. This is a large complex of 2 hotels Milanos and Pinguinos, our room was very small for 4 people and at times felt like a shed! The view we had from our balcony was fantastic though, overlooking the beach and pool and to the other side the resort.
There are 2 restaurants, one in each hotel, we tried 'Bettys Kitchen' the 1st night but were not impressed so ate in the Milanos restaurant every day. The food was ok, at times it was cold though as in other reviews. The pool was great but absolutely freezing even in August in 30c, kids didnt mind though and loved the waterfall which was even colder! The entertainment was a disappointment. There were 2 shows which were excellent but the rest was not, 1 charity night we had no idea what was going on as everything was in Spanish and Italian. The 1st night there was no entertainment which I found unbelieveable in August! The second week they repeated the same as the previous week with the exception of 1 show, in the end we went to the Copacabana bar in the resort with their tribute acts. Despite few niggles did have very good holiday, loved the beach !

We had a great time here with our two daughters ages 1 and 3. The food was great, we only ate in Bettys Kitchen though. We found this to have a great range of choice and the quality was fine.
The kids club was great for our 2, free of charge too. The rooms were a little pokey for 4 people, as we had an extra bed and a cot in our room. Also, we were on the 9th floor, which was a little scary. It was probably worth trying to get moved if we had thought about it.

The entertainment was great, though did start a little late, getting on for 10pm. We had the usual frustrations around people getting up early to put towels around the pool, however by the end of the holiday we were of the opinion of 'if you can't beat them, join them!',and I was regualarly seen marching down to the pool area at 8am clutching a handfull of towels!

If you have kids I would thoroughly recommend this holiday.... great value for money!!