Golden Port Salou

I stayed at this hotel in august '08. It was amazing. The food was just outstanding. I had a real good time there, made loads of friends, best holiday ever!!

Christie, Jersey
Other

excellent place to stay, entertainment great for kids, beer cheap at bar, food excellent, only snag was the stampede every morning with spanish claiming the best sun beds... they have never heard of queuing. just push and shove their way to top of queue.. same happened in restaurant no manners whatsoever, but despite that it didn't ruin our holiday. Israel and Isabell were fantastic entertainers and hope to go back again soon!

stef moore, Harrow Middlesex
Family with Children 11 and Under

Stayed half board in the Golden Port Salou for 3 nights in May06 based on reviews on the site. Got a great rate of €140 for double room half board from alpharooms, whom I have booked with before.I found alpharooms have best rates.There is a coach service outside Reus airport into Salou, just give the name of your hotel to the driver and you will be dropped to the door.Its €5.50 one way.
The hotel is lovely, spotlessly clean.Situated about 10 mins walk from Levante beach and the noise of Salou. The food was fantastic, fresh and hot. One chef cooks meat to order. Dishes are replenished frequently.Bucks fizz for breakfast!Drinks reasonable. Happy hour from 7 till 9pm.
Salou has a beautiful beach promenade and fountains.There are toilets at regular intervals along beach. Also kiddies playgrounds.
Going back to Salou next week,not staying in Golden Port hotel but only because I want to try a different hotel. I ll do a comparison on my return. I highly recommend the Golden Port Hotel to everyone. Enjoy! PS. 1ltr Smirnoff red about €11. Carton of cigarettes €37.
Tip: Cigarettes can only be sold in tobacco shops in Salou. Supermarkets cannot stock them anymore.There are few cigarette machines as licence is expensive.

Deirdre Seery and friends 22 - 44 yrs, Wicklow
Group of Young Friends/Couples

The Golden Port Salou is a clean and spacious Hotel, with a nice indoor and outdoor Pool area, and nightly entertainment and the Bar prices aren't that bad either.  We spent 2 weeks here from 6-20/5/06, and to be honest this was too long, a week would have been plenty, and this was mainly due to the fact of the Hotel Food, Breakfast had the usual selection, breads, cereals, cakes and so called cooked breakfast, but that was the problem, the eggs were ok, but the bacon and sausage were raw, every single morning and you didn't have the option of asking the chef to stick them back on the hotplate for a few minutes as they were cooked in the back, the hotplate was being used for pancakes.  The evening meal was even worse, they seemed to have more of a selection of fish than anything else, and any other meats on offer burgers, steak, pork and even chicken was raw.  Dinner was not served until 7pm until 9.30pm, which if you have children is not ideal.  We found that we had to feed our son at the normal time of around 5pm, so were spending more money on food.  When yo did go down to tea at 7pm it was queued throughout reception, and they only have about 8 high chairs.  We also found that although you are advised you can dine anytime between 7 and 9.30pm, the restaurant staff were frequently turning guests away at around 7.30 onwards saying there was a waiting time of 15-20mins before a table would be ready.  We come across a number of guests that had ill with stomach upsets throughout our stay, whether this was down to the food we cannot say, but we were very wary of what we ate.  It was as if the restaurant could not cope with the amount of guests, and this was the beginning of the season!  However, there were guests there who did not seem to have a problem with the Hotel or Food, so maybe we were just being fussy.
As for the resort of Salou, on first impressions it does seem quite scruffy, not like your typical resort, graffiti everywhere, and more like a town, Blackpool with Sun, but there are plenty of Bars and restaurants and the beaches are nice and clean.
Overall we had a good time, but this is not a place we are likely to visit again.

Murphy, Manchester
Family with Children 11 and Under

Hotel very clean, food great, staff frendly. Only one thing the front of the hotel is  very noisy, but i had  no trouble they moved me when I explained I could not sleep so be warned. The manager sent us a bottle of champane for our 23rd wedding aniversary. We used the bus service to go to tarragona what a great place  we went twice. Bus service is very cheap and regular.Over all a great holiday thank you alpha rooms.

Dianne Darby, birmingham
Mature Couple (36+)

This was my first time booking a sun holiday as an independant traveller and I was not disappointed.Hubby, 9 year old son and myself travelled here in August 2005.
I booked the hotel with alpharooms and was, I must admit, a little apprehensive that my booking would be okay as this was my first venture into the self booking of a holiday hotel. I needen't have worried, everything went smoothly indeed.
We were thrilled with this hotel and could not praise it highly enough. The lobby was very impressive, spacious, airy and bright ,we were greeted by a smiling receptionist and warmly welcomed to the hotel.  The bedroom we were allocated was on the second floor with a fabuluous pool view.  Though small, it was pleasently decorated and had a nice bathroom.
Nothing prepared us for the dining room,to say we had a gastronomique adventure would not be exaggerating, the food was great.  Breakfast and dinner were excellent on each of our ten days.  We really enjoyed the gala night where the chef carved a huge roast beef and had REAL gravy and Yorkshire Puddings! Breakfast had Cava and fruit juices to make your own Bucks Fizz - yumm!
The pool area was nice though the sun bed situation was very much hit and miss - HIT the sundecks with your towel at 9 am sharp or MISS a sunbed and have to sit on a chair to sunbathe. The queue for sunbeds started at 8.30 am each morning.  Tip - if you ask for rooms 100 to 110 you will get a pool view with a balcony on the same level as the sundecks and you can step over your balcony wall and put out your towels without having to queue.
We had a great holiday in this hotel - if you are looking for a classy three star hotel with great food, lovely staff and a quiet nights sleep - stay here.  Ps the drinks were incredibly cheap only €2.20 for a pint of lager and 2 for the price of one for happy hour.

EDEL OBRIEN, ireland
Family with Children 11 and Under

We were a group of 17 ladies on a hen party.  All of us agreed the hotel was fantastic value for money.  The staff were very helpful and we particularly enjoyed the happy hour where you could have 2 drinks for the price of one.
The food was nice with a good variety, gala night was very good with strawberrys and cream and champagne which you can imagine us ladies did take advantage of!!!
Rooms were clean with air conditioning and any problems dealt with immediately.

miss c.mason, liverpool
Other

Beautifully clean hotel.  Staff were extremely friendly and made me feel special.  Located centrally for all entertainment and the beach was just a walk away.   Hotel facilities and entertainment were excellent.  I would thoroughly recommend.

Mrs Janet Hoffman, Norfolk/England
Solo Traveller

I would recommend anyone to stay in this hotel.  The hotel facilities and food are second to none.  My family and I have stayed at this hotel several times over many years and have booked again to go this October.  I have never had any problems with this hotel at all.  I have found the hotel staff to be very friendly and helpful, nothing is ever too much trouble.  In my last stay last October we had a wonderful time with friends, our children are aged 7 and 10 and the entertainer at the hotel made their time very enjoyable, the mums enjoyed the bingo too.  We are all keeping our fingers crossed that the same entertainer will be there when we return as he was a definate asset to an already top class hotel.

Julie Brookes, Eastwood, Nottingham, England
Other

Just got back from the golden port hotel salou.  The facilities are excellent plenty for adults and kids.  Games room card rooms activity rooms 2 swimming pools gym entertainment throughout the day and night.  The hotel restaurant was very good plenty of choice nothing was too much trouble all the staff very friendly.  Rooms very clean nice size single beds though.

Anyone looking for a hotel thats value for money you can't go wrong with this one.

Gary Hood , Leeds / UK
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