Prior to booking the Elivi this year, the reviews I read made me feel very apprehensive, to the point I actually wrote to the hotel to ask them to give me some confidence in booking, given the very up and down reviews. They replied fairly promptly with the information that "a lot of the issues have been resolved over the winter months". Firstly, this review is solely based on the Nest area, we didn't venture into the Grace (?) area at all. What I will say immediately, is ignore all the awful reviews if they are based in the Nest area - if they've given anything less than 3 stars it's because they've been incredibly unlucky. I just can't imagine anything would be bad enough to warrant anything less than 3 stars. Several times I've seen people handling situations with hotel staff, shouting at them, demanding they have an upgrade, etc. you just don't get anywhere being like that, in my experience it's much better to be calm and ask nicely. Nobody at this hotel (and I'm fairly sure we spoke to everyone, including the manager at the end) has any kind of attitude, they're all very helpful and friendly. We booked a Nest Junior Suite with private pool and when we arrived, we were given room 1826. I asked the receptionist if it was a sea view and she said it was a partial sea view but a lovely view of the gardens. It was no good for us for a few reasons. Firstly and by far most importantly, the edge of the villa was a only few feet from a road that had relatively frequent golf buggies flying up and down it and our little one could have easily wandered through the loose hedging. Secondly, you had to manoeuvre yourself into just the right position in order to see an inch of sea and thirdly, it was tucked right at the back and had a rock face to its left. The room was nice enough, I just thought that given we were early season (first or second week I think) and it was not full, we could find a better position. A quick call to reception explaining the situation resulted in a much much better room, 1806, right in the middle of the olive grove that is the Nest. No sea view as such but it just felt much nicer, the gardens are lovely and not preened to the point where no nature is interested in visiting, every morning we saw a big hare hopping about which was lovely. I've stayed in all sorts of resorts all over the world, 5 star luxury in the Maldives to 2 star accommodation in Corfu and these rooms may exhibit the amenities required to attract the 5 star rating (even though Jet2 rate it 4+), but they certainly aren't 5 star luxurious. You have all the usual things, bath robes, slippers, toiletries, L'Or coffee machine (with daily refilled decaf and non-decaf capsules), air con, LG TV, etc. etc. But things look a tad tired in places. Certainly not enough that it would put you off and in fact it made it feel less clinical than some brand new ultra luxurious places do. After being in your room for an hour, it felt rustically lived-in. The bed was nice, prist
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