We have just returned from a 3 night stay at this hotel and I am sorry to report that I agree with all the poor reviews below - we cancelled our first booking to stay here after reading the review but were assured by the General Manager that our stay would be good so we risked it and re-booked -... more

I booked a suite at the Elba< I found it over priced for what was on offer. We had lunch which was obviously left overs from breakfast Gran Elba Salmon Salad was two very small slithers of smoked salmon and a little salad, by the way we asked a number of times for the wine list and bottled water, nothing... more

This hotel is worth every penny you pay to stay in it. The staff are friendly and the level of service you receive is definitely 5 star treatment. We stayed in room 239...excellent standard. We must remember to try and book on a half board basis next time round...paying for food separately is pretty expensive. General cleanliness is excellent. With... more

HCA ESTOPONA SPA hotel is situated right on the dual carriageway which is extremely busy day and night. We had booked a double room with sea view and balcony but when we arrived at 1a.m. were given a ground floor self-catering suite which was not in the main hotel and facing the main road. It was dirty with a cigarette... more

A group 0f 7 went in for a drink after a meal across the road.After waiting 10 minutes to be served I went to the bar and the waiter said he would be out to serve us.Some 15 minutes later we still had'nt been served so decided to go home.There were only 9 people in the bar and no excuse... more

There should be another hotel added to the list - Elba Grand hotel Estepona in Spain. Although it is a very expencive five-star hotel, it has rude management. If you intend on going here, be prepared to be treated with no respect and laughed at your complains or needs. If a stuff member smiles at you or, worst, you exchange... more

Plus: -nice hotel -fantastic, spacy room with great view and great sound of waves -proffesional stuff Minus: -prices in restaurants not adequate to quality -too small swimmingpool and not enough sunchairs and umbrellas -narrow, stony beach near dirty sea. -in restaurants and in the bar only few people speak English -there is no watersports in the hotel area Aditional remarks:... more

The Elba hotel is by far not a 5 star hotel (let alone a 5 Star Great Luxury). Lack of details include: (i) no newspapers available until 11.00am and then only for those that reserve them the day before; (ii) slow reception, often with just one person that deals with everything including the numerous calls at the same time; (iii)... more

Well... You choose for your summer holidays a hotel on basis of previous experience with Spanish ***** GL hotels, its membership in Small Luxury Hotels and a presumably beautiful beach in front of the hotel. You clearly come with great expectations and you find... The hotel is far from small. On our day four there were about 540 guests in... more