My husband and I have just returned from two lovely weeks at hotel riu costa lago Torremolines this hotel was fantastic the check in was fast and efficent with a welcoming glass of wine room was very good and spacious and the adjoining living room very comfortable everywhere was spotlessly clean includind our bedroom etc food was excellent with a wide choice staff from the managers receptionists waiting staff bar staff dining room staff chefs and cleaners were extremely pleasant and very helpful nothing a bother to any of them always smiling zoe was always very pleasant trying to provide activities for everyone only thing missings was toilet facilities in the bar or foyer area as the only avaiable ones were downstairs all in all this hotel is excellent and well run and also in a quiet and reserved area of Torremolines with no hills we will definately be returning very soon to this hotel Thanks to all at the hotel for making our stay so enjoyable regardless of the poor weather

Just returned from a "girlie" week (9 of us all around the 60 age group!) staying at the Riu Costa Lago. Very nice hotel, good food, very clean rooms, cleaned daily and towels changed. Pool area and terrace area clean and pleasant. Lots of sunbeds. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Food very plentiful and very varied choice. Snacks - rolls, cheese, ham and cake - available from 4pm in the conservatory. A packed lunch will be provided if booked the evening before consisting of various fruit, bottled water and you can make your own rolls from the breakfast food to take out with you. A very welcome and flexible idea! Hotel is less than a 5 minute walk from the seafront/premenade/nearest supermarket/shops/restaurants. Bus stop right opposite hotel entrance. Would recommend booking your trips with the agent on the right hand side as you come out of the hotel and head for the beach - about 300 yards away from hotel. Much cheaper than in the hotel and speaks good English and very helpful. Would also recommend the Irish bar just off the main promenade (closed on Sunday evenings). Turn left out of hotel to the main promenade, then turn right. Just about half a mile and just after the traffic island, there is a small opening on the right hand side of the promenade. We had an excellent evening there on the Saturday - highly recommended. Live singers and brilliant atmosphere. Would also recommend a trip to Gibralter (very cheap cigarettes/tobacco/alcohol) and hope you get better weather than we did - torrential rain and wind all day! Would love to see it on a nice sunny day! Also Seville is a very lovely city and well worth the two/three hour coach trip to get there. Or hire a car - very good roads. Enjoy.

Just got back from a lovely week at this Riu hotel and wonder if some people go on holiday just to find faults!!!!
We had a lovely time in spite of the weather which hasnt been good in this area for a few weeks. We had three days of rain but didnt let it spoil our holiday.
The hotel is very welcoming, spacious and clean. The staff are all friendly and this is in spite of quite a number of guests never using the words please or thank you.
The food was very good with plenty of choices for breakfast - cereals, continental, full breakfasts with lovely bacon, scrambled, fried or boiled eggs. The bread selection was lovely and fresh with plenty of different choices. One strange thing was cold sprouts on the continental section one morning (but thankfully noone forced you to eat them like my mum did when we were young LOL) If you take coffe with your breakfast you need to pick up a 'flask' near the breads and take it to your table, otherwise the teas and decaf ar at the far end of the restaurant.
At lunch and dinner on AI you help yourself to beer, wine or soft drinks and there were always two soups to choose from. Then salad bar and choice of meats or fish on the hot selection, a good selection of sweets, fresh fruit, ice cream and a selection with cheese and biscuits.
At night you need to choose your sitting at 6.30 or 8.15 but can easily swap if you wish. The head waiter allocates you a table for the duration of you holiday but only for the evening meal. At the evening meal there is a carvery in addition to the servery meals where we had beef, pork, turkey, gammon and some wonderful fish.
Like others we were not mpressed with the entertainment but we just treat it as background noise. The bar staff were very efficient and provided local versions of most drinks.
The only thing missing from this hotel is an inside pool which would have been a bonus for us because of the weather.
Outside the hotel we had trips to Malaga and Fuengirola on the train which is about a 10 min walk from the hotel. Turn right out of the hotel up to the roundabout then right again. The station La Colina is on the left. Both trips 1.95 each way and the machine on the station gives change. Press the screen at the bottom left to bring up English then it says Adult single or to the right is the Adult return but its not in English for some reason. Keep you ticket to get out of the staion at your destination. These trains are soptless
We also had a leasurely walk to Benalmadena and back one day along the promenade and it is really worth a visit.
Also as you walk along the seafront pass the dolphin roundabout and the next one then look out for a shop called Ali Babas and go up this narrow street to find lots of little shops on the streets that head up to the main town.
So after reading this if you decide to book I hope you will enjoy yourselves, we certainly did.

Just got back from the Costa Lago, second time here, went last year and had a wonderful week with brilliant weather, this time round the weather was not all that good but we still had a great week. All the staff are very friendly and helpful and always greet you with a smile :-) hotel is very clean, food is of a good standard, always found plenty of choice. Would still return for a winter break. Plenty of positive reviews which this hotel deserves. Enjoy