we have just returned from the Hotel Monica, staff very friendly, hotel spotless . position right next to the beach. Food extremely dissapointing for a 4star. Carvery only one joint of meat per sitting so if you didnt have your main course first there was none left. All the food tasted very bland. Very dissapointed with Nerja after lots of recomendations it fell way below our expectations.Two main things that spoilt it was the Graffiti on all the walls around the hotel, Dog muck all over the pavements and the beach outside the hotel needed a good clean lots of rubbish strewed about plus the grey sand didnt make it look like any of the photos I had seen.If I were to visit Nerja again I would definitely stay in the old town much more spanish aqnd much cleaner.

We booked the hotel for five nights and had a nice time there. The room looked exactly as the pictures on the website suggested and that was a relief although I cannot agree with fellow travellers in saying the decor was appealing. In fact I think it was quite tired and could do with a serious makeover.

The buffet breakfast and dinner were excellent and the staff serving in the restaurant were very polite and efficient. There was quite an array of food put on both morning and evening!

A few issues I had.
-->Firstly booking through the spanish version of the website rather in the english version resulted in a saving on the costs for our stay. There was just about €100 in the difference in the prices and I don't see why a guest should be penalised for booking in english!
-->The second is that the restaurant has a dress code for dinner that it did not make us aware off and we were asked to leave the restaurant on one evening of our stay. After asking why there was no notice about dress code we were told that it's flexible and in warmer weather a dress code is not expected. It was 25degrees, and quite warm for us.
-->Finally, the plastic sheeting on the matresses in our room were terrible! I don't even want to know why they have them on.

This is a good quality hotel. Our room was clean, spacious, and very nicely furnished. However, for us, one of the highlights of this hotel was the staff. Everyone, from the reception to the management, from the housekeepers to the dining room and bar staff, was pleasant, helpful and efficient. The evening entertainment gets pass marks, especially when we were there in low season and the rest of Nerja was quiet. The range of food was good, though perhaps not as extensive as some other 4 star hotels. Overall, this is one of the best resort hotels we have stayed in.

The hotel is very comfortable with delightful well furnished rooms and a splendid indoor swimming pool. The staff are very efficient and the hotel is kept spotlessly clean. It is however let down by unimaginative cooking which in the evening consists of food cooked in the dining room on hotplates and for which you have to queue. A lovely place to stay on a bed and breakfast basis