We spent 2 nights at the hotel on my hen weekend, 4 girls in total. I was impressed by all the previews I had read but a little disappointed with the size of the rooms. If we had shared one room between the four of us there wouldn't have been any room at all. The room also backed onto a view of balconies, no view of the sea. However, the room itself was really clean and well equipped. The kitchen had every appliance you would need. We also requested an iron which was sent up to us straight away. The bathroom is nice with a great shower. The room was tidied and cleaned each day. We had a problem with the cards to get into the room which was really inconvenient last thing at night, having to go down to reception.
The pool area was nice. There is a restaurant by the pool which isn't brilliant but what you would expect. There is an a la carte restaurant inside the hotel.
There are lots of taxis outside the hotel which is convenient especially to get down to the marina, which is too far to walk. Overall the hotel was ok but I wouldn't stay there again.

Stayed here with my husband and our 6 and 3 year old for 2 weeks and would never go back again. We had all been so excited about the holiday and were counting down the days to getting there. We had heard great reports of this hotel and had paid over 3,500 for the pleasure of staying there. We had asked for a room above the 6th floor and got a tiny room on the ground floor. As we arrived in the middle of the night the guy on duty said we could do nothing about the room until the following day. We did not even unpack that night as I was adamant that I was not staying in that apartment. To top it all it was tiny and when the beds were made up in the sitting room we could hardly pass each other. The following morning I spoke with another staff member at reception and they said that they were booked out and that was the only room they had. Another couple were having a similar argument. The lady was in tears. I took it up with our rep to to no avail. We had to stay put. The apartment was looking out at the side of the pool and had a family of cock roaches and a lizard as constant companions on the terrace. My children even gave the lizard a name as it stayed with us for the 2 weeks on the roof of the terrace. There was no privacy sitting out on the balcony as people were passing by you the entire time. Our room was opposite a gym or sports area and from early in the morning there was loud booming music coming from there. The couches did not turn into comfortable beds so we slept badly. We had looked foward to evenings sitting out on the balcony sipping a glass of wine watching the sun setting over the sea - but alas all we had was noise and lizards and cock roaches. After about 2 days of complaining my husband was getting angry with me and the girls and the entire holiday was looking like turning into an unmitigated disaster so I decided to stay quiet and suffer it. No point in ruining the entire two weeks by constantly complaining about something outside of my control. We made the most of the 2 weeks but both my husband and I agreed that we would never set foot in the Sunset Beach ever again.

Just returned from a week at this hotel, superb, fantastic 2 bed,2 bath apartment with double balcony and extra huge private roof sun terrace.

Breakfast buffet was superb, the 2 shows we saw Rat Pack and The Musicals were absolutely spectacular. The only critisism was that the outdoor pool was freezing. The sports centre was good providing classes such as pilates, step, water aerobics etc.

The massage's were great , Julie you were fab. the hairdressers and beauty salon were good and value for money. The supermarket was handy altho a little pricey, better one across the road. Benamadena marina is worth a visit, very nice to see and to eat. Food is a lot cheaper at this resort than nin canaries. Altho taxis are more expensive.
One more bonus was that the streets are not full of scratch card touts. This hotel is fantastic for families or couples who want to relax. So go on visit this hotel and have a good time.

If you get a sea view room and have children, you might just possibly like this hotel. As it was, even though we booked through RCI, we got a rear room overlooking the hills and a noisey roadway. The room was compact and clean. Two small bathtowels were insufficient for our needs and reception was poor on the English language TV channels. We complained to the front desk almost daily without success.
Children are everywhere, playing in the lifts, running in the corridors and lounge, its just that kind of hotel.
The poolside area is dirty and dusty underfoot. It is never swept or hosed down. The sunbeds are stained with bird droppings which no one seems to clean. A discarded childs nappy lay under a sun bed for three days and was still there when we left. I have brought all these comments to the attention of management in the in house guest survey so it will be interesting to see if it provokes any response.
We last stayed here 10 years ago but standards have sadly diminished since then. Then the focus was on customer care, now it is on selling guests timeshare. Ownership at Sunset Beach Club? No way Hosea