We booked this on the recommendation of the travel agent, having never been to Tenerife before. It was our 30th anniversary and we wanted it to be special. I did however, read the reviews here before final booking. It was wonderful. We arrived at the hotel and someone else was booking in, so we were seated in the lounge and offered a drink. A few minutes later we booked in at the small desk with our drink - makes a change from standing in a queue.

The room was just as the pictures showed, spacious, clean and tidy, plenty of towels. The bed was enormous, there was room for us and tons of space in the middle (and we aren't small). It was comfortable to sleep on too. The maid service was great and the bed was made beautifully every day and in the evening remade (or tidied up) where we had messed it up during the day. We were offered clean towels each night as well, with a couple of chocolates too. The room was cleaned each day as was the balcony and the water in the plunge pool was changed once during the week too, I'm sure if we'd asked it would have been done on request.

We had a top room with the roof balcony and plunge pool and probably could have made more use of it, it was a great place to be and not at all claustrophobic as I had feared. The plunge pool was not really suitable for getting into completely, but was great for cooling down by dangling your feet in it while sitting on the side. Several reviews had mentioned that the staircase up to the roof was close to the walls and so one does need to be careful about not skinning your knuckles, but getting up and down was easy enough (although I wouldn't have run it like the maid did). I was concerned it might be very high and give you vertigo, but it didn't - it was fine (as long as you watched your knuckles). We did spend one day by the swimming pool and that was great too plenty of sunbeds for everyone and the pool was a good size for a proper swim.

Other reviewers have mentioned the food and that is the one weak area. Breakfast is waiter service and is a bit hit and miss, a lengthy menu, but slightly rigid in the offer. There were several '3 course' options but you didn't necessarily get what was ordered if you tried to mix and match. Other reviewers had mentioned going to one of the other hotels for the buffet breakfast which is what we did. In the Cleopatra Palace you got the same food (including the freshly squeezed orange juice and cava), but you served yourself. It was feeding a lot of people, which gave it a slight 'Butlins' feel, but it was good food, as much as you wanted and at your own pace. Breakfast was served until 10:30 everyday and 12:30 on Sundays which meant it was a relaxing holiday and you weren't rushed into breakfast when you wanted a lie in.
We had one meal in the restaurant which was nice enough but nothing special. We were glad we hadn't opted for half board - there's plenty of other food options around, but Tenerife is not going to be known for its gastronomy anytime soon.

We had one day where it rained and so spent our time in our room watching the TV which showed BBC1,2 ITV, Channels 4 and 5, 3 news channels and More 4, film 4 and ITV 2+1(!). It meant that you could catch up on the news, watch the Leverson enquiry and 'Homes Under the Hammer'! I quite liked having English TV - I know we were supposed to be away from home, but in between the sun, books, and swimming a bit of TV was quite nice.

Overall, the hotel is an oasis in a typical holiday resort. The views were great, the room was great, we relaxed for the whole week and all the staff were friendly, courteous and helpful, nothing was too much trouble and everything came with as smile. For a late season bit of sun - this was just what was needed and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to our friends.

We chose this hotel on spec from a Jet 2 package , wanting to do things a little cheaper than trips last year to Maldives and Cape Verde all inclusive.It didn't work because we spent a fortune eating out at night, but none the worse for that and we prefer not being tied to the hotel dining offering.

Sir Anthony manages to achieve the impossible,an oasis of calm in the middle of downtown Playa, with beach and restaurants literally twenty yards from the hotel but when sitting by the pool we felt miles from anywhere.
The staff are unfailingly efficient and friendly, rooms high quality and well maintained and serviced, although like earlier reviewers, we couldn't work out the music system.Tv has UK channels though which is unusual in our experience.We had second floor rooms which are the cheapest but they have everything you need and are very well appointed.There are always loads of poolside seats available so the private balconies/ personal plunge pools elsewhere are nice to have but not necessary.The fact that there is loads of seating doesn't stop some people doing the towel routine to reserve places, or paying the pool man to book their own spots. This is really not necessary, so just come down when you want, there is always space,and high quality, cushioned loungers. There is also a small outside terrace which is pretty much unused but is very comfortable and secluded for reading etc.
My only minor gripe with the hotel is that it plays that sort of spaced out relaxation "music" by the pool and in breakfast. Why? I can hear the wind in the palm trees and the sea crashing on he beach which surely does the trick far better!
All in all though, for a week of pre Winter sun and relaxation, this place ticks all the boxes although it wouldn't work for families or others looking for action and entertainment on site.

I first visited this hotel about 10 years ago and liked it so much that i have returned 7 or 8 times since but after my most recent visit this month, for the first time, it would not be my automatic choice for my next visit to Tenerife. We have stayed at this hotel twice this year, firstly in April when everything was as good as it normally is and again this month when sadly things were not.
Housekeeping standards are usually very high as you would expect for a hotel in this price bracket but during this latest week this was not the case. The rooftop plunge pool area of the room was not swept all week and most days the room balcony itself was unswept. An empty water bottle that had fallen under the table in the room remained there for two days before i picked it up and put it in the bin together with the clumps of dust gathered round the edge of he room. Clearly any floor sweeping and mopping that was taking place was only down the middle of the natural walkways of the room.
Previously the complimentary shampoo etc were replaced everyday to ensure guest always had the full level that the room started out with. Not this time. Nor did there seem to be a great deal of logic as to which items were and were not replaced the upshot being that on more than one occassion i could be seen pursuing the maid's cart down the corridor to obtain omitted items. Admittedly i could have rung housekeeping to have the items delivered as i'd had to do to obtain lounger towels as they too were missing from the room but hanging on the phone or chasing maid's carts, neither is what i expect to be doing in this hotel. On past visits the bathroom area was refreshed during the evening when the bed was turned down as most people would have used it for showering before going out but this only happened a couple of times on this visit and dirty cups were often left unwashed. Individually all these things are relatively minor, we did not experience any of the ant and cockroach problems mentioned in reviews left by occupants of the garden poolside rooms. However taken together they do suggest that standards are not what they were and it would be nice if this could be nipped in the bud, perhaps starting with a check of all rooms to replace ripped chair cushions and the like.
Reception staff have been mentioned by other reviewers and i would agree that the lady on reception does not come across as well as others i have encountered at the hotel in previous years.
Despite all this the hotel still has big plus points such as the views and proximity to good restaurants but it would be nice if it could raise it's game back to it's previous level

It's hard to find a really nice hotel, where all the action is, in Las Americas. But Sir Anthony ticked the boxes for us. Location was superb being close to the bars and restaurants but also located right on the beach. The pool area is much more private than the sister hotel, Cleopatra, so you didn't get the feeling of stepping over people. We had a junior suite, which was spacious, clean and modern. The bathroom being as big as some hotel rooms I've stayed in?! Staff were all very nice and were happy to make your holiday comfortable etc. (Thanks very much to the life guard for looking after us.) We didn't visit the spa (located in Cleopatra, which is right beside Sir Anthony) but the gym was very nice with modern equipment and loads of room.

So the only CONS I have are... the pressure in the shower isn't great, so if you have long hair it takes a bit longer to get the shampoo out. And more importantly... although they offer a stereo in the room you can't connect your ipod to it because it requires a "special" cable, of which the hotel only has one and they couldn't find it?!? It says it takes a USB cable and I had two of them but neither worked.

Overall... lovely hotel. I would definitely go back.