SBH Hotel Royal Mónica in Playa Blanca

Visited this hotel for a week from 1st March. Upon arrival we were greeted by a very welcoming and polite lady on reception who explained where our room would be found. Quick and easy check in. Room was spacious and clean. Couple of silly things that were missing like plugs for the bath and basin. No fridge either but not really an issue. Beds were comfortable enough. The hotel was clean enough but very run down and in need of a revamp. FOOD - not the best food. Lacking in quality and quantity on an evening. The roof also leaked in the restaurant when it rained on one of the evenings we ate in. We ended up eating out 5 nights out of the 7 we were there. The pizza and chips were ok in the pool bar on a lunchtime but quickly went cold. Breakfast was ok. DRINKS - the drinks were fine. Decent enough beer. Very poor lighting on an evening. Plenty of lights but none working which was quite dangerous on an evening particularly around the wooden bridge area on the way to and from the pool bar. Wouldn't recommend coming here if you're British and enjoy meeting other people as a very strong foreign contingent, particularly French. Nothing against foreigners but because of the language barrier difficult to make friends. Hardly any British people here whilst we were there. Can't comment on the pool/s as too cold to use due the weather not being great. The setting of the hotel is lovely looking out over the sea to Fuerteventura with a 40 minute walk along the promenade into the town. Can't really comment too much on the entertainment on an evening as we went out and was finished by the time we got back. Enjoyed the break but wouldn't come back to this hotel.

First off a disclaimer, storm Emilia made a visit while I was there and it rained 6 of the 7 days 🫤

And if you're expecting 4 or 5 star service, you're going to be disappointed. Think of it as a budget holiday, its not going to wow you, but its nice for a week away on a budget

My room 1111, was large and had a great view of the Atlantic and the islands.
The bed was awful and I ended up sleeping on the couch after the first night
There was no plug for the bath
Door handles were hanging off the doors
You had to pay for AC remote, luckily it was cold lol

But the worse part of the room was that instead of AC, they have ceiling fans and if any of the rooms around you have them on, the noise is annoying as hell and just drones on and on.

Food was good, never struggled to get anything to eat and some of it was rather nice.

As it rained for most of the holiday the entertainment was a bit limited, but the young lady did a good job of trying, I was trying to see her name tag, but failed at every attempt. If the hotel sees this, please pass on my thanks, she always took the time to chat and see if I wanted to join in, which is quite rare these days. And if you reply, let me know her name :)

The staff are all very good and a credit to the hotel, never saw a grumpy person, they all had a smile and were happy to help.

Location is out of the way, youll be walking 30mins to nowhere, but thats also nice in itself

I struggled on how to review this hotel, is it basic but also very good at being basic. But you really need to either get a handyman in or get your maintenance team working.

Dont expect much when you go and you wont be disappointed, this isnt a luxury hotel but its a good hotel.