the hotel is very good for families, the breakfast is suberb. top facilities.

the hotel outdoor pools are divided betwen family and adults pool. and all of them are just amazing. my 16-year old that loves to swim, felt that he was too old for the kids pool (and I agreed), but then he was not allowed to enter the two swimming pools in the adults section (we requested to management, that he would go along with me to the adults pool). he complained the entire stay that he wanted to leave.... I loved the hotel, but until he turns 18, I won't be able to fully convince the entire family

The rooms are very comfortable and a great set up for a family with children, interconnecting rooms with two bathrooms. The facilities were very nice, landscaping, well-kept, towels, available by the pool, free of charge water in the morning, are tasty, breakfast buffet with a little area for children to choose their own bits.

 It felt as if the hotel was massively understaffed. On most occasions you had to ask for something twice, if not three times or go and get it yourself. we arrived for our check-in at 3 pm, and the room was not ready until 3:30 pm, housekeeping did not tidy our rooms most days, unless we find reception, asking for drinks by the pool took a long time. It is the service which really like this hotel down.

What’s not to like about The Anantara! Buffet breakfast with excellent choice of fruits, pastries, breads, pancakes, cereals and also hot food. Staff are friendly and extremely attentive. Half Board Buffet Dinner also delicious, with a huge selection to cater to every taste. Several other restaurants to choose from for a supplement. Room is absolutely gorgeous… spacious and furnished to an extremely high level. The attention to detail is amazing. Lovely en-suite bathroom, with a huge bath and a shower with rainfall head and also a hand held shower head. Separate wc with bidet. Walk in wardrobe, dressing room with safe and plenty of shelving, drawers and hanging space. Bathrobes, slippers and toiletries all provided, and replenished daily, plus a powerful hairdryer. Anantara has thought of everything. There is a Spa which we haven’t used as yet, but all the treatments sound fab.

Nothing! It was all excellent! Couldn’t fault anything. The Nespresso coffee machine wasn’t working, and was replaced within 5 minutes of me phoning reception. They really have thought of everything!!!

We had a beautiful room with direct access to the pool from our terrace, it was amazing. To go to the Marina in Vilamoura, we could use complimentary Tuk-Tuk ride which was fun for the kids. The hotel was lovely. We will definitely come back.

The only thing I that was not 100% perfect was a dirty curtain in the room (which was no big deal for us) and coffee at breakfast did not taste very good (tea was excellent).

Clean, friendly staff, variety of restaurants, nice spa, good gym, and spacious rooms.

The plates in the breakfast area spelled fishy.

Staff very friendly

Cats at the property - not in keeping with a five star hotel

Very relaxing

Location and cleanliness

My room was was way down in the back of the hotel long walk

The breakfast buffet is amazing!! It is full and has a lot of options, tha is what I liked the most... Also liked the fact of having two different zones of Swimming pools, for families with and without kids.

The fact that there is no disable (stroller or wheelchair) access to the family swimming pool. Also the biggest issue was the luggage change from the staff, we ended up taking bags which are not ours because the Valet team made a mix with other gests.

The hotel is lovely, very well kept and clean. The Kids area is great for families. The staff around the pool were brilliant - attentive, happy and very pleasant. The breakfast and dinner buffet is very good, different every day.

It wasn’t clear when we booked the property there were two separate pools, the nicer one being the adults pool which I believe used to be the kids pool a few years ago. The WC’s are in awkward places in the hotel, not easily accessible from the pool. The room we were first put in, faced the car park which we didn’t feel was very good value for money considering how much we spent on the room. Fortunately rectified after a few days. The staff when we first arrived were not very welcoming at all and we did not understand all the facilities and restaurants that were located in the hotel as our check-in was very basic and the lady did not want to give us her time to explain it felt.