Just returned from a week in the Royal Club and really enjoyed it. The food and service were superb. Well stocked self-service bar serving internationally recognised branded drinks. They also had a stock of other premium drinks, malt whiskey, vintage brandy, liquors etc but you had to ask for them to be served as they were stored out of sight.... More

Having read an earlier review of the Royal Club I decided to upgrade my stay at the Occidental and wasn't disappointed. We booked via First Choice and stayed in early November. Despite one cloudy day the weather was excellent. We arrived at the hotel with 2 coach loads of guests after a longer-than-expected airport transfer (1hr 20 mins). Having two... More

Up-graded to Royal Club when we first arrived on 13th Sept for 2 weeks.We stayed in the main hotel last year and, although we enjoyed it, didn't rate the food very highly, disliked the hectic meal times and queueing for drinks so at the last minute decided to up-grade. The Royal Club is very relaxing with waiter/ress service most of... More

Booked this holiday about 3 weeks before departure, made the major mistake of booking it THEN reading the tripadvisor reviews!! Was really worried about the negative food comments but thought because we had booked into the Royal Club things would be different...how wrong I was! In fairness the staff keep the Royal Club very clean and were friendly, however, the... More