Corralejo, Hotel Riu Oliva Beach Review

Good Points
Very friendly staff, clean hotel, good location, food was brilliant, entertainment was even better. Always sun beds around the pool and on the beach. The general comments part explains everything. Would definitely go back!

Bad Points
If you are a younger family there are a lot of older german couples and they didn't like a lot of noise.

General Comments
This hotel/holiday was the best me and my family have ever been on and we will definitely go again. As soon as we arrived we got checked in very quickly and our bags were taken to our room, we were given wrist bands, silver for over 18's and red for under 18's, my sister is 16 and wasn't happy that she got a red wristband because it means she can't get into the disco or order alcoholic drinks, but if the parent of the family asks the staff to change the band then they will do because they have the parents permission to do so, you are also given free bottled water at reception which is very good. We were placed in the annex part of the hotel which we were happy about even though some people that were placed there didn't like it, we were on the bottom floor of one of the blocks which over looked the pool and it was nice because we could sit at night on the balcony and look over the pool whilst having a drink. The food and drinks were very nice, so much to choose from and all the waiters and bar staff were brilliant, very friendly and helped us with anything we had a problem with. There were two restaurants in the hotel, if one is open the other is closed and vice versa, we only went to the spanish one which is open most nights, it is similar to the main buffet but it is smaller and you have a certain time to be there, the chinese one is only open thursday nights and friday nights, (be aware you have to book the restaurants the day before and you have to book the chinese one very early the morning because it books up very quick) we didn't realise this and so we didn't get chance to go to the chinese resturant but we were told the food was very good. Apart from the restaurants there is the main buffet which quite big and the people who don't book the 6pm or 8pm restaurant reservations go to the main buffet, it opens at 6pm but at first it is a mad rush and people seem to run in like a pack of zoo animals to get to the food, it's better to go 10 or 15 mins after it opens once people have got there first course. The hotel was a very high standard, it was clean all the time, the maids work very hard and came everyday to make the beds, clean the floors and change any towels that you need to change. My family didn't go out of the complex at all during the holiday because there was so much to do. I went to the town for a few hours on my 3rd day to see what it was like and I was very impressed, lots of nice shops, bars and restaurants also if you walk down the main street for long enough you get to the end of the town and you can see lanzarote which looks very nice on a clear day. The bus comes at every hour or half past the hour, it is 1 euro 15 and only takes about 10 mins to get to into the town. In the hotel during the day there were lots of things to do, volleyball and soccer on the beach and card games and bingo, also there is the mini club which looks good for kids. The night time is very good, there is a mini disco which all the children loved, then there are the shows which start at 9:00pm and are on every night and they were all amazing, very funny and entertaining. There is a bar near the shop at the beach side of the hotel which is generally for older people, there is a small dance floor for old time dancing, it was a very nice bar to sit and relax at night and it was nice to watch couples dancing. For some of the younger people there is a disco downstairs which start at 10:30pm and goes on till 2:00am, the DJ is very nice and will play a song if you ask for it, but all the songs he plays are good anyway. Overall the holiday was brilliant, we met some very nice people and families and we met some good friends within the staff and we will definilety go back to see them all.