Valentin Star - Ciudadela, Spain 

We booked this hotel in the spring after reading all the very positive reveiws posted in the last year or so. Then during May and June we read with horror the negative comments that appeared on this site, and at one stage we seriously considered changing our accomodation. However, we decided not to, and to be totally honest we found our decision to definately be the right one. The hotel is in a prime location in the resort, facing the marina, and only 3 minutes walk from the beach. It is very modern, furnished to a high standard and is kept meticulously clean by the hard-working staff. The pool is really well designed and laid out : there are enough sun beds for everyone,in fact the pool area only became busy late afternoon with people returning from the beach. The rooms were very comfortable and spacious (including the beds!) and cleaned every day. They supply towels for the pool which was very useful,and linen was changed every 2 days. The breakfast and evening buffet meals provided a good choice , with a wide variety of fresh, well cooked and prepared food. We had intended to eat out once or twice, but felt that the hotel food was better than we had seen in the local restaurants. The evening entertainment provided was on the whole very good, the chinese acrobats were excellent! We had a most enjoyable 2 week holiday at this hotel, and would have no hesitation in reccomending it to our family and friends. What we find really hard to understand is how it people posted negative reveiws on this hotel recently. It seems that their main criticisms were on the food and the price of the drinks at the bar. But when you consider that most of these reveiwers come from the north of England, you can understand it.....there were no fatty pies,chips or mushy peas on the menu, and the drinks cost about the same as we pay down South anyway!

We have just come back from spending a week at the Valentin Star Hotel and would like to share our experience with others looking for a good hotel to spend their holidays. This hotel was very clean and the staff were very friendly. The entertainment which I understand is only on in July and August, was very good. We would have no hesitation in recommending this hotel to anyone. Even the food (which has come in for a lot of criticism on the reviews) we felt was quite good. If you want cordon bleu then its not for you but bearing in mind it was a buffet and how many people they were catering for, we felt it was more than acceptable. Even our fussy teenage girls found something to eat each evening. OK sometimes it wasn't particularly hot and by the end of the week I was a bit bored with it but I still feel on the whole it was pretty good. The pool was lovely and the staff tried to encourage people to join in with activities during the day (not many could actually be bothered though). Yes the drinks by the pool were on the expensive side but no more than we expected. Don't buy a packet of crisps though cos that will cost you ?2!! If we ever visit Menorca again we would have no hesitation staying at the hotel again. The only negative point I would make is that our terrace area was not as good as some of them and did have an unpleasant smell. This didn't bother us though cos we spent all of our time around the pool area.