Yellow Alvor Garden

Stayed here as a late minute booking having not read the reviews before hand. Wish we had done now! Food is terrible worst I’ve ever experienced on an all inclusive, whole hotel is dated and stained furniture is such a put off. The rooms are ok but very dated and not cleaned to a good standard! We have literally spent every day and evening in alvor town which itself is beautiful! Our room overlooked the pool area which is the only nice thing about the hotel although the sun loungers are old and the pool bar is manned by one person who at peak times I can imagine was a struggle. Would return to the area but definitely not the hotel!

In need of update. Carpets in hallway never cleaned the whole time we were there. Room 010 (ours) had a dried damp patch just above a badly fitted air conditioning unit. No tea making facilities in the room. Food was poor, not hot, very little choice. No menu for children we could see. Poolside furniture had some old (and worn) recliners. One small poolside bar manned with one overworked employee. Lounge bar should have opened at 7 p.m. and was usually late. Definitely not four star. If you are not put off and still book check where your room is situated. If on front of hotel (first floor) you would have a view of a parked car. If on the floors above you will be faced with tops of parked cars and an unused/derelict tennis court and empty pool (fenced off). On the same site is a closed restaurant. Not very attractive at all. We fortunately had a rear room facing the pool. Would definitely not go back.

Me and my boyfriend stayed here for a week's visit to alvor in the algarve. The staff was very friendly and helpful on arrival and throughout the week and even gave us snacks on arrival as we got There pretty late at night. There was entertainment most evenings which was brill because we haven't stayed in a hotel abroad with good entertainment on before. They had dancers, singers , magic and everything! We went all inclusive and the good was pretty good. They pretty much served food all day so if you woke up late and missed breakfast you wouldn't have to wait long for snacks or lunch time. They had a lot of facilities onsite such as 3 swimming pools, kids games area, massage area and held Activies during the week such as water aerobics, yoga and volleyball. One thing that we didn't like is they shut off certain bars at different times so if you wanted a drink during the day you had to get one by the bar near the pool which is quite annoying if you sat elsewhere and they only had certaib drinks at each bar which was okay for my boyfriend as he just drank beer which was at evety bar but for me was quite annoying because i could only have wine at diner time and only cocktails by the pool.The room it's self was very clean and we was very happy with it.The hotel it's self isn't very well located. It's right and the bottom of a big garden complex with other hotels around it and it takes a 10 min walk up a hill just to get out of the complex which was abit annoying for when we had excursions because most mini buses and coaches couldn't fit down the complex so we had to walk up to the main road. Alvor is a beautiful little village but because of our location it took us about half an hour just to walk into alvor and by the end of the week we was fed up with walking up the hill we kept getting taxis into the town and the reception staff would charge you to use the phone to call for one. Good for an all inclusive for families but not so good for if you want to explore alvor very much a hotel that provides everything so you don't leave the premises and spend your time in the hotel. Weather was still pretty hot considering we went in the middle of September around 25 degrees all week.The grounds of the hotel is beautiful full of lovley gardens and water features it says online there is a tennis court but you can't actually use it as it's old and abandoned in the centre of the complex. We would definitely stay in alvor again but would chose a different hotel just purely because of the location.