Palladium Hotel Don Carlos

We stayed at this hotel last week and on the whole we had a great time. Its location is perfect - a short walk to the main town and ferry port. This is one of the quieter areas of Ibiza which worked well for us. The hotel and staff are great. As an all inclusive resort, most of your branded products were available and they served snacks in between the main meal times (although this wasnt always made very clear) As vegetarians, we called up before we booked to check what the options were and we were told we would be given the option to select from a seperate menu upon check in. Unfortunately, at check in we were not asked about food preferences and when I mentioned we were vegetarians, the lady said not to worry the buffet has lots of options which change daily. On our first two days, the lunch and dinner options for vegetarians were virtually the same. They do have a salad station and live cooking station but again the options didnt vary greatly - one time there would be vegetable pasta, and the next vegetable noodles, the problem was that the sauce was the same each time so no variety. We also found there was a lot of repetition on the dessert tables but more so on the fruit, we only ever saw pineapple and watermelon for the entire 7 day visit. After eating on our second night, we spoke to reception and they managed to sort out some menus for our remaining time there so this was greatly appreciated. As we had a car, we were not always back for the meals but when we were it was nice to have something different. If you are a meat or fish eater then it seemed as though the options changed daily. There were nights when there were curries available or other cusines, but even on the menu that was prepared for us it was mainly alternations of pasta and omlettes. It would be great if there could be a wider vegetarian selection as some of the food that was prepared for the non veg eaters could have also been made as a vege option such as the curry or the tortelini pastas. Overall however we had a great holiday and would return if the food selections could be improved upon!!

Stayed here for a week in May. Excellent adults only hotel with friendly staff. First time visiting Ibiza and absolutely loved it. Room - We were in room 124 which had a lovely part sea view and a view of some private gardens. Room was cleaned brilliantly every day. Nice big shower and bathroom. A few negatives below. Food - Buffet restaurant was brilliant. Lots of choice and lovely fresh bread. Everything you could possibly want. The smoked salmon at breakfast was nice to have. Made a nice change from the usual. We never had any issues with food for the week we were staying. A la carte - I loved it but my husband wasn't a fan. I had spring rolls to start, the beef and gnocchi for my main and chocolate fondue for desert. My husband had 2 starters as he didn't like any if the mains and his cheesecake was dissaponting. No biscuit base. We cancelled our second booking. The sandwiches, fruit, pastries and magnum style and cornetto ice creams which were available all day were a nice added extra. Bar - Drinks selection was excellent. The best we've had at an all inc in a long time. Lots of international brands on offer. Pool -The pool was cold but not too cold to go use. Tip go in the sea first then the pool will feel like a hot tub as the sea was a lot colder. Plenty of sunbeds at all times of the day. The big beds were lovely to go and sit in if you wanted full peace and quiet and a proper chill out area. The 3 guys who they had singing by the pool on a few of the afternoons were excellent. Lovely chilled out tunes to listen to whilst sitting around the pool. Location and area - Nice 15-minute walk into Santa Eulalia, which has lots of bars, restaurants and shops. There is also access from the hotel to a small beach area. We popped down there a few times for a dip in the sea. Ibiza town is 20-30 bus journey away from Santa Eulalia only a couple of euros each, each way. Or 20 euros in a taxi each way. We caught the water taxi back which was 24 euros for the 2 of us and good 40-minute boat trip so well worth the money. Highly recommend Ibiza town, beautiful place. Also recommend a visit to restaurant Seventeen just up the road from the hotel in the back streets. Amazing Italian food. Entertainment - Excellent evening entertainment, singers, bands and people performing all very good. Daytime entertainment was the usual killer darts, boules etc.. Weather was amazing a lot hotter than I expected it to be in May. Negatives 1) More people needed to be serving on the bar. Quite often only 1 person serving with a huge queue. 2) Double room is 2 single beds pushed together on wheels so moved around a lot. Beds were also very hard, so we asked for a mattress topper. Would have much preferred the bed to be made up as a double. Highly recommend and will stay again. Would have scored a 5 if the beds were better.

Just got back from Don Carlos we enjoyed our holiday. The food was good plenty of choice for everybody. Staff were lovely really hard work we have to give MarIA Martin a mention always smiling while working at the bar. Would also recommend booking a suite we had plenty of room. Lovely area hope to return.