6.0

Good

Hotel Dom Joao II. It is looking very tired, and several things in the rooms needed repairing. The bathrooms were also quite worn out. However, the daily maid service was excellent and could not be faulted. Despite the hotel issues, we had a great time and really appreciated the smooth organisation and support throughout our trip.

Terence – Reviewed 23 Jan 2026

8.0

Very Good

Disappointed that the hotel had no tea coffee making facilities in the room

Ian – Reviewed 14 Nov 2025

10

Excellent

David – Reviewed 29 Oct 2025

10

Excellent

Excellent location for our group access straight onto the beach for a relaxing swim after the game of golf beach towels supplied by the hotel in the evening 1k walk on the boardwalk in r in Alvor village

Mark – Reviewed 1 Oct 2025

8.0

Very Good

Perfect for golf break.

Angie – Reviewed 22 Sep 2025

10

Excellent

Douglas – Reviewed 11 Jul 2025

8.0

Very Good

Really enjoyed hotel great for golf break

Peter – Reviewed 24 Apr 2025

8.0

Very Good

Very nice hotel with friendly and welcoming staff

Anthony – Reviewed 24 Mar 2025

10

Excellent

Great stay at the hotel. Staff were brilliant

Jim – Reviewed 23 Mar 2025

8.0

Very Good

A nice hotel. Very friendly and helpful staff and only a short walk from the town centre. Only thing that would detract is that the beer was not well maintained and the breakfast a little bland, albeit I would comment that there was good choice.

Tom – Reviewed 18 Mar 2025

8.0

Very Good

All ok apart from the bar doesn’t take cash and also adds 10%service charge to even a beer!

Lawrence – Reviewed 16 Mar 2025

10

Excellent

Excellent as ever.

David – Reviewed 6 Mar 2025

10

Excellent

place was clean ,tidy, breakfast was very good,, all we could wish for.

Terrence – Reviewed 4 Mar 2025

10

Excellent

David – Reviewed 26 Feb 2025

8.0

Very Good

Hotel is in a good location within easy reach of Alvor centre. Rooms are comfortable but very basic. We had a twin deluxe room (all rooms are titled deluxe and are identical) with full sea view balcony including breakfast costing an extra £148 for the 7 nights over the standard “deluxe” twin room which all overlook the car park. The room was tired and in need of a refresh. For the time of year the hotel was very comfortable and the buffet style breakfasts were very good with ample selection of hot and cold foods. I get the impression though at the height of season the breakfast would be very crowded and long queues would form at the toasters, coffee machines and omelette counter. Rooms were made up each day and fresh towels provided. Overall an excellent 7 days stay.

Terence – Reviewed 20 Jan 2025

8.0

Very Good

Shane – Reviewed 25 Nov 2024

8.0

Very Good

good hotel, clean and tidy, polite staff

Alan – Reviewed 27 Oct 2024

6.0

Good

Could have been better. We arrived early on day one and as we had B&B the breakfast didn’t start until the following day, as we were leaving in the middle of the night on our last day I asked if we could swap our booked and paid for breakfast to our arrival day. Refused! So we had to pay €14 each for breakfast being promised a continental breakfast at 2:30am on our check out day. They left a mountain of butter a bit of cheese, some meat and some stale bread. No milk, no cereal, no tea. Very poor for 12 people. Watch your bar bills as service charge is added to your drinks very upset when you ask for it to be removed. The great thing is the location and the rims are comfortable but could do with a kettle.

Jackie – Reviewed 13 Oct 2024

8.0

Very Good

We were on B&B basis so not too much time spent in hotel but the pool, grounds and beach bar after golf were great. Looking to go again (with wife) as boardwalk to town and beach bars in early evening were amazing.

Steve – Reviewed 29 Sep 2024

8.0

Very Good

Perfect location and the staff where always perlite and friendly Definitely would go back there

Franco – Reviewed 10 Jun 2024

10

Excellent

David – Reviewed 28 May 2024

8.0

Very Good

Stayed many times. Perfect for a guys golf break.

Mark – Reviewed 19 May 2024

6.0

Good

John – Reviewed 16 May 2024

4.0

Average

Tired hotel, beds & bedding poor, breakfast is poor, location is good

David – Reviewed 7 May 2024

8.0

Very Good

Food was good but limited offering and staff didn’t keep an eye on availability during breakfast. Overall good.

Tim – Reviewed 22 Mar 2024

6.0

Good

Rooms a little tired. Communal areas very nice. Gardens well maintained. Breakfast very good.

Susan – Reviewed 13 Mar 2024

10

Excellent

Another wonderful trip to Dom Joao II for a group od 24 golfers. Great staff everywhere - attentive and professional. Look forward to seeking you all agian next year. Thank you.

David – Reviewed 10 Mar 2024

8.0

Very Good

No problems got what we expected , only had breakfasts but very good quality and selection . Room cleaned everyday , all staff excellent

Mike – Reviewed 8 Mar 2024

6.0

Good

Darren – Reviewed 2 Feb 2024

10

Excellent

Steve – Reviewed 5 Nov 2023

8.0

Very Good

We paid fo 2 sea view rooms but these were not available. Could you contact me. Regards Brian Beattie

Brian – Reviewed 20 Oct 2023

8.0

Very Good

Good value for money overall. The staff were very helpful, and the proximity to beach was very good. Close to some nice beach bars, just a few minutes walk. Walking into Alvor took about 10-15 mins. The pool area was clean. Only had breakfast and drinks in the hotel - plenty of choice. Downsides - our room was quite small for three - two single beds and a sofa bed, but for all the time we were in there it was ok. Only two lifts to service five floor (we were on the 5th floor) meant there were often some queues to use the lifts. Overall, a pleasant experience

David – Reviewed 12 Sep 2023

6.0

Good

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Perfect hotel for 8 guys golfing. Short walk into town or 5 euro taxi. We have stayed a number of occasions. Staff are friendly and helpful. Rooms are fine nothing too fancy, but perfectly adequate. Breakfast just OK, but adequate. Nothing bad about this at all and would recommend for golfing break.

Mark – Reviewed 14 May 2023

8.0

Very Good

Hotel is well appointed and in a great location for an easy walk into Alvor along the boardwalk. The rooms are comfortable and clean with fridges and balconies. Down side is noisey guests with no consideration for others, especially getting out of Taxis and in the corridors. The few of the staff need some serious customer service training. Overall I would still recommend staying here.

Jackie – Reviewed 3 May 2023

8.0

Very Good

Lawrence – Reviewed 3 Apr 2023

6.0

Good

Hotel good value but lacks quality. Standards have dropped a little.

Richard – Reviewed 5 Mar 2023

8.0

Very Good

All good

Paul – Reviewed 13 Feb 2023

8.0

Very Good

Caters well for golf parties and ideal for walking into Alvor. Many good local golf courses.

Bill – Reviewed 22 Oct 2022

8.0

Very Good

Could not fault the hotel all that we required for our golf tour

Delwyn – Reviewed 20 Oct 2022

10

Excellent

Clean room,great location,friendly staff and good value for money.

Charles – Reviewed 14 Oct 2022

10

Excellent

This is the second year we have stayed at this hotel and the only thing you could possibly alter is been a little closer to the town centre. Having said that a taxi was only £3.50. We walk in and taxi back.

Richard – Reviewed 20 Sep 2022

10

Excellent

Excellent accommodation , spotless clean

George – Reviewed 16 Sep 2022

8.0

Very Good

Everything that we needed was there.

Ian – Reviewed 14 Sep 2022

8.0

Very Good

Only gripe is the size of the standard rooms they are a little snug Although very clean and comfortable

Simon – Reviewed 30 Jun 2022

10

Excellent

Lovely hotel to stay in.Rooms we're very spacious and had all mod cons.Ideally placed for golfers as all courses were within 25 mins

Alan – Reviewed 21 Jun 2022

8.0

Very Good

Staff are amazing! Hotel is clean and well maintained. Breakfast is good, I’d recommend the omelette man 👍🏼

Nigel – Reviewed 20 Jun 2022

10

Excellent

Superb location on the beach. Very big pool and plenty of shaded areas. Buffet breakfasts were excellent and we ate once at an evening Italian buffet which was OK although not very Italian - only 1 strange pasta dish. Only down side - the towels had seen better days.

Geoff – Reviewed 20 Jun 2022

8.0

Very Good

Fabulous hotel and great location.

Paul – Reviewed 24 May 2022

8.0

Very Good

Hotel was fine except for getting served at the bar busy place with only one staff member serving

Blair – Reviewed 11 May 2022

10

Excellent

Chris – Reviewed 9 May 2022

10

Excellent

Great hotel, location is perfect for Alvor town. Breakfast was excellent with plenty of choice. Lots of room and free sun beds in the grounds. Staff very helpful.

Jackie – Reviewed 9 May 2022

10

Excellent

Great hotel.This was our third visit.Staff are great food was good.Looking forward to going back

Bill – Reviewed 28 Apr 2022

10

Excellent

Very good hotel, well positioned just short walk to centre of Alvor

John – Reviewed 24 Apr 2022

6.0

Good

only stayed one night - location is right on the beach

Steven – Reviewed 9 Apr 2022

10

Excellent

As always the Dom Joao is a great place to stay. Close to the boardwalk into the village of Alvor a 5€ taxi fare. Breakfast is superb with lots of fresh fruit and choice of cooked food. The only disappointment is the fruit juice which is very weak and tasteless. Rooms are extremely comfortable and plenty of hot water. Would recommend as a great place to stay.

Jackie – Reviewed 7 Apr 2022

8.0

Very Good

A very good place to stay in Alvor

David – Reviewed 19 Mar 2022

10

Excellent

We couldn't have received better value anywhere. I booked for four of us, so I was trying to keep the price as low as possible. For the price it was spectacular.

Mark – Reviewed 16 Mar 2022

8.0

Very Good

Lawrence – Reviewed 13 Mar 2022

6.0

Good

Regular visitors to this hotel , it’s clean, well organised , only had breakfasts but very good (only because we like to eat out evenings) .rooms adequate and cleaned every day. Yes very happy.

Mike – Reviewed 13 Mar 2022

6.0

Good

This a a good value hotel. An upgrade to rooms would make a difference.

Richard – Reviewed 6 Mar 2022

6.0

Good

Room was standard but hotel is tired even though it had a refurb 2019/2020 there are broken tiles in the toilets the laminate flooring on the 4th floor has buckled which could be a trip hazard and the large restaurant mirrors are broken and cracked? The breakfast was cold or like warm because the baymarie wasn't working properly only good thing was I was away from storm arwen.

Simon – Reviewed 6 Dec 2021

8.0

Very Good

On arrival they had everyone of our 12 rooms all under the name of our group organiser. This hardly gave the best impression of efficiency. What made it worse was that two days before our arrival I had written to them confirming all those who were to arrive and highlighted that the name of the organiser should be excluded from the arrivals list as he, poor chap, had to go into hospital. Equally on the admin front, they tried their best to charge extra for a late arrival of one of our member’s wife who was booked into his double room and it took ages to get that sorted because they would not read the booking form correctly, just what someone had keyed onto their system which I suppose was sacrosanct. Finally, given a little over a fortnight’s notice, we had asked for score cards at each of the courses to be available for output arrival, but no one knew anything about that request despite my showing them the original e-mail to the front desk!

Nigel – Reviewed 30 Nov 2021

10

Excellent

Have stayed at the Dom Joao for the past 18 years and am always satified. Pestana have a great business model and it shows in their properties and staff. The hotel has undergone a makeover during the Covid lockdowns and it bright, modern and airy looking. The breakfast facilities have been improved with additional service stations anf extra equipment. However, there is still room for improvement with regard to the hot buffet. I like my food on the HOT side and the temperature of the hot buffet is just not quite there. That said, I do enjoy the fact that you can get omlettes and fried eggs cooked fresh. A great place to stay.

Bill – Reviewed 24 Oct 2021

10

Excellent

Lovely hotel. Great food. Beach was amazing

Mark – Reviewed 19 Oct 2021

8.0

Very Good

Good location. Good breakfast Perfect location to walk into Alvor

Brian – Reviewed 18 Oct 2021

10

Excellent

Been to Hotel last 4 years, it has had an upgrade in the public areas and rooms nicely done, could do with bathroom upgrade to walk in showers and cushions for sun beds. Overall a great hotel for golfers, superb location if going back to region would certainly be first choice.

Kevin – Reviewed 5 Oct 2021

8.0

Very Good

Really enjoyed our stay. Every think catered for. Couple of our guys found the 15 min walk into town a bit far but a taxi is only £3.70.

Richard – Reviewed 28 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

Very nice simple but stylish hotel. Food and bar facilities very good. Comfortable rooms.

Nick – Reviewed 15 Sep 2021

8.0

Very Good

The room was a bit tight for 3 adults but would have been great for 2. Great choice for breakfast but ‘hot’ food offering was like warm. Excellent systems in place to mitigate COVID transmission Excellent and friendly staff throughout.

Jim – Reviewed 12 Sep 2021

10

Excellent

Fantastic location on the beach and within a lovely 10 minute walk to the centre of Alvor. Nice rooms, excellent staff and great facilities. Excellent 4 star accommodation. Would definitely recommend.

James – Reviewed 8 Sep 2021

10

Excellent

The hotel re-opened the day before we arrived following a complete re-decoration and replacement of soft furnishings. It was immaculate. All staff were extremely welcoming and helpful

Paul – Reviewed 11 Feb 2020

10

Excellent

as always great stay

Graham – Reviewed 10 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

Never stayed there this year but good last year

David – Reviewed 13 Jan 2020

6.0

Good

The room was fairly standard but nice and clean, the staff were friendly and helpful. The outside areas were clean and well maintained with plenty of loungers around the pool and gardens, the spa us tired and not very welcoming and the steam room didn't work while we were there. The breakfast were usual buffet type breakfast but the standard of cereal and jam and those kind of things did seem poor. The town of Alvor is a 10 minute walk away and has a fantastic choice of restaurants and bars with great service and great atmosphere. The boardwalk and the beach are superb so the town and beach area more than made up for the little let down of the food and spa.

Shaun – Reviewed 13 Oct 2019

10

Excellent

We actually got upgraded to the Pestana Blue hotel and resort complex in Alvor a new 5 star hotel all inclusive. The facilities and rooms were fantastic Food and drink also brilliant and plenty to do around the hotel when waiting to play or not playing golf Would highly recommend this hotel to anyone Staff friendly and helpful also

Keith – Reviewed 3 Oct 2019

6.0

Good

I was bitterly disappointed about our room (N0 207). We had paid extra for a Sea View, however when looking from our balcony the view was blocked by some concrete construction, which I am still not what it was and large trees. We could just about see the Sea but I would say it was less 10% of the overall scene (picture available if you want it). I did complain and was willing to pay extra for a room on a higher floor but was told the Hotel was full. Over the week I asked a few guests who were on the 3rd and 4th floors when they booked there holiday and about 50% of them had made reservations in the past 3 months, which seems to me there is no advantage in booking early as you will only be allocated a poor room. As to the room, it was kept spotless by the cleaning staff and they are to be congratulated. The bars and restaurants were Ok but nothing special. The hotel want 25 euros for an evening meal (20 euros) if you book the day before for a buffet type service. As you can get a very decent meal with a drink for two in Alvor (15 mins away) for less 40 euros, I would avoid the hotel. If you are having breakfast, get there before 0800 as after then it is a bit of a "Bun Fight". Next to the hotel is the Pestana golf shop and the staff in there were excellent. We needed to change some dates and times for our vouchers and nothing was too much trouble for them, once again the staff should be congratulated, as with all the general staff of the hotel.

Steve – Reviewed 28 Sep 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great location, clean and good breakfasts. Rooms are comfortable with plenty of room. Easy walk along the lovely boardwalk to the town, where there are plenty of lovely restaurants and bars. Great beach just outside hotel or plenty of free sun beds by the pool.

Jackie – Reviewed 6 May 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great location for the golf and eating out

Granville – Reviewed 6 May 2019

8.0

Very Good

Very good and roomy. Didn’t like the blind that when opened displaying someone in the shower!!

Paul – Reviewed 13 Apr 2019

6.0

Good

staff at reception very friendly & helpful, breakfast i didn't like having to queue for coffee,toast, eggs & omelettes. rooms very good, cleaned to a good standard daily

Dave – Reviewed 16 Mar 2019

10

Excellent

Great place for us to stay. Great facilities and only a shortish walk into Alvor.

David – Reviewed 12 Mar 2019

6.0

Good

Hotel ok as usual, car park rammed full every night which can be a pain. Breakfasts good enough, snacks and beer expensive other than happy hours. Rooms good enough, cleaned well each day. Staff chatty and smiley .

Mike – Reviewed 9 Mar 2019

10

Excellent

It was adequate for us and very comfortable

Dean – Reviewed 26 Feb 2019

6.0

Good

Basic hotel, not four star, but clean and tidy.

Karl – Reviewed 30 Jan 2019

8.0

Very Good

Comfortable clean friendly

Alan – Reviewed 8 Dec 2018

4.0

Average

Hotel is getting tired wants update to rooms

Peter – Reviewed 9 Nov 2018

8.0

Very Good

Room was light and nicely laid out...wish I'd asked for a sea view though! Breakfasts were amazing...so much choice. Bar area was nice and enjoyed the entertainment on several nights we were there. Also uses the pool and sauna in the Wellness centre. Pool was too cold first few days then it heated up and was much more pleasant. Would certainly stay here again.

Sarah – Reviewed 5 Nov 2018

10

Excellent

This is our second times stay.. excellent service as well excellent locate where the great beach are in front of the hotel also lovely old town in Alvor which is about 15 minutes walk. Good locate for golfing holiday.

David – Reviewed 25 Oct 2018

8.0

Very Good

This is the second time I have stayed at this Hotel,situated in a great location and good facilities, but the qualiy of the food for the evening meal was not as good and varied as two years ago.

Timothy – Reviewed 22 Oct 2018

6.0

Good

The hotel was ok but nothing special. food was ok. Clean room but Hotel needs refurbing.

Kelvin – Reviewed 25 Sep 2018

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