I loved my time at dONNA hotel. It was really beautiful by the sea. I would say that it felt a little bit like scruffy around the edges as though maybe it needs some minor renovations to bring it back to how it was when originally constructed (which I don't think was long ago), such as the carpet/tiles in the bedroom were peeling up in some areas. There was a lot of scuffed paint.
The beds/pillows were not very comfortable for such an up market hotel I would have expected better.
It was quite difficult to get the attention of the staff e.g. by the pool or in the restaurant, but when you did, they were really brilliant and very helpful. They
One word of warning...it says on hotels.com that all city view rooms have a balcony/patio, which isn't true. Only ground floor city view rooms have patio. So I told reception that I was expecting a patio/balcony, and she upgraded us to a poolside sea view room with privtlate patio, which was incredible, and I was very grateful. If I had not had this room, I think I would have felt like the hotel was quite expensive.
The breakfast was also a bit disappointing, the hot food was tepid. Not a great selection, bad coffee.
However when the breakfast buffet went away and lunch/dinner came out, the restaurant really shines. The restaurant menu is absolutely delicious! Great food. And a lovely busy atmosphere all day with hotel guests and outside guests flooding into the restaurant for lunch.
Overall a great stay, minor room for improvement.
