Insotel Club Tarida Playa

Highly recommended

We had a truly memorable holiday at Tarida Playa and want to thank all the staff who were both efficient and polite. The refurbished rooms are spaceous and clean, the food was good, the drinks were leading brands and the location is excellent being only a 100 metres from the beautiful Cala Tarida. The only negative points are that in October half the poolside loungers are in the shade all day and in the evening there is only outdoor areas to sit, which is no problem in summer but rather cold in the Autumn evenings. However, these minor issues did not spoil our break and we would definitely return. Thank you Insotel for a great holiday!

Pleasant family holiday in half-term school holidays.

We visited in October 2018 and decided to return for 8 days with a 4 and 6 year old, we have downgraded our review from 4*+ to a solid 3*. There are some really good points but also a few negative. We would not return. Location wise, if you are looking for an on the beach holiday with a family of young children with warm safe clear waters, then great. Sea: Clear, clean, warm (25 degrees in October), shallow, lifeguarded, has full facilities. Food: Very good quality, but just too cold and you cannot microwave some types of foods to warm it up as would spoil. No heated plate storage so clean plates cold (having heated plate warmers would really help). Drinks: Very good. International spirits brands, bottled red wine on request at bar, good freshly ground coffees. Estrella Dam Beer good. Branded soft drinks incl. Nestea, Coke, Fanta, Sprite. Draft wines from box awful. Baileys used to be branded but now cheap local whisky creme liquor - shame. Bars: Only one (and is outdoors)! No heaters. No citronella candles. Mosquitos a real problem here. Pool bar open 1030-2330. No indoor bars. Pleasant staff (except older mature male barman who was very sarcastic to families and just rude). Milk for children (incl. plain semi-skimmed, chocolate, strawberry and sometime vanilla) on request. Also offers good snack menu: 10-12 (croissants) and 12-6 (burgers, hot dogs, cheese/ham toasties) - hot food in combo-oven cooked fresh and good. No chips. Beach bar: (inside restaurant in front of Annex apartments) Closed for 2 years (was open 12-6 when here 3 years ago) very sad about this :( Beach bar & restaurant toilets: Both closed. This was a real hassle with 2 young children always needing a wee and pool plus 30 steep steps from beach to hotel bar WC's through secure gate. Restaurants: Indoor buffet with semi covered al fresco terrace area (not heated). Food is of very good quality and changed daily with a different dinner theme. It really is good and has nice music too but it is just too cold by the time you get it back to your table to eat. Need to invest in food plate warmers and increase temperature in pre-cooked buffet food trays. Seriously a problem. Torremar a la carte restaurant and lunch restaurant. Closed. Was open 3 years ago. Used to have buffet lunch 12-6 and a la carte dinner 6-10 with local starters, then meat or fish paella and nice desserts. Closed. Real Shame. We principally chose to return for this excellent facility, it's a bit rustic and rough aroudn the edges but the food, service and direct view of the beach and sunset at 1900 made it a hit with us. Seriously need to re-open this. Only 1 place to eat for 8 days (24 meals!) was quite monotonous. Kids Club: Inside: Mini-club. 2 playschool type rooms with 4 WCs open 1030-1230 and 1530-1730 for 4-6 years olds. You can leave your children but we did not - as only 1 staff there and max occupancy was 12 kids. Themed actives e.g. face painting, drawing, arts and crafts. We popped in twice when it was raining on 2 days and was OK. Outside: Maxi club. In large park area by main stage. 7-10 year olds. Darts, Table tennis etc. Parks: Small safe park by buffet restaurant to use by under 7's when parents having food. Larger outdoor park with astroturf by main stage with usual facilities and OK. Entertainment: Large stage with seating for 100 in theatre 3 group style. 4 LED globe scanner lights. Some speakers not working (only 2 of 6 worked). No cover if rains. One night it rained and we were very grateful the mini-disco was moved to the kids club - good idea! If it rains all other entertainment has to be cancelled. There are no indoor areas for it to held in. Mini-disco at 20:00 for 30 mins - was quite good and for under 11's. Alternate night Live external shows bought in and Excellent at 21:15 for 45 mins. We saw all and were: Female singer, Flamenco dance troupe with castanets, Rock and Roll 3 piece band and Modern dance 5 piece ensemble. Other alternate nights the 2 insoltel insi kids staff put on a music quiz or bingo at the pool garden bar seating area. Rooms: Cleaned to a basic standard, i.e. floors and beds made only. Good size suites with bedroom (2 single beds), lounge with 2 single sofa beds, table and 4 chairs, balcony of lounge, wardrobe and full-size food grade fridge. Bathroom with rain shower and hand shower, basin and WC. On arrival the only amenities are 1 bar of soap and a shampoo tube in shower. Not refilled. No other toiletries supplied. Bed sheets were not changed at all during the whole stay. Rooms were very cold at night. Heating did not work. (Air con did not work either). It was obviously turned off centrally and just blew outside air in. It was too cold at night. Staff to compliment: Daniella- Reception: Excellent Salvatorre - Kids Club Team Leader: Excellent Joel - Barman: Very good, really tried with kids Marisol: Buffet waitress: Very good, also really tried with our children. Good value for money and great location with pleasant staff but with only 1 bar and 1 restaurant to choose from we would not return.

Not bad

Benefits from being located next to one of the most beautiful beaches in Ibiza (and this is weirdly a beach that doesn't get mentioned on any lists - clear water, shallow, ideal for snorkelling and beautiful sunsets right in middle. The hotel itself not really anything to write home about and the pool area is not as big as it looks in the pictures but if you want a decent base then this is ideal.