Hotel Rusticae Alcaufar Vell(Alcaufar Vell Hotel Rural & Restaurant)

Hermoso hotel tranquilo y apartado en el campo. Piscina celestial rodeada de olivos. Encantador patio donde poder desayunar o cenar. Grandes rupturas de pareja. Recomendar coche de alquiler Autos Menorca. Nuestro vuelo se retrasó y permanecieron abiertos hasta la medianoche para recibirnos. Del mismo modo, el hotel ayudó a comunic**** con el servicio de alquiler de coches y la recepción del hotel, abierta las 24 horas. Siempre muy útil.

This hotel is fantastic, the service is impeccable. The food is absolutely outstanding. During our stay we had croquettes, veal escalope, tuna tartare, seafood rice, mussels and suckling pig - all superb! For this level of hospitality you would expect high prices but actually it is very reasonable. Our hotel room, a basic double, was luxurious with a huge comfy bed , huge jacuzzi bath and everything needed for a perfect stay including mini-bar. We will definitely return and would definitely recommend this hotel. Absolutely outstanding!

Alcaufar Vell is a wonderfully situated boutique and luxury hotel set in the wonderful Menorcan landscape. It's a short distance (c. 10-15mins drive) from Mahon airport, with plenty of surrounding towns for travellers to explore for evening meals. The main house is absolutely beautiful, and the double rooms offer plenty of space for two people. There is a nice swimming pool, just a step away from the main house, with free roaming tortoises as a surprising, but pleasant addition. The hotel is sufficiently distanced from civilisation to enjoy an incredibly relaxing and peaceful stay, however I would recommend hiring a car, as this is by far the easiest method of transport on the island. The food in the restaurant in the evening is very good and very reasonably priced. I would recommend trying the food in the evening at least once and then exploring the surrounding towns for restaurants as there are some good restaurants all across the island. Breakfast was also good, with a number of options to choose from, and a hot food option. The first morning service was quite slow, taking over an 1 hour to get all our food. During our stay the hotel was booked for a wedding for one of the days. Given the size of the hotel (I would guess c. 20-30 rooms), a 80-100 person wedding felt quite disruptive. The staff didn't make it clear to us that there would be a wedding happening during our stay until I asked them the 30mins before the wedding guests were due to arrive. The staff did try to be accommodating once I drew this to their attention. Overall we really enjoyed our stay at the hotel, and for the majority of the time felt incredibly relaxed. My only fault would be that we felt at times the service was slightly inconsistent and also given the size of the hotel, also having a wedding occurring during a guest's stay does feel disruptive.

Having read negative reviews of this place I felt the need to say we enjoyed it. The welcome was very friendly. All the staff were efficient and pleasant. The room was huge and very comfortable. Would have been nice if the bar or lounge were bigger. Breakfasts were excellent even if the way we had to choose from various categories on the menu was a bit unusual, but appreciate that by doing it this way there was no waste. One afternoon I sat outside to read and almost straight way a waiter came to ask if I wanted a drink. The restaurant was nice quality but for me it felt rather hotel like than restaurant. On the last evening it was busier than usual and we had to wait quite a while to be served and when it came the waiter had mixed our order with another table which really should not have happened at a place at this level. Neither of us complained and just struggled and got on with it but that was the only disappointment with our stay.