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Reviews of Macdonald Dona Lola Club

3.5 out of 5
Macdonald Dona Lola Club
Ctra de Cadiz, Km 197-198, Calahonda, Mijas, Malaga

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 243 out of 498 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 203 out of 498 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 498 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 498 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 498 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

alan

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynn Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The leisure centre was well equipped and easy to access. La Plaza Lounge was staffed by a lovely girl called Carolina who worked extremely hard and was welcoming to all visitors. The food served was always first class, No matter how busy it was. Corrus provided excellent entertainment and was welcoming to all nationalities. Spanish lessons, Wine tasting and Paella demonstration with the help of Chris from La Plaza Beach. I'm only sorry I missed the garden tour because the gardens were exquisite. It was good to have an adult only pool. I had three treatments with the masseur Francisco but was expecting more services according to the brochure. " with qualified beauticians". La Plaza Beach was also staffed with excellent staff who were welcoming me by name and knowing my drink requirements by about my third visit. The Entertainment on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays was really worth booking a table for. There was a minor problem with teeny tiny little antlike insects in the kitchen which appeared to come up through the sink. I kept the plug in which helped to control them. There was a note in the information book that said electricity would be charged at the end of my stay so i was being very sparing with the electric but it transpired that this only applied to Timeshare properties and not those booked through Expedia. If i had a worry about anything the staff in reception always sorted it out without any delay. Diego was the person I had most contact with.
Stayed 12 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eve

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Outdated rooms
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jabeen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kieran

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a lovely time at Dona Lola. Nice and clean and well looked after resort.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Richard David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Nice pools and restaurants. Spacious apartments, although dated decor. Clean and well kept grounds. We stayed 9 nights. Could have done with a cleaning service after a week. Not recommended if you have an aversion to obnoxious Northerners from the UK.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Alex

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eve

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Eve
10/10 highly recommend, staff polite and always happy to help. Great pool, accommodation and views of the coast.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Dona Lola
Great stay at Dona Lola, apartments are clean and spacious, would recommend whatever type of holiday you want.
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

ian

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Holiday
Great resort in a good location
Stayed 19 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Stayed 9 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Sahib Ram

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like staff at the Reception. They were helpful. Parking was easy. Accommodation was good.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

kay, Chelmsford

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean apartments with great restaurants in the area, staff were great and very helpful! Will return
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Siobhan

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Big need of an upgrade inside the apt. Way too old to rent out
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023
Response from DL- Reception on 8 Feb 2023
Thank you for your review. We apologize if your unit has not entirely lived up to your expectations. Your feedback is important to us and we will take it into consideration as we continue to work towards enhancing our apartments. Thank you for choosing our resort, and we hope to have the opportunity to make it up to you in the future

10/10 Excellent

Farina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Outstanding Hotel and Excellent Staff
Beautiful Serene Location. Cleanliness is very thorough and immaculate rooms. Fantastic service from Antonio and Adrian on Reception. The hotel is outstanding and we really enjoyed our 7 night stay here. A special Thank you to Daniel at the gym/ pool attendant for your support during our stay. Thank you for employing such caring and helpful staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022
Response from DL_Reception on 8 Feb 2023
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience at Doña Lola! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us. Your kind words regarding our staff are truly appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

10/10 Excellent

keith

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022
Response from DL_Reception on 8 Feb 2023
We are delighted you enjoyed staying with us and hope to see you again soon

8/10 Good

JANET

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The apt looked very clean but the floors were very dirty-needs a mop. Otherwise we liked it a lot and would stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

JANET

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A bit tired but great location , very clean.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Simon

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right on the beach
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay, Local to Beach and restaurants, Great Location, Ramps everywhere, so slopes if you can not do the stairs. Beautiful gardens and a lovely safe place to stay.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
great value for money and good restaurants on site
Check in is late in the day but this didn't bother us as we arrived about 5.00pm anyway. The apartment was very nice, and had everything we needed, good bathromm and shower, the only issue was the room was set up as 2 single beds so we just pushed them together. As we were near the pool in Christina 102 we did find an issue with the lights being on all night outside and the curtains being thin, I had to drape 2 towels over the railings outside the window to get to sleep but apart from that everything was good value. The added value is having several very good restaurants on site, the Indian and Italian were used, and both were excellent, we would return without hesitation.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Barry

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great service and location
Great location and suitable for a range of travellers.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

ivor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

kenneth

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Lena

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

EDWARD

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful resort on the beach with many pool and dining options . Excellent service and location, very clean and quiet.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Frank, Hialeah

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The best place to stay en Marbella’s area
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
A great week
Pleasant location, had everything we needed. Good pool close to the see and beach. Everything is on your doorstep in the complex. Would recommend
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff throughout the site were all extremely helpful,politeand friendly. The early check in and late checkout was great.The food in the restaurant was excellent.The location counldnt have been better,we will be returning.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

tanya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great stay
Great facilities, close to beach, heated indoor pool useful, kids club great, pool restaurant great quality
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Quick break
Apartment a little tired but all round really good stay with an excellent breach-front location and great choice of restaurants in easy walking distance. Would come again.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Parisha

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Siobhan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
A lovely place to visit for some winter sun
The apartment was lovely. A little bit dated, but very comfortable. Everything we needed was provided and the level of cleanliness was very good. The facilities at Dona Lola were excellent, even though we went in February. The pools were clean and well maintained. The availability of services and places to eat were excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
It was good. Nice that it is close to so many restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Really nice place, stayed in a 2 bedroom unit with a very nice ocean view. Conveniently located next to (within walking distance) of many restaurants. The onsite restaurant has great food and a great view.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great location and view
There was an issue with the apartment next door so we were upgraded to a front row unit while they carried out some repair work. The apartment was amazing with everything you would need. The views of the sea and boardwalk were amazing. All the staff were masks and social distancing was observed at all times. The location is great for walks up and down the boardwalk and there are plenty of facilities locally.
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Macdonald Doña Lola Resort on 4 Oct 2021
Dear Brendan, Thank you very much for your kind review. Hope to see you back in a short future. Kind regards

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Travelled with group
Disliked: Room comfort
Room was disappointing A little shabby, dark and out dated Wouldn’t rate at 3.5 stars and definitely over priced
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Macdonald Doña Lola Resort on 20 Sept 2021
Thanks for your review. We are very sorry if your stay with us did not fully live up to your expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Katharine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Lovely resort - fab location.
Great resort close to the beach and loads of bars and restaurants. Pool is huge and pool bar / restaurant had delicious food at reasonable prices. Staff were excellent - especially those on reception. Overall a fantastic option for a family vacation and we definitely plan to return.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Doña Lola Resort Team on 9 Sept 2021
Dear Katharine, Thanks for your review. It will be a pleasure to see you soon again in Doña Lola Resort Best wishes