Hotel Magnolia Gardens Reviews

just got back from a week in the bulgarian sun and would love to go back now!!
it's true that the entertainment is not up to much but if you love a laugh you should watch!! flip flop kicking was the funniest!!

pool was lovely, food not up much as repetative and the taste ain't too great!!
rooms are spacious and the maids clean well daily, lady behind the reception desk was very helpfull!!!
poco loco did a wonderful english steak as i found out 4 days out of the 7 and the atmosphere was great!!
watch out for the ladies of the night as there is a very wide range of them near restaurant!!
don't go to varna as they acoste you, beg, don't wanna help or just plain pick pocket ya!!! oh and the beach is awful!!
met some wicked people out there and would go again anytime!!

on arrival to magnolia we thought the hotel was excellent how wrong we were, we found the hotel full of german holiday makers,nothing against them but we felt pushed out.

our first evening meal was not good, the resturant opens at 6pm we got there at opprox 6.40pm , i had chips fish and peas of witch the fish was luke warm and the chips were stone cold needless to say we were not impressed as we were allinclusive.my wife complained to the rep who was her self bulgarian but she seemed hardly interrested.no entertainment at the hotel just one man singing every night.

the hotel is on a hill side to get to the town we had to either catch the little mini train down or walk down some in our view some very dangerous steps.the resort is quit nice but on looking around the shops we felt pestered in to buying something and forever being asked if we wanted a taxi.as the food was not up to sratch at the hotel we had to eat out and found the poco loco restuorant to be ok.we did not find it as cheap as we had been told only on certain item such as name clothes but watch out for the cheap fakes.

aswell as the hotel we felt as the local people did not raelly want the british people there.the hotel was clean and the rooms were cleand every day, but my wife thought the sheets on the beds felt damp as if they had not been dryed properly,teh pool was good witch had a midday snack bar but found the food to be cold or at best luke warm.we also found most of the local people to be very ignorent unless you were buying something.

all in all not a very good holiday and we will not be going back.just one last thing it may sound like we are moaning but on our departure on picking up people from a nother hotel 200yards up from ours they all said the same thing.

just come back from 2 weeks at Magnolia. The hotel was fantastic, couldn't fault it. Always something to eat for everybody including my fussy 3 year old!! The weather was hot, the place very clean. Lacked on entertainment for the kids but apart from that would recomend it to anyone.

well we booked this holiday a year before we went only to of had the worst holiday of our lives all 3 of us ended up with food poisoning from the bad food that was served in the resturant

the weather was mostly rain thunder storms and when it rained it rained the staff were most unhelpfull there was never any soft drinks each time we went to the bar we ran out was the reply but the best time was my husband went to the bar and asked for a cappachino WHY the barman replied because i would like one my husband repplied NO said the barman u english u dont drink cappachino any way this was the final straw so i went to ask for one and i got one made with gone off milk that was another one of the excuses we got was no milk when he had just put a whole jug full in the fridge

a good place to eat though was poco loco where u were entertained while u were eating but at the end of the day u dont expect to go allinclusive only to eat out each night do u i would never go back to bulgaria or recommend it to anyone

We stayed in the Hotel Magnolia Gardens despite the fact we had paid and have an invoice to prove we should have been staying in the HOTEL MAGNOLIA.
The rep was not helpful we asked to be moved but no luck.

we moved rooms 3 times, the rooms in the Magnolia Gardens are in desperate need of repair, they smell damp, the showers flood in to our bedroom, the electrical wires are visible, wall paper hanging of walls, dirty carpets in main corridors it is an absoloute health and safety nightmare. there is open sewerage by the childrens play area the list is extensive.
I have photographic evidence and anyone planning to visit this hotel, I will be only too happy to share the info, because I would hate for anyone else to endure staying in such conditons as we did.

Thankfully we had the use of the Hotel Magnolia complex which was a godsend, I am just so angry that is where we should have stayed.

Albena itself is lovely plenty of bars and restaurants, we found a great place POCO LOCO, fab food and live music and dancing it is a must. Most bars we went to were great.
the beach is spotless u do hav to pay for sunbeds and parasols it cost us for 4 beds and 2 parasols 37Levs about £16 for the day.
Taxis are cheap but do agree a price before getting in, the people are friendly there are lots of germans on this resort though, and if you want a sunbed by the pool be prepared to be up at 7am to put ur towels out.

The weather was also great but it can rain at times.

If you are planning to go to Bulgaria, go at least 4* and whatever you do avoid HOTEL MAGNOLIA GARDENS!

Please note that the HOTEL MAGNOLIA is really lovely we were lucky enough to see their accomodation and I would reccomend that hotel without a doubt, just a shame we did not get to stay there as planned.

Regards
Sharon - Lincs- England