Tui Blue Budoni

“Lovely weeks holiday”

We had a lovely stay at this Hotel in September for a week. The food was very nice. The beach was lovely. The sand is not shingle as previously mentioned in a review. The first day of our holiday there was a lot of seaweed but all the following days the seaweed was non existent. Yes there are rocks… lisää

We had a lovely stay at this Hotel in September for a week. The food was very nice. The beach was lovely. The sand is not shingle as previously mentioned in a review. The first day of our holiday there was a lot of seaweed but all the following days the seaweed was non existent. Yes there are rocks in the water with seaweed but you can enter the water easily and swim over the rocks no problem. It’s not all rock! Lots of people snorkeling. We loved the beach. The water was so clear it was lovely to swim in. The rooms are in the style of bungalows. Not the biggest of rooms but totally acceptable apart from lack of plugs. Someone moaned about lack of bottled water in rooms on previous review, yes you only get one but there refillable waters stations around the resort so not a problem. As for people walking 20 minutes to the beach or restaurant I would like to know how slow were they walking? It’s a long resort and if people had researched it they would see there would be a short walk but not a twenty minute walk. Overall would i come back? Possibly but would like to see other areas of the island first.

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“Comfortable but jaded hotel does not achieve expected TUI Blue standards”

The overall quality and facilities were three star as mentioned in other reviews, not four star. I think that the hotel management don’t care enough to ever reach the ‘best-in-class service’ promised by TUI for their TUI BLUE brand. Room was comfortable but basic in a rustic style. We were as far … lisää

The overall quality and facilities were three star as mentioned in other reviews, not four star. I think that the hotel management don’t care enough to ever reach the ‘best-in-class service’ promised by TUI for their TUI BLUE brand. Room was comfortable but basic in a rustic style. We were as far away as it was possible to be from the facilities, five minutes walk to the pool, but more than 15 minutes to the beach. The path to the pool is poorly maintained, needs care walking at night. The pool and bar area is a relaxing space with sufficient sun loungers and umbrellas. The food and service of the poolside food truck is very good. The bar staff are friendly, but the manager is not. Plastic glasses are old and need replacing. The bar frequently runs out of beer glasses and the bar tiled floor needs a proper wash not just an occasional sweep. The bar menus are different to the menus on the TUI blue app with some brands taken out of all-inclusive status or simply never available. The floor of the pool has ridges in it where it has been poorly refurbished. The main lobby/lounge is a nice light comfortable area, but with only water or coffee available there. The grab and go station needs a re-think…. A single slice of cheap white bread with a slice of aubergine is not a sandwich worth grabbing. A real shame, as the buffet restaurant can produce nice food. The buffet restaurant has a nice range of individual dishes. The waiter service is poor due to understaffing, long wait for a drink with meal, with no possibility of getting a second drink as the staff are too busy clearing plates etc. On some nights there were coach parties staying overnight at the hotel. This swamped the staff and the kitchen and even caused some basics to run out (e.g. ran out of butter). The open air Al Grano restaurant did not look very appealing, so we did not use our one allocated visit Day time activities were well organised and the TUI team put in plenty of enthusiasm and energy. Their evening entertainment was a bit disorganised and lacking in budget (somebody buy them a new bingo set, the numbers were too faded to read !) The two musical duos were good and the local children doing traditional dancing was quaint. The hotel was very isolated and we were glad that we had hired a car. I know that the nearby harbour is only half an hour walk away, but remember it can be 35 degrees or more. We had a relaxing and comfortable stay, refusing to let some of the shortfalls of the resort spoiling our holiday.

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“Some good, some bad, and not a 4 star”

We have just returned from a weeks holiday at this hotel, and agree with other reviews about it not being a 4 star, it’s definitely more like a 3 star. The layout of the hotel is more like a holiday park, which was fine, however, we had a walk of around 5 minutes to reception and restaurant, and a… lisää

We have just returned from a weeks holiday at this hotel, and agree with other reviews about it not being a 4 star, it’s definitely more like a 3 star. The layout of the hotel is more like a holiday park, which was fine, however, we had a walk of around 5 minutes to reception and restaurant, and a longer walk to the pool and bar, but a shorter walk of a few minutes to the beach. The outdoor areas are really pretty and well maintained. Our room had good points and bad points. It had very good air con, a really comfortable bed , the mattress was clean and looked new, but didn’t have a mattress protector. The room itself was very ‘rustic’ with paintwork scuffed and peeling off. The outer area of air con unit was dirty, and there was no extractor in bathroom. Our adaptors didn’t fit the sockets as they were three pin sockets, but we had a word with Alice, the TUI manager and she arranged for the maintenance man to come see us, he sorted out some adapters for us , and he was very helpful. The room was kept very clean by housekeeping, gave us clean towels everyday and also changed our sheets too. The beach was shingle, hard to walk on with bare feet, but the area was still was really nice. Food in the main restaurant was really nice with a good variety, however, it could have done with being warmer as food was lukewarm and also cold, the deserts were amazing! Al Grano ‘speciality’ restaurant was very disappointing, the pasta with bacon and cheese was very salty and the bacon was just lumps of fat. The tiramisu didnt have much taste, quite bland in flavour, the bruschetta starter was very nice though. We also felt rushed, as soon as we had finished a course , the plates were taken away and the next course was put in front of us almost instantly, we had 3 courses in 30 minutes. So all in all not a very good experience. The bar area was ok, although in the evening there were long queues, this is probably because you were only give small measures, the glasses for beers were tiny and once filled there was quite a lot of a head and by the time you got to your seat the froth had disappeared and you were left with only half a small glass of beer. The majority of staff were pleasant and friendly, with the exception of a couple. Tui reps were very helpful, always taking the time to have a chat. There is a bus service from the hotel opposite going to Budoni , San Teodoro and the port, but this isn’t very regular, we managed the trip to Budoni, but didn’t get to San Teodoro because the bus was already full and there were around 20 people waiting to get on. We booked a Tui trip to beaches and ice cream tasting, the beaches were lovely, but the toilets at the first beach were locked due to water shortage, and the porta loos were unusable, absolutely disgusting! 🤮 had to wait until we reached the next stop for the toilet. The home made ice cream was beautiful. If you want to see some of the island, then a hire car is a must as the hotel is remote and buses and taxis are few and far between. Sardinia is a beautiful island, and we will return, but not to this hotel.

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