First of all Cala Llonga is a beautiful town with ...

First of all Cala Llonga is a beautiful town with a great view, good vibes and fantastic restaurants. We were saved with getting one of the best rooms at this hotel with a private deck area and view of the cove/town. Other than this the hotel was below average at best, for those of us that are used to true all inclusive resorts this is not what you will experience at this resort. Of 5 nights we ate 1 lunch at the resort and had our 1 restaurant dinner at the resort and the rest of the time we spent in the town for lunches and dinners. The hotel boasts 3 restaurants which is very misleading as there is a buffet and then another restaurant that rotates between an Italian/Mediterranean & Asian spot but you are only able to eat their 1 night during your stay, the rest of the time you are expected to eat at the buffet which looks like a middle school cafeteria selection. The night that we got to enjoy the restaurant the food was less than impressive, most of the option you would expect (steak, lobster) were on the menu for a significant up charge, I went with the Pork Loins and they were as chewy as a rubber tire. We then proceeded to leave our meal and go eat dinner in town as there truly are a host of great options just a short walk from the resort.
Not only did we not really eat on the resort, we did not hang out at the resort during the day as well. If you don t want to wake up at 8AM on your vacation to go reserve your spot at the pool then you will likely have to find a much less desirable spot on the hill with no real access to the pool. We spent each of our days going down to the beach and paying the 18euros for our own spot under an umbrella and near the water. The beach and water are perfect and when you top that off from the view from the beach in the cove it does not get much better than that. So in a way not being able to get a spot at the pool helped us to find what would quickly become our favorite part of the trip.
The rooms were also very hot, they give you a card that runs all of the electricity in the room and if you allow housekeeping to come in and clean the room or refresh the towels they take the card out of the wall and the AC stops running. We came back to our room and it was at least 80 degrees a few times, to the point we stopped requesting housekeeping so the room would just be cool for us to sleep.
I will say that all of the people at the hotel were nice, the staff was courteous and kind. If we had been stuck in a room that was not as nice as the one we got this trip could have been disastrous. We truly did love the town of Cala Llonga and would even consider returning to this resort with the very strict understanding that we were given the same room.