Occidental Jandia Playa

Simply not a 4* hotel, while it was clean and had a good pool area it did not provide the 4* experience we were expecting. Food was not the best and we often found birds sat in the bread baskets at breakfast. The dining area was awful, very loud and resembled a school dining room. The rooms are in need of an update with flimsy plastic furniture and no privacy in the bathroom. Not necessary a terrible hotel but would not return.

Overall a nice hotel, lots of sun beds and multiple pools, one which is heated. Spar shop and burger King nearby is great but its a 20min walk to a Chinese restaurant and there are no Indian restaurants in the vicinity! Personally it just falls short of 4 star for me. This is mainly due to the carbonated drinks not being fizzy at all.. flat coke, flat fanta, flat beer! The food variation was OK, including good breakfast options. However no a la carte restaurant option was a surprise as most other 4 stars I've stayed in offered this.

The OJP is a maze of rustic style concrete pathways running between 9 (?) blocks of rooms, swimming pools etc. First impression of the room (Block 3 - nearest to the beach with sea view) was of dark wood that needed sanding and varnishing. Not at all modern. Bed was massive and very comfortable - 5cm memory foam topper, shower always hot and powerful. We were All Inclusive (I think everyone was) and the food was very good - always lots of choice and always with meats being cooked on the large griddle at dinner. Drinks were local lager and (I'm a Scotch drinker) Ballentines/J&B. The beach is wonderful with some nice beach bars - great places to buy a coffee or beer and watch the world go by. Big waves, with surfers, so didn't swim. I used the gym 6 times (I know - sad isn't it but I've been a gym user for over 45 years) and it's a bit cramped. 1 treadmill that was worn out and difficult to use, 3 bikes, a broken leg press, leg extension, seated chest press, seated shoulder press, seated lat pulldown, free weight shoulder press, bench press, dumbbells from 6Kg to 22Kg. Towels and water provided in the gym. One warning - On checking in our party of 4 were offered the safe and beach towels. Safe was 24ish not refundable, towels 10 each refundable. 2 tokens to collect/change each towel. In the confusion I signed whatever papers they put in front of me and only on check out did I find they'd given me a paper for 1 towel and not 2, at 10 Euro. Although we returned 2 towels they insisted I'd only paid a deposit for 1, so I lost 10 Euro. Not a massive issue and it could have been a mistake on the paperwork on their part, but we all remember me paying for safe and towels with a 50 and getting about 5 in return. I'd love to know who ended up with the missing 10 Euros.

The actual hotel was amazing. The hotel was very large, open and bright. There are lots of bars, entertainment and lots of outdoor seating areas. The pools were amazing. Very large and amazing views too. We sat round the quieter pool which was so lovely and peaceful, it was close to the snack bar too which was good. They had lots of snacks throughout the day and lots of drinks too. The burgers weren’t very nice though. The buffet restaurant was ok. Lovely and sunny in there and well set out but the food wasn’t great. There wasn’t very much variation from day to day and the food all tasted the same. The chicken I had was undercooked too so I didn’t touch that again. The chips were good though. The room itself was nice, lovely sea view and the room was quite big too. The bed was lovely and comfortable and massive too! It was quite dated though, they definitely need updating. We really didn’t like the Louvre door on the bathroom. It obviously wasn’t soundproof or very private at all. All in all though, we did have a lovely holiday and made loads of memories. The hotel just needs updating and the food changed too. Would come again

The heated pool was nice and warm and talking to people who went in November they said it was warm then too. The food is good. The hotel is on a bit of a slope, so book a room in the main complex if you have mobility issues.

So very sad, we came here to celebrate my dads 86th birthday, the hotel would have had glowing reviews until today!!! When we arrived it was recognized that it would be very difficult for my parents to negotiate our way with cases all the way to block 8 as it is so hilly they delivered us and cases by golf cart.( downhill ) We asked how we could get the cases back up at the end of our stay as that is up hill, the gentleman told us they would help when the time came. So today we went to reception as previously suggested to be told it was not possible to help with the cases tomorrow morning. Well congratulations occidental jandia playa you managed something I haven’t in my 60+ years you made my mum cry. They are very independent and have managed up and down for meals taking their time and slow and steady without complaining although struggling a little . They now feel a burden and would be afraid to travel alone now I fear this will now be there last holiday abroad as they have lost a little independence here. So anybody considering staying here I think you need to be extremely fit, my parents don’t need mobility aids and can walk very well on the flat, but this is on a whole new level!!! Such a shame as food, pools and entertainment areas are very good.

lovely stay enjoyed it every minute would go there again and would recommend it to other people no problem

Pay the extra and upgrade to Royal! Atlántico bar and Green Bar exclusive to Royal members blew the socks off other restaurants and bars. However, the others were very good also. Royal = adult only and for us, this made the visit fabulous. Lots of families in main area and main pool was very active. Atlántico pool area had lots of space and was tranquil. Bar is easy going, Niko … thanks again. A great, friendly member of staff. The food in Atlántico was exceptional whilst I compare it to other all inclusive I have been on. Great choice and again, not busy so very relaxed without kids getting u see your feet or pushing through for the holy last slice of pizza… snack bar by pool! Javier in green bar needs a mention too as he is a great barman with great cocktails. Try a gin and tonic with melon syrup 😜.

Really nice place to stay over, massive place, close to beach. Rooms are bit dated but clean and spacius. Good selection of food and drinks. They have heated pool which is really nice in cooler months! Special thank you to kids club (Dani)- our kids used to love spend time with you.