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Reviews of Grand Hotel La Tonnara

4 out of 5
Grand Hotel La Tonnara
Via Tonnara 9, Amantea, CS

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 82 out of 149 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 48 out of 149 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 149 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 149 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 149 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Antonella

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Violates the Hotels.com policy, and broken AC
At check-in we asked about the beach and pool. They said since we booked through Hotels.com (Expedia), both had daily surcharges. I showed them the listing on Hotels.com, which had no surcharges listed, except for dinner. They insisted that beach and pool cost extra. I contacted Hotels.com customer service who inspected the policy they have on file for this hotel. Nowhere in the policy does it say that the beach and pool are a surcharge cost! They tried calling the hotel twice to correct the situation, but no one picked up. We ended up paying an extra 32 euros for 2 days at the beach, and never used the pool. The second issue was the air conditioning. Our first room was sea view and 27C (81F) degrees inside. We turned on the AC, but after 30 minutes, the temperature didn't change. Apparently the windows had to be fully closed and the metal blind fully down, or the AC didn't work. We did that, but it still didn't work. They admitted the AC was malfunctioning in that room, so they moved us to a pool-view room that was 25C (77F). The AC didn't work there either! They said they had no other rooms available, so we spent 3 days in a 25C (77F) room. No refund was ever offered for the non-functioning AC. Nice beach, big rooms, good breakfast. The staff tried to be helpful, but every issue ended with "I have to ask my boss" and the boss only knew one word, "No." The boss needs to adhere to the policy she agreed to with Hotels.com and relearn the meaning of the word "hospitality".
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Maria

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel and service
Beautiful hotel, great location, lovely breakfast. All staff (Reception, Cleaners, Breakfast and Dinning Room Staff) were particularly attentive to my wife's needs (wheelchair bound) which made our stay all the more enjoyable. We will return to the Grand Hotel La Tonnara.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Deborah C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Audrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Claudio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel!
The hotel was very nice and right across the street from the water. The beach was across the street from the hotel and there are beach chairs and umbrellas to use and bathrooms close by. The breakfast was very good with many choices or fruit, pastries, cereals, eggs, meat and cheese. The woman who works there is very nice. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was a good size and had a walkout balcony, with a beautiful view of the beach. There was a sink on the balcony to rinse your bathing suit and a rack to hang them on. They was plenty of parking and there is a bus stop out front. There is a nice pool as well. We quite enjoyed our stay and would stay there again and would recommend this hotel.
Hallway
Beach
Beach area
Sitting area outside our room
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was very nice but the restaurant was too elegant for the hotel didn’t feel comfortable eating there
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
One of the worst hotel experiences of our lives. Staff NOT welcoming to U.S travelers. Only a few of the staff speak English. No air conditioning throughout hotel. No air conditioning in rooms. No parking. No bell staff to assist with baggage. On second day of stay, NO WATER. Staff was notified of issues with water and room and there idea of help was to offer another room with no air and no water. Local beach parking lots are littered badly with trash, broken glass and local community does not seem to take pride in their amazing coastline and beaches. Even the local Italian hotel guests treated us with disdain and we knew we were not welcome as Americans in Amantea or the so-called Grand Hotel La Tonnara.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Luciano

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
No Beach Service Included for On Line Customers
Hotel was nice with good location in front of beach. What upset me was since I booked through Hotels.com I had to pay for the umbrella and chairs at the beach. Very odd policy that was not communicated when I booked.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Piero

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
love the ladies at the front desk and breakfast bar
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

ROBERTO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sara H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Beach Getaway!
The furnishings are bit dated, but the hotel is fab. The breakfast was great, the staff friendly, and the view of the beach fabulous! It was really great to go to the pool after being at the beach as well. I would stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay near Amantea
The hotel is across the street from the beach with chairs and umbrellas. very clean and well maintained. The accommodation is comfortable and the breakfast was very good. Staff friendly and helpful. minutes from Amantea and various restaurants. The food was good in their dining room but they permits large dogs which was uncomfortable while eating. Will stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Rose, British Columbia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location was good, right across the beach. Room was comfortable and had a very large bathroom. Staff was friendly and breakfast plentiful. Only downside was a very hard mattress, but we’re used to a foam mattress so everyone’s preferences are different. Overall a good stay and will definitely return.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No one to help with the luggage. Very noisy when they had the weddings
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Linda, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
highly recommend accommodation. Quality of food at dinner in their restaurant was average.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mark, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
so nice and such a great place we added 5 days to
incredible breakfast, beautiful 2 floor balcony over the Sea .beautiful artwork pools and private beach area
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
my favorite spot so far except for maybe scillia
So far the best hotel we have stayed at in Italy, upgraded to a nicer beach balcony 2 bedroom, extended our stay from 3 to 7 nights. Mutch to see and do nearby. The coolest mountain top ancient city's and castles just North, anantea was also wonderful old world city. A incredible value all around if you look for it
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

4/10 Poor

Legend, beach

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Needs some TLC and is way overpriced
ripped off
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great deal
Nice room in a well decorated hotel. Great bathroom. Wifi was very slow and could sometimes only be accessed by sitting in the hallway. Super off season rate for a large sea view terrace room.

4/10 Poor

Dino, Tbay Canada.

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
on beach but 5k to nearest pizza restaurant.
Nice clean hotel. Small rooms, poor internet service, beds and pillows very uncomfortable. My son is 6 ft. Single bed was very small. Pool closes at 8. Breakfast is very nice. Hotel staff very nice.

8/10 Good

Jasmine

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful hotel, strict rules
Arrived by shuttle from a station at 4pm with our children. We were immediately impressed with the appearance of the hotel and beach area. We were then told that no restaurant within walking distance would be open until 8pm. We had missed lunch and explained that to staff but she simply apologized. We had crackers to make it until dinnertime, which was very nice but quite formal for (our) children and seemed to draw much attention whenever our kids voices got a little loud. Rooms are great and spacious. Beach area is beautiful but after using shower by the beach, the strict lifeguard said not use the outdoor toilet while wet... Just to clarify, my son was sand-free and this is essentially a port-o-potty.. The hotel has a very nice pool which is hardly used probably because it is mandatory to wear a swimming cap in order to enter it. You can purchase caps at the front desk, but my kids opted to stay at the beach. In our week stay, we only dined at our hotel the one time, and instead went to the restaurant nextdoor, since it seemed a little more relaxed and friendly toward us. On one day, a red flag was up due to wind conditions, even though it really did not seem that wavy but the lifeguard said not to go in the water. I calmly explained that it was our last 2 days and asked if we could simply move several meters down the beach. He said it was fine, so we left our chairs and umbrellas and sat on towels on the public beach. Pristine hotel but not exactly a fun atmosphere.

8/10 Good

Tania, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel! Very very kid friendly.
Very clean accommodation, and beautiful wide beach. Close proximity to walking path and Amantea- also super close to Lamezia Terme. Would stay again.

6/10 Okay

brian, Belfast

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2 night stop over
We stopped over here for 2 nights on way down from Sorrento to Sicily. It was off the beaten track, hence difficulty finding decent places to eat. The room was nice and private beach great however a bit like school being told we had to use a specific sun bed and likewise in the dining room a specific table. Given the difficulty the staff has understanding our English we gathered this hotel was mainly used by Italians which made us feel a bot unwelcome. The hotel lacked any atmosphere day or night. The girl who checked us in and the girl on the snack bar were very pleasant and helpful but the same cannot be said for the dining or breakfast staff, we were just a room number. No bar, or tea/coffee facility in room was a big negative. Not sure how this hotel got 4 star rating.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place would stay again!
The hotel offers a great views and comfort in the room The only down side is the inconvenience of getting to the hotel if your using public transport, the hotel sits 3km outside of Amentea with a bus at 7am and 2pm passing through that you could get to the hotel I asked around the town for taxis it seemed unheard of Admittedly my italian is not so strong, there is a beach front walk there which I did but had heavy luggage so was a bit of a struggle. The hotel offers a collect and drop off service at a cost of €10 ago rather expensive. But saying all that if you have your own transport would be easy.

10/10 Excellent

Don, Hamilton Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel delivers on all fronts
Beach hotel that definitely earns it's 4 stars. Great food, staff and facilities. Rooms are very well maintained and very clean with added touches such as new towels every day. Beach towels and beach club umbrellas and deck chairs included in room price. Great sunset views over the Med. 35 minutes from Lamezia airport and 2 kms from town of Amantea.

10/10 Excellent

Jeena, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great overall
The check in was swift and informative, they provide a chipped card for your stay with 30euros to use on the beach and the bar so you don't need to bring your wallet. It's about 25-30 minutes from the airport. The staff was really nice and helpful, one of the waiters in the restaurant lived in Toronto and speaks fluent english, was of great help. the beach is RIGHT across the small street and the hotel has reserved chairs and parasols waiting for you and they provide beach towels at the front desk. It's a great beach, but bring water shoes because the current isn;t very strong and it's more so pebbles than sand. the rool was just right and the BATHROOM is everything!

10/10 Excellent

domonique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

JAG, G

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
This is an excellent hotel for the price you are paying. Excellent room, excellent staff and excellent food. Breakfast is also remarkable. I recommend it to anyone who wants to stay some days at Amantea. Very good choice. Congratulations to the managment.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely pool and right by the beach
We thought this was a lovely hotel. The only thing that was slightly disappointing was the food.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A fantastic surprise!
Arrived late after a long trip from overseas. Delighted with the classy comfortable room overlooking the sea!Wine delivered to our room. Breakfast included was also very good with lots of choices. We were glad we did not arrive much later for breakfast since there was a large group of soon graduating high school seniors who quickly wiped out the buffet!

8/10 Good

mark, Tarxien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel
Good hotel

6/10 Okay

mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel
Great outdoor space to lounge and have a drink. Staff was extremely helpful. Room and baths large and comfortable. Nice terrace for private outdoor space. Very clean. Great pool. Good breakfast.

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Toronto, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location on the beach
Great hotel and location. directly across the street from the beach. Get an ocean view room, you won't regret it. Beautiful sunsets right from your balcony. Great breakfeast with lots of choice, ceral, cold cuts, fruit, and sweets. Amazing pool. And the price is so cheap compared to the rest of Italy.

10/10 Excellent

Rob and San, Montreal, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very customer focused
I wish we could have stayed longer, the access to the beach, the assignment of chairs and umbrellas to your room, and services offered made it feel like a high class beach resort. Restaurant meal was excellent. We definitely recommend using this hotel as a vacation getaway or as 1-2 night stay.

10/10 Excellent

Cyril, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Seaside Stay
Very comfortable, clean & quiet place to stay. Our room faced the sea & we were lulled to sleep by the sound of the waves. Staff were helpful & courteous. Hotel was a bit far from things but it didn't matter to us as we were only there overnight.

8/10 Good

Ilia, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel for a beach holiday (or break)
Nice hotel in a great location. The room we were given (309) had a weird layout - going through the bathroom to a tiny balcony (!). Looking from outside, it seems that there were only two of those... After some negotiation, we were given a "normal" room #had to wait for it to be cleaned# - which was excellent, with a large balcony to the sea #and a table and chairs for 4 people#. The pool looked very nice and clean, didn't get a chance to try it - the beach was just across the road #accessible through a tunnel#. The breakfast was adequate, didn't use the restaurant - there was a wedding.

8/10 Good

Dom, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grand hotel la tonnara.. Beautiful hotel!
The hotel was very nice to stay at. Wonderful room and balcony. We stayed there in August and it was hot, their air-conditioning was very nice. The bathroom was modern and big. One downfall was that there were non English speaking workers or minimal speaking English workers, lucky my dad is Italian so we got around it. The beach at the front is beautiful. I recommend this hotel. Its family friendly and I would go back there again. :)

10/10 Excellent

Clacy, San Diego, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grand Hotel La Tonnara- Amantea, Italy
Our train arrived late, 11:30 pm at night. There were no taxi's in service. The hotel staff picked us up at the station, brought us to the hotel, and although the kitchen was closed, the lady and gentlemen brought us beautiful plates of meats, cheeses, smoked fish, and fine wine. We dined until 1:30 AM. The staff were more accomodating then I have ever experienced. Wonderful service, the best! Thank you to the wonderful folks at the Gramd Hotel, La Tonnara. Clacy and Carol G. San Diego, CA

8/10 Good

Rita, Roma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Indubbiamente fare colazione a bordo piscina in un atmosfera rilassante è stato molto gradevole.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

LuigiB, Milano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gentili, cortesi e ospitali. Posizione comoda e tranquilla per la spiaggia. Necessita però di uno spostamento in auto per una passeggiata serale. Nel complesso OTTIMO.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

dino, perugia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
bellissima strutture comoda per spiaggia e mare ottimo il servizio spiaggia
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Come sempre fantastici nell’accoglienza e disponibilità: Personale alla reception ed in sala pranzo e colazione. In particolare Antonella e Checchina che col loro sorriso e disponibilità rendono il soggiorno più caloroso e piacevole.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020