Travelodge Alicante Puerto

Was on a tour and this hotel is the one we had to stay in. The location is good, close to the beach and relatively close walking distance to the strip. Like most Campanile hotels, the rooms are average. You have a bed, you have a bathroom with shower and tub and that's it. Pretty basic which is fine for some people. The low rating of this hotel is because of its restaurant and its staff. The tour I was on was out late, we didn't have time to get some food from outside and I was pretty lazy so I figured we might get some food in the restaurant inside the hotel. The most terrible experience ever! As a tourist and a non-local, it is hard enough for me to understand people when they talk as they normally talk fast. I asked for a menu. The young gentlemen there said we have no menu and then proceeded to speed talk what they offered. As a restaurant even if your menu is small you might have a small card with what you offer or even a chalkboard with what you offer but nothing. Suffice it to say, I had no idea what he was saying. So I asked for a piece of steak medium rare with some fries. He said we can do that and he went inside. What he brought to the table was just disgusting. We brought a bowl of cut-up baguette which wasn't toasted or warm. We asked for butter, he said we didn't have any. How don't you have butter, you serve breakfast in the morning to tourists and you don't have butter? You are a French-owned hotel and again you don't have butter? Then the main course, the steak that was served. It was literally a piece of meat, seared with no seasoning on it. No oregano to make it seem like it was seasoned, no salt, no pepper and the steak had so much fat and tendons on it it was so rubbery. For my life I had to eat a little bit of it otherwise I wasn't going to have any proteins for the day. It was terrible and disgusting. The young guy at the restaurant didn't seem to care. He seemed like he didn't even want to work there. When I went to pay he asked how was the food and literally said it was terrible and he just smirked and said thanks for the honesty. For future travellers, avoid the restaurant at all costs. The rooms are ok but you can find a better hotel in the area for sure.

We think this place is great. Small walk into the town, which we enjoy. Great staff, always friendly. Good parking, and nice clean rooms. Always been pretty quiet, so that's a bonus to us.