Enotel Sunset Bay

Lovely setting. Friendly staff. But no tea or coffee making facilities in rooms. There should be a minimum of a kettle, cups and sachets. That is standard these days. Also it would be good to put up a glass wall between swimming pool and reception. Stops reception being too warm. Also put spa robes and slippers for going to swimming pool in room.

Lovely sea view from our room . Nice and clean. Large room. Poor toiletries. Really poor that there are no tea/coffee making facilities in the room. This has been mentioned so many times in reviews but seems to have fallen on death ears. Not even a bottle of water in the room.

Painted different colours on the outside, this is one long hotel on the inside. We were upgraded to a room with a balcony which was fabulous. Very large room, handy fridge. Huge TV. It’s very relaxing to sit and watch the world go by here. We never even made it to the official roof terrace or other hotel amenities. We did pop out for an easy stroll to see the old bridge. (I wished I’d dressed for the possibility that water might drip while walking through the tunnel to get there). Then more lounging on the balcony, watching the sunset. They had the largest selection of breakfast choices that we saw in Madeira. I especially liked the made-to-order fluffy pancakes, which I had with baked apple from the buffet and squirty Nutella. Mmmm! The cook was also made omelettes on request. Coffee is from an automatic machine but it grinds the beans for each cup. As self service machines go, it was the fanciest we saw on our trip. We noticed many people eating in the touristy joints overlooking the sea. Why pay “saw you coming” prices for questionable quality when you could just stay at this hotel and enjoy the view from the balcony without hassle? We had the best dinner of our stay in the town, at Sol Doce. The underground parking is a sharp angle to get into. The receptionist recommended turning around at the end of the road, and approaching from that direction. I think this is good advice, based on what we saw from the balcony. Cars come around the corner very quickly. Lots of cars turn around in front of the tunnel.

The view from the hotel is nice and there are some great restarants behind the hotel. My complaint is that my room felt dirty...it had been cleaned but felt greasy and my skin was so itchy from the bed...I am not sure what was causing it but it was noticably different with this hotel vs the others I stayed at on Madeira island. Even though the view was nice, i looked forward to leaving the hotel from right after check in to the time i left.

Hotel is excellent. Fantastic location on the beach. All rooms are large, modern, clean, with beautiful sea views. Indoor pool, sauna and Turkish baths are a nice touch. Breakfast is excellent but they need a second coffee machine to reduce the coffee line up. Great service and the buffet dinners are worth the extra money.

Our stay exceeded our expectations. The room was bright and spacious, the window opened, the shower was hot and powerful, and the food in the breakfast and dinner buffets was fabulous.

Beautiful hotel, right at the beach of Pont do Sol, big room, comfortable king-size bed. We had a balcony with sea view. Big plus was the garage. Pont do Sol is basically a few streets behind the hotel, but real sweet. There is a sauna and inside pool at the hotel. The roof terrace was nice, but on display for the public. Breakfast was amazing, the only thing missing was tea cups, there were only coffee cups available, also for tea. We were surprised, that there was no complementary bottle of water at room at arrival, also no coffee or tea making possibilities. The street between the hotel and the beach is actually a dead end street, but cars are driving forth and back looking for a parking space, so a bit of traffic anyway. Overall we would recommend the hotel!