Dona Filipa Hotel

We stayed in a Premium Room with Golf/Sea view, that had a massive and very comfortable bed and pillows. Room had everything you would expect for a 5 star hotel (including the best robes we've ever had). Bathroom had a separate bath and rainfall shower. Housekeeping were brilliant, towels being refreshed after their evening usage during the nightly turndown service. Breakfast was superb, good choice of everything with eggs cooked to order and a choice of bacon styles as well as good fruits and nut selection plus the normal pastries (including of course Pastel De Nata), cereals and cold meats/cheeses and much more. Hotel bar also a good place to spend time (and with competitively priced Portuguese beer). Pool area also done very well with well maintained beds and mattresses with pillows, but be warned the pool is not heated so a little bracing during our late April stay and the pool bar food offerings are a little limited.

Another lovely relaxing stay at the Dona Filipa.|We are regular visitors to this hotel, and appreciate the first class service and accommodation, beautiful location and wonderful breakfasts .|The rooms are serviced by friendly staff to a high standard with luxury towels , robes and bedding , replenished coffee and tea facilities, bottled water .|Breakfasts are taken with a beautiful view across the pool, towards the sea .The food selection to satisfy all tastes , fresh fruit, omelettes , full English, kept well replenished. |The staff here run efficiently, trying to accommodate any request, as I can verify when I was able to leave a large amount of items I had purchased for my granddaughter who was arriving 2 days after we left . |As always Melani is around giving a warm welcome to guests, now in her new role as assistant general manager.

Spectacular! Everything from valet getting the bags to friendly efficient reception, fabulous suite room and a truly scrumptious salmon poke lunch bowl. The pppol bar and decking us beautifully done over looking the beach and out to sea.||The last 5 days I stayed at Vale Do Lobo golf resort also supposedly 5 star.. the Dona Felipe puts the VDL Golf resort in the shade so far.||1 thought for the hotel.. lose 1 tennis court and put in 2 marquee covered padel courts.. fastest growing sport in world. Guests and locals could hire.. equalling additional revenue.

Really lovely seaside place. It was built in 1968 so the bathrooms, for example, are not equipped with the modern, large shower stall one associates with 4 and 5 star hotels. But it has an overall charm to it and the bed was large and comfortable. The only other thing was that the scrambled eggs were lukewarm and the coffee, served in individual pitchers, was truly awful (a shock considering how good Portuguese coffee is!) They need to invest in a large coffee machine. Again, one that aligns with the rating of 5 stars.

Lovely hotel within minutes of the beach and the attractions of Vale do Lobo Staff very friendly and helpful, big shout out to Leonardo on reception who assisted in recovering my wallet left on an Uber. Breakfast buffet superb. Would definitely return!

Just returned from a week’s golf break. What a great week - a difficult week for hotel staff but you’d never have known; staff were so welcoming; breakfast was fantastic; we had 2 x evening meals (inc Valentines menu) in Kamal and they were of the highest quality; golf shuttle worked so well; both San Lorenzo and Pinheiros Altos were in good condition, clearly benefitting from the winter rain and some decent growth conditions.

Been coming for around 8-9 years now. Haven’t seen any improvements I’m afraid. The classic rooms are still like something from the 70’s or 80’s. Bathroom is an old limescaled mixer tap over a small bath. The lever to switch from bath tap to shower head doesn’t fully engage, resulting in water from both. Judging the temperature is somewhat of an art form that requires minuscule precision, compounded by the fact you have to overcome this challenge each time you require a shower. |The floor tiles in the classic rooms provide for amplification of all movement from adjoining rooms. I note the premium have carpet. |I would remind you this is a 5 star hotel!|The beds are small and the mattresses are so soft and worn, they offered no restful support for a good nights sleep. The corridors are part tiled, part stained runner carpet. |No assistance with bags checking in or out. No warm welcome, all very processed. Never had a problem with the staff at all, in fact the egg chef in the morning was a delight, despite being the busiest person there!|I would stay again at around the €50 a night mark, but asking €150-€200 is mystifying. It is a 3 star hotel.

Not only was the experience DREADFUL (e.g. we weren't forewarned that the pool was going to be out of action, the WIFI coverage / speed was TERRIBLE, we found the base of a broken bottle on the headboard of our child's bed ... I could go on ...), but the hotel, the group (JJW Hotels) and the holding company (MBI International) all now seem to be strangely uncontactable. ||I have tried multiple times, in a polite and professional way, but no one is responding.||Surely something bad denotes an opportunity to make amends / do something good? ||But it seems not. ||The Dona Filipa used to be a great place; however, that was a long time ago, and things have clearly changed.