NEXT Hotel

Super hotel. Easy walking distance to Funchal centre. Staff in reception, breakfast and dining room perfect. ||Had a studio with sea view which was lovely. Spotlessly clean, small kitchenette with fridge, kettle and hob and kitchen utensils if you want to cook in. ||Room cleaned daily and fresh fluffy towels. ||Good hot shower - split bathroom with shower on one side and toilet on the other - which was open to the room but both had individual doors. ||I had booked half board so ate in the restaurant most evenings. Was a nice surprise that the menu was a la carte and everything I had was delicious. Lovely setting in the evening, very attentive staff and great food. ||Breakfast - loads of choice: hot and cold. ||As other reviewers have said, there isn’t much space for clothes etc in the toom - just hanging rail and a couple of drawers open plan. It’s also v dark even with the lights on depending on what time of year you are there. ||Try out the treatment of room - I had a great massage here.

This is an updated review based on our third visit (2022, 2023 and 2025)||This is one of the best hotels we have ever stayed at, principally due to the very laid back atmosphere and a brilliant team who really do make you feel like a welcome and valued guest.||The hotel rooms are modern, clean, well-equipped and (we had an Ocean Suite) very spacious. The bed was extremely comfortable and made for a great night's sleep.||Bathrooms are smart and showers very good, with complimentary handwash, soap and shower gel included. Towels are changed as required but the hotel also encourages eco-responsible behaviour, so won't change them until you indicate you want them changing. Pool towels are provided in your room and at poolside.||Breakfast, if included, is provided as a very varied buffet in a room to the right as you enter the hotel, and you can also pay to have breakfast by the pool. The breakfasts are really good, with some variations each day, and hot & cold items, fruit, yoghurts, pastries, juices, prosecco and good tea/coffee are all included. There is lactose free milk and oatmilk on the buffet, and chefs will cook individual items to request (e.g. my wife is lactose intolerant so the chef made scrambled eggs with LF milk).||The pool area, bar and dining room are also a highlight, with both a nice pool and access into a sea bathing area in a small "harbour", as well as to the ocean via another access point.||The poolside menu is great, with lots of choices during the day and with a larger evening menu, and is good value for money. We eat there several times and the quality was great, with nothing that we chose being anything less than very well prepared, served and presented. There are QR codes scattered around so you can access the menu, and staff will serve in the restaurant area or to your lounger.||The hotel has a great rooftop bar, often with a DJ playing "ambient" music, but not so loud that you can't relax and chat. Prices are competitive and service friendly and swift. There is also a rooftop pool but we didn't try it, preferring to go downstairs and have both pool and sea options.||The hotel has a gym - but we were on holiday, so gave it a swerve!||If you want to hire a car, there is also a car park accessible to guests, but this wasn't something we used.||The hotel is on a hillside location at what we would describe as the "edge" of Funchal, just near the port, and you could walk into the old town in 20 minutes, depending on how fast you walked or how hot is is. Download the Bolt app and never have to wait more than 3-5 minutes for a modern, clean, well-driven car (mostly electric) to arrive in any location, and a typical €5 Bolt ride would get you to the cable car station in just over five minutes, and then you are in the heart of the old town. We'd describe the location is ideal - not in the busy tourist area, but not too far out to make it a chore or expensive to get around.||We still can't praise the people working in the hotel enough - many of them still there since our last two visits in 2022 and 2023, obviously enjoying what they do, working as part of a great team and - above all - ensuring you are having a wonderful holiday!

We loved our stay here! The hotel is really close to the city center and right next to the port which makes it a great choice especially if you’d like to make a one day trip to Porto Santo. Also, a huge pro was the breakfast. It was the only hotel I’ve been so far which have high protein options (they had protein powder, energy bars and granola). The room was really spacious and so the balcony. I appreciated a lot that they changed the towels only if you’d let them on the floor. Highly recommend!

Very happy with our choice of the Next Hotel in Funchal. Modern, spacious, clean room with a really comfy, large bed and a balcony overlooking the sea.||I never usually comment on air conditioning but this was the best - easy to control, responsive and almost silent. ||We really liked the modern styling of the hotel even though we’re probably not the influencer youth demographic it’s aimed at! ||The buffet breakfast was really good and as we booked direct with the hotel, we also had a daily food & drink credit on a card that we could use in the hotel - covered our post dinner drinks each day so a nice bonus.||The rooftop bar was lovely with amazing views. We used the downstairs pool area and sun loungers a few times. ||For us it was a perfect 20 minute walk along the front to the old town - perfect for walking off dinner and a few Poncha. ||Hoping to return to beautiful Funchal and the Next Hotel in the future.

We booked the NEXT as our home location for a first-time 2 week Madeira vacation. Firstly, the hotel does not offer free airport shuttle however, we had read about the Bolt app (basically Uber) so we used this throughout our stay. Check-in was very straight-forward. We were informed that parking was available for 11Eu/ day. We did take advantage of that later in our stay and were quite satisfied. I had requested an ocean view room, which technically it was, however the ocean was partially obstructed by the roof of the hotel (we were on the 2nd floor). The room was equipped with a king bed clean and the small kitchenette with fridge which was much used over our stay. We called maintenance on 2 occasions; the fridge was not very cold and the room thermostat did not seem to work properly. There was no feedback on what was wrong (with either). We learned on our own how to operate the thermostat however the fridge issue was not resolved. We had paid extra for the daily breakfast buffet. This turned out to be a huge disappointment for us as there was no chef to make an omelete, etc. and despite the initial appearance that the buffet is generous, there was no variety over the next 2 weeks so we supplemented with groceries from town and prepared our meal in the kitchenette. We had 2 meals at the Recharge bar which were expensive but well prepared. We are not huge drinkers however we tried the Poncha on two occasions, the first one was excellent the second one was terrible so that was that. Maid service was excellent, despite the fact they spoke neither English nor Portuguese we were able to communicate & they did a great job keeping our room stocked & clean, thank you!

The hotel looks great in photos, but the reality didn’t quite live up to expectations. The room was newly renovated but not very functional..there was hardly any space for luggage, the lighting was awful (especially for doing makeup), and the soundproofing was poor. Housekeeping was another major letdown. The maids seemed openly unfriendly, and there were repeated issues with the bedding, either dirty sheets weren’t changed, or the “clean” ones had a bad smell. Toiletries were very minimal too, with nothing close to what you’d expect from a hotel in this price range. Service around the hotel was hit or miss. The reception team and the staff at the pool bar were friendly and helpful, but the rooftop team were the opposite; distant, unapproachable, and generally uninterested in guests. Outside the hotel, there was often a strong sewage smell, which made sitting outdoors quite unpleasant. Another frustration was the lack of easy accessibility between this property and the other Savoy hotels. It’s not as seamless as advertised. Overall, while the hotel photographs beautifully and has potential, the experience was disappointing. I wouldn’t return.

Very close to the tourist area in Funchal. Access to a lagoon to swim in the ocean. Two pools, one at the ocean and another on the roof. Rooms are comfortable and spacious. The next time we visit, this is the hotel I would pick. This location is highly recommended!

Fantastic hotel and experience. The buffet breakfast was ideal. The facilities were fantastic and clean. Location couldn't have been better. And the staff were all so friendly, and really enhanced the experience. Shout out to Cesar, and his Ginger Bomb cocktails, top guy!