W Algarve

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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280 reviews

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  Nice W

  There may of been like 20 rooms rented while we were there in off season. Was nice to be so quiet but also little depressing. The room, grounds, pool, staff, etc were all top notch like you expect at a W.

  Dec 08, 2025
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  We were spoiled!

  The W Algarve is one of the most gorgeous, stunning hotels we ever had the pleasure of staying at. The architecture is so unique. Both inside and outside, the hotel is designed in such a way that it seems to fit naturally into the landscape of South Portugal. My husband and I stayed at the W Algarve for 5 days at the end of October. We were blessed to have warm, sunny weather at this time. Most of the crowds had dispersed the Algarve by then. The region around Albufeira seemed so chill and laidback and not crowded at all.. The W Algarve was probably only about a quarter full at the most by the time of our stay. The pool area was immaculately clean. While the water was cool, the pool was acclimatizing so it was comfortable for a swim. The giant hot tub was perfectly warm and great for relaxing in. We were spoiled because there were hardly any other guests around. I can only imagine how packed and noisy the pool area could be during peak season at the W Algarve. Our room was on the fourth floor. Again, it was extremely quiet and it often seemed like we were the only guests around. The room was beautifully appointed and had all of the accessories one would expect at a hotel of this quality. Housekeeping was discreet and did a fine job cleaning the room each day. The staff at the W Algarve was excellent, too. Top notch service and always willing to go the extra mile to please. I can't recall names except for Daan and Diogo. Both young men went above and beyond to provide us with outstanding service during our stay at the hotel. In fact, all the staff was top-notch. It seemed the ratio of staff to guests was 1:4 so again- we were spoiled with personal service! Thank you to everyone at the W Algarve for making our stay so special.

  Nov 23, 2025
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  Excellent, with a few exemptions!

  Firstly this hotel is above amazing, from the design of the hotel to the small details the staff leave you in the room all make this what you expect. One thing that very much stood out for us at this hotel is that the staff were amazing, without the staff being as friendly as they were this experience would be so much different. Specifically the valet staff were great. They are the face of the hotel as you enter and exit and they didn't fail to represent. Always polite and great for a quick convo when dropping or picking the car up. No task for them was too big or small and not one bad experience with them. The room here is probably the best I've ever stayed in and never had one like it. From the innovation to gracious space its very much was a luxurious experience and the few times we used the whenever/whenever team were good experience. The pool was great and not too cold for this time of year and the drinks were very nice along with the food. The staff throughout our stay were very welcoming to whatever we needed and made us feel at home. Facilitates as you would expect were all good and very tidy hotel. We were also granted late checkout which was brilliant and very useful. Now for the not so good bit. We requested on the Marriot app to have a high floor room and unfortunately did not receive this. This would not be an issue as its not guaranteed, however the hotel was very, very empty so as a loyal Marriot member this did lead to us feeling a little disappointed at the start of our stay. This leads onto the second point which was the hotel was extremely quiet, meaning it was hard to have a drink at the bar at evening when its just yourself, one other person and a DJ. It almost felt awkward being there. Again this leads onto the third point which was the drink prices for alcohol. $16.50 for a pina colada and $9.90 for a smoothie! This is ridiculous and the audacity of the hotel to add a 10% gratuity on the bill, the hotel should be using the regular drink price to tip there staff or build it into the regular price. I think most people would agree with me that tipping these staff is defiantly worth it and they work hard, however the drink prices are already extortionate and a hotel brand like the W should be paying them well already. The jacuzzi area of the pool also had certain areas not working (i.e massagers were not working). Around the pool there were kids jumping from the ledges which did kind of ruin the atmosphere as there is a clear sign telling them not to it and the pool staff watching them. I did actually see at points guests telling them to stop running around and jumping over the ledges. Last but not least on a personal experience, the day we checked out the power went in our room. We could not open the curtains, hall and main lights did not work. My father actually got a shock as we think a fuse went out when plugging the kettle in. We told this all to the whatever/whenever team and they quickly sent an engineer to sort the problem and was sorted before we came back from breakfast. However upon returning to the room we found our safe battery died on us, just as we were about to leave. We do realise this is more of a one of things which is why it did not impact our view of the hotel as these things happen, and it did for us on the prob worst day possible lol. After all I would come again but only for a small trip as it can be out the way from activity's and long-term staying here I guess that can be annoying. I cannot emphases enough the great staff in this hotel and they did make our stay.

  Oct 23, 2025
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  Stunning

  My friend and I booked a Wet Deck Day Pass and what a treat! It felt like the height of luxury and the staff couldn't do enough for you from greeting you at the door to showing you to the pool area. Special mention to Joao around the pool who excelled at Customer Service! Loved it so much I will be booking a hotel stay. Such a beautiful hotel.

  Oct 19, 2025
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  Thank you Carina, Diogo, and the rest of the team at the W Algarve for an amazing experience

  We had an amazing time at The W Hotel Algarve. Carina, Diogo, and the rest of the staff went above and beyond for us throughout are stay! The hotel property including our room was pristine. The activity and food recommendations during our time in the Algarve by Carina and Diogo were top notch including helping us book a boat tour of the caves including Bengali cave! Can’t wait for our next visit!!

  Oct 18, 2025