Alcoba del Rey de Sevilla Boutique Hotel, Seville

I was really surprised by the excellent reviews for this hotel. The decor was unique but the service was mediocre, the location is quite far from major sites (cathedral, alcazar), and while the rooms are pretty they are wholly impractical: claw foot tubs with no shower, incredibly dim lighting, and no seating aside from bed and desk. This was one of 9 hotels I stayed in during this Spain trip and it was by far the most expensive. Overall not worth the price.

Great Hotel

Breakfast was delicious and staff was very friendly.

We booked 2 double rooms here for a joint Birthday get together with friends. We were welcomed from the moment we set foot into this amazing 'boutique and unique' hotel The building has some stunning features. The rooms were styled and themed individually, with Moorish decor/colour palette/furniture and architectural features in the rooms. The overall look was achieved successfully and with a range of mood/shaded lighting, rainwater shower, plus a four poster bed with a draped muslin canopy made this a real special place to spend our 3 night stay. The staff were very informative and friendly, and had a good grasp of English to answer any kind of query that we had. The breakfast buffet was no problem to us at all with a great selection of local and traditional items, plus some extras each day, and for coffees - just ask! there was a rooftop terrace/lounge area with a Jacuzzi as well, where you could relax and soak up the sun.

The staff were lovely, really friendly. The room was ok, the bed was massive and really really comfortable. There was a choice of soft and hard pillows which for me is very important. The Moroccan style of the room was lovely down to the last detail although I feel like it could do with a little upgrade. The rain shower was amazing really powerful and very big. It was at one end of the room opposite the bed and had a sink either side which I thought was great. Sadly there was no separate toilet only an ornate screen to block it off from the rest of the room. I’ve been with my partner a long time so that was fine but if you were a new couple it would be awful!! There was lots of lighting in the room but very muted and because there’s no separate bathroom I couldn’t see very well to put make up on. This also gave the room an overall dingy feel to it. The hotel is advertised as having an upstairs terrace with a bar which was a selling point for me but unfortunately the bar doesn’t open until the summer season. The weather was warm when we were there and it would have been lovely to have a drink upstairs. The room was right on the main foyer which I didn’t love also it was right on street level on very noisy. Breakfast was average. I dont like to give bad reviews especially since everyone was so lovely but I was a little disappointed in the room.