Sol Principe

Fantastic hotel and facilities – but serious lack of vegetarian dinner options.

We had a fantastic stay at Sol Príncipe and overall I was extremely impressed. The hotel, pools, facilities, atmosphere and overall experience were amazing. Breakfast and lunch were also very good, with plenty of choice, and we really enjoyed our holiday.

However, I feel the hotel management genuinely needs to address the lack of proper vegetarian hot food at dinner/lunch .

The evening buffet was extremely meat and fish orientated, with a huge amount of choice for meat eaters, including numerous meat dishes and sauces, while the vegetarian hot options were extremely limited.

Night after night, the vegetarian choice was essentially potatoes, two vegetable dishes and pasta with a plain tomato sauce. Having the same basic pasta and tomato sauce as the main vegetarian hot option every evening became very disappointing, particularly in a hotel of this size and standard.

There was pizza available, but even this caused an issue. A pizza that looked like a margherita/vegetarian pizza actually contained tuna. This is particularly concerning because a vegetarian guest could easily assume that a pizza without obvious meat toppings was vegetarian. Vegetarian pizzas should be clearly labelled and kept separate from meat and fish pizzas to avoid confusion.

I don’t think it would be unreasonable to expect at least one proper, substantial vegetarian hot dish every evening, with the dish changing throughout the week. Simple options such as:

🌱 Vegetable curry 🌱 Vegetarian lasagne 🌱 Vegetable stir-fry 🌱 Ravioli 🌱 Vegetarian pasta bake 🌱 Vegetable casserole

would make a huge difference.

This isn’t about expecting an enormous vegetarian buffet. One clearly labelled, properly prepared vegetarian main course each evening would be enough. What was disappointing was seeing such a wide variety of hot dishes for meat and fish eaters while the vegetarian choice was so limited.

I am giving the hotel 5 stars overall because the hotel itself, the facilities, pools and our general experience were excellent, but I really hope management takes this feedback seriously. Vegetarian guests should not have to rely on potatoes, vegetables and plain pasta every evening while there are numerous meat and fish options available.

With such a fantastic hotel and facilities, improving the vegetarian dinner offering would make the experience considerably better and more inclusive for vegetarian guests.

I would happily return to Sol Príncipe, and I hope that by the time I do, the vegetarian dinner selection will have improved.

It was our third visit to this hotel and it was better than ever. We stayed all inclusive food and drinks were better than our previous visits All of the staff are a credit to the hotel but the grey bearded barman at the pool bar was outstanding friendly and very courteous. Rooms are a little dated with next to no English channels but we were not there to spend much time in the room. Food was ok with plenty on offer but we did choose to eat out a few times. The entertainment team work hard and the kids club is also very good. The new splash pool was a big hit with the kids and finding a sunbed was never an issue as long as you were by about 9am (we had to get 6) We will be returning

We came for a week with a double balcony room, the staff are all so friendly, the rooms were clean and spacious and maids came every day, the hotel is gorgeous and has plenty going on. The breakfast was good, as we only had breakfast included we found the drinks and food prices were also reasonable. We would 100% come back here if we came back to Torremolinos.