AC Hotel by Marriott Málaga Palacio

Location is great, well positioned in a convenient part of town. The room was good, with a balcony, but a low handrail. Friendly staff.

Checking in for anyone seemed to be confusing. The lifts looked modern, but the reality was they were slow, small and confusing. The pool is very small, with not many loungers. It was noisy at night, with a hotel opposite playing music until late, which meant shutting the door/window and using aircon instead, not ideal. The handrails on all the balconies, both in the room and on the roof seemed a little too low, meaning couldn't get near the edge to enjoy. Uncomfortable pillows, I didn't sleep well.

Hotel was clean, modern, rooms were beautiful and comfortable. There is not a better hotel in Malaga for location, it basically has the monopoly because of this. We live nearby in is cala so know the area well. We would go back because of the location.

Staff in the rooftop bar were miserable and rude, bringing drinks was a chore for them. Not enough staff for the amount of people in there. Great bar with a great view (If you like looking at some old apartments borrowed from 1976 Benidorm and "the port" which is essentially a quiet and redundant docks.) You can't see anything pertinent like the nice port area or the town. On the plus side it is nice and quiet and you can watch the world go by, met a lot of nice people in there. We went 10:30 for breakfast which was a bit late I suppose considering it closed at 11. The bread was as hard as the Hobbs of hell, the birds couldn't pack through it. The eggs, laser cut bacon and beans looked like they had been catapulted into the Bain Marie from the other side of the room. The breakfast area is a beautiful room and has a nice view however it was as hot as a sauna, we ate food and drank the pond water coffee and got out of there asap. We were charged an extra 30 euros for the privilege of the breakfast which I wish we hadn't bothered. I'd get there earlier maybe it's better or try and get it included in the rate. Don't even get me started on the lift system.