Get yourself a brew, sit back relax and read this long review.||We had a family holiday staying at the Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach from 7th April to 14th April. After reading the reviews I was very apprehensive about the hotel. However, I was very happily surprised. I can understand some of the negative reviews, but it’s what and how you deal with them that’ll ruin or make your holiday. ||Don’t get me wrong, some things were not perfect, however, the overall experience was great. The issues we had were mainly with check in and a few issues with the room. We had to book two separate rooms but asked the travel agent (TUI in our case) to request interconnecting rooms or rooms next to each other. However, rooms are allocated by the hotel at check in, which is understandable otherwise everyone would request the rooms with the best view. So unfortunately we didn’t end up with rooms next to each other or on the same floor. Did this ruin our holiday? No, no it didn’t. We just made the most of it. We originally were to have two rooms a couple of doors away from each other, but our room was sadly left in a very bad way by the previous occupants and was not fit to stay in so we ended up in room 1102. My wife’s room, which was 1202, had issues with the lights, the main light in the bedroom had fused, and the manager moved them to another room, being 1211. Again, not ideal but didn’t cause any issues apart from the 10 minutes to change rooms.||Yes the rooms are a little dated and could do with an update but they had everything you’d need. Yes the water pressure isn’t great but again did this spoil the holiday? No it didn’t. The water wasn’t exactly hot, but was warm enough for me to shower, and in that heat why would anyone want a really hot shower? Did that spoil the holiday? No it didn’t. House keeping didn’t leave clean towels on two occasions I had to go to reception for new towels, yes that was a bit of a pain and you shouldn’t have to ask for clean towels. However, I’ve stayed at other higher rated hotels in different countries and have had this issue before, so this hotel is not alone. The good thing was the towels were given straight away. So all ended well.||The food never ran out as some people have complained about. The food was a little repetitive but nonetheless was always hot, tasty and plentiful. Ranging from jerk chicken (as you’d expect😁) to hotdogs and fries. The food style was obviously Caribbean. The goat curry, bbq pork and of course the french toast was amazing, We also dined at the Al a carte restaurants, the Caribbean one was great, lovely food and staff. The Mediterranean one was a little bit of a let down but only for me. My kids and wife enjoyed the meals they ordered. I decided on the chicken risotto, which didn’t look anything like a risotto but was still tasty. Some people would pile food so high on their plates that it looked like they’d not eaten for weeks, only to leave half of it. Not the hotels fault, but just some very greedy and self entitled people. We only took a bit at time knowing we could always go and get more of what we liked.||A large majority of the staff were brilliant, friendly, smiling, welcoming and helpful. Yes some of them looked liked they didn’t want to be there and were not helpful, I’ve experienced the same at other higher rated hotels too. Special shout out to Buju, Snoop, Courtney and MJ at the pool bar, they were brilliant! Had me laughing my head off and joked along with them the whole week. Remembered my name and what me and my family drank. Shaneka at the buffet was always smiling and always happy and helpful. Others were too but sadly I didn’t get their names.||I didn’t need to get up at 6am to “hog” sun loungers on the beach. There were always some available. ||Had Red Stripe on tap almost everyday. Some people complained about the alcohol not being ‘named’ brands, not sure why though, as other all inclusive places I’ve stayed served local liquor. I thought the drinks were all good. Loved the strawberry daiquiris and pina coladas, lovely and refreshing. I would bring insulated cups/bottles though as the drinks will stay cooler longer, or you could do what I did…..drink them quicker and order more 🤣.||Yes there is the smell of weed now and again but not everywhere like some people have said.||All in all it was a great holiday, my kids loved it and that’s all that matters to me. The location of the hotel is great, about 10 mins in a taxi from the airport. Has a great beach, be careful though the beach slopes away into the sea quite steeply. You could be knee deep one minute, take two steps and be almost chest deep! Snorkelling was great but visibility wasn’t too great but that could just be because of the time of year, some days were better than others.