My review really mirrors the experience of Markus below.

First, the location is stunning. That alone merits a star. Mhares is perched on a cliff with a staircase down to rock shelves at the water's edge. Mhares itself is lovely - well kept and clean, very tropical, feels tucked away. There's a covered portion where you can grab a drink (and some much needed shade!) and then a lovely, large area surrounding the pool and overlooking the water that encompasses the chairs, beds and restaurant.

We checked in and from there, it's fairly mediocre. A host came and brought us to our chairs. We chose the front row of the relax area for 174€. That includes two towels (I mistakenly assumed each), fruit skewers and water. So, it's pricey. I will say that my expectations at that price point are for high level service throughout.

The fruit skewer was a wee bowl of a grocery store cut fruit. Water was two small cans. Your one towel is spread on your chair for you upon arrival (good touch). So, it is as promised. Just only barely.

The staff were brusque, often you had to flag them down. Service felt cursory, like order takers, not like you are valued guests at a luxe beach club. No above and beyond effort was made to make the experience excellent. They also spent a lot of time loudly talking to each other across the patio or through their headsets. It just wasn't the overall experience we were expecting.

Only one of our chairs had shade, so we asked for an additional umbrella. Note - there are freestanding umbrellas on the patio. They said no. There was no offer to help us shift our chairs or suggestions to get out of the sun for a bit so we could really spend the day there.

We considered lunch at the restaurant but it's right beside the pool, on the pool deck, so there didn't seem to be much benefit (new space to spend time in, maybe shade or air conditioning).

In the end, it just wasn't the luxe experience we were looking for. Our intent had been to spend the day eating and drinking and lounging. We left early afternoon.

I think this might a good option if you're staying somewhere without a resort style pool. We were staying at a hotel with a large, lovely pool, chairs and Bali beds, 5 star service (from endless towels to moving umbrellas to bringing buckets of ice and tongs to refresh drinks without being asked - that really impeccable, thoughtful service that makes you feel pampered and makes it easy to relax) so in hindsight, I don't think the value was there to spend 174€ for a lesser experience.

Takeaway - pretty space, beautiful views, but the kind of experience you'd expect from a popular and perfectly adequate tourist trap restaurant (fine, but absolutely not special) not a luxe beach resort (where your every need is attended to before you even knew you had it).