Maraú Beach Club — Restaurant in Vera

So, there are two sides to the beach club- the restaurant and the club itself. Although they are run through one web site they are run as two separate entities inside.

We went for Sunday lunch. We went early as we knew our toddler would be asleep (1.15pm) and there was no-one else there. By 3ish there was a pretty big crowd. The surroundings are lush and opulent and I didn't feel out of place in a dress and heels but there were lots of people wearing shorts.

The food was amazing. We had foie and duck ham with fig jam, beef carpaccio with cheese ice cream and goats cheese salad with berries to start. I am salivating writing this review. It was very good. The service was excellent. We had monkfish and shrimp rice to follow- it was also very good and then we were full up! Each dish on the menu had allergy advice which is handy for us with a lactose free infant.

We'd booked sun loungers next to the family pool (5 euros each) and were the only people there. There are full on beds next to the main pool for 100 euros which I guess would be worthwhile if you were on honeymoon without a toddler and were staying for a while. We had drinks by the pool and they had a kids' menu. There was also a climbing frame/slide and some swings.

I'm not sure how much club action there is in Vera Playa and I'd say this is definitely the closest I've seen to it. There were quite a lot of beautiful (younger) people as opposed to perma-tanned retirees which is what we're used to seeing the when we go off season.

We'll definitely...

I couldn’t rate this place lower. I went for my 18th birthday, the only 18th birthday I will ever have, and it was completely ruined by this night club. I went with 5 of my best friends, we queued up PAID and entered. After 10 mins we went outside for air (still within the premise of the club) and my one of my friends who’s gay (and was wearing some makeup and a tank top) was grabbed and escorted outside. 2 of my friends who were next to him were also grabbed and taken outside resulting in my female friend getting a bruise. Myself and the last 2 friends asked a nearby security what happened, and he said it was because my friend was wearing sandals (??) We went outside, wondering what was going on. We were met with uncooperative bouncers, who quickly escalated into yelling, and my gay friend was then spat on. This disgusting behaviour ruined my night and left us all in tears. I emailed the nightclub to get my money back (€120 is insane to be kicked out) and they said my friend hopped the wall. which is false. I asked them to show me evidence of why they believe this and was ignored. My mother, friends parents, and friends all emailed to complain as we didn’t want anyone else going through this and we were all ignored. Disgusting way to treat anyone, and this is now what I remember when I think of my...

We have recently bought a home in Vera and this is our third time visiting Maraú beach club , the first time service was great and the staff were friendly, the second time not so great and then today we we’re greeted with rude staff but still decided to order drinks because we previously loved the venue and atmosphere, we were told to sit on the sofas ( that had no cushions), I asked 2 members of staff for cushions and they proceeded to ignore us and tend to the people who arrived after us but as they were paying to use the pool and sun beds they were treated as a priority, the response I received of the second staff when asking for the cushions was a very rude and abrupt “wait”, this was an awful experience especially as our in laws are with us and it’s the last day before they go home.

Extremely...