Better than expected (and expectations were high). The hotel staff was extremely helpful, friendly, professional and wonderfully polite. The hotel itself felt modern and was immaculate in its upkeep. The standard double room with ocean view was absolutely amazing for the cost; rooms were spacious, luxurious in decoration, had cavernous and we’ll appointed bathrooms (both a torrential shower and soaking tub), and the private deck (big enough for a lounge chair and table with chairs) with an unobstructed panorama of the bay brought paradise to life. A part of me wants to rate the hotel a 0/5 so that prices may continue to be as unrealistically low as they are today, but the staff deserve to be recognized for their superlative performance. My only hope is that, in the next few years when we revisit Funchal, we can afford this hotel again.