Minibierne Reviews 34

Great recommendation from us, to Louise at Minibierne and all the kind staff. Louise really helped a lot, with making my daughter feel welcome. We came to Benalmadena in March and stayed thru to the summer. My daughter aged 5, felt happy and safe. Always a good structure for the day and lots of outings. Local playgrounds were used, but also bus trips going to the zoo, museums and parks further away. Lots of singing classes, so the children learn both english and spanish too. We speak danish in our family, so it was very obvious to us, how much she leaned. I only regret, not coming sooner!!!! Now our daughter has started school, and is a very independent girl, thanks to all she experienced at Minibierne.

My five-year-old son attended Minibierne for four months in the fall of 2024.

We were very curious about how the transition from a Norwegian kindergarten to a new country, a new language, and a new kindergarten would go. It exceeded all our expectations, and we are absolutely thrilled. Leaving Minibierne was incredibly sad.

Louise and the other staff are wonderfully creative. The children always have fun while learning, and the adults build strong, trusting relationships with them. There is also a structured plan with fixed excursion days, so the children know what to expect and can look forward to it.

They learn a lot while getting plenty of opportunities to play and explore. The dogs and rabbits are an amazing bonus!

My son had a fantastic time at Minibierne, and we truly miss the kindergarten, the staff, and the children. Returning to a traditional Norwegian kindergarten was quite an adjustment.

Minibierne has been the best kindergarten for our two grandchildren. For more than two years my wife and I have had such a wonderful experience with Minibierne. The owners, Louise and Adam, and the staff were always so forthcoming and helpful. They made the children feel safe and happy. Our grandchildren just loved being there. In addition, they developed their skills through the many cool and fun activities and the monthly themes offered by Minibierne. Furthermore, the way the children received individual care and attention has been second to none. It was always such a joy to pick them up in the afternoon and hear them talk excitedly about, what they had been doing.

What more can you ask for than picking up happy children from the kindergarten? It speaks volumes about how everyone at Minibiene showed both professionalism and empathy throughout the years our grandchildren had the privilege of being part of this outstanding daycare institution.

BIG kudos to Minibierne for being such a wonderful place!

We had our children in Minibierne for almost 3 years. When we arrived in Spain we found this wonderful little nursery that wanted to bring a Danish educational style to kids in Spain. The amount of support we’ve received throughout our time with them is indescribable (but I will try). The owners (Louise and Adam) are caring, loving and dedicated professionals. Anytime we doubted whether our kids were “developing” well, we would have chats with them and they would listen and help us feel heard and supported. The amount of effort they make day in and day out to ensure the kids are stimulated, learning, exposed to the Spanish culture, to different topics (eg space and planets, science, sports) and the field trips and additional camps and activities they made available to them, is something I haven’t seen anywhere else. They, and the other teachers, do all of this whilst providing the kids with a safe, caring and fun environment. Our kids have nothing but amazing memories of their time there and we will forever be grateful to this little børnehave!

Exceptional Care and Warmth at Minibierne

I am deeply grateful for the experience my children, Filippa and Anthony, had last year at the Minibierne . The owners and staff go above and beyond to create a nurturing environment, treating each resident with immense dignity and respect.

One delightful aspect is the homemade bonds served each morning, a testament to the homely and caring atmosphere of the facility. This attention to detail and personal touch truly sets Minibierne apart.

Filippa and Anthony's time here positively influenced their growth, and as a parent, I am incredibly appreciative of the values and care ethics they observed and practiced.

So thank you to all at Minibierne at for your dedication and for making such a significant impact in our Filippa and anthoney and mom and dad

Best regards,
Niels

We moved to Spain in August and our daughter therefore joined Minibierne.

Louise was very communicative about the start up phase and very attentive towards my daughters needs. In the early days when my daughter was settling in, she was allowed to bring her favorite teddy as a comforter. Louise personally made sure my daughter got settled in and made the transition to our new life in Spain very smooth.

The weekly schedule is fantastic - it creates a familiar and needed routine for the kids, and helps both the parents and kids to prepare for what to expect on a daily basis.

I love the monthly themes, the out of the house trips, the focus on Spanish and English - and I am amazed with the passion and excitement both Louise, Adam and the rest of the team brings every day.

To me Minibierne is the Rolls Royce of kindergartens and I would recommend them any day 👌❤️

We feel incredibly privileged to have had our child in the minibiernes kindergarten.

When we heard of the 2 bad statements from the same family on trustpilot of the minibierne we simply had to react. We have had our son at the minibierne for 3 years, which means that we know ALL the employees and the management incredibly well. For us, the minibierne have not just been a kindergarten, but a huge support during a difficult time for our family. Our situation is that our son, after a short year on the minibees, became seriously ill. I think all parents can relate to the fact that there is nothing worse than your child not feeling well. Our son's illness caused him to develop a form of anxiety where he found it difficult not to have us as parents by his side all the time and due to his illness it was also incredibly difficult for us as parents not to have him close all the time. And that's why I actually think that if we hadn't had the minibees as our son's kindergarten, we would probably have chosen to keep him at home (which in the long run would be worse for him, as well as his social development)
The way the owner of the minibees handled this matter, the way they made time for us and our son, the way all employees and the management were "trained" in handling our son's illness, the balloons, the drawings, the letters that came from the kindergarten every time we were hospitalized yes, the list is actually endlessly long, is something we as parents will forever be deeply grateful to the minibees for and far more then what we could in any way have expected.
Even when, 3 months ago, our son had to leave the kindergarten to start school (which for our son was a stressful situation), one of the owners of the kindergarten came and offered us to go with our son to school the first couple of days, to ensure a good start (Without illness seizures )
I could write so much more about the minibees, how many hands they are for the children, how many trips and cool activities they do, that there is so much heart room at the same time that the children know who is in charge and how to behave, but I think everyone got the message.
If there had been 6 stars on trustpilot, the minibees would have got it! So the warmest warmest recommendations from us.

We had our son at Minibierne for about a year and a half, and I'm convinced it was the best decision we could ever have made.

They manage to do a great variety of activities wth the children while maintaining the daily routine, which all in all comes together as a safe and enriching experience for the children.

Our son had a great time there, and still fondly remembers his friends and caretakers.

Our 5-year old daughter has been attending Minibierne for the past two months and wow!, what an amazing, warm and loving kindergarten!

We had a very good kindergarden back in Denmark where our daughter was very happy, so we were nervous about her starting in a new place. Luckily, all my worries were completely unnecessary as Minibierne has turned out to be an even greater place for my daughter to be at.

Every single day, our daughter looks forward to go to kindergarten and it’s all thanks to the owners of the kindergarden, whose hearts you can feel are 100% committed to making Minibierne a wonderful place for the kids.

I am absolutely in love with Minibierne and all the wonderful activities they do for the kids. I would almost wish my daughter didn’t have to start school next year so she could stay one more year in Minibierne :)

I can only highly recommend Minibierne ❤️

We've had our girls go to Minibierne a several times, and this is the reason: it's a place filled with so much love, presence, warmth and care for young and old 🧡 When our biggest girl started, the owner, Louise, stated, that “our only problem here is that the children don't want to go home” and to that extent we indeed agree. Each day at pick-up time, all the children shouted: not yet, we're having so much fun, and we are not ready to go home🫶🏻
 
We have not experienced a single moment where the girls have been sad being handed in, because you only meet big smiles and happiness in Minibierne. It's a party for the children to go with all the cool activities on the program every single day 🌈
 
And each month the theme changes ex. Olympiad, Christmas, Halloween, super heros, trafic rules, Fairy Tales etc., and all holidays are celebrated in style🥳 Not to mention all the excursions in the local area from horse camp, playgrounds, zoo, butterfly garden etc. We have never experienced a place where it is possible to get swimming lessons while the children are in kindergarten, but in Minibierne it is.

The sweet and welcoming owners, Louise and Adam, always see opportunities instead of limitations – and so do their employees. Each time we return it feels like coming home again and being reunited.

We give Minibierne our highest and warmest recommendations – it’s simply just the place for all kids to be(e) 🐝 And we can’t wait to be(e)🐝 back 🫶🏻

Our girls have never been happier than they are now and you will be part of their lives for the rest of their lives ❤️ as parents, we have never felt more secure in handing our girls over to a place that contains such wonderful values, care, love, pedagogy at a high level, a professionalisme that shines through ❤️

You have made our Spanish adventure the best in our lives - Denmark could learn a lot from you, you give the children such wonderful memories for life while they learn everything they need to ❤️

the world's biggest and best recommendation from here. you can safely hand over your child to the minibees and you will notice a difference in your child immediately in the form of joy, increased self-confidence, increased learning, care for all ages, increased language ❤️

THANK YOU for you!

Our youngest been attending Minibierne 4 years. It’s been amazing 4 years. She’s been loving to attend Minibierne, so much so that weekends couldn't end soon enough. She has looked forward to every single morning. Louise and Adam who run the Minibees have been fantastic. The sweetest, empathetic people. Deeply professional and committed. We are extremely grateful for the way they have looked after and prepared our daughter for school.

Our son has been in Minibierne for almost a year and he truly loves to be there. Minibierne are full of great people, they have exciting monthly themes with month end trips to the aquarium, zoo, making crafts, etc depending on the theme. Their weekly plan are filled with fun activities including song, dance, trips to the playground and these plans give the kids a good consistency in activities. Some of the activities are split between the group of smaller children and some are together. The communication with the kindergarden is very well organized with personal whatsapp chats and a common facebook group where information and pictures is shared.

We have a mother group for the kids in the kindergarden which creates a good social experience for the parents as well. I only hear nice comments about Minibierne! They have also received recognition from the teacher education in DK and have good cooperation with the scandinavian schools in the area.

I warmly recommend Minibierne:) it’s a great place to be for our children.

Most amazing daycare on the coast, the staff is so loving with the kids. Furthermore, they are going on adventures every week and it’s a new theme each month they are exploring and learning new information about, and it really shows that the kids are the number one priority at Minibierne ❤️ as it being my first experience with a kindergarten/daycare for my child I’m more than thankful that my son was able to attend Minibierne, because it has been nothing but a blessing and a wonderful experience in the 3 years my son has been at Minibierne

When we first moved from Norway to Spain, we thought we were happy in the nursery we had experience with from Norway. But wow, Minibierne excelled at everything. From their love and patience to there initiatives and fun learning projects, they are really amazing! This is what a nursery is supposed to be like. They are so caring, helpful and open to dialog. My daughter LOVES her days there. She has learned to swim in only a year, learned so much danish, English and Spanish, dancing, yoga, cuddles with bunnies every morning, gotten a lot of good friends, had amazing trips to different museums, the beaches and parks.

Couldn’t be more happy. It gives me true joy to drop her off every morning, knowing she is happy and cared for by the loveliest people.

We have our daughter in Minibierne and she loves it❤️. We as parents are thrilled with the foundation values of Minibierne and the good cooperation with the kind caretakers. They are both loving, dedicated and professional - and always put the kids first.

They have so many exciting adventures going on trips to fx the beach, aquarium and playgrounds, saying hallo to the rabbits in the outside area, making creative themes matching the anual celebrations. And it’s possible having swimming-lessons too.

Thanks Minibierne for giving our girl a wonderful time in life❤️. All the best recommendations and gratitude going your way.

Me and my family decided to take 3 month in Spain and have our kids, (2, and 5) go to minibierne.
We only have the highest- and greatest things to say about the way and the ownership, Louise and Adam runs minibierne.
Our kids come home happy and with another love and energy than they ever did in Denmark.
The time that is put into the wellbeing of the kids are outstanding and with no doubt it is the best place that our kids have ever been.
Everyday they just cannot wait to go to kindergarten, where they always experience SO much! From swimming, creative workshops, learning language and going away for some kind of trip every wednesday.

We are now coming back to Spain for 4 more month in minibierne, because our kids are having such a wonderfull experience and we are not ready to end this amazing adventure.

We send our warmest- and highest recommendation to minibierne and all of the amazing staff there

I usually don’t share bad reviews, but when it’s about your children I think it’s important. We heard only good things about Minibierne before attending.

There are so many wrong things to mention, but I’ll try to keep it short. This situation has left us feeling completely ignored.

First of all we got only 2h to let our 1y old child get adapted to the nursery. It’s our first time attending to a nursery at all and we trusted Minibiernes to guide us. We where really open and honest about our situation.

The main reason for sharing this was a bad episode at pick up and the unprofessional way Minibierne has handled this situation.

This day was our sons 5th day at the nursery: He was taken from my arms screaming in the hall and leaving the room before I got the chance to say good bye. So I followed him to comfort him, which most mothers would. I then left after 5-10 minutes when he was calm. He started crying again when I left.

When picking him up one of the owners wanted to talk to me about how uncomfortable I had made her staff feel at drop off. She came with several person attacks on me going in detail how terrible my actions had been. Confused I told her repeadly my son need more time for adaption and we need to be able to say good bye to him (I really didn’t do anything different this day). This got her fighting to control her feelings and she got a little aggressive. All I wanted at the time was to find a solution where both my son and I could feel safe at the nursery - which we actually did until this conversation. To be clear: she wasn’t present at drop off and clearly didn’t know what happend.

During the conversation I realised that some of the staff might be very insecure and didn’t handle my son crying very well.

After this my husband formulated a very professional message to address our concerns. After this everything went even more wrong.

Our son was suddenly not welcome to the nursery until we had a meeting. The meeting times where not flexible and we couldn’t bring our son. With no one to watch our son (we’re new in the area) and a job to attend to during day time it’s very hard. They refuse to help us with this issue - even though we paid for it.

They where refusing to answer a simple question to if we where allowed to say good bye to our son before leaving and if we could get more time for adaption. For us this is not optional. In short the texts where similar to our conversation - person attacks, taking things out of context and in general unprofessional.

To my opinion this situation could have been solved if Minibierne where a little bit more professional.

Before saying yes to the spot Minibierne was super flexible, kind and willing to find a sultion to everything. After suddenly everything we have done previouse days where no longer acceptable. It left us very confused and feeling unwelcomed.

For Minibierne sticking to schedule is more important than the wellbeing of the children. Instead of helping us on how to let our child adapt to staying away from home and to their schedule they choose to critizie the parents instead. They make it clear our child is not welcome on days we paid for and refusing to answer any questions. They do not answer to any form of constructive feedback - it’s ignored.

During the 5 days there where a new person every day having main responsibility of our child, giving him little chance to build important trust and stability.

Their unwillingness to have dialog or find a solution has been shocking. All in all this is not a safe environment for new parents and small children.

I am writing to share our deeply disappointing experience with Minibierne Kindergarten, particularly our interactions with one of the owners. Our journey at Minibierne started with optimism and hope for a nurturing environment for our son.

Unfortunately, our experience quickly turned sour, leaving us without a place to have our child with no day's notice and with no choice but to withdraw our child from the kindergarten.

Our first concern arose only after 5 days when our 1 year old boy was unwillingly separated from his mother, from the staff, without being given the opportunity to say goodbye. His evident distress, constant crying, and discomfort during this separation prompted my wife to follow the staff to console him. When we came to pick up our child she has reprimanded and the owner making her feel unwelcome and criticized her actions without any prior communication of their policies (She had not did anything different than any other day).

Our attempt to address these concerns about the experience through text communication with Minibierne (owner) was met with resistance and a lack of understanding. Despite our efforts to convey our worries, the owner seemed unwilling to engage in a constructive dialogue. She insisted on a face-to-face meeting, dismissing our concerns and didn’t want to talk about it, even though this contradicted our family's needs and circumstances.

We was told that our child was not welcomed until we had a meeting with her. We tried to explain to her that it is hard to have a meeting with her when nobody can babysit our child.
We were in a new country and didn’t have any family to babysit.

Moreover, the Owner's refusal to acknowledge the challenges faced by our family, unwillingness to listen, coupled with her reluctance to apologize for the distress caused to our child and us was deeply disappointing. Her communication style was defensive, uncooperative, and unsympathetic to our situation.

Her unwillingness to address our concerns and provide a satisfactory explanation left us feeling frustrated and unsupported.

Despite our attempts to reason with the owner, she continued to deflect responsibility, accusing us of things, and having no interest in finding solutions. Her lack of empathy and unwillingness to engage in open, honest communication only served to exacerbate the situation.

In the end, we made the difficult decision to withdraw our child from Minibierne Kindergarten, as we believe it is essential for our child to be in an environment where he feels secure, supported, and understood.

We feel totally scammed by Minibierne - we paid a lot of money that we are not getting back to have our child in Minibierne for only 5 days.
We were left with no place for our child in kindergarten with no notice which left us in a difficult situation.

We hope that by sharing our experience, other parents can make informed decisions about their choice of childcare facilities, avoiding the distressing situation we endured.