Guest User
October 16, 2024
I struggled to decide whether to give the review a 3 or 4 star rating, but on the balance I decided to go with 4. However, there was some things I wish I had known before booking. I will start with the positives. The overall aesthetic of the hotel is lovely. It has a very laid back, boho feel that is done to a high standard. This is in all areas of the hotel, from the bedrooms to the landscaping and common areas. Everything was very clean and tidy at all times. The location of the hotel is actually pretty perfect. Firstly, it is a very easy 20 minute coach ride from the airport. There is a supermarket across the street that has quite literally all a person could need! If you walk out of the hotel and turn right, the beach is about a 15-20 minute walk away but in the meantime there is a selection of really nice bars, shops and restaurants. On the beach front there are some lovely chilled out beach bars too. There is a shuttle bus from the hotel to the beach a few times a day if you are carrying too much to walk. There is a bus that stops right outside the hotel that takes 20 minutes to get to Kos Town, for less than 5 euros there and back. There is also two gorgeous vineyards that are between a 15 and 30 minute walk in the other direction to the beach. The entertainment team obviously work very hard. We had a private suite with a pool that backed onto the main pool, and we enjoyed the daily music and listening to the games. There also was a lot of space. Although the main pool did seem to get pretty busy, there are also swim up pools around and a great space for kids. It never seemed busy anywhere, which was good. The spa is very nice. It was 20 euros each to use the facilities, and you could stay there as long as you wanted. There is a wide range of treatments and if you go ahead with a treatment, you can use the facilities for free. Sadly, there are some negatives and things that were not ideal for us. Firstly, the food. Now I can totally appreciate that all inclusive has its set backs, but I think the problems were beyond this. Breakfast was okay. There was certainly a wide choice of things, but none of them were amazing. I do think they could make life a lot easier for themselves by having a coffee machine, and having a machine to access water. Instead, servers brought coffee and water around, you can ask for a different coffee, but all were very average. Being able to sit outside for breakfast looking at the church was a nice touch. We only ate the lunch towards the end of the week but actually this was the best meal there was. Lots of choice with fresh salad and pizza and other alternatives. This is served in the snack bar area, which is nice as you are not always eating in the same place. Dinner was also sadly an issue. We had the BBQ night, which was really good. However, everything else was below par and we ended up eating out more than we expected. There was a good choice, but everything was very beige and sadly ver