Eliros Mare Beachfront Poem Hotel

We loved our stay at Eliros Mare and definitely did not want to leave! The few areas to improve/negatives didn’t really detract from how much we enjoyed our holiday. Overall a really beautifully designed and clean hotel with great staff, food and drink. We go into detail below so you can understand the hotel better - but bear in mind despite any small criticisms we would recommend the hotel as on the whole we thought our stay was amazing. FYI The typical guests seem to be young families and couples also majority German speaking guests but all staff speak English too. FOOD The buffet was extremely varied but also had options (fresh pizza, salad, bread, cheeses and cured meats) available everyday. There was also always pasta but the type changed each day. The grill option changed everyday - the only thing we did not enjoy is the bao buns, as found the bun was dry. We really enjoyed the food and lunch time was excellent too, our favourite being the Gyros and Souvlaki. The range of sauces and dips is amazing too - the tzatziki was delicious. Breakfast has great choice although unlike lunch/dinner is mostly the same each day - it’s continental and American style. Omelettes cooked to order are available everyday but would have been nice to see this varied a bit (however we don’t like omelettes so others may disagree). They advertise a champagne breakfast on Sundays but I noticed this was put on a couple of times during our 7 day stay which was nice. We didn’t eat at the buffet at the beach restaurant, it had less choice and the food was not labelled. To improve, I think for lunch the beach restaurant should just be a grill instead of a buffet with eg gyros, souvlaki and some chips made available, this would be better than two buffets. As this sort of thing is available at the beach restaurant for half board guests to purchase, I think it should be available everyday to all inclusive guests to some extent at least. Also the beach buffet is not as good as the main buffet (way less options, no grill and not labelled) so to us it became redundant - why not do something different at the beach restaurant if that buffet can’t compete with the main buffet? It’s only a short walk between. The beach restaurant lunch offering was our one main criticism of the food but as the main buffet was great it didn’t really impact our stay but could be improved. Snacks are available throughout the day at the beach bar. We ate once at the a la carte restaurant. It is a set menu where every dish is served. We felt the salad and bean dish was slightly out of place and would work better in much smaller portions alongside the meats - maybe this is just personal preference, but eating them on their own was a bit odd. The meat course was really tasty but as there are 5 courses, smaller portions of each course would be better. The appetisers and desserts were lovely. Overall we preferred the buffet (we liked selecting our own food) and as it was so varied it didn’t become rep

Incredibly Beautiful hotel, great location with easy connecting bus route right on the door step to go visit Chaina or Rethymno which are very beautiful places too. The rooms are done to a very high standard, very clean and keep clean throughout our stay. The staff were incredible throughout our stay from the reception team, animation and catering, very friendly and always on hand to help with anything. Couldn’t recommend this hotel enough, we went as a family and they were fantastic with our child. We will 100% be going back again in the near future! Can’t wait!!

The Eliros Mare hotel is in a great location right on the beach, staff were amazing throughout, they’re so attentive and accommodating and went out of the way to make sure we had a perfect holiday. The hotel is really clean throughout, the food was excellent with a really broad range of choice, we couldn’t fault it at all. The hotel isn’t too big but has all the amenities that you need, the sunbeds on the beach are really comfortable and there was always some spare. It was a bonus having one of the restaurants right on the beach so we could easily wander for drinks and lunch. I definitely recommend the hotel if you’re looking for a really easy and comfortable beachside stay without having to wander too far during the day, the highlights are the cleanliness staff and food!

The experience was great and Nancy was brilliant! Instructions were clear and the massage was very relaxing with useful aftercare suggestions provided

The Hotel was lovely, very clean and well presented. The staff were all lovely and very welcoming/friendly, they focused on you enjoying your Holiday and relaxing which was great. we wanted a relaxing atmosphere and a not too child mad holiday with great facilities and on a good beach, we were NOT disappointed! (The kids facilities were fantastic with there own pool and entertainment) The food was amazing, I 100% recommend having dinner in the beach restaurant, we had a fantastic meal (so much food) and set in a perfect setting early evening looking out across the beach. Some advise though, when we looked at the menu initially we thought you would have to choose from the options but in fact it’s the whole menu that you have! So your options were fish or meat! So plenty of food and lots of different flavours and dishes to explore. The all inclusive package was perfect for us as a family as we only had to provide our room numbers at the bar or restaurant and the rest was taken care off (no scruffy wristbands) and the food was simply amazing, so much choice at breakfast, Lunch, Dinner etc from local dishes to a range of foods from around the globe inc salads, meats, cheeses, fruits, desserts etc. I would say there is not much in the immediate vicinity to do other than a few shops and restaurants etc, but a local town Rythmos is only a twenty minute bus ride away and that’s from outside the Hotel and very cheap (€3.20 per person) also very easy to get there and back etc, a wonderful little old town and Harbour with plenty to see inc usual shops and restaurants along with the harbour itself. This was enough for us as our Holiday purpose was complete relaxation and it didn’t disappoint. You have entertainment every evening at the beach restaurant as they have a stage area next to it with seating outside which had everything from Prize Bingo to acrobatics, singers and instrument players, this all finished at around 11:00pm so still meant you could relax knowing you was not kept up all night with loud music and disturbances etc. The weather was beautiful and Hot but there was plenty of shade on the beach and around the pool with lots of beds and umbrellas etc and with free water stations or of course the bars and restaurants you were always hydrated lol! We would 100% return to this Hotel and would definitely recommend it.

I stayed at this hotel in August for two weeks with my family. This is a 3/4-star hotel, not 5 stars, and the pictures online are not all accurate. We were given a room that smelled bad so the next day we moved to another one. This one also smelled bad when we switched on the airco and it often smelled of sewers in the resort. The beds were small, no headbord (which is strange in a 5-star hotel), the pillows were uncomfortable and there must be some plastic in the bed covers or in the sheets because they made you sweat a lot. The sheets were always too small for the bed (see picture). The towels were sistematically grey and worn out (see picture). There is hardly any storage space because the only small cupboard you have is open all the time (see picture). The bathroom had no space for our things, so we had to move a bench from the room to the bathroom. We also bought a tissue box because there wasn't any. The buffet was good for dinner but very poor at lunchtime. They often ran out of grilled fish and meat one hour before closing time and did not refill. Alternatives for intolerant guests were rare, which was a problem for my mother, but fortunately one of the waiters always looked for something she could eat. Food should be available in the afternoon, as you would expect in an all-inclusive hotel; they did provide some in the beach bar immediately after lunch and then closed the kitchen so if the food was over they didn't refill. When the meat had been there for a while and wasn't looking fresh anymore, they just poured sauce over it. The all-inclusive package does not include drinks as simple as a bottle of sparkPoor value for money, not a 5-star hotelling water or a glass of Baileys but does include a wide variety of wines. The biggest draw of this hotel is the staff, who are very nice and helpful. The cicadas on the trees make a lot of noise and because the rooms are badly insulated you can hear everything. The hotel is roght by the beach. The beach is ok, despite the many pebbles that make it difficult to enter the sea. The sea was rough, the red flag was on for more than a week, no idea if this is frequently the case. There are many loungers and umbrellas. The evening shows are very good. All in all, a 3/4-star hotel, way too expensive for what you get.