Seaside A Lifestyle Resort - Adults Only

Wow, wow, wow - what a super 10 days! The hotel is beautiful, our room which looked onto the sea was amazing and the staff were brilliant. From arriving and being greeted by Eleni and Anna, on to the Veranda Restaurant Team - again a shout out to Stella and Konstantenas - who made all our meals a joy and our overall time at the hotel. We went to the gym daily, yoga, Pilates and Reformer Pilates classes and close enough to the beach for a daily snorkel. We are a returning family - went last year and will return again - the hotel, food and service are 5*.

Stayed for 2 weeks 7th to 21st July in a Prime Seaview room. (97). Well decorated, comfortable bed, immaculately clean. Opened the doors and stepped out on to the balcony and the view took my breath away. The staff in this place make it what it is. Every member of staff we interacted with was so friendly. As we stayed two weeks we could have 6 visits to the a la carte restaurants. We went to all 3 then did a 2nd visit to Umi as that was our favourite. Whilst the food is included on the AI you do have to pay for any alcoholic drinks that you have. The food in the main buffet was also fabulous, especially the desserts. I had an issue with the hairdryer in the bathroom. Messaged using WhatsApp and within 40 minutes a new hairdryer had been delivered to the room. We went down to the beach two afternoons. It's a shingle beach and it can be quite slippy as you go into the sea. We had taken watershoes which I'd definately recommend taking. We had drinks at Cafe Nemo down there and the service there was great too. They have cider and give you nuts and snacks with your drinks. I could go on and on about this hotel but I won't. Go see for yourselves. We will definately go back.

We stayed here for 5 nights and the resort itself is absolutely stunning, so well-kept, and beautifully designed. Everywhere is aesthetically pleasing and Instagram-worthy, with amazing interior touches that give it a really luxury feel. We had a Cape Suite with a private pool, and it was gorgeous. The pool area was peaceful with sea views, comfortable loungers, and the water temperature was just right. The restaurants are beautifully styled with some of the most incredible views, and the staff were genuinely friendly and helpful , especially the lovely lady at the pool bar and the lady greeting you at the buffet. The buffet food was great too overall. That said, there were some disappointing elements that stopped it from feeling like a full 5-star experience: Dining: None of the à la carte restaurants are included in the all-inclusive package. They cost €98 per visit, and drinks aren’t included either. We arrived and went straight to book a few evenings in the restaurants, only to be told they were fully booked for our entire stay bar 1 the last night. You can’t book in advance before arriving either, which makes it frustrating. We were lucky to grab a couple of last-minute cancellations, and although the meals were lovely, we ended up paying nearly €200 for just two nights, plus another €40 each night for a bottle of wine. No room service or poolside drink service: There’s no way to order food or drinks to your room or your private pool. You have to go get them yourself, which really takes away from the luxury feel, especially when you’ve paid for a private suite it would have been nice to order some lunch to our pool and some cocktails through the day. Cocktails: Only around half the cocktail menu was included in the all-inclusive. My favourite Cocktails like margaritas or mai tais came weren’t included and about €11. The free ones were served in standard glasses or pint glasses with no garnish or presentation even on an evening! more like a bar mixer than a resort cocktail. At other 5-star resorts like IKOS, pages of cocktails are all included and beautifully presented in varied glasses with salt rims etc. Entertainment: This was probably the weakest part of the experience. In the evenings, there was usually a singer or DJ for about an hour in a bar area with not much atmosphere - no one really dancing or interacting, and once the entertainment finished, it was very quiet again. During the day, there were no activities or entertainment at all, which was a surprise given how often this is mentioned in other reviews yet nothing done to enhance the entertainment programme This is genuinely a beautiful, very peaceful resort with so much potential, but a few key areas let it down. With a bit more attention to the all-inclusive offering and the overall guest experience, it could easily be a true 5-star. For now as it has the conditions and venue for it as well as lovely attentive staff but those mentioned above , I’d say it’s a 4

I have read some of the reviews both before we went and on our return. Everyone has different experiences and expectations but for us it was one of the best Hotels we have ever stayed in and a genuine 5***** Hotel. There are a couple of negatives but the positives far outweighed them. to start with the Hotel is well maintained and well kept, the staff are amazing, so well trained and polite but we have to say that we were served by Eleftheria and what a joy and pleasure she was by far the best waitress we have ever had. The food in the main restaurant was always of the highest standard so much so I put 5lbs on over 10 days. There are 3 A La Carte restaurants and we were told we could visit them 3 times, we assumed the choice would be ours and didn't fancy the Minoran so booked twice at the Oceana and once at the Umi. the Umi was not to our taste at all and the Oceana was very plain on the first night, a Tuesday but on the Friday it was much better, seeing as you only had a choice of 3 for each course it shouldn't be so different as I had the same order again, we were informed on the 2nd visit that we were supposed to use each one only once although we wern't told that at the start and were supposed to pay for the 2nd visit however they waived the charge. We prefered the restaurant. The room was 1st class, we paid for a seaview and what a view, the room was well laid out and decorated and I can honestly say I've never had a bed that was so comfortable, even better that my own at home. only gripe is there is a 1cm difference in the floor level when you exit the toilet or shower from the rest of the room, I assume this is a water containment reason but in the middle of the night after a few Ouzos it caused a few bashed toes. The location is quite remote with about 10 levels of rooms and a pool at the top and one at the middle, a lot of other either private or shared pools on other levels but a lot of slopes and steps makes it not ideal for people with restricted mobility, although the Hotel provides a shuttle service if required in a type of golf cart. The beach is a 15 minute walk down and the nearest village took us 45 minutes to walk to and a 10 Euro taxi ride back. Being so remote you really want the Entertainment to be good, unfortunately it was very hit and miss. A brilliant trio on Mondays really give it everything and 2 blokes on Saturdays were very good but the rest not so much and getting a drink could take half to 3 quarters of an hour, very slow. No activities during the day, maybe a water gymnastics in the top pool and a water volleyball game in the other to break the day up a bit would be good. Overall we loved our stay and we would definetley return.