Kamari Bay Hotel

Continental style breakfast...quite adequate. Great pool area ..plenty sun beds and nice food from the pool snack bar..drinks sensibly price . Close to the beach and restaurants and nice and flat,but the pathways and roads in Greece are always uneven. Rooms cleaned and serviced regularly ...good library if you are an avid reader. All staff polite and helpful...Tony runs a great bar...problem is tearing yourself away from it. People come year after year to this hotel so they must be doing something right

This is definitely a 2* hotel at best, I genuinely feel it could be better with just a few simple bits of tidying up and maintenance as the staff are super friendly and it feels a very safe place to be. However… there is a lot of litter about the site, we walked past a dirty nappy 4 days in a row when heading to the pool. The pool could do with a good clean, it’s got a lot of staining on the tiles round it and the filter round the edge is quite scummy and some of the tiles are chipped. It’s a good sized pool and plenty of sun loungers surround it, the bar is ok, the lady running it is super friendly and the food (we only had a couple of toasties) was ok. The room is just tired, we had sockets that were coming out of the wall, a toilet seat that didn’t fit at all and tried to shut on you as you used it! And a shower that kinda worked but the main shower was so blocked it would shoot water out the side! It was also a bit scummy round the edges. The beds aren’t the most comfortable but that’s often the case when you’re away! Aircon isn’t included you’ll pay extra which is fairly standard I guess but it hasn’t even been offered or explained to us. The restaurants around the hotel are super and the beaches are super! If all you’re looking to do is have a very basic base and spend all day either on the beach or eating you’ll be fine! I found the lack of taxis or buses a bit frustrating as I would have liked to have been able to explore a bit more. It hasn’t felt like great value for money for me, but I can see how some people would be happy enough. It isn’t really for the young and adventurous, I’ve mostly seen a lot of older couples and a handful of families. It’s very quiet in general, although the bar is open till the early hours and sometimes folk are super noisy! I’m not a party pooper but by 1am I’m done with loud voices and would prefer quiet if I’m honest. Haven’t hated it but haven’t loved it either

I looked at some reviews before booking this hotel and thought, it sounds not bad for a 2 star, I'll give it a try, however:- Reception and bar area are very gloomy and dark, not welcoming at all. There are stools around the bar and seating to one side which is also very dark. Bedroom - The door itself was old and badly fitted. Blood marks on the grimly painted walls from squashed mosquitos. The tiled floor was very grubby, full of dust and leftover rubbish behind furniture from previous guests, ie, takeaway food forks etc. All the furniture was old and tired, dusty all of the time, even after room service so clearly not done properly. Under the bed had not been swept or mopped in I've no idea how long. Bathroom - Shower pipework handles etc and soap holder filthy encrusted with old soap etc. Would have needed Brillo pads to get clean. Seven Euros per day for AirCon. Linen - Not inviting at all, well past the sell by date in colour therefore although probably clean looked very grubby. Had one clean crisp white top sheet in three weeks. Breakfast - Expected a Continental breakfast and nothing more which is absolutely fine however, the Cornflakes were really cheap (like Smartprice) Processed cheese, Spam look a like meat. Poor yoghurt for Greek yoghurt, honey. and jam. Orange juice. Boiled Eggs - Always cold. No toaster, No fruit, No salad, Hostel type food. Noticed other guests must have been to the supermarket and bought their own fruit and tomatoes to eat with the bread provided. Staff - Run by a chap called Yannis. Although no personal complaints with him it's clear he runs the hotel by saving every cent he can. Other guests had issues with him. The 'working' staff were very pleasant and the girls serving breakfast were nice, it appears the staff (and there weren't that many) had to do all the jobs ie, breakfast, cleaning, outside bar, washing down pool outsider area etc. Pool area was nice but could have done with a power wash, tiles very slippy. We bought Cockroach spray and sprayed the room every day because other guests had complained about them. Thankfully we never saw one. Balcony - Hundreds of giant ants on the balcony every day. Always dusty and tiling grubby. It gets 2/10 for me. 1 for location as it was central and 1 for the girls in the kitchen and Tony the barman who was excellent at his job. This was a Jet 2 Holiday and they had given it 2 Stars. I wish Jet2 Staff could have stopped there, it is 1 Star at best and I will not be returning to this hotel.