James Cook
A nice hotel with friendly staff. Rooms are a little dated, but nothing terrible. Food is good and fresh with a great selection which caters to even the fussiest eater.
Each night has a different style of food, and every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday has light entertainment in one of the bars.
We visited during October, the weather was good, the sea was warm, the locals were friendly, and there were a large variety of guests from all over Europe, but the pools were freezing. €17
10-minute taxi ride will get you to Chania, which is an amazing town to visit. The bus is a lot cheaper but is usually heavily crowded.
Some of the local shops are extremely expensive and shopping around will definitely save you some euros.
The local road train tour was also a nice day out with different types of locations to visit depending on your time scales and taste.
A lovely restaurant located close to the hotel called "Cactus" is definitely worth visiting, strong cocktails, frosty pints, good food, parrots, fish, tortoise, and a kids' play area.
Chris Harvey
The rooms are very basic food in the evening is quite bland and they only open one of the two restaurants the waiter at the pool bar on the back side of the hotel. I believe his name is Dimitri is very miserable. Never give you enough ice and goes off quite often leaving the bar unattended this is the pool with a swim up bar, however evening the other bar to the rear hotel overlooking the beach I can’t praise bartender enough brilliant English very polite very professional I feel is wasted in this hotel would be far better suited in the superior five star. The rooms are very basic we were family of 4 the sheets had holes in each day they were changed. however the negatives were having to pay £5 a week per towel hire for the beach . no air-conditioning reception and limited air-conditioning in the restaurants leaving it quite unpleasant in August to sit and enjoy a meal overall I’d rate it 3 star hotel
Valf IO
Overall, a great hotel. We booked a room for one week as a couple. The room was big and clean with a great view of the beach. The staff is friendly. The only critique is the breakfast, which was only mediocre, especially the artificial orange juice that comes out of a dispenser. Nevertheless, we can't say anything else about the food since we only booked with breakfast.
The location is great. There are many good restaurants and bars nearby. The beach is clean, and the hotel is well-maintained. We recommend staying here and will probably return someday.
Cristina Ranga
We had an awesome time at Iolida Beach Hotel.
The staff was incredible, especially the lady from housekeeping who kept our rooms spotless. Shoutout to Robert, Strados, and George—they went above and beyond to serve us, just like the rest of the staff.
Twenty minutes before I arrived, I asked if they could provide me with an iron, and when we entered the room, it was already there, so the reception was very helpful.
The pool was clean, the restaurant was tidy, and the food was delicious and different every day. We especially loved the gyros on Saturday. They had a wide variety of options, including pork, chicken, beef, turkey, fish, seafood, octopus, sushi, noodles, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and more. We highly recommend this hotel. Big thanks to everyone who made our stay amazing!
Leandro Lopes
It was our first time in this hotel and it was a positive experience overall. I found the room was well located within the premises although was facing a bit of a busy road so wasn’t as quiet as I was hoping but in general was a good room with all the facilities for a comfortable stay. Cleaning was perfect and every when the shower head was broken they replaced it quite immediately.
Regarding staff, reception staff was very helpful, polite and professional. Restaurant staff, big shout out to George and a lovely small lady that unfortunately didn’t get the name which greeted us always with a smile during meal times. At the bar a big thumbs up to Stratos. Fantastic service provided as well.
Food wise, it could be better. Selection was good but the food quality wasn’t great all the time which for a good restaurant is something of a must have!
Pools weren’t too crowded which is great but rules weren’t applied as much… when there’s a sign, “shower before getting in the pool”, “no diving”, “no games in the water”, but rarely saw anyone being asked to comply. Better not to have the signs up.
I’m rating the experience as 5-star as I felt welcomed and overall I’m happy with the service.
Last note, probably the worst stretch of beach of all those hotels in the area, but worst doesn’t mean it is bad as it was still a great place to have a swim.
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