Agree with most of the other comments made previously but thankfully we did not have to put up with any "stench". We were put into a noisy roadside room at 1am after a tiring 2 hour transfer from the airport but asked to change next morning and moved into inside room which faced opposite wall which was considerably quieter. Request for sea-view declined as we were told all rooms were booked well in advance but then heard sea-view rooms were being advertised. Had breakfast only on one occasion and thought it was terrible choice. Found reception unhelpful and not very welcoming. Room cleaned everyday but just a basic tidy up. Towels were like sandpaper. Shower slowed to a trickle most nights or stopped altogether and water lukewarm. This hotel could be great if it just got it's act together as location -wise it was ideal for other restaurants & bars.

If you are looking for a up market hotel dont bother, the aristea is clean and basic, wonderful views over the sea and mountains. we found the staff very friendly and helpful.
I do think they could improve the breakfast, very mundane, and no choice. also the shower needs updating, hardly any pressure and water luke warm, luckily it was hot out there.
also the restaurant ajoining was not up to standard, and was empty most evenings.
the room was cleaned daily great,

the hotel is in desperate need of a facelift.

First impressions on arrival was not the same as on the photo, which was obviously very out of date. Tired entrance and old wired switchboard in reception didn't inspire confidence even though now disconnected. Arrived at 1.00 a.m. given a key and left to make our own way to our room. The room was not harbour side but road side and was obviously going to be noisy. Also there was an illuminated hotel sign right outside our room, which didn't go off till about 2.00 a.m.

The bathroom door did not shut, the shower curtain was an antiquated affair on some sort of coathanger contraption which served no purpose whatsoever. The shower itself was useless; only a trickle of water and it was never warm. We requested a room change in the morning, before giving our reasons the owner immediately said "Too noisy." She had nothing else available for 2 days and then only a ground floor inner room. On viewing it was no better so we stuck it out where we were. However, within days there was a sign on the front window advertising rooms with harbour side views, so obviously we weren't going to get one.

Obviously a sewerwage problem in the bathroom as only backed up sewerage could cause this level of stench permeating the tiny bathroom; some days it smelt of pure ammonia. Although the room was cleaned every day, it was merely a wiping over of the floor, the sink was never cleaned the whole week. Had it not been for the air conditioning sleep would have been impossible as there was no way we could have slept with the high volume of traffic noise if the door had been open.

Breakfast was paltry, nothing like the previous Greek breakfasts we have experienced. The bread was sometimes hard, cheese and ham were cheap processed, juice was squash not fresh, cake only occasional. Cheap cereal and no fruit or yogurt which Greece is so famous for. The only good thing was the coffee.

If you are forced to stay here cheer yourself up by reading the visitor's book on display at reception, dating from the early 70s. The comments are hilarious and obviously not understood by the owners or they would have been torn out as one recently had been.

We are frequent and experienced travellers and although we accept standards are not always high this has to be the worst we have ever come across.

The first impression of a hotel you get, when the bus drops you out on a street so narrow, that you hardly believe one can walk there safely, is:"Is THIS a hotel?". The hotel looks... average, at some points even shabby, and the designer had obviously never been invited to review the decoration of its interiors, but it is the incredible staff, who bring it' 2 stars to the level of 3 or 4. There had been no single request (all of them to be quite humble, however), that the owner or receptionists had not fulfilled.
The best, but at the same thing the most troublesome feature of the hotel is that people, who run it for many years, have personal approach. They treat you as a guest. A wanted and awaited one, but still a guest at their home. If you are the kind of tourist eager to accept such attitude, there won't be a day for you to regret you decided to stay there.
P. S. Previous reviewers complain on a bad smell from the pipes. I wouldn't argue with that 'cause at the time of my vacation the problem had already been fixed
P. P. S. I liked the hotel restaurant, but the location of a hotel is very favourable, 2 minutes distance from numerous other cafees and restraunts, taxi-station, Post and Western-union office.