Simplicity, functionality, cleanliness, politeness, and excellent service, good breakfact, many amenities

And all that for a very reasonable price.

Highly recommended !!!

Demetris H.

We booked Orloff hotel thinking of a place with great charme and high quality service. The place is wonderful, with a lot of potential, but the management is a disaster.
First of all this is not a hotel, but rather a bed & breakfast, and a very very expensive one for what you get. There is no service at all (no minibar, no room service, no laundry, no nothing).
When we were there, the occupants of rooms close to ours were using the common patio as a place to dry their towells and swimming suite, giving the idea of a camping area rather than a 4 stars hotel. Maybe this was just because of some unpolite guests, but the hotel keeps a drying rack in front of an always open service room door and this is probably why all the guests to the same...
We had a very nice room, with very nice bathroom (it was one of the most expensive rooms) with, as the lady who leads the hotel told us "a private terrace". Indeed we had that terrace, but totally empty. When I asked the lady for some chairs and a table, she said that they didn't have any... Than why would you sell me a room with terrace?
One of the worse thing, being this a bed and breakfast, is that the breakfast is really poor and un-interesting. The so-called orange juice must be the kind of juce you make with powders, the choice of food is poor and every morning EXACTLY the same. If you ask for anything different you feel like you are bothering them (except for fresh orange juce and espresso, which you pay extra).
The only moment I really felt the great efficiency of the staff was when we had to pay!!! From when we asked for the bill to the moment we signed our credit card receipt (10 minutes) we were covered with attentions ;)
In conclusion, don't go. And for the owners/management: this B&B is really too expensive, and they it is managed it's a total waist for such a wonderful place.

I stopped by at the Orloff in the middle of beautiful secluded Hydra Town located at a quiet square a few steps next to the still quiet port during my last visit here three or four years ago and liked the location the tiny patio and the pretty lobby filled with antiques, So we decided to stay here for a few days because it was not worth renting a house which I would usually do. The staff and the owner are very friendly but the place has been neglected and is not well managed. We got a room (no.7) with a tiny window however a new bright bathroom .The room was small , no sofa, no desk had a/c but other than that was very basic. The breakfast patio is nice with classical music being played in the morning but the breakfast is very poor. You need to pay extra for espresso or cappucino and I didn´t find the delights other guests had mentionned here. During the day there is no place to stay, no deck chairs anywhere, the garden is only for breakfast. The mini bar is empty, I ordered a glass of red wine before going out for dinner. They didn´t have any. Our room neighbor was drying towels outside his room on a rack (which doesn´t look very appealing). We booked relatively late so they may have better rooms but a simple double room for 160 Euros a night is quite pricey for this island and one would expect a bit more. The place has great potential because it is a charming historic building but the owners seem to not make anything out of it.

Stunning boutique hotel, well, better to call this place a historic old mansion built by a Russian Prince diplomat living in Hydra in the 18th century. We stayed in the stunning and sunny very large suite - Room 6 - with its own tiny courtyard and private door to the cobbled street that leads you directly to fabulous tavernas and down to the port, beaches and shops. Breakfast is a relaxing affair taken beneath blueberry trees, lemon groves and consists of freshly baked bread, cake, greek yoghurt, honey and pears. 4 nights/5 days is the ideal get away to allow time for exploring the various coves, beaches, mountain tops and monasteries. Scurry back to Orloff for a refresh then mosey the 3 minutes over to tavernas for a seafood dinner. Orloff is the must-go-to hotel when you arrive at Hydra Island, Saronic Islands, Greece. Enjoy, fellow travellers! Alice & Erroll Hartley, Dubai.