Visited hotel for couple of days after round trip along agri turismo's. Interior Hotel and rooms are very nice and comfortable., as well is the swimmingpool.
De staff at the receptiondesk is very friendly and helpfull.
In the restaurant they have a managerial problem: the head waiter is unfriendly and not very attentive; this also infects his co-workers. It gave us the feeling being in an average railwayrestaurant 20 years ago.
Combined with the European ''middle of the road kitchen'', you better choose a restaurant outside.

Henk, Utrecht

Been there in august 2010 with 2 young children (4+7). Location of the hotel is about 150 mtrs away from the sea. A walk of 7 minutes will bring you to the sea. There you can find some restaurants. The hotel itself is clean. We were upgraded from a junior suite to a suite. The suite has 2 rooms and a bathoom, with separate shower. The children liked the jacuzzi bath a lot. Nice working airco. Lowest = about 23 degrees celcius. That is convenient enough. Nice terrace with table and 4 chairs overlooking the swimmingpool.
Beds are ok. Because of the ambiance they probably don't use boxsprings but normal rustique beds with matrasses. Rate of matrasses: 7 (not bad, not excellent, just ok) Rate of suite: 8,5. Staff is very helpful. 2 times there was a technical problem. It was solved within 10 minutes. So a rate of 9. No complaints about the pool. It was large enough and very clean. Normally the pool is closed for 2 hours in the afternoon (siesta time), but we were allowed to use it. (as long as you don't splash into the smimmingpool and make a lot of noise, what is normal in a hotel that offers welness) Kids liked the pool a lot. They didn't want to go to the beach. So the pool gets a rate of 9.
Breakfast is average. There is a point that management must do something about it.
For a 4 star hotel I expected more variation. Rate 6.5 (ok, but should improve) Parking is large enough, even for 4x4. Rate 9. Last thing: most of the staff speak english, but they vary. One understands you completely, while the other must think twice before understanding what you are saying. I think it will be professional that everyone who works in a hotel can speak at least basic english, and that includes also the lady who cleans the room. Overall, the final conclusion for Hotel Giardino Dei Greci = 8.

We stayed in this hotel for 13 nights as part of our 3 week holiday in Sicily, in August. As this was, by far, the most expensive hotel we stayed in during the trip, at 160 euros, per night, B&B, we expected great things! Especially when we read such great reviews on 'Booking.com' and on the internet. We had a relatively small room, overlooking the back of the hotel and the room was a little bit dated, especially the bathroom. The breakfast was the most basic one of all the hotels we stayed in and it was the only place where they didn't offer you a 'Cappuccino' or 'expresso' at your table.. Also, we noted that the main waitress never smiled once during our stay..! Beyond that we also found that the hotel was quite a distance from the centre of Giardini Naxos and as there was no place for parking there we had to go by foot. We had to go quite far in order to find a good beach and many beaches in the area are private so you have to pay - from 15-25 euros for 2 sunbeds and an umbrella!
The worst thing for me was the fact that they did not change our sheets till after the 7th night and only when I insisted on it - which was unbelievable... If it had been every 3-4 days no problem but we think they were only changed twice in all during the 13 nights!
My husband tried to access his work e-mail for an urgent matter from their computer, but wasn't able to access it because their security settings were too high...
We did not use the Spa/beauty centre facilities as we found them to be extremely expensive..
On the plus side the pool is very nice and the barman, who makes fantastic cocktails, was very friendly. The lady at the reception is also very friendly and willing to help with anything you ask.
We generally don't like to complain about hotels, especially as our experience of hotels elsewhere in Sicily was excellent, but we felt we really had to write something about this one.

We stayed here with a Riviera Travel tour group 49 strong. Hotel is up a steep side road about 5/7 mins walk from the beachfront. The food was the usual range of fare and choices for large groups but the catering standard was acceptable. Wine was around € 14 a bottle for local Nero D'Avola - very quaffable.
Breakfasts were OK but the watered-down fruit juice demonstrated the cost conscious approach. The rooms were clean and staff friendly. We heard no complaints about rooms from our group.
There is a good size pool with a poolside bar. It's not the chlorine, but the bar prices that will bring a tear to your eyes..
As a base for Taormina it's worth considering - a regular bus service to Taormina runs by the main road at the bottom of the side road 5 mins away. The return ticket to Taornina was € 3. A taxi ride 10 minutes up the hill to Taormina was € 20. We heard that the hotel does run a courtesy bus service, but it was not at a convenient time for us.