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4.0 of 5
Nea Alikarnassos | Lambi, Kos Town 85300, Greece
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Apollon Hotel
Ranked #29 of 43 hotels in Kos Town
3.0 of 5 stars 46 Reviews
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“A hotel for the masses”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 August 2010
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Initial impression was favourable although we were not aware of the two tier catering system. The sign in the dining room advised "Drinks for all - all inclusive" but when I poured myself a drink I was advised it was not for all and only for those who had paid an extra 13 euros per day for the extra lunch, drinks and snacks. We checked it out and it was not worth it if you were going out each day - which we were.

Room was clean and tidy and usual single beds pushed together. This hotel was busy. Heaps of Germans, English and Dutch visitors with lots of children evident. A huge stampede for breakfasts and meals but the meal times were restricted to finite hours and thus the hotel ran out of water at critical shower times (everyone trying to shower at the same time.)

The decor was overstated Greek with statues of Diana and others all over the place and the general impression after two days was of a holiday camp in the old Hi De Hi tradition. Meals were, at best ,OK but in line with bulk buffets at some of the cheaper family restaurants. We did find there was Greek food available at the buffets.
Hotel was clean and tidy, air conditioned but packed with people. Contrary to other reviews we found the pool bar staff very friendly and helpful and pleasant to talk to but I suspect we were one of the few couples actually paying for drinks!

This Hotel catered for a specific clientel with children and pool side activities.

Buses were frequent and getting to popular beaches was not difficult but the service was pretty eratic for some of the beaches 40 ks away. We found it was not a huge walk into town if you wanted to catch a bus when the timetables conflicted. There was a lot of worthwhile history to walk around in Kos and the port was a pleasant place to visit.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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edinburgh
2 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Loved it!!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 September 2009
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They serve imported alcohol too. Konjak, Tequila, Whisky, Gin, Rum, Vodka..
The food is good, but not many kind to choose from and they dont have pita bread... in Greece... (?!?!?)

  • Stayed July 2009, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Budapest
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Official 4star but an average 3 star”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 August 2008
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We stayed in the Apollon Hotel in Kos in the beginning of August. The first shock was the hotel room as it was not the same as published in their hotel site and the travel agent's catalogue. We are a family with two children, therefore we got the larger rooms of the hotel, which are not renovated. The most terrible was the bathroom, which I dedicate for 1 star only. The housekeeping service is poor. The cleaned it daily but for about 10 minutes only. The bathroom was never clean. The room was Ok. The only advantage of the hotel the location (close to Kos) and the garden. The restaurant service and qualitiy was good, but 3 star. All inclusive is very limited and only available until 11pm. The most terrible experience that we found one cockroach in our room...

  • Liked — Garden, Pool area, Restaurant
  • Disliked — Bathroom, room
  • Stayed August 2008, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 August 2007
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Just back from 10 days in this hotel on a all inclusive basis. Hotel rooms was just renovated, clean and with air conditioning.
As long as I have to say that the hotel was nice, I think that the restaurant and bar were poor including food and staff.

For the first time in my life I found an hotel serving breakfast only until 09.30, very limited especially if you are on holiday.

On three occasions I arrived at the restaurant around 09, coffee was finished, no tables available and no bread. Selection on breakfast items quality and choice really poor.
On two of the three occasions I decided not to have breakfast and went to the swimming pool, thinking that there would be an alternative on the snack menus (as I was all in). Alternative appeared to be a frozen pizza or a ham sandwich in old dry bread I wouldn't give to my dog.

Further I had to leave the hotel on several days as there was no sit at the swimming pool...

Dinner was basic with sometimes nice food, but most of the times the food was far below the level of an average school canteen. The starter were always the sames (5 items) for the entire period of my stay. Not to talk about the french fries waiting in the warm buffet for at least an hour.

I am really not difficult for food but a few dishes were not eatable and tasteless, this must have been as well due to some of the kitchen staff spending 3-4 hours in between shift drinking alchool at the swimming pool.

When i first had contact with the bar staff I had a bad impression of the greeks, who appear to be at the end really nice and friendly people when going out for dinner (despite I had all inclusive | went out several times for dinner due to the poor food level), but unfortunately in the hotel (except at the reception where they were really nice), staff wouldn't even greet customers and seem to be pissed off during the all shift (especially at the bar).

Oh yes...I was forgetting...if you try to order a drink at the bar don't ask twice what is included: they don't have a clear card saying what is included and what not and they would tell you " I just told you!" if you ask the second time. Don't disturb them while they are talking to a colleague having a break and a drink at the swimming pool, colleagues would always go first and guests last. (unless you are a woman then you get all attention from the waiters).

Long story short, nice rooms but the nice hotel doesn't go together with the food or the staff. It is fine to go on BB basis if breakfast would be upgraded.

  • Liked — Clean rooms and swimming pool
  • Disliked — Food level and variety in restaurant, service at the bar and restaurant
  • Stayed August 2007, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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cheam, surrey, england
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Better than expected - from Pauline in Cheam”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 October 2006
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Having read some of the reviews about this hotel on this web-site, we expected the worst. However we were pleasantly surprised, and really enjoyed our stay in this hotel. We stayed here in September 2006.
It was clean, and bedding and towels changed regularly.
Our arrival night was a bit noisy due to people wheeling their cases along the corridor outside our room, but all the other nights were quiet.
Staff were all very friendly and helpful.
The pool area was lovely.
Food in general was good, but we would have preferred more greek food, so would book B&B if we stayed here again, which is not out of the question.
Access to Kos town was easy, and beaches accessible.
Air-conditioning was free and efficient.
I think some people moan unnecessarily about their holidays, and in reality live on junk food at home, so do not appreciate something different - neither do they live in palaces in the UK!

Stayed September 2006
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Address: Nea Alikarnassos | Lambi, Kos Town 85300, Greece
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