We have just returned from a 1week stay at Cavo Maris, we where a party of 4 adults 2 children.First the negatives,pillows bit flat and hard ,i didn't like the wine on a/i,that over with the positives ,very clean , room large nice view from balcony, friendly staff ,food very good, outside areas very nice beach lovely,the evening entertainment whilst not that good it did just what it was meant to my granddaughter loved the children's club.I Am a very critical person and was worried i had made a mistake with this hotel but not so all my party loved it ,so to did lots of other people we spoke to,we all agreed we would return to this hotel most definitely.So a thank-you to all Cavo Maris staff you made sure we had a lovely holiday.

Our party of 8 people (being 6 adults and 2 children) stayed at this hotel for 1 week at the end of October and the general outlook was a nice hotel.

The rooms were clean and equipped with everything you would need. However, the beds were on the hard side.

The staff were extremely helpful in satisfying our accommodation needs that the holiday company had actually failed at. They made the necessary changes and ensured that all rooms were now correct. This did however come at an extra charge

Meal times were an experience, the food variety was very limited but all edible and the staff were helpful in providing one of the children in our party with a special dish as he is very restricted in his diet.

Although some of the staff did lack some basic social skills

This hotel does differ however from any other all inclusive hotel we have ever stayed at. The use of ‘cards’ made life quite difficult and a wrist band would have been easier to manage. You could only have wine, water or soft drinks at meal times and could not bring drinks from the bar in with you. So any beer drinkers will be disappointed. Also the quality of the soft drinks could have been better, as they were from a pump system which was often empty thereby making your lemonade just sparkling water!

On the day of leaving, we were stripped of our all inclusive status and all drinks were then chargeable. This again is a first as any other all inclusive resort will allow you to use the facilities up until you leave. We did however, have our meals included which was OK.

All in all, a nice hotel, the pools were clean, the little cove style beach was nice and the children’s playground was good.

We holidayed for a fortnight towards the end of October 2011. The hotel was extremely clean, inside and outside, the pools were cleaned daily. We stayed in a family room, a double & a twin & there was plenty of room, although the balconies were on the small side. The food was excellent, always plenty of choice, we complained it wasn't hot enough on day one & it was hot there on after. The entertainment was a bit lack lustre on an evening but the animation team were lovely people, my children loved the kids club. All inclusive is the best option with a family, their is so much choice, no queuing either. Although the hotel was run in a professional way, some of the staff weren't friendly enough for our liking, but that is just our opinion. All together a lovely place and we would stay again.

The first day we had lunch in the pool bar I had a Greek salad very expensive for a plate of salad leaves.

We the had lunch in the bar. Staff not very friendly. One day ordered a cheeseburger for some reason got a beef sandwich. Waitress reluctantly returned the order to the kitchen. Ordered a gin and tonic got a gin fiz again reluctantly returned to the bar.

Don't mention the happy hour. I was attending my son's wedding in Cyprus albeit in another hotel on the Thursday and therefore did not experience the happu hour on the Thursday. However, did experience the happy hour on the Monday and what an unhappy experience that was.

Before ordering drinks we asked the waitress what time it was. She came back and said it was 17.00 so we ordered alcoholic drinks. When the drinks arrived we were charged the full amount. When we queried this we were told that the till computer was before 17.00, By this time all other guests were looking at us and we were made to feel like the guilty party. Asked to speak to the manager did not happen. We did eventually get a voucher for the difference. I would warn any other guest to be aware of the happy hour in future. We asked the waitress for the time regarding the happy hour but apparently we were informed that this particular waitress usually worked in the restaurant. Really felt embarrassed.

The only positive the cleaning staff were excellent

I do not usually write a review but I though the happy hour experience was appauling and therefore needed to warn others of our experience.