Kyknos Beach Hotel & Bungalows

After a 10 night stay at this hotel I feel like it was an average stay with some positives and some negatives which I will list below. Cons: • Cleaning/cleaner coming in to the room. We felt that the quality of the cleaning was not the best, as we found that the floor had an accumulation of dirt and sand on which remained for a few days as well as the bed sheets not being changed regularly. On one morning, the doorbell rang and almost instantly afterwards the door was being slid open and the curtains were in the process of being pulled back - I had to stop the cleaner from coming into the room due to not being suitably dressed! This concerned me as there was not even enough time for me to get up and dressed before answering the door and I had considered if this might have been their thought process... unprofessional in my opinion. • Beds and duvet In our double room, the beds are two singles pushed together with individual sheets on. In addition to this, instead of one king sized duvet for both sleepers, you get two single duvets. This can be a pro or a con depending on how you look at it, but I frequently found it frustrating. • Drinks The soft drinks like the coca cola, fizzy orange and fizzy lemon along with some others I can't recall have this distinct almost chemical taste and smell to them which makes them a challenge to drink to the point where I didn't even bother with them unless they had alcohol in! • Food & A La Carte I don't wish to be too critical of the food as the cooking staff looked like they enjoyed their work and were eager to see people's reactions when eating it. However, the quality of a lot of it was not good - it was hit and miss whether your concoction of Greek, Italian and German food would be nice or not. The A La Carte... we were booked into this by the Maitre D in the evening after the BBQ night and the general feeling from our group was that the food was the leftovers from the night before as a lot of it we had seen there and it did not taste fresh. There are 5 courses to the menu - the soup was the best course and i reccomend the pumpkin soup. For starters I had the greek pasta which to be fair was nice, however my partner had prosciutto and gorgonzola tortillas which had a pinch of some sort of pepper on the outside which sent her lips and tongue numb - a curious choice of seasoning I think for a ham and cheese wrap. The third course was a choice of salad, which was disappointing. It sounded good on the menu, but failed to deliver as this too tasted like it had been left out overnight and/or reused.  For main I had the veal stifado which for the first two cuts of meat I really enjoyed, however as it went on I found myself unable to continue eating it due to chewing one piece of meat for at least 5 minutes. My partner had the salmon on a bed of mixed greens - the report is that the salmon was fine, but the greens were overloaded with way too much salt to the point where they couldn't be eaten. For

Firstly it was very clean. The staff were very friendly and the drinks were great. On my first night I thought I would ‘take a walk’ into Malia to see a few old friend. I got quite tipsy and one of the staff recognised my all inclusive wristband and managed to get me home. Although my partner was not very impressed with me, we really appreciated the actions of this member of staff. I believe his name was Costas. Great customer service.

We have spent two weeks in this hotel every year since 2018. We return each year because we love Crete but mainly because we love this hotel, the staff, the food and the relaxed atmosphere. The hotel is of a very high standard and the cleanliness is second to none. The food is exceptional with a great choice of international cuisine with lots of Greek food which we always enjoy. The staff are always friendly and welcoming, in particular Nasos, the maître d'hôtel who is always at hand to help and organise things. BBQs are held every Wednesday, the food is excellent and the traditional Greek entertainment is exceptional; it’s a night you won’t want to miss. Also the a la carte night is superb. There is an excellent swimming pool with plenty of sun beds, and a pool bar. We have travelled extensively to different parts of the world but we can honestly say this is our happy place, the place we love above all the others.

Not good unless your german! First we booked a superior room with Seaview +pool view we got niether!our first room overlooked the childs pool toilet in the shower sink in the bedroom and a jacuzzi bath in the bedroom not what we booked at all! We asked to move which we did to another jacuzzi room but this had a separate toilet it was my birthday so we decided to use the jacuzzi big mistake!! The whole room flooded! And the a/c broke we asked to move again and was given a bungalow opposite the road it was sufficient but not the room we booked food awful Jeani on the pool bar brilliant That's it

Rooms - As a family of 4 in a superior bungalow we found the room quite tight. 4 single beds in one small studio room. However, the air con was great! Rooms cleaned everyday. Pool - My kids loved it so happy days! However, they have a no towel policy for the beds. Well the beds were full by 8am, with towels so that didn’t completely work. Staff - very friendly! Very helpful. Food and drink - This was the downfall. The drinks were awful and the food wasn’t great at all. In fact we ate out everyday because of this. There isn’t a children’s section, or a vegetation section - it’s just completely random food that isn’t to most people’s preferences. Many said the same. We aren’t fussy eaters but the food was honestly awful along with the watered down (non branded) drinks. Entertainment - didn’t stay for much of it due to eating out. However, I do agree with a previous comment about sexualised rap music - very random at times! Not all the time, just very random odd occasions - like 10am. Especially with young children who look at you when the swearing starts! However, the rest of the daily music was fine. Just that random couple of times. Location - it’s a great base, great restaurants. Go to Bites - a little cafe down the road. Cheap and so delicious. Also neighbouring restaurants - every restaurant works so hard to be honest. Lovely family businesses. Overall, I don’t think this hotel is a great all-inclusive hotel. The food and drinks aren’t up to scratch. If I was reviewing this alone it would be 2 star! However, as I said this is a good base if you can afford to go out every night - it’s more of a self catering holiday. We certainly didn’t think we’d be spending as much as we did! We going out made it for us!

Just back from the best 2 weeks at Kyknos beach, we loved every mintue of our time away. The hotel was of a high standard, staff were so friendly & welcoming, rooms cleaned every day. Nasos the restaurant manager was so lovely, organising a birthday song & cake for my daughter in the restaurant. BBQ night on a Wednesday, wow! amaxing food & great Greek performers, really traditional evening which was very enjoyable. You can always find a sunbed around the pool also. If I had to find one teeny issue, it would be breakfast mostly being catered for the German travellers, but wouldnt stop us from going again!

Visited with family and friends for 10 nights, this was our 5th visit. This time my elderly Mother was in a wheelchair. We had rooms in the hotel which were great and my Mom was in a single room. The hotel, staff were fantastic. The hotel had been renovated since our last visit which was much improved. The food was really good, and the barbecue was again exceptional. Thank you to Nassau for all his hard work organising this event. Also Andy who worked at the bar and restaurant was a credit to the hotel, nothing was too much trouble to help us. We will be returning next year with my elderly Mother. Just one request, it would be great if the hotel could provide a ramp to push wheelchairs and pushchairs up the steps to the lift. This would save 2 of us having to lift the wheelchair up the steps. Don't hesitate to book the hotel is in a great location with amazing staff. See you next June.

Me and a couple mates went to kyknos for a lads holiday in Malia. It was a nice hotel very quiet and peaceful. I'll be honest though the staff at the hotel made our holiday. The amount of good times and laughs we had with them. If you go to the bar ask them about the rakia king (d from the t). I had to shout out giannis, lefterisse, Florida and marilenna and Louis. Amazing people and will definitely be going back there just to see them.

We had a lovely holiday here. From start to finish we had a great time. On arrival we was meet by a very friendly member of staff she was the night supervisor. Made sure we had some food and drink while she was sorting out our rooms and she filled in the paperwork for us and sorted out our rooms for us ,then when we finish our food she showed us to our lovely rooms. The food was very good and the staff was very friendly the cocktails and drinks was very good. One member of staff which I thought was the most friendliest and most helpful was Andy so well done. I loved the pool and the sun beds in the pool was great and we could always get sun beds around the pool. The only thing I would add is a snack bar for things like burgers and chips but I found the food very good just for the children would be good but they did bring out snacks at 3pm near the pool bar. Very happy and would come again for sure.