Creta Royal - Adults Only

Lovely hotel, small friendly and the food is beautifuly prepared and delicious. However, my complaint is a promised mini bar with two cans of beer for 2 weeks on fully all inclusive break is a total let down. It said mini bar when we booked and we just got a fridge. Especially if you have booked a room with its own swim up pool. It isnt suitable to pop to the bar 100 yds away for a drink. Just not happy campers at all.

Perfect location on the beach with wonderful sea views from your sun bed. The staff are so friendly and welcoming always on hand to help. The hotel never feels crowded even if it is busy. The two pools are small there’s enough room to swim lengths in or just cool down in which is all we needed. There are plenty of sun beds no sun bed wars here. There’s so many spread out over the gardens and the beach you can always find some. Bar service is good never had to wait long for a drink. Great selection of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. As a non drinker it can be monotonous in an AI here you have mock tails , soda water and decent coffee as well as the usual coke etc The food is excellent great selection every day all buffet which suits us. The desserts are fantastic. There was a bbq night around the pool on Thursday the effort made was incredible totally transformed the area. The food was all served buffet style outside and the staff were as attentive as always. There was entertainment on Sunday and Thursday a singer guitarist and a keyboard which were great. If you want a lively hotel with West End style entertainment this is most definitely not for you! If you want a quiet relaxing break in wonderful surroundings with a friendly laid back atmosphere this is for you. The majority of guests are German we saw no British here not sure if that would effect a holiday certainly wasn’t an issue for us. The garden room we stayed in was recently renovated and had everything you need. Our room was cleaned everyday to a high standard and I am fussy ! Minibar had 2 beers and some non alcoholic drinks didn’t really use it as drank in the bar. This isn’t the kind of place to come to if you want to drink loads and party you’d be very bored and frustrated!!!! We are booking again for next year.

We have just come back and what a lovely holiday we had. The staff are exceptional, the food menu is not large but the quality is 5*. This hotel was so peaceful and quiet, we had the private pool room and there was no getting up early to claim your sunbeds as they had far more than needed even on the beach, so a stroll to the beach after breakfast to claim a sunbed was enough. We have travelled abroad for many years and this hotel is definitely one of the most relaxing we have been to. We found this hotel as a peaceful retreat that is not massive and not noisy and we will be going back next year.

We are scheduled to go this coming Friday. A war broke out in the country we are living in (Israel). All flights have been canceled so our flight to Greece has been canceled. We tried 10 days in advance to get our money back for the pre-payed reservation. They refused to refund the money. DO NOT PREPAY THEM FOR A RESERVATION. if an emergency happens you will not get a refund.

Location on the beach was perfect. Really friendly staff, especially the bar staff. Rooms were great and they even left a cake in the fridge for my partner's birthday (we hadn't told them so this was a nice surprise). Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a relaxing week of sunbathing

So, let’s give the Creta Royal a fair review…. Firstly, in my opinion this hotel is the low end of a 4 star hotel. If you are seeking luxury, this isn’t the place for you. Things we loved: the pools, the staff, the late checkout shower room, the gardens and the newly renovated rooms are clean, comfortable but at the same time, quite basic. Things that the hotel needs to improve; bug control (the crickets woke us up a lot snd I got bitten 56 times in one night in the bar despite covering myself in replicant (in fairness to the hotel I’m not sure if this has something to do with the heatwave but either way, bacause of the continuous gardening, the bugs are deserved and they should spray like many other hotels do). My friend was bitten multiple time by a jumping spider that we found in our room. There is hardly any Greek food at the Buffett, the meals did give both of us a bit of an upset stomach on a couple of days. It was an average temperature of 36 degrees and we weren’t allowed to use our inflatables in the pool (only in the sea but for 5 days it was too rough. We found this really silly as there were only 4 people using our pool most of the time and we did offer to push them out if anyone got in), the sunbeds I think are new but they are rock hard and very uncomfortable. We saw multiple people having to strategically sit on them or they flip. It would be a nice touch if you were brought drinks to your beds….you always have to go yourself. Things we really hated; the dark blue tiles by the pools (half of the tiles are anti slip and then there are rows of super slippery tiles. The 1980’s decor in the common areas (reception, restaurants etc and the terrible smell of sewage that greets you in the main restaurant before eating. The hotel location is not ideal (we should of researched it more to be fair) as there is only 1 taverna within walking distance and a taxi to rythermo will set you back a €25 taxi each way. If you’re looking for a good value hotel on a budget I would definitely recommend this hotel. If you’re seeking luxury that you’d find in a Marriott, 4 Seasons, Ritz Carlton etc this is definitely not the hotel fir you. We wouldn’t go back as we need a little bit more from our very cherished holiday. Thank you Nikos the waiter whom was a delight!