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Reviews of Hotel Kalyves Beach

4 out of 5
Hotel Kalyves Beach
Kalyves Apokoronas, Apokoronas, Crete Island

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 59 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 72 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 157 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 157 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Stefano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Hotel Managment on 27 Apr,2024
Thank you for taking the time to rate us, we hope to welcome you back and wish you well on your future travels!

10/10 Excellent

William, Newcastle

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superb - everything you could want for a relaxing family holiday. Good food choice, nice drinks, 2 pools, amazing beach, beautiful village with central location, anyone criticising place is being picky and pedantic. We would not hesitate to come again.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Hotel Managment on 22 Apr,2024
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review us! We are so pleased to read that you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to welcome you back to Kalyves Beach Hotel and wish you well on your future travels!

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely area , hotel beautiful staff really helpful and food was good choice and beautiful beach , very relaxing
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 10 Oct,2023
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review us! We look forward to welcoming you back to Kalyves Beach Hotel and wish you well on your future travels!

8/10 Good

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location!
Staff very welcoming and pleasant. Very clean, comfortable and well maintained. Food was ok but not always to our taste so we used local restaurants in the evening.
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 27 Sept,2023
Hello and thank you for taking the time to write your review. We look forward to welcoming you back and wish you well on your travels!

2/10 Terrible

Georgia

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 8 Aug,2023
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review us. We are very sorry to see that you have rated us so low with no explination as to how we could have improved your holiday. We hope to welcome you back and wish you well on ypur future travels.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All the staff were very friendly and helpfull, would highly recommend, and hope to return some time
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 1 Aug,2023
Thank you for taking the time to review us! We look forward to welcoming you back!

8/10 Good

Ritianne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 12 Jun,2023
Thank you for leaving us your rating. We look forward to welcoming you back!

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming! Particularly the ladies on reception and the guys on the bar. Catering staff were fantastic too, nothing was ever too much hassle. The hotel was a great place for couples or lone travellers, very quiet and tucked away so perfect to relax if you’re just seeking to relax for a few days in the sun. The all inclusive was perfect, plenty of food and drink on offer and definitely would advise going for the gold band. Not much more expensive but you have free choice of everything including branded drinks etc. All in all a perfect little chilled, relaxed holiday and we will absolutely be back!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 21 Apr,2023
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review us. We are so pleased to read that you were happy with your stay in our hotel. We look forward to welcoming you back to Kalyves Beach Hotel and wish you well on your future travels!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Hotel Management on 21 Apr,2023
Hello and thank you for taking the time to rate us. We look forward to welcoming you back to Kalyves Beach Hotel and wish you well on your future travels!

10/10 Excellent

C

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent hotel. Great place for pools and the sea. Food was good and varied each day, entertainment also good. Staff were very friendly. Room was ok, everything you need in there, in our shower the curtain was about 6 inches off the floor so the room got pretty wet but apart from that it was all good.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Hotel Management on 24 Aug,2022
Thank you for taking the time to rate us and all your positive comments. We look forward to welcoming you back!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant Birthday Break
A great stay for my partner's birthday who received a cake and champagne on the day. We also got upgraded to a sea view room which was great. Food options were varied and plentiful though sometimes difficult to put a 'proper meal' together. Snacks (ice cream, sandwiches, cake etc) were available outside of restaurant hours. We found there to be more snack and drink options available compared with other all-inclusive hotels. Off-menu cocktails cost 7e and Metaxa 3.20e. The very comfortable sunbeds around the small pool and on the beach were limited - although signs say not to reserve beds people did and it was the only way to secure a spot although people did abuse this, laying their towels down and then only visiting for an hour. There are about 5 spaces for 'onsite parking', otherwise there's a large piece of open dirt parking 2-3minute walk away. It's possible to drop luggage off at the front/side of the hotel and staff will direct you to the parking. Rooms have great soundproofing but I found the mattress to be on the hard side and there were no coffee sachets in the room - only 1 coffee pod for the espresso machine which isn't replenished. Not too big a deal when you're on the all-inclusive plan! Overall, a relaxing stay, perfect if you want to do nothing other than eat, sleep, and swim.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Hotel Management on 19 Jul,2022
Thank-you for taking the time to review us! We are glad to read that you enjoyed your stay at Kiani Beach Resort and we look forward to welcoming you back again. Thank-you.

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Travelled with group
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Housekeeping was poor. Used glasses and towels not removed from room. Staff was kind and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

refund, NY

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not stay in this hotel and I am requesting a refund
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gym needs a bit of upgrade . Delicious food . Entertainer Dominique was really good
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Good value, better for families than couples
Great little hotel that could benefit from a renovation. Right on the beach, but right in the village as well. Close to the highway to Chania which is about a 15 minute drive, airport is about 30 minutes away. It’s much more of a family hotel than a couples resort. Choice of alcohol at the pool bar is very poor, food is about average, front desk staff very personable. Even though we had an all inclusive package we ate out at local restaurants for dinner and enjoyed it. Kids seemed to be having a lot of fun which is great but also means you might want to pick a quieter spot if you want to relax.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and excellent food. Weather at end of October was perfect averaging 25c in the day.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us. We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Loved this hotel. Great location and excellent caring staff
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us, your comments are valuable thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location , staff really helpful and friendly
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us, your comments are valuable thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The location on the beach is great in the Middle of this small Greek village The hotel is in need of some up dating but it is very clean and staff friendly and helpful The food is plentiful although not hot for long
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us, your comments are valuable thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On arrival to the hotel our room had a electrical fault and we were transferred to Kiani Beach hotel and given upgrade VIP treatment. Next day we returned to kalyves hotel and the service was exceptional. The hotel had good facilities and the food choice was great. Overall we both had a great time and would return again in the future. Thanks
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us, your comments are valuable thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 29 Oct,2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us, your comments are valuable thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

The_Cordells, Staffs, UK

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Recently returned from a 7 night AI break. We had a lovely, relaxing holiday - 2 adults & our 5 yr old. The hotel & rooms are kept immaculate. I am quite fussy with bathrooms & beds, & I expect cleanliness & comfort, which was achieved. The bathroom was small, but it’s a shower room, spotlessly clean & served us fine - didn’t affect the holiday & I do wonder if people just complain for the sake of it. Food, it is a typical buffet AI, but the quality was fresh & there’s always plenty to choose from. I particularly enjoyed the traditional Cretan section. There is always beautiful fresh fruit, a selection of salads, yoghurts, various meat dishes & a decent selection of vegetarian. My daughter loved the pancake bar & fresh fruit for breakfast every day - as well as the ice creams on tap! The standard AI alcohol menu suited our needs, a week of tequila sunrises, Cretan wine & G&T’s was quite enjoyable! Ok they’re not the premium brands but absolutely fine & you can always buy the premium if you want to. For €5 they make perfect Mojitos! If you want premium, upgrade. I suppose parts of the hotel are a little dated, but always clean & tidy. The welcome was warm, the staff friendly & the service good. The beach is lovely, sand & soft shale, my daughter loved it. There are waves, but we spent hours running in & out jumping over them. The river was also lovely & clear to play in. I’d definitely return, the area is good too with lovely tavernas, shops, pharmacy etc.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

2/10 Terrible

Vikesh

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the worst exprience ever we have raised aformal complaint.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
We are very sorry to read you were so unhappy with your stay and hope on a future visit we could have the opportunity to meet all your expectations. Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Ajay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place...good for a quiet family holiday.
Excellent family holiday. Very friendly staff just to mention a few Penelope from reception, Stephania and Michalis from pool bar, and Dominic the entertainer do an amazing job. Penelope looked after us very well even after we checked out and had 7hrs to kill...cant ask for anymore..very good service happy holiday. The rooms are okay , bathroom could do with some work. Food is varied and good.enjoyed it. Beach is on door step, very clean and nice. Parents would be advised to supervise young kids all the time as waves are pretty strong. Location is out of the way and few shops and restaurants around..but nice and quiet.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

2/10 Terrible

Senthil

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel, great service, great location. Really good mix of nationalities including lots of Greek families and couples. 2 hotel swimming pools plus 2 beaches within 10 (yes ten!) metres of hotel. Whats not to like?!
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
This is great hotel in a great location. It is looking a little tired but the staff are fantastic and made our holiday.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely location, very friendly staff, excellent service and entertainment, great family hotel had a wonderful holiday1
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
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8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
But we reicerv Beach Side but the gave us not Beach Side
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Kalyves Beach Hotel on 28 Sept,2019
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10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Go to Sister hotel Kiani if you have Children
Would have loved more Childrens entertainment. More geared towards adults. Had a lovely stay though regardless.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was our first trip to Crete and our first holiday abroad for a few years. It was amazing, the hotel is lovely and exceeds its rating. The staff were so kind and helpful. It was clean and the facilities everything we needed to keep us and our 8 year old son happy. The hotel isn’t too big and ideally located so you can walk immediately into the village with local shops and bars. The food choice was excellent and always fresh. The scenery was amazing too. We would love to return in a few years.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short break in May
Good hotel with friendly helpful staff in a great location by the beach. Kalyves was quiet in May which is what we wanted. It has a number of good and very reasonable taverna style bars and restaurants. Hotel is very clean and well maintained. All inclusive arrangement for food and drinks was basic. Bedroom has clean, recently refurbished and the bed comfortable. Shower/bathroom was far too small and cramped.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No sunbed wars.
Enjoyed the holiday and would return however I would not rely on the all inclusive option. Most nights we ate out as the food is really poor, we didn't mind this because we were not on a budget.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Ele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Like: spacious rooms, super comfy beds, great variety of food both healthy and rich, beaches, location, staff Don’t like: rooms’ walls a bit too thin, no shampoo or conditioner
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not for us
Lack of children’s entertainment let’s down the hotel
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Fel, Milton Keynes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel, amazing service from all staff. I will definitely recommend this hotel to anyone
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dariusz, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good place to stay for a few days
Good location, very clean, very nice and friendly staff members. Room was a little small for American standards. Overall, Food was abundant but mediocre quality. Same thing can be said about drinks.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

ROY, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
pleasant hotel very nice beach
On arrival we were told (10 of us) that we were only booked in for bed and breakfast, despite booking all inc. Several phone calls and conversations with the manager later the situation was not resolved and I had to pay again for the upgrade to all inclusive. I queried the error on my confirmation email days before I left for Crete via a call to your office. Your rep put me on hold then assured me all was fine as she had spoke to the hotel manager and confirmed my AC booking. The manageress at the hotel said there had been no contact with Expedia whatsoever. I find this absolutely unsatisfactory and being as you supposedly record all calls maybe you can explain who is not telling the truth here. I am obviously seeking the reimbursement of the extra I had to pay and would suggest some kind of compensation for the stress and inconvenience caused by this situation.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Karina, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, Beach access, pools and in village
This was a lovely smallish hotel, quite low key and very relaxing. The swimming pools were great, the sandy beaches were beautiful with enough sun loungers and the sea was great for little children. The food was really tasty and plentiful with variety every day. Children were well catered for too. Our rooms was clean and comfortable for the 3 of us. The shower room is a little on the small side but fine. The staff were friendly and there were activities put on by the Animations girl, some for children and others for grown ups. These were easy to participate in if we wanted to and very east to ignore if we didn't. Our daughter loved the activities that she did. The location is wonderful. Calyces is quite under developed for a beachside village in the Mediterranean. The town itself has some lovely stops and plant of tavernas which we went to a couple of times. There is so much wildlife to be seen whilst sitting on the riverside terrace eating a meal, ducks, geese, swallows, great flocks of birds in the evenings, kingfishers by the beach as well as the sweet little stray cats.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome location, right on the beach. Generally pretty comfortable, they try. Breakfast sucks - decent variety but low quality.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018