Elea Beach Hotel

We enjoyed our stay at the Elea Beach Hotel. Hotel was right next to the beach, always easy to get a sun bed. Nice bedroom, with a lovely sea view. Pleasant staff, a big shout out to Simo, very good hotel entertainer. Always up for a fun day, & with a permanent smile. He made a great competition of darts & boules. The hotel food could have been better & more varied. For a Greek hotel, we only had moussaka once. Never had souvlaki chicken. Sometimes the food was luke warm, especially soup. Which had to be heated in a dirty micro wave. Plus our bedroom could have had a more thorough clean.

Just returned from a 4 day vacation. This is my opinion , I have included quotes from other guests as well. First the good points. We were upgraded ( thankyou ) to a superior triple sea view with large bed and a single bed,an enormous furnished balcony the view was fabulous . Good shower , usual toiletries. Decent towels , changed every day, bedding changed once . There was a kettle and tea and coffee but no cups or spoon . Our cleaner did a decent job. General cleanliness in and around the hotel was spotless. Well done to the cleaners. Found the sunloungers quite comfy round the pool. Reception staff pleasant and very helpful. Hotel is well placed for leisurely strolls. 2 super friendly dogs, and I dont especially like dogs . Bad points. We were AI and felt like second class. Noise in the corridor and from room next door horrendous, paper thin walls.Must be really bad in summer when hotel is full .Other guests said the same about their room. Not especially the hotel staffs fault. Used the pool bar for lunch on ONE occasion, chips/crisps included on the "seperate menu" for all inclusive, oh no, no chips/crisps left but if we were to pay hmmmmmmm. Waiter who made the toastie didnt wash his hands or wear disposable gloves . Noticed hygiene was lacking in some areas in the restaurant also. Basic hygiene. Food selection was poor, (choice had apparantly got less and less --words from guests who had been there for quite a few days prior ),and was often cold. I suppose we went late , 8PM........ No atmosphere at all, at times just maybe 8 of us in .Felt like I was being watched all the time by the older guy in the restaurant, who was quite rude to a guest who was showing me how to use the coffee machine,I resorted to coffee as the orange juice was vile.. Breakfast was the best until the one and only toaster disappeared . Back to hygiene, we were informed by a few guests of a virus going round the hotel. Indeed a receptionist admitted it. We used our own sanitisers and also a disinfectant spray given to us by departing guests. Unfortunatly my husband still became ill, virus or bad food , who knows . Bar and restaurant staff miserable, we put it down to end of season and them being tired Beach wasnt really our thing, nice to hear the waves but sunbeds too tight and uncomfortable. Spoke to a family who remarked about the lack of a toilet near the beach, they had 3 children. Apparently the nearest toilets are in reception , unaccesable if you are wet . We had a decent time at the hotel, enjoyed relaxing by the pool, even managed to get in a few times, going for strolls along the seafront promanade and inland . The view from our room was the high point ,as I said it was fabulous even on an evening seeing all the lights along the coast all the way to Corfu town. Hopefully 2025 season will be succesful for the hotel as it certainly has potential to be very good. Best wishes.