Lindos Royal Resort

Currently here and waiting for my transfer to the import after a 6 day stay with my 14yo granddaughter. The hotel itself is very basic, certainly not 5*

Nothing in the mini fridge after Day 1, when it was stocked with 1 small bottle of water per guest. Nothing after that.

Rooms are tiny - just enough space to put a bed - really basic. Separate loo & shower cubicles (which to me is a plus) but the shampoo /shower gel dispensers were broken. No hand soap at the sink.

All inclusive was restricted hours, and again very basic. You’re limited to ordering two drinks per bar visit, too, so in a large group that would be ridiculous.

10€ deposit for a pool towel is pretty standard nowadays, but you’re restricted to changing it only 3 times. Nobody tells you this, you have to ask at Reception

The corridors are grubby and plates of food and other rubbish are left (guests are doing this but it’s not being cleared)

Sun loungers are basic, but if you’re lucky you’ll be able to get a thicker mattress to put on one. You’ll have to find that yourself though. There doesn’t seem to be anybody responsible for ensuring gusts have access to mattresses to put on the loungers, & there are very few! There’s barely space to walk between or around the loungers, too.

Entertainment is shockingly bad, but as it’s the end of the season I expected a lack of entertainment anyway.

The bar by reception charges extortionate prices. The downstairs bar stinks of damp - in fact the entire place smells iffy, like stagnant water. The pool bar is possibly the best, but the coffee machine is a bit hit n miss, and the food consists of chips, pizza, cake, biscuits, and a small range of mini wraps (cream cheese for example)

Rooms are ‘cleaned’ daily, but you could come back to find they’ve forgotten to provide towels, or they’ve created bed art - very inconsistent- pot luck how well the room is cleaned

Basically I’d say they treat as if they’ve got your money so you’ll have to put up with the shoddiness.

Oh and the pools close at 6 - strict on this! The sun disappears behind the hills at around 5, but it remains light til around 7 (October)

The beach is shingle (which I was prepared for) but the sun loungers on the beach are not for hotel guests so you’ll need to bring something to sit on if you’re going to stay for the day

I’ve been lucky as I hired a car and travelled around the island to different places every day, which was the plan anyway, but I chose this hotel for its location (near Lindos Village) and its 5 star rating! I wouldn’t come again and I cannot recommend it as I know there are much better hotels on this beautiful island.

We arrived at the hotel which is at a very nice location. We booked it because it looked fantastic so we were very excited.

All was ok until we got to the room. Half of the glass windows did not have curtains so at night the lighting in the room was extremely bright.

We contacted reception and they promptly delivered sleeping masks which were uncomfortable but we used them to somewhat get some sleep.

The next day they said they will install curtains. I am attaching photos to what we saw entering the room. Some curtains taped to the window. Half had fallen because obviously it couldn’t hold.

The following morning after I gave a bad review to their internal system, guest relations literally stalked me at breakfast and during our discussion told me that people from Northern Europe love the sun and it’s now a trend not to have curtains in their homes so that’s why the room isn’t fully covered to block out the light at night. After that she proposed to compensate us with a dinner and told me to wear a sleeping mask.

So if you choose this hotel bring your sleeping mask and prepare to wake up at 6 from the beautiful sunrise.

They also have an ant infestation problem in the outdoor spaces.

On a positive note ite they have a lovely pool and nice buffet breakfast.

I am attaching photos at so you can see the light in the room at night and in the morning and also the construction they provided as a solution.

Three people made our visit
Despina, George and Sergio at the Lindos Royal hotel. Being the end of season it isn’t easy to keep positive all three made our time lovely. The extra touches remembering our drinks, our preferences very lucky to have these three staff members. The rest was lack lustre. The rest of the team wanted to finish, the property is outdated, sewage smells linger in some pool and bar areas. The last few days we felt like an inconvenience. We didn’t let this get to us and had a great holiday. Overall I wouldn’t go back and wouldn’t recommend.