Hotel Milton

Difficult one to rate this. Very basic hotel but obviously I knew this as per 2 star rating. As everyone has said, staff are lovely and the hotel is kept spotlessly clean- inside and out. Couple of gripes. 1) Breakfast...We only ended up getting it twice. It finishes at 10am on the dot. You're on holiday, late nights etc so a 10.30 finish would have been better, especially as the pool doesn't open till 10.30. I came down one morning at 9.40. No eggs, no yoghurt, no fruit and 3 pieces of cake left. Went outside with my toast and coffee, daughter followed me down and said very little was left (so obviously not replenished the table) but that the lady had just put a fresh pot of coffee out. Went back in at 9.55 to be told no coffee as it finishes at 10!! I did try to say it wasn't quite 10am, but she was having none of it!! I was amazed as she had obviously taken a nearly full pot back into the kitchen! What a waste! Rooms...very basic which is fine but beds rock hard and practically on the floor. No overhead shower, just the shower resting on a tap. Easy to fix this by sticking a shower hook up and it would make it so much easier all round. AC didn't work after paying over 55 euros on arrival. They did fix it quickly thankfully as it was 37 degrees, but it still wasn't fully working, but I couldn't be bothered to raise it further. Storage very limited, only 2 tiny drawers to put your bits and bobs in but big wardrobe. The guests...no fault of hotel but there were two families with small children. There is nothing there for them to do except disturb everyone around the small pool playing ball, on floaters etc and making lots of noise. They're kids, I get it, but it's really not the place for a mainly adult/couples hotel. Consider making it adult only perhaps? We ended up at the beach most days to avoid them and i know other couples did the same as they were cheesed off with the noise too. The area...the hotel is a good walk away and although the gardens are lovely, the road outside is a bit rough. You have to navigate a blind bend in the road, then a little mad junction. It gave the three of us some laughs and terrifying moments crossing over to walk down to the main strip. Beach is nice. Recommend Roxannes. Sunbeds free if you spend 15 euro per couple. We easily spent this with not eating in the hotel. The resort is nice, plenty of shops, bars, restaurants etc but nowhere is amazing for dinner. All much of a muchness but best one was Sea port. There is a cut through by the moped and bike place, which saves a bit of time getting to the beach and the main area. Heard a lot of complaints from restaurant owners not liking card payments and preferring cash due to high taxes from Greek government, so something to consider maybe. This is sad for them but shouldn't be put on the tourist by making them feel bad for using their Monzo card, for example. We had a great time having said all of the above, you will too, for sure. I've been all over Greece, Love Greece and the people and will return.

I liked the atmosphere, the staff and the silence.