All Visitor Reviews by Nicola S

Cavo Doro Hotel - (Accommodation in Kalamaki)

Nicola S 2/10

Just returned from 2 weeks at Cavo Doro - Staff friendly and helpful.

Hotel - Basic and poor value for money. The room was dirty upon arrival and I had to request it be cleaned. Maid service frequent but poor. Had to request on more than one occassion, change of sheets and towels and pillowcases as the "clean" ones left that day weren't clean! We are a family of four and were staying in a 1 bed apartment - TINY!!! We fortunately spend little time in there so not too much of an issue for us but could be if you were to spend more time in your room. Which brings me to the kitchen - this is actually a fridge, a sink and two hob rings that take forever to heat. Impossible to cook on them. Also, the kettle and toaster we left on a knee high coffee table, not child friendly.

The so called childrens play area actually consisted of a ball and a broken wendy house.

The pool - Staff great, pool not so! Not very big and to be honest, not that clean! We went to a hotel down the road and used their pool as it was much more spacious and cleaner.

All in all I have to say I was left feeling a little let down by the quality of the accommodation and I have written to my tour operator to express my dissatisfaction with the standard.

I'd also like to point out that the positive comments being left bu myself and others about Akis/Alison/Yanniss etc are valid. They do offer great service but my understanding is that Akis owns both his bar and the pool bar but not the hotel and my negative comments about the hotel are in no way a reflection on Akis or the other staff, all were superb.

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Dias - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Nicola S 3/10

We tried here based on reviews on this website. It was ok, not sure what all the fuss was about to be honest!!

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Hera Restaurant - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Nicola S 8/10

Ate here three times during a two week stay in Kalamaki - Very nice. Food was good and reasonably priced with a good choice. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

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Roof Garden - (Restaurants in Kalamaki)

Nicola S (05 September 2009) 1/10

Not really sure where to start on this one! The location was beautiful especially at sunset. I was in Kalamaki for a family wedding and this was the choice of venue for the reception. This was based on some members of our party eating here and really enjoying the food etc. However me and my family had eaten here prior to the wedding and one of our meals was particularly bad, it was a chicken salad, can't ge wrong with that you'd think, except it was literally covered in the most awful sauce ever tasted (and this wasn't stated in the description) We didn't complain but when our plated were collected the lady very abruptly asked what was wrong with the salad! I told her the sauce wasn't very nice and the description didn't say anything about the sauc, the response I received was amazing, She started shouting that no one had ever complained and I was rude to tell her that it wasn't very nice!! Anyway we paid and left it at that.

The wedding reception - Prior to the meal we had drinks at Cavo Doro bar as the Rooftop is soley a restaurant, no bar facillities. After a few drinks we made our way next door to the rooftop, the devil woman again started with her barrage of abuse, this time directed at my parents because we had had drinks next door and not with her. Incidently my parents were paying her for a 3 course meal for 50 people plus 30 litres of wine, not to mention other drinks people were buying throughout the meal!

She semi redeemed herself at the end of the meal when she presented my brother and his wife with a wedding cake she had baked as a gift to them. My sister in law asked if she would bake a cake for my nephews 1st Birthday which followed 2 days after the wedding, she very kindly said yes and that she would bake it as her gift to him, I will admit I felt bad and thought maybe she had been a little stressed. However, the day of his Birthday she was right back on track, Upon collection of the cake she presented my sister in law with yet more abrupt shouting and ranting because after the wedding meal we had returned to the Cavo Doro to continue our celebrations! Bearing in mind we had been at the rooftops for almost 4 hours at this point and spent a HUGE amount of money. She then gave my sister in law a bill of 30 euro's for the birthday cake!!!

I have never encountered any one so rude and ill mannered and out of principle would never return to her restaurant. Her attitude towards paying customers is outrageous.

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