Kalamaki Beach Hotel Isthmia, Loutraki-Agioi Theodoroi

I stayed a week at this hotel and found the room of high standard, very clean & well maintained, good food & drinks and the entire staff friendly & helpful at all times. I would certainly recommend it to any traveller.

The pluses. Fantastic pool and gardens - peaceful, relaxing. Beach adjacent with showers sun beds etc Friendly staff in the garden cafe-bar v convenient good food. Great views, lovely balcony, beds comfortable, Great location for day trips, but a car is advisable.. Interesting mix of nationalities in the hotel. Male waiters v friendly and helpful The minuses. Restaurant food mediocre, not always fresh Ensuite bathrrom, dated and cramped. non-Greek waitresses lack training. A/c poor in room, and none in the reception No internet in.rooms and v slow wifi in reception, v hot. Probably would not stay there again, mainly because of the food and ineffectual aircon.

The hotel is a bit tired and in need of a makeover, but it worked perfectly well and the venue is lovely. We had dinner included, which seemed like a mistake until we tried to find a restaurant locally, out of season. Buffet breakfast and dinner were perfectly fine, and took the hassle out of finding somewhere else. I really wanted to go in the beautiful swimming pool but in October it was freezing. Free WiFi did not reach outside the bar area. These days that is easy and cheap to fix and would be a major reason not to come back. Everyone wants to upload photos to Facebook immediately, and not being able to do it is frustrating. My phone refused to connect to the internet, though 3G was supposed to be available. Oh well, this is Greece. The TV digital channel for BBC World just would not work, but most other digital channels did. Simple to fix I would have thought.

Had 2 nights. Thought grounds and location superb. Hotel reception very good. Staff welcoming. Central areas high standard. Room had poor bathroom and furnishings bit tired. Wifi only in central area. Did not like meals at all. Very institutional and dominated by big coach parties. Not a good hotel for individual traveller. We had a lovely view from our room. Good value but suggest B and B best option.