Kefalos Beach Tourist Village

We've loved our ten days here on all-inclusive. The staff are friendly, cleaners thorough & entertainment staff brilliant too. We were even surprised by fruit and bubbly for our 20th anniversary.

The pool is plenty spacious & there was always room for us. Deep in one half & more shallow in the other. A surprise though was the indoor pool. Often locked up, but on a few occasions we had it to ourselves. Perfect when needing a cooler couple of hours. Inflatables and balls were allowed & the kids had great fun. I also loved snorkeling in the sea across from the place. Saw loads of exotic fish there.

We didn't really make use of the daytime activities, but loved the evening shows and bingo! Rico stole the show, though all of the entertainment crew were fab.

Cocktails were a real highlight & the best we've had on AI. The beer was lovely, but a Pina Coladas or frozen margaritas would regularly hit the spot. My daughter loved the alcohol free Shirly Temples too. Loads of choice, all made fresh & we loved them.

Food was decent. Evening meals were varied & while there wasn't tonnes of choice, there was always something tasty available. Desserts were the only real let down. Cakes, jelly, ice cream & fruit became a bit too repetitive. Food available at the bar was varied enough and though not amazing, it filled the need. Breakfast were a little repetitive but if you like a cooked brekkie you'll be happy. We liked that it was table service for drinks at the restaurant and bar, though you could order at the bar also.

For sunbeds, we chose not to get involved in the early morning scraps. While a day by the pool would've been nice, we never struggled to find enough sunbeds and it's true that there is a nice cool breeze on the grass areas.

We made use of the courtesy room today in view of our late departure time & that was very useful.

All in all a fantastic stay and we will definitely consider returning.

P.s. we would very highly recommend Jimmy's Jeeps for a day out & we loved the Kings restaurant at the harbour too.

Hotel was really nice, we had a very spacious accessible room with roll in shower which was great, we went half board the food was really good a great variety especially of fruit and veg, the staff in all areas were very friendly there are some areas that could do with updating but overall was great, would come again

This hotel needs to consider its offer because it has a mixed identity

We stayed on a 14 night all inclusive, and we have had an amazing time but on reflection, my stay at this hotel wasn't exactly what I expected.

Firstly, weddings are prioritised over all other guests.

All inclusive guests who spend a lot to stay here are regularly pushed aside to make way for weddings including being unable to enjoy a drink on the balcony and really loud music you can hear in your room on an evening disrupting a peaceful holiday. (Not able to sleep yet as i can hear it clearly as i write this review!)

Multiple occasions the only hotel bar where you can get a drink in a glass was closed for weddings, as was the balcony to have a drink on. We were only offered the pool bar where you can only get plastic cups before 7pm so had to go out and spend money to have a nice experience despite us already having a drinks package at the hotel!

Drinks are tasty but limited to the usual beer wine and house spirits and some limited cocktails. If you want anything special expect to have to pay. This stretches to ice cream and day snacks, again very limited to tubbed ice creams which get dripped in by wet people straight from the pool. There is limited free choice, you have to pay for ice lollies and crisps. It is not the type of place to tell your 8 year old "eat what you want you're on holiday"

At first I enjoyed the smaller restaurant with more limited choice to what we were used to, however, by day 5 I was starting to get a bit bored. Although themed nights offered some variety, it was only the eastern and Italian nights which offered any real variety. Most days was rice, fish in a sauce, a slow cooked stew and grilled meat. Desserts need to be re-thought, the only offering is 4 or 5 cakes with Jelly or Ice Cream. No chocolate fountains, no sweets, no warm desserts etc. Personally I would like to see them swap the vast refrigerated salad section with the small desserts station and offer more choice. (We are on holiday after all and taking a break from our healthy salads at home which mostly seemed to be untouched)

Entertainment team are extremely hard working and do really well with what appears to be limited resource. Again, I ask, is this a wedding venue or a family hotel? If it is the latter give them resources and more staff to keep people entertained all week round and offer different daily activities. The day there was a pool party was a great hour of fun and there needs to be more of it.

I am 50/50 on the sun loungers. I hated myself for getting a bed before 7.30am but if you don't do it you don't get one. However, I think this approach is a lot safer than asking people to wait by a rope and people stampeding to get one. Both have benefits and faults.

The pool atmosphere can go either way. We had days where it was great and fun for our families but other days where large groups treated it like their own villa taking little care for anybody else. Lifeguards did little except blow to stop people climbing on the bridge but ignored fighting/wrestling by the pool, jumping on small children and ball games which caused a constant nuisance.

However, lifeguards were quick to shut the pool at 6pm and get home no matter how many people were in there.

Along with the limited variety of food and drink options, when the pool got too much, we had to leave and pay money elsewhere which you shouldn't need to do on an all inclusive.

Overall, this hotel is ok but the limited all inclusive, lack of pool management and weddings meaning that our holiday felt like all our needs weren't being catered to.

We did have a nice timr but be prepared to spend money in other restaurants due to the limited all inclusive and needing a break from large groups!