Karras Livin

“Absolutely fantastic stay!”

Absolutely fantastic stay! The staff did everything for us. From the moment we arrived, we felt so welcome. A special bravo to Vasilis at the bar who always had a smile and remembered our drinks.

“Great hotel with lovely friendly staff”

The hotel was quiet as it was the beginning of the season but it suited my partner and myself. The staff were lovely and friendly especially Stefen the Operation Manager and Vasilis the Bartender. The food was tasty and there was a good variety every day. The rooms were a lovely size and house keep… more

The hotel was quiet as it was the beginning of the season but it suited my partner and myself. The staff were lovely and friendly especially Stefen the Operation Manager and Vasilis the Bartender. The food was tasty and there was a good variety every day. The rooms were a lovely size and house keeping came every day to check if you needed anything. All in all had a lovely holiday at a great hotel

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“Definitely not a five star hotel, saved by it’s location”

Ok positives first! The location is absolutely perfect. Right on the beach, the pool was lovely, never a problem getting a sunbed. However I imagine I’m summer it’s a fight for the beds. Negatives- this hotel is definitely not a five star hotel. TUI rate it as 3+ and I’d say that’s where it lies.… more

Ok positives first! The location is absolutely perfect. Right on the beach, the pool was lovely, never a problem getting a sunbed. However I imagine I’m summer it’s a fight for the beds. Negatives- this hotel is definitely not a five star hotel. TUI rate it as 3+ and I’d say that’s where it lies. The food definitely isn’t 5 star. It was very repetitive, quite tasteless and lots of cheap food options. Lots of bowls of plane pasta. Not 5 star food. One night there was basically a ham sandwich with cheese sauce poured over it and that was described as soufflé! There was hardly any fresh fruit at breakfast. Lots of tinned fruit. We’ve stayed at the Bitzaro Grand in Kalamaki and the breakfast was amazing. After eating on the first day I had a very upset stomach and I’d had nothing but hotel food. The drinks are not the best! The cocktails are very sickly and don’t taste of much. An alcohol free beer was 5 euros!! I went and bought a can from the local supermarket for 1 euro. The all inclusive drinks option was poor, anything nice was charged extra. The children’s play area was dirty, many of the toys were broken, the Connect 4 didn’t work and the Astro turf was covered in grit from where something had been taken away. It definitely needs updating. There was bird poo all over the floor. It needs a canopy also because when the sun hits it you can’t put small children in it because it’s boiling. There’s a grassy area with lots of outdoor seating and while we were there it was being varnished. Now in my opinion this should have been done already. The hotel is supposedly open to full paying guests yet they’re still painting! This area looks like a garden centre trying to flog furniture. The entertainment was poor, a singer with a speaker. The Greek night was ok but the dancers cleared off during Zorba which is the song everyone knows!!! The hotel itself is clean but it just lacks something, it’s trying to be a five star but is nowhere near. We also had to pay 15 euros a night island tax. Which is so overpriced for what is provided. A good holiday, saved by the beautiful location but let down by poor food and shoddy maintenance.

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“Definitely not a 5 star.”

The location is absolutely beautiful as it’s on the beach and that for me is what gave it the three stars. I really don’t understand how this has got a 5 star rating - because it’s not, TUI got it right rating it a 3 star. The restaurant is small and there’s only 6 high chairs which meant most nig… more

The location is absolutely beautiful as it’s on the beach and that for me is what gave it the three stars. I really don’t understand how this has got a 5 star rating - because it’s not, TUI got it right rating it a 3 star. The restaurant is small and there’s only 6 high chairs which meant most nights people were waiting for the next high chair to become free! One of the evenings, dinner opens at 7 and by 7:15, every single highchair had gone so babies were sat on laps! If you don’t have children, I know that’s not an issue, but for us it was! It’s the same foods most days for lunch and dinner and just leaves little to be desired - very small amount of vegetarian options and lacking in fruit options. Not lots for kids to eat either. The children’s play area left little to the imagination and unfortunately needs a lot doing to it: old broken toys, artificial grass that had rolled up in some areas, no covering so was absolutely cooking most of the day. Very dangerous areas in the area with wooden planks covering holes, and large parts of the fences wobbling. My daughter on the last day picked up a toy that actually died her hands blue. The grounds are absolutely spotless but when you look closer, things really need a good touch up as up close everything is quite run down. They had started to do it all up in the week we were there- not good enough getting things ready for the holiday season when you already had people there. People are allowed to smoke everywhere so even sitting by the pool, people were smoking which was just absolutely vile. The rooms were cleaned to an okay standard, the glasses in our room were never collected so we had glasses sat there. The bins weren’t emptied on one of the days - just overall feels quite lazy cleaning. You have to pay for the beds that are directly part of the hotel area on the beach: find that shocking, should be free! Also most drinks on the all inclusive menu you have to pay for unless you want a watered down beer or cocktail: €5 for a non alcohol beer or even €5 for an iced coffee! Every all inclusive I’ve ever been to has had these included! You can’t even have the local alternative spirits, they’re paid for! All in, an okay hotel, beautiful location and that’s what makes this hotel special, unfortunately that’s the only thing that holds it down.

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