The Bay

“Amazing time at The Bay”

Everything was lovely during our 20th anniversary trip. The beautiful private beach, the delicious food and drinks, the spa (thank you, Alex!) and all the wonderful staff who truly go out of their way to make everything easy and special. Can’t wait to come back!

“A lovely week away in Zakynthos”

My partner and i have just returned from a lovely weeks break at The Bay Hotel, on arrival we were greeted by reception staff and informed of the main facilities of the hotel, 10 mins max and we were in the room! However there where 2 single beds and the balcony felt really enclosed with large pla… more

My partner and i have just returned from a lovely weeks break at The Bay Hotel, on arrival we were greeted by reception staff and informed of the main facilities of the hotel, 10 mins max and we were in the room! However there where 2 single beds and the balcony felt really enclosed with large plants - this didn't seem to be an issue for the hotel and we were moved immediately to another room in a different block which was well appreciated, my only other concern with the rooms is lack of drawers (there are none) so we had to live out of our suitcases for the week. The rooms were very clean on arrival and are cleaned daily. We need to point out that all of the staff were absolutely amazing and couldn't do enough for you, so thank you. The choice of food at breakfast was also very good, we only had 1 dinner during our stay which again was lovely but due to the limited menu we chose to eat elsewhere. I did find the drink prices at the bar to be quite expensive - 4 coffee's with Baileys €58? The location is a little out of the way but there is everything you need at the hotel if you dont want to venture out. Overall we would both definitely return but maybe a little later from the start of the holiday season and not the day after the hotel re-opens! Thanks for a great week.

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“A real luxury experience”

Without doubt the most luxurious hotel I've ever had the pleasure of staying in. The staff were incredibly friendly. helpful and from reception to cocktail waiters, nothing was too much trouble. We chose a standard double with a garden view which was comfortable, with a large bed and amazingly powe… more

Without doubt the most luxurious hotel I've ever had the pleasure of staying in. The staff were incredibly friendly. helpful and from reception to cocktail waiters, nothing was too much trouble. We chose a standard double with a garden view which was comfortable, with a large bed and amazingly powerful shower. The hotel sits by the private beach with fabulous scenery all around. The pool area is large, the sunbeds are luxurious, like padded single beds. Breakfast was incredible, with the largest range of foods I've ever seen offered. Dinner, wines and cocktails were top drawer. We did eat out several times with lovely Greek food at nearby tavernas (Skartsofoli and Taverna Familia) which was a nice change and one of the benefits of taking the B&B option. Will definitely return. 10/10.

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“it's just "fine" but nothing more.”

I rarely feel strongly enough to post a review, and i travel a lot for both work and leisure, but this was a bit of an oddity. Firstly, the hotel is fine. Fine being the only description i can think that actually covers it. It is also the most ungreek Greek hotel I've ever experienced ( and have … more

I rarely feel strongly enough to post a review, and i travel a lot for both work and leisure, but this was a bit of an oddity. Firstly, the hotel is fine. Fine being the only description i can think that actually covers it. It is also the most ungreek Greek hotel I've ever experienced ( and have been coming to Greece since the late 80's) On arrival, the first thought was it looked a bit abandoned. The grass and grounds were not well maintained, with grass filling the flowerbeds where lawns had been mowed but no actual shrubs trimmed, weeded or maintained. That in itself is a minor consideration, and we arrived late afternoon where it felt very quiet. Staff were very welcoming, but the bar is a short walk down at the beach so the reception and main restaurant were empty. The room was lovely, although the bed bases, being based half on the wheels and half on the wall shelf were slightly unusual. Sunloungers are, as others have said, very comfy. They are also very heavy to move, and we noticed several parasols damaged, but all tied up in the morning with bits of string/rag. Breakfast was extensive, but rarely hot. The process for tea and coffee was unnecessarily protracted ( you couldn't serve yourself) Dinner is two options, one by the beach and the other the 6 courses set menu. We tried both, and whilst very nice, were very pricey and very un Greek. Dinner by the beach was approx. 70euro ( small carafe of wine was 16euro) and dinner at the main restaurant was 100 euro. I would also add that we had the 6 course dinner served within an hour, and the bill delivered to the table as dessert was placed in front of us! We did ask about getting a taxi to other tavernas nearby but were told at reception that taxis were unlikely to come out this far out. We saw several couples walking out of the resort of an evening, but having had recent knee surgery, that wasn't feasible) In the end we hired a car, and found some wonderful tavernas for 40 euro meals which were of a very high standard ( and with the obligatory carafe of wine at 7 euro) There simply seems to be no atmosphere at the resort ( i ended up calling it a compound) and very few people stayed in the bar area after or before dinner, so it felt very isolated. It also didn't help that the music played throughout the resort was continual cover versions of absolutely every hit song known, but in a smooth jazz/elevator music style, which became very irritating. In essence, it was a very expensive, remote and ungreek hotel which was "fine" but not "wow" and i wouldn't rush back.

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