Irini Beach

“Cute family run hotel on the beach”

The hotel consists of a couple of buildings in typical local style that surround a restaurant and a swimming pool. The whole structure is beautifully kept, with green grass and flowers, impeccably clean, and the whole staff is very nice. They offer breakfast and dinner and the food is good. We have… more

The hotel consists of a couple of buildings in typical local style that surround a restaurant and a swimming pool. The whole structure is beautifully kept, with green grass and flowers, impeccably clean, and the whole staff is very nice. They offer breakfast and dinner and the food is good. We have stayed there three times, always in September, and could not be happier. The location is perfect, set between the windsurfing spots, so you can walk to any of them easily. If you want to explore Karpathos, however, you do need a car and I think it is well worth hiring it.

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“Nice and relaxing hollidays”

Me and my husband were very satisfied staying at Irini Resort since all the stuff was very kind, always prepared to help us regarding all the information needed. The mediteranian food was also delicious. One thing we missed was any kind of entertainment, as for example Greek evening .

“We would not rank the hotel as a top pick, though also not as a disappointment. Something in between...”

Generally we would rank the hotel as average. Some good points and some less. The good points: • The hotel location: right next to a very calm beach with crystal clear water and very good for a swim. In a peaceful area with almost no other hotel in sight. The proximity to the airport (3 minutes’ dr… more

Generally we would rank the hotel as average. Some good points and some less. The good points: • The hotel location: right next to a very calm beach with crystal clear water and very good for a swim. In a peaceful area with almost no other hotel in sight. The proximity to the airport (3 minutes’ drive) and the free shuttle service is also an important benefit. • The pool is nice and the hotels provides good pool towels for free • The food served on breakfast and dinner (buffet style) is basic but OK. The variety could improve but we understand the problem of running a relatively small hotel that cannot offer a large variety of different choices. However we would advise the holet to change the menu more frequently. You keep getting the same salads and main courses over and over every other day. We usually do not book half board but we would recommend it after all in this hotel, because of the lack of alternatives in walking distances from the hotel. • The Service: Irini hotel is in between a family run hotel and a commercial large hotel. On one hand the front desk clerk was very helpful and helped us to find and call a rental car company when we arrived, the restaurant stuff were very friendly, and you see the owners (and their sweet dog) around smiling to the guests, but on the other hand the hotel lacks the personal intimate connection we usually experienced in other family run hotels we visited in the past. The only time the owner came to talk to us was when we left the hotel back to the airport. The less good points: • Price and Room type: as we reserved a “see view room” we were a little disappointed that we received a room not fronting the beach but in the back of the hotel with view of mainly other buildings, trees, pool, restaurant etc. and only on the horizon the beach. This is not the regular definition of “see view room” and the hotel should know that providing such a room that does not match its name, damages the satisfaction of the clients. On top of it the room is basic, and the sower is very small. Relative to the value of the room (and food) you get, the price we paid for the room is expensive (around 150€ per day), comparing other hotels we’ve been to in Greece • Maintenance of the hotel: the room was cleaned very well almost every day (not on Sunday), but the toiletries were provided in a randomized order. Luckily we brought some soap and shampoo with us. In addition there is no check that all is working properly in the room: For example our main room light was not working during all week we stayed in the hotel (We didn’t really need it and decided not to ask for it to be fixed during our stay, but still…). The same with the safe deposit that was locked when we entered the room (probably due to a former guest) and no one made sure it was opened when we checked in. Also the balcony had just one chair (and the same balcony of the room next door had 3 chairs…) • Wifi: though there is a wifi all around the hotel, the connection in the room was bad with multiple disconnections • Checkout: you should note the checkout is until 11:00 AM, though Booking.com stated differently. Eventually the hotel agreed to change the time due to this mistake in the booking info, but it took some time for them to agree. In addition we were charged twice with the same “government tax” for our stay- once through booking.com and once in cash during checkout. Eventually booking.com agreed to refund the double charge. To sum up: we had a good vacation staying in the hotel but we would not rank the hotel as one of our top picks, though also not as a disappointment. Something in between…

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