Tsampika Hotel Faliraki

This hotel is the worst hotel I have ever been to. When we walked into the reception to check in, we found the receptionist asleep on the sofa. When we finally managed to get to our room, we then found out it was nothing like what is advertised. The room was absolutely awful and outdated to the point we had ants and a lizard in our room due to there being a hole in the wall. The toilet wouldn’t flush unless you pulled the flush twice and it smelt like there was sewage issues. The food was shocking I have never seen anything like it. For breakfast there were leftover cold chips from the night before. There were about 6 dishes for dinner and all of them were freezing cold and no options for fussy eaters. The all inclusive drinks weren’t all inclusive at all. You couldn’t get an alcoholic drink until after 6pm.

Me and my friend stayed here last week, I didn’t have high expectations being a 3* but was pleasantly surprised, we only stayed here for 4 nights in all inclusive. The food was standard all inclusive food for dinner a few options of each meat salads etc as a fussy eater I struggled a little but that’s just my preference on foods, for breakfast fruits,cereals and cooked breakfast bits too I was quite impressed. The soft drinks out of the pump machine were not great and all tasted pretty much the same. It should also be noted that the cocktails are not available all day and night and there are a few hours where you could only get soft drinks. The maids gave us fresh towels every single day and we found the hotel over all to be very clean. Our bathroom had an issue with the flush and we let the staff on reception know in the morning and by the time we got back to the hotel in the afternoon it was fixed again. We had a family room with 2 balcony’s one of which the door didn’t lock which wasn’t so much of an issue as we were on the 1st floor but as 2 young girls it was a little concerning at night. There were always sun loungers round the pool even throughout the day no waking up early or fighting for spaces etc it was lovely, the pool was quite dirty/murky and we didn’t see it cleaned in the length of our stay however due to the heat we had whilst here nobody was showering before going in and constantly getting in and out etc due to the weather so this is probably the result of this suncream/sweat etc. The hotel is in a great location about 5 min walk to the main strip in falaraki with lots of restaurants and bars and about 10 mins to the beach too, we got the bus from the main road to the water park about 10 mins away only cost us €3 for 2 of us to get there. We also went to a few other places whilst here via taxis which the hotel organised for us. There isn’t any entertainment at the hotel in the day or evenings but with the bars and restaurants etc so close it wasn’t really needed for us, but also being a good enough distance we couldn’t hear a thing from the main strip from our room. Would recommend this hotel to couples,friends, and families with older kids not really suitable for young children.

Fantastic stay.. our room was spotless. Facing the pool so great to get the evening sun. There was clean towels every day, even though every other day would have been fine. Plenty of power points and a fridge, aircon at no extra cost. The staff are amazing, it's a family run hotel and they really can't do enough for you. We arrived at about 20.45 and the lady and gentleman on reception quickly gave us our all inclusive bands and directed us to the restaurant as food finishes at 9pm and there was plenty left. Tried a few of the cocktails, all inclusive ends at 10pm but we ended up staying up at the bar till much much much later drinking extremely good value drinks... Dimitri at the bar even tolerated my attempt to speak Greek, on more than one occasion. Every day there is fresh fruit, yoghurt, salads, bread, cereals, some sort of meat, fish, chips or potatoes.. different eggs and usually bacon at breakfast, as much tea and coffee, water and juice as you want. The bus stop to Rhodes Town is a few minutes walk away to the main road, take a right out of the hotel then a left. On the way back the bus drops you not far from JD Bar on the Faliraki road. Again, its a few minutes walk back to the hotel, 10 at the most. Well thats the way we went 😁 You can pay cash. It was 2.50 each way. I'm a runner and ran around resort 3 mornings and felt completely safe... hard to keep the wines to a minimum in the evening though so I could get up early before the heat 🌞😎 Do visit Symi, about a couple of hours sail away, it's beautiful, we spent some time in the local tavernas too, where the Greeks go, Stama down on the harbour is great value and fabulous views of the boats coming in and out. All in all... a fantastic stay and extremely well looked after by a lovely family. Will definately be back. Sarah & Paul 19th to 26th May 24