written by Joanne Lucas on 17/10/2007
Good Points
Staff are friendly, esp. bar staff and the cocktail barman (how many people can carry two pints of beer on their head?). Pool area is a good sunspot.
Bad Points
The food.
General Comments
We would say Galini Hotel is a very basic hotel, but considering we paid the equivalent of £20 a day for a bed, some food (though of dubious standard) and as many soft drinks and pints of beer we could fit in, we could've done worse. Our overriding thought is that with a little more care, things like the food could be greatly improved and this would vastly improve the standard of the hotel. Though to the standard we have been told is usual for buffet style, was very dire. Unused food was noticebly 'recycled' e.g. meatballs which were presented 4 times over a period of 5 days (no-one touched them!) and sliced roasted meat reheated in sauce. Only hot food available at breakfast time was baked beans and the occasional bowlful of boiled eggs. Area also seemed to be very bad for mosquitos. My friend got about 30 bites in the time we were there and I got 15! Rooms were basic Cretan style which I guess is okay, but they varied greatly in standard between guests who had supposedly booked identical accomodation - we had no windows in our very small room but 3 working plug sockets, others had windows and large rooms but no plug sockets! The hotel had no lifts which again we were told is normal but there was no-one to help carry our cases to our room (try lugging 20kgs of suitcase up 3 flights of stairs!). We feel this was bad enough for us (being young, fit and healthy) after a long flight, but what were older guests (and there were quite a few there) or people with young kids supposed to do?