Art Hotel Debono

This week away, for some warm weather and sunshine, certainly did not disappoint. The hotel has been refurbished in the not too distant past. The standard throughout is very high. The room was of a very good standard, very well maintained and the room maid was very good, always helpful and friendly. The restaurant, was on the smaller side, compared to many hotels, was very good, with a great food selection and was always extremely good, Staff throughout the hotel, were friendly and helpful. The hotel is a real "hidden gem," although the surrounding area is somewhat rundown. There is too much litter away from the hotel, which is not an issue if you stay within the hotel grounds. It is just an observation, from my point of view.

Just returned from a wonderful week at Art Hotel Debono. We were upgraded to the best room ever….bungalow junior suite, it was very clean, spacious, quiet, large balcony with fabulous views about 100 metres from the main hotel. All the staff were friendly and helpful especially the ladies on reception. The food was so good, could have been a little warmer, however, the taste made up for it, half board was great value for money. Large pool (not very deep though) with plenty of sun beds too. The only thing we didn’t like was Gouvia…not much there for us, although it was easy and cheap to get to Corfu Town by bus, (hotel sells tickets) which was really lovely.

Beautiful hotel with comfortable rooms . Very clean all round . Staff all very friendly and seemed happy in their work . Food was great and plentiful . The slow cooked lamb was divine !!! Fabulous little hotel for a week of late summer sun . Tennis court fencing could do with some maintenance as our balls kept escaping through holes !

The hotel is beautiful but certain points let it down but I would definitely recommend staying here. You could stand at the bar for 10 minutes and no one will come to serve you despite reception being next to it. Numerous times we didn’t bother and just walked off. While we were at the hotel we could see how dirty the pool was getting, no one really seemed to do much cleaning. The mould around the edges got progressively worse and even a grotty clump of tissue wasn’t moved all of our stay plus weeds around the spa started taking over. However the design is beautiful. The whole hotel design is gorgeous and it sparkles. On our arrival despite us being 3 hours late we were greeted with a friendly smile and a picnic waiting for us as the restaurant was closed. Most of the staff were really nice but some had faces that said they really didn’t want to be there. We were in the main hotel room 236 and the maid did a brilliant job and was always friendly. Our room overlooked the lovely gardens and was very peaceful. Food was great with plenty of choice and Sunday night is BBQ night. You get a couple of cats wandering round the outside part of the restaurant and the hotel has signs up saying not to feed the cats, despite this a female guest was bringing tinned cat food in and fed them under her table, then she’d dish more out and place it at the outer edge of the restaurant and the staff just ignored it. Maybe it was the time of year but if you eat or just have a drink at the pool bar you’re sure to have a visit from bees or wasps, they are a bit of a nightmare.One of the drawbacks to the hotel is its position in Gouvia, it has very few safe paths to use and the local drivers see pedestrians more of a target than something to avoid. We took a torch as it can be quite a dark walk in the evenings, we had read reviews about how bad it was. You do have to be prepared to walk into Gouvia as there are no bars or shops on the street. You also occasionally get road noice from boy racers. I know it isn’t the hotels fault but having to pay the tourist tax really makes my blood boil, €140 for our 2 week stay and you know the money won’t be spent anything useful like the sewage system or street lighting in the area.

We stayed at this hotel for our honeymoon we had a nice sign put over our bed saying congratulations also we was left Prosecco and chocolate,Staff are really welcoming and very friendly, we stayed in a bungalow 325 they are really spacious with large comfortable bed,the maids keep them very clean, the pool area is really relaxing very clean and plenty of sun beds, the food at the snack bar is reasonably priced and very nice? The food in the restaurant there is something for everyone a different menu every day, we would definitely recommend this hotel,