Atlantica Holiday Village Rhodes

We have just returned from a week at the Atlantica Holiday Village in Rhodes. Check in was painfully slow - we arrived early hours in the morning and it took over an hour to check in for 4 families ahead of us. We stayed in the activity area - the room was generally ok but some furnishings were a bit tired/shabby/stained. Appreciated the golf buggy taking us around to the room and picking us back up with our suitcases as it would have been an horrendous walk across with them! I read a lot of reviews before booking this holiday and most reviews say the food is good which is part of the reason why I booked it. Unfortunately we didn’t find this to be the case at all, we found the food to be quite bland and repetitive and made us poorly for the majority of the week. The children’s buffet was very repetitive consisting of chicken nuggets, fish fingers and pasta. We all had bad stomachs - my 4 year old especially. Plates were not cleaned properly either and still had food stuck to them - towards the end of the week we ate at local tavernas (Michels was really nice!) and started to feel much better. We ate at the Stars and Stripes restaurant and Kuzina during our stay - we couldn’t get into the Italian restaurant and we felt both were disappointing. My husband said his burger at the Stars and Stripes restaurant was soggy and disgusting - he left it. Starters were served lukewarm at both restaurants and the table had not been cleaned properly from the night before at Stars and Stripes and still had sauce stains on it and on the napkin dispenser. I felt like I was constantly wiping the cutlery etc down before using it. Drinks were heavily watered down and consisted of mainly ice - depending on who made the cocktails they would taste different each time. Alot of the cocktails tasted artificial and too sweet for me. The wine also tasted like vinegar and gave us the most horrendous heartburn! We started to buy the branded drinks towards the end of the holiday. As other reviews say, the pools are absolutely freezing. I didn’t think this would bother us as it was so hot but it did, we were shivering and couldn’t stay in the pool for long as it felt like you couldn’t warm up in it - the sea was much warmer and nicer to swim in. We spent a day at Kolymbia beach and also Tsambika beach which is an absolute must and wish we had spent more time there! We couldn’t get a sun lounger by the activity pool throughout our stay. I went out onto our balcony at 06:30 one morning and people were already lying on sun loungers and towels were down on the rest - I couldn’t believe it. We always got one by the relax pool though and a chair at the water park although there was often an unpleasant smell coming from the grids. Activities were good for my son, he really enjoyed the water walking and the silent disco was good fun. We paid for a late checkout which was confirmed to be up to 18:00, however we had housekeeping knocking on the door at 16:00 asking what time we were leaving?! I thought this was very unprofessional. All in all we have enjoyed our time in Rhodes together however this is not a 5* hotel in our opinion and we were really let down by the food - the staff do work tirelessly and are always helpful but we wouldn’t return to this hotel.

As a family we thoroughly enjoyed our experience at this lovely family/children friendly village/hotel. We were in the deluxe area and so experienced the lovely touches such as our own pool and dinning area. The staff were extremely helpful, friendly and greeted you with a smile, from: Reception - Eleni Concierge - Apostolis (very knowledgeable and informative, especially about the local area and bus service) Guest Relations - Olivia Breakfast - Sofia & Vasiliki and the Entertainment team, they were all wonderful! We thought the food was on par with the hotel and we could always find something delicious to eat, making the most of the varied cuisine from around the world. Thank you for our stay, I’m sure you’ll be seeing us again.

We came for a 10 day trip and was expecting big with a lot of videos which were mostly clickbait first of all it was very good for scenery and the room complexes looked amazing but on the bad side some of the food was cold but me as a picky eater there wasn’t much options, most of the staff were rude and the walk to get from side to side was very stressful and a lot of work to walk uphill in 35 degrees heat, aswell the cleaners just knocked on once and walked in the room also as we was packing up I found my lost AirPods hidden underneath the sink hidden perfectly upright and there wasn’t much options no gaps in the side where it could of slid through showing they hid them there, there were crickets in our room and the TV had three Chanel’s

We stayed in August 2025 and really had a nice holiday stay here. Food was nice, though not really representative of 5* in my opinion. For the international buffet, the ingredients were of a good quality I believe, though some meat-based dishes were over cooked (meat tough and dry) and often not very tasty or didn’t taste as they should, compared to other eating experiences. Depends if you’re a foodie and relish in the eating experience or just want to get fed and back to the pool. You won’t be disappointed if eating is just part of your day rather than part of the experience and maybe I’m just being picky, but this was an expensive holiday (£10k+ for us), so you’re damn right that I expect delivery. During your stay, you are able to book two higher level eating experiences in themed restaurants. We chose Greek and Italian. The Italian experience was excellent, with fast and attentive service. Food quality here was very good and cooked fresh by order, so you would expect that the taste is much better than the buffet and it was. The Greek restaurant however was a disaster of an evening. Table wasn’t ready for us on arrival, though our time booking was on their list, so wasn’t an unplanned drop in. The starters are fixed, the mains you select. The muscles were delivered luke warm at best. The Greek salad was good for one person, no way the 5 of us could share it. Then we ordered the main courses. These were delivered sporadically over the next 20mins and by the time the last 2 meals had been delivered to the table the rest of us had finished eating. My Beef Stifado was dry and tasteless, my wife’s lamb was reported to be ‘nice enough’. A very disappointing evening indeed. The same experience happened to the table next to us, so it isn’t a one off. The alcoholic drink service throughout the many bars was always handled pretty efficiently and the cocktails were pretty tasty, though varied in flavour from bar person to bar person sometimes. One particular barman at the stage bar seemed to have no interest in his job and I actually only used him once, as the cocktail was so sour that it was undrinkable. Pour by eye sounds good but doesn’t work. Recipes are there because they are tried and tested, providing the best results. A few stand out barmen for me were Anton of the pool bar and Davide, who seemed to work across a few bars. Both guys always super friendly, excellent at their job and provided and excellent customer experience! Well done to you, both!! Room cleaning was done daily and to a reasonable standard. You can pick holes in the cleaning if you really wanted, but it was just a place to shower and sleep for us. The evening entertainment provided was a bit lack lustre. The very young children seemed to be engaged, but there wasn’t much that interested our 9-12 year olds. Definitely nothing that interested us as parents, but that’s personal likes possibly. The live DJ evening seemed to be a complete wash out, with the place being deserted shortly after he started. This is no reflection on his talent or skill. I just think it was the wrong choice of act for the crowd. I assume this isn’t a new act, so can be that it has been successful previously. That’s for the management to decide, but I really do hope they monitor crowd engagement and make changes that cause people to leave the area. The worst problem we detected was the disrespect of other guests. Drink cups just left strewn wherever they wanted, food and cups often seen floating in the pool. Broken/deflated pool toys just left around, too lazy to dispose of them. Honestly, this is no reflection on the hotel and one poor guy was running around all day collecting the empties up. I do not agree that it is the hotels job to clean up after your lazy self at all. Take your cups back to the bar or place them in the abundant collection areas! You seem to have no problem in finding the bar for your next drink, so take your empties with you. I have no idea how your homes must look if this is your attitude and, of course, this is holiday makers in general and not related to just this hotel. Will definitely return to Greece, but will likely go elsewhere next time.As much for variation as the experience had. Wasn’t a bad holiday at all, but also has a long way to go before making it an amazing holiday.

I'm a bit late writing this review, but as I'm doing a few other ones, I thought i'd take the time to review here as I've been meaning to. We stayed here early-mid May for two weeks with our 4 year old. First, our room placement was pretty bad. We booked a Deluxe Swim Up room, but received a room that never got sunshine on the porch area, it made it pretty chilly on some days where we'd have liked to have some sunshine; kinda defeats the purpose of sunbeds. The water was pretty cold, but was fine if the sun was shining - kinda expected at that time of year. A fair warning though, if you're looking for somewhere to swim comfortably as an adult, these pools are not it. I can't remember the exact depth, but everywhere is very comfortably walk-able, meaning as an adult, and tall at that, swimming properly was pretty difficult. I don't know if it was a different experience in the activity area pools, but where we were, they were all shallow. The room was decent quality, not the best, but good enough. They were mostly clean but there were cobwebs in corners and under bedside tables. If you are looking to upgrade to Deluxe for the restaurant access like we did - please don't bother. I know the main restaurant gets very busy, but we actually preferred going there in the end. While friendly, the staff had no real clue how to wait on the place. You are given two starters, regardless of whether you will like the food or not - this resulted in wasted food. You don't get to choose these. The mains were OK, but often cold, small portions and far lower quality than expected. The staff also couldn't time between starters and mains, sometimes bringing out mains a few minutes after the starters, or the opposite and taking ages. I may sound entitled here but there were never offers of refills on drinks either, something you can do as many times as you like in the main restaurant. For a deluxe restaurant that you pay more on the room for, it felt like it was run on a shoestring budget. Speaking of the main restaurant; food quality was better than the deluxe restaurant, far more choice; the drawback is that sometimes you'd walk by and notice a huge queue waiting for a table. The kids choice of food was a little limiting too, especially with a child who is a picky eater. The food truck was decent, and Debbie (I think that's her name) was incredibly upbeat and friendly. In the end, we did spend some time outside of the hotel eating in local places because the food was much better (and often cheap) and the environment was much calmer. The drinks around pools were also hit and miss. The drinks are tiny, meaning you can finish them in no time meaning you'd have to keep going up again and again. Sometimes the drinks were just awful and a couple of the staff manning the bar in the deluxe area just couldn't make a decent drink - it's not like the menu is extensive either, it shouldn't be that difficult - but here we are. The football academy, we booked 4 sessions (which was risky) for my son expecting he wouldn't enjoy it after the first session; however he loved it. He was often by far the youngest of the lot and occasionally had to do things on his own, but he was engaged for the full 2 hour sessions and did really well. My only small issue was that I think he struggled in the games at the end, he doesn't really 'get' football yet and chases the ball, so you could see him get frustrated and upset (and probably his teammates too). But all in all, thanks to Stu who was fantastic with him, Chloe (I think that's her name, sorry!) who usually does the swim academy but took him aside to do some shooting in the first session, and any other staff I didn't see do the sessions with him. He loved it in general. He also went to kids club a few times and really enjoyed that and would ask to go to other sessions. I do have a criticism of that though, the booking in could take anywhere between 15-20 minutes, maybe longer on the odd occasion. Perhaps having two people on the checking in for that would drastically speed that up, especially when there were loads of kids and parents waiting. It was done on one day and was noticeably faster. It's highly noticeable on sessions where you spend up to a quarter of the session time waiting for him to get inside. The evening entertainment, we went to a couple of times, but he was generally disinterested in it so I can't really comment on that. I will say, putting cartoons on, visible from the main restaurant was somewhat annoying when trying to eat, because he gets fixated on things like that and does not eat. The shop was pretty good, we would often nip in there to grab some snacks, a bit more convenient than going off site. The waterpark was ok. It was good for kids and my son loved the things he could go on. I did try the bigger slides myself and was disappointed; for example, the long slide, I got stuck on halfway down, probably not enough water flow, and had to scoot myself to the bottom. The steep slides were fine, but if you're on the taller side, the pool at the bottom just isn't deep enough and hurts when entering the water and slamming on the bottom. This isn't the first Atlantica we've stayed in, but it was the first holiday village. Both Atlantica's have been quite a let down compared to our expectations based on the money spent; we came away regretting our choice and thinking we probably should have gone back to Mexico for cheaper and a better quality experience. Our experience has now put us on the path to trying Villa's instead of hotels.