We’ve just arrived for a 7-day stay at Lindos Imperial, and unfortunately, the first impression has been poor. I’ll be keeping a live, running review of our experience in the hopes that things improve... and to be transparent for future travellers. We are a party of 4, booked together as a family, including one guest with mobility issues. Upon arrival, we were separated into three different areas of the resort. This has made disabled mother more than anxious about being seperated from the family and getting around unless collected and assisted, which incredibly stressful and emotional due to the worry its causing. Theodora, the Front Office Manager, acknowledged the issue and committed to moving us closer together, but it won’t happen until the third night, meaning two full days spent stressing and relocating, rather than relaxing. Our own showers were also filthy on arrival, hair and grime from previous guests still visible which was quite disgusting. Not what you’d expect at a 3 star retort let alone 5-star. To make things worse, on the night of our arrival poor weather meant most of the restaurants had to close. Weather isn't the resort’s fault, but forcing dozens of guests to stand outside a single packed food hall for excess of 25 minutes a person for a majority of the evening to access the only place to have dinner, could be a avoidable with better contingency planning. Speaking of food, it’s a 7-day stay, but we’ve been told we can only book 3 of the 6 à la carte restaurants. That leaves 4 nights in the buffet, and based on last night’s experience, that’s not encouraging. When challenged we have been told its in the policy on the hotels website, so i would advise to be aware of this if having dining options throughout your stay is high on your priorities. It certainly would have influenced our decision should we have known. Again George has stated he would help us with this situation, but we have been told that nothing can be changed. So additional money will have to be spent dining away from the resort during our stay due to buffet quality. Today being a new day, we tried to improve the situation by heading to the resorts beach restaurant for lunch, but were served one of the saddest sandwiches I’ve ever seen (photo attached). We had to laugh — but not out of joy. On the way, I nearly tripped over crumbling stairs, photos attached. Basic maintenance clearly needs attention. Trying to salvage the day by relaxing by the pool, we were told the hotel had run out of clean towels. On day one. And no replacements are available until tomorrow! The only highlight so far has been the pool itself. Its clean, well kept, and plenty of sunbeds despite the hotel reportedly being at 99% capacity. We remain hopeful that things will improve in our stay. More updates to follow…