Lindos Royal

Definitely not a 5 star hotel!!! 3 star at best. So disappointing!. Firstly, the smell all day and evening from in and around the pool area was disgusting. And this was the main pool!!!....the other pool with the slides was always very busy and seemed to be very murky. The other pools that you see in the photos are toddlers pools, so they're only 1ft deep, so no good for adults. Totally misleading photos. And obviously the adult pools are no good if you have children. Then, the air conditioning was so poor. I asked reception near enough every day to see if it could get sorted. I ended up giving up asking, terrible really, as it was very warm every time we were in the room to get ready to out or to go to sleep. Cocktails were poor. Served in tiny plastic cups and never the same. Also, all inclusive finished at 11pm, which is far too early. Daytime and evening entertainment was poor (although the the staff were trying their best). Very little for children to do other than swim in the smelly murky tiny pools ( no park, no areas to play, nothing). The hotel looks nice on arrival, but the deeper you go into the hotel, the more dated and under-maintained it felt. Very few bar staff day and night, so you always had to queue for any type of drinks. The beach was quite nice, but no toilet or bar , so you'd have to walk for 10 minutes back to the hotel if you wanted either. Food to be fair was nice and had a good variety but always very busy. So much more I could put on here. It just seems that whoever owns the hotel spends the minimum £££ and receives the maximum £££. So so poor. Very disappointed as we saved up for a long time to have a holiday.

Amazing hotel! This was our second time can see some great changes even from last year. Kids love it. Food is great. Beach and pools are brilliant. ALL the staff are amazing especially the manager Valasia who really made our holiday.

Where to begin? We (2 adults, a 14yo and a 10yo) arrived at 2am at this hotel for a week long stay and were given the wrong room. We'd ordered the superior room, but we're given the most basic one overlooking the carpark. We did manage to switch the next day after insisting on speaking to the manager. The new room was adequate, but the AC was temperamental and needed looking at by the engineer on 3 occasions. The 'minibar' contains a 500ml bottle of water for each occupant (no other drinks). These are not replaced. You are expected to refill your own bottles daily at the pool bar. If you forget to, reception will not give you a new bottle. It is €10 deposit for each pool towel you require and €25 for a safe hire. With the hotel (unbelievably) being 5* you have to pay the full Tourist Tax. There are 3 bars, the 2 pool bars are within 20m of each other and constantly have a queue. All drinks are served in small, well used plastic cups (you are sometimes limited to requesting only 2 drinks, depending on the size of the queue). The drinks themselves aren't great, i never had the same tasing cocktail twice. The lower bar has a constant smell of sewage, it is also the main bar for the nighttime entertainment. Seating is limited, so most families have to make do with sitting on the sun loungers. The entertainment itself was ok, but they clearly aren't paid well by the hotel and practically beg for a tip once the show has finished. The lobby bar is very spacious and includes sofas and a large terrace. However, this bar is not All inc and will cost you €7 for a beer and €12 for a cocktail. It is always empty, but at least you get your drink in a glass. There is an amphitheatre which hosts a kids show for an hour, but there is no bar or toilet near, it seemed a pointless structure. There is also an arcade for the kids, if you constantly like putting your hand in your pocket for loose change. And that's it as far as evening entertainment goes for the kids - no park and no area for them to kick a ball around. Most children are just sat around looking at ipads, which is not good to see. The hotel has a pebble beach which is quite a walk to get to, with no free bar or free toilet facilities. There is also a sudden drop when walking into the sea, so not advisable for non-swimmers. The food-hall is chaotic, with lots of queue jumpers. There is always a queue for drinks, meaning your food can be cold on returns. However, the food is good, it's plentiful and tasty. The same goes for the themed restaurant, but unfortunately again the drinks here are not all inc (priced the same as the lobby bar). We did venture out a fer days as the hotel pool bar is repetitive. Reception are happy to call you a taxi - as we found out that the driver pays the hotel €5 for each journey (this is obviously added to your journey charge). Lindos town is worth a walk around and the sandy beach 20min north is worth a look. So overall, this hotel is a dated 3* hotel with very few amenities. Avoid.

We just came back from lindos royal my first impression was very good until we found our room as a long way two flights of stairs in amongst it we went to the reception explained i was waiting on a list for a new knee.quite frankly this was passed on to the reception manager who did not have the manners to come out and speak to us just sent us to see another room which was poor small furnuture falling apart can not imagine anyone would want to stay in that ,windows cracked the decor was quite frankly poor we decided we would struggle on but it was not easy .but the rest food variety was good , staff except for reception brilliant especially cindy in the calypso bar the grounds in places need a lot of work hand rails would be a great help .on the whole we just got on with it would i go here again no the hotel was far from full , the customer service in regards to trying to help someone that needed a change of rooms was poor in fact there was no care to someone that needed to be near a lift also our family with two children reported the air con was not working it was like being in a sauna