The Bay

The Bay Hotel & Suites is an excellently run hotel in the south-east of Zakynthos on Banana Beach. The hotel is located directly on the beautiful, private and well-maintained sandy beach. The beach slopes gently and is therefore ideal for small children. Directly behind the beach is a large freshwater pool with a beautiful bar and a well-kept outdoor restaurant under a huge shady tree. The food is very good, with a generous breakfast buffet and separate à la carte options for lunch and dinner. The staff are very well trained and extremely courteous. We stayed as a family in rooms 605 and 606, which were ideally located in the center, close to the reception and the pool. The rooms are in very good condition, with super-quiet air conditioning, wonderful sea views, and very spacious. Perfect daily cleaning. There is a hard tennis court, a tastefully decorated shop, a spa, and a very spacious, well-equipped gym with lots of equipment (strength and endurance). High-caliber audience from all over Europe. We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in August and didn't have a single complaint!

Everything about this stay was perfect. The location of the hotel, by the sea and out of the way of the bustling towns nearby it's an idyllic location to relax and chill whilst only being a short taxi ride from Argassi and Zante town. The hotel itself is a modern aesthetic and it is charming to say the least. The pool is surrounded by trees with sun beds and beanbags placed under them providing some great natural shade. The pool is great and plenty big enough for a good swim or family fun. The bar is handily placed with plenty of great staff on hand to help. The beach is great too. Very sandy with a sand bank a few meters out too. Ample sun beds (by the pool too) no matter the time we went down to either area we always got a bed and shade. A small beach bar does great lunches next door and the Banana club next door is only a 5-10 minute walk to a lot of action and another amazing beach bar at the top of the hill. The food at the hotel is excellent. The turnaround time from ordering to eating is also very impressive. We didn't eat at the restaurant you need to book for though this was only by choice as we wanted to explore the local area some nights. Lots of choice on the hotel menu and good gluten free options too. The staff are wonderful. They've got the perfect balance of staff to guest ratio and you can want for nothing. Honestly can't emphasize this enough the team here are fantastic. The rooms are great too. We stayed in the block above the shop/gym/spa. Air conditioned and cleaned daily as you'd likely expect. Don't be put off if you're a couple looking for a relaxing break (as me and my partner normally are) and the fact this hotel allows children. We barely noticed and all the kids we encountered were well behaved but obviously this is subjective. We would have missed this with an 'adult only' filter so we were lucky to be with wider family! There are a spattering of taverna's around 15 minutes walk from the hotel if you didn't want to take cabs we found doing a couple of these and two nights in the towns worked well during a 7 day trip. There isn't anything I can really fault. We didn't try the spa or gym so can't attest to those.