Hotel Papantonia

We have stayed at the Papantonia previously during our numerous trips to the area. It was good last time but even better this time as the rooms have been updated since our last visit and look really nice. The staff around the pool are very friendly and there was rarely more than one other person waiting at the bar to order snacks or drinks. The bar snack menu has plenty to choose from (more choice than many of the other hotels we have stayed at) and they are cooked to order, served on the terrace area by the pool. Meals in the restaurant area are varied daily and there is enough choice to ensure nobody should starve. All the 'egg and chips brigade' will argue differently but after all you must consider you are not in England so you should not expect to get exactly what you get at home. If you keep an open mind and try some other delicious types of food you will not be disappointed. The hotel is relatively small so there are plenty of loungers to go around at the large pool area. It is disappointing to see towels being placed on desired loungers at 8am by people who don't surface to use them until after 11am and sometimes not at all. Disappointing as it is only us British who are doing it. Please stop it folks! It's getting embarrassing! Entertainment is very limited in the hotel but as I have stated in my previous reviews we are rarely at the hotel in the evening because there is so much to do outside. We tend to explore. It really is worth spending a little money for really good food and lively or swanky bars. Squeezing as much a we possibly can from the all inclusive doesn't make any sense to us but each to their own.... I have looked at some of the bad reviews of this hotel and I suppose those writing them feel strongly enough to do so but I do struggle to agree with many of them. The hotel cleaning staff are in the rooms every day but Sunday and the communal/pool area is cleaned every day at around seven thirty in the morning. I watched this first hand daily so this is beyond dispute. The pool area is not dirty believe me. There are multiple nationalities staying in the hotel. We met people from Britain, Poland, Romania and Russia during our stay. With the exception of a handful of people we found them to be respectful and approachable. Those who were rude included some British people so I recommend people should stop 'firing up' on the Russian people in their reviews. We have our ways and they have theirs but we should respect this and not expect them to behave exactly the same as the British do. They probably think we are weird because we queue for everything and you don't see this in many other countries. The only gripe I had with the hotel was the absolute lack of hangers in the wardrobe (5 hangers between two people). It cost only 2 Euros at the local shop for ten hangers each and the problem was solved so no need for a big song and dance. We left the hangers for the next guests but you may want to throw a pack in your suitcase just in case. There is a large entertainment area adjacent to the hotel. This serves the surrounding Anastasia Hotel/Apartments, Malmia hotel/Apartments and Papantonia. They have a large stand alone bar in this area but Papantonia guests cannot use this bar unless paying for drinks. Both the other hotels are Tsokkos owned as is the Papantonia so I do not understand why this is the case? I make a point of mentioning this as the gentleman at the bar was extremely rude to my wife and I when we approached the bar and he saw our wristbands. He grinned from ear to ear taking great delight in not serving us. We had not so much as spoken a single word to him so we found this very unnecessary. If his manner was different then I would have had no problem paying for drinks but instead we simply walked away. Don't hesitate to book this hotel if you are thinking about doing so. It is a nice clean place with lovely pool area, great staff and decent food. They say one in every hundred people complain about little or nothing. With this in mind you can disregard the bad reviews of this hotel.

Myself and my boyfriend have just recently returned from this amazing hotel! Our room was beautiful and clean so modern and well set out! The bar and restaurant staff were amazing! Excellent hotel for the cost will defiantly be staying again !!