Dionysos Central Hotel

Paphos is a beautiful, friendly place to stay. People are so friendly and welcoming. The hotel we stayed in the staff were fantastic always there to help you. The food was excellent and plenty of choice. The rooms were very clean and tidy and modern decor. Plenty of sunbeds but you get the odd couple of people putting out their towels on the sunbeds. Plenty to do and plenty of historical places to vist. Can't wait to go again soon.

We arrived at the hotel late Saturday night and the main street outside was quite busy and noisy. However, on entering the hotel you really couldn't hear the noise. My husband and I were fortunate that our room was on the second floor towards the side of the building and therefore the noise outside wasn't a problem. Our friends on the other hand could hear everything. The bars were shut around midnight so noise level did disappear. Both our rooms had a fan and air conditioning so neither of us felt that we had to have the patio windows open. The rooms were spotlessly clean and adequate for our stay. At the end of the day we really only used them to get changed and sleep in. The maid came every day, changed towels and bedding when needed and kept our room spotless. Hairdryer provided - usual hotel ones which are quite rubbish but you sort of expect that and if such a problem you would take your own. My hair is curly so I didn't need it. Selection of toiletries in bathroom, together with hand soap and shower gel canister on walls. Always welcome. Especially the hand soap. The reception staff were very polite and helpful on all occasions. We stayed on half board basis but a couple of times did eat out in the evening. Although the food was ok, after a few days the evening meals did begin to taste the same. Breakfast, their was plenty of variety, cooked, cereals,toast, yoghurts, fruits, cold meats and cheeses. The dining area in the evening did have a lovely ambiance. The waiter service was all good. My only moan about the meal times were the slowness of replenishing food. Breakfast time, pancakes would be empty, needed more milk, eggs had gone. Cutlery? Always seemed on the hunt for teaspoons! In the evening, 3 or 4 choices on the main meals. Puddings a bit hit and miss and the soups very watered down. Again replenishment was always slow and many times had to ask if for instance any more chicken coming out. The puddings, I think could have had more variety. What was on offer were extremely sweet and creamy. Sometimes a little bit of ice cream is all you need. In the daytime, we only stayed a few days around the pool. All very clean and tidy. The pool always clean as well. Only bad point on that is the sudden change from shallow to deep. Not being the strongest swimmer always caught me out. Plenty of sunbeds but to be honest they really do need changing. Some of them were quite tatty and uncomfortable and looked like they had seen better days. The pool bar was attended most days by a chap called Lav I think. Always very polite and friendly. He was also a waiter at breakfast and always brought us a pot of tea. There is food available in the day, either ordered from the pool bar or next door. If you order from next door, you do get a 10% discount if you show your card. We realised this on the second time we were at the pool. If you order from the pool bar the menu is the same as the place next door - they actually walk across and order it from there. Sorry can't remember place name. On the whole we had a lovely holiday, the hotel was spotlessly clean and tidy which is the main thing of a hotel. As our flight wasn't until late we were able to have late check out until 6 at eight euros an hour. We hired towels for that day at one euro each too.