Eleni Studios

Nice friendly small peaceful sort of place * with great outside pool area and enough sun loungers, good bar, nice food for a snack or lunch, excellent staff who look after your needs Book swop , free internet *Only one person needs to shout or make too much noise and there’s no escape , and there’s always someone without volume control Rooms are ok , perhaps a bit tired but this isn’t 4star , !! Had to do toast on the electric rings which takes about an hour to get them hot enough, must have used enough electric to buy a toaster , ... did look to buy one in lindos but couldn’t find one Nevertheless, should I return to lindos this would be the first place I would come to, a week or so later so I didn’t have to pay 80 euros fo aircon Easy to walk to old town, and 5-7 Euro back uphill in taxi, But the one problem with Rhodes is the cost of everything has gone sky high compared with Spanish prices. But that’s not elenis fault .. Pgeorgei thanks

We have just come back from two weeks at Eleni and my family and I loved it. We left it quite late booking and therefore choice was limited. We originally saw Eleni on trip advisor but were put off by some of the negative reviews. We tried booking another hotel and at the last minute (thankfully) lost the booking. Hence we ended up deciding to take a ‘risk’ and go for Eleni – hoping that the majority of reviews excellent/very good were right and ignored the poor reviews. We weren’t disappointed. Our view of the whole experience was that it’s - well - Greece – hence things aren’t going to be 100% perfect but we had a lovely time at Eleni and any niggles were just that. Small and not worth making a fuss over. Hotel: It’s a small family run hotel. No night porter. The owner stayed up late as our flight was delayed but we arrived after 12:30am and so she had left us a note with instructions and keys in the room doors for us – which worked fine. The hotel is across a small rectangular plot. I think there’s 12? rooms total split into two small blocks. We had two rooms (family of 5) in the 1st block closest the pool. The hotel is small but perfect for us; we wanted a quiet, peaceful holiday to unwind and chill. The pool area is lovely, nice bar/reception area and good sized pool. Pool area was clean – water wasn’t crystal clear but pretty good. I counted 24 loungers but there was plenty of space. We often had the pool to ourselves with a few couples sitting around. As a place for a family we thought it was great – the kids loved it. We didn’t want to end up somewhere you had hundreds in the pool and fighting for sun loungers. Rooms: Rooms were basic, but were a good size, each had nice balcony. Views are from the upper floors but our ground floor was ok – overlooking grass planted hedge etc. Bathrooms were basic shower curtain bit old, a few ants (but it’s Greece!) Cooking facilities were very basic – the usual hot plate. Pots and pans bit ad hoc – ditto for cutlery. Cold water did go off for a while one afternoon day (it was hot instead) – but we understand it was a really problem in the street and not the hotel’s fault. We paid lots for air-con. The air-con was worth is as it was August. One of the units had slightly dodgy control but ok. Noise – overall it was very quiet except the goats coming down from the mountainside plus constant chirping of the cicadas! We noticed Sunday night one of the hotels in the distance had a karaoke till 2am - but with windows doors closed due to AC it was ok. Staff etc. Staff were very pleasant and helpful Andrea & Katerina were great – really nice. We found the owner (Eleni) to be courteous and pleasant – so didn’t experience anything like what has been mentioned in the worst reviews. Our view was that she’s no different to any typical English landlady i.e. firm but fair – after all if you break something or stain the sheets you’d expect her to be cheesed off. Only once did we hear her tell someone not to drink their own (supermarket) beer around the pool/bar area – which is fair enough and there are signs to say this is not allowed. We didn’t eat at the bar as it did seem a bit pricey. We can appreciate that they have to earn the years living over 5 summer months. However, we agree with some of the other reviewers – if she lowered her prices then she’d attract much more custom at the bar. We were asked for 50 Euros to retain a room from 12 (check out time)-to 5pm on the last day as there were 5 people in our group. We thought this was too much as it was only going to involve cleaning one room. So we just left our bags in the bar area went to the beach then showered by the pool and changed in the pool/bar WC – Eleni was fine with this. Overall we found Eleni apartment to be basic but perfect for a quiet get away in a small, intimate but well-kept family run hotel. We were really glad not to be stuck in one of the larger hotels – elbow to elbow with other guests. We would recommend it. Lindos: gets quite busy – it’s been 18 years since we were last there and it much busier than it used to be. Ditto for St Paul’s bay next door. However, for family hols the soft sandy beach is very picturesque. Nice to walk around in the evening. We would recommend hiring a car and going to Glystra beach (South) and Anthony Quinn Bay (North). Lindos has an acropolis but get there early – as it opens (8am). Which we did for all the attractions – get there early before the heat of the day. We had the whole of ancient ruined city of Kamiros to ourselves! Finally – watch out if you are on a tight budget. We found the supermarkets to be really overpriced. We were paying 3-4 times UK prices for food. Rhodes Town has two Lidl’s but the majority of supermarkets are small and VERY expensive.

I first stayed her in October 2017, whilst attending my brothers wedding. Stayed with my parents and my daughter. Eleni and her family made us very welcome. My daughter had her 10th birthday while we were there and the cleaners decorated our room with balloons and petals, Eleni also arranged a birthday cake for her. A very memorable birthday for my daughter. We had such a lovely time there, that I returned there again in August last year with my friend and my daughter. I absolutely love this place. If you’re looking for a quiet and chilled break, this is just the place! When we were there last year, it was hardly surprising how many people we chatted to that were regular visitors there! Some days we would have the the pool to ourselves. No music, no noise, just a good book, sunshine and a friendly person to serve us at the bar. Even when the pool was busy, everyone was lovely and friendly. The pool was clean and tidy, always had plenty of sun loungers and the rooms were very well taken care of and regularly cleaned by friendly staff. I’m really hoping we can make it out there again this year! Highly recommend. Thank you Eleni and family.