Akti Beach Club

Stayed here for 14 nights, at first look of the hotel, lobby is big, clean and rather nice looking. When I steeped into my room I was very disappointed, the rooms them selfs are very dated, a/c didn’t work and a very weird smell coming from the drain in the bathroom. We had problems with ants aswell. Staff were very miserable and not welcoming what so ever, while eating they take your plate and your glass assuming you have finished and after thanking them for taking the plate etc you were ignored. House keeping again very poor they just assume making the bed is job done. Most of the food was tasteless and boring. On the other hand highly recommend the Chinese section of the buffet quite possibly the only saving grace of the holiday, the cocktails are terrible pre made in bottles, basically like wkd. Felt like I was robbed of my money, considering it is a “4 star” hotel I expected way more. Kos town and the other little towns are very nice and quite friendly, had no problems with that. It is a very beautiful island for side seeing and exporing a massive shame about where I was staying. To sum it up I would come back to Kos but I would find another hotel.

Really enjoyed our two weeks at the Akti Palace. Arrived very, very late with one case lost in our flight, but the Akti soon made us feel calm and at ease. Met Lee on reception for check in - smooth and friendly. Then taken by buggy to our room which was superb. Massive TV, aircon, safe, daily top up of room fridge with wines, beers, waters, and juices.(All included with our holiday). Then about 4am we went to the 24hr dining room and met our first George, the swimmer - (there are about four or five Georges working at the hotel!) What a gent - we often stayed up late just to catch up with him and have a natter in my very basic Greek. The reservations managers Haroula & Eleni went out of their way to help us and make us feel comfortable. The waiters and bar staff quickly became good friends, they are all stars including the amazing 'Albanian George', 'Kos George' (aka 007 WOW!),'Albanian Pierrot' and of course our breakfast waiters Vacillis and Dimitre who told me some really funny jokes about my Whisky drinking in Greek! The star of our holiday by a long mile though was Dave our TUI rep and his partner Sharon. They went way and above their call of duty with our lost case and even got us a massive holiday upgrade. Whatever you are paying Dave TUI, please double it as he is worth his weight in gold as a representative of your company. Without Dave's help our holiday could have been a disaster, but he got my lost case back from Switzerland for me in a couple of days and helped us out whilst we were waiting for it's return. Hard to believe it was Dave's first year as a representative for TUI - If he's this good in year one, imagine what he'll be like in year two! Food: Breakfast was very civilised. Lots of choice and the best bacon I've ever had in thirty years of visiting Greece. Even the humble boiled eggs were to die for. This island has some wonderful local produce, Drinks: Amazing choice and amounts. The Baileys was lovely, but I seemed to settle on the Johnny Walker Red label after a few days. Themed Restaurants: Tried the Greek & The Oriental - both most enjoyable. Make sure you go to the Greek Restaurant hungry as even I struggled to finish my meal there!!! Entertainment. enjoyed it,especially as it was so close to our favourite evening bar were our drinks were replenished as soon as we had finished each one -it's a hard life! Free shuttle bus to the village was very convenient. We used it to go into town and buy a few jars of amazing organic honey that is produced on the island. Room:very comfortable. Cleaned and sheets changed every day. Our bar man who stocked the fridge came from Athens and was a lovely guy. He helped me with my Greek and by the end of the holiday, I could order every drink we needed from him in Greek. Maybe not essential in an emergency, but they do love it when you have a go at speaking Greek - even with all my mistakes! Beach: very close to hotel. Comfy beds and deserted beach to the left and the right if you fancy a dip in the nip! Would we go again? Yes. I never like to go to the same place twice, but I think we could make an exception for the Akti Palace.