Roda Beach Hotel

good too. Some people have commented about the limited snacks during the day, which consist of danish pastries, crossaints, cheese and ham rolls and crisps etc. but to be honest you can eat here from the moment you awake to late evening so I really don\'t get the problem. I have been in some hotels in Barbados that offer the same kind of food during the day, for a lot more money.

We never had a tummy ache and it certainly wasn\'t the \'barforama\' that some people have made out. There were a few incidents of upset tummies but it was by no means as some reviews state. Perhaps people should wash their hands before eating, especially if you have been on the beach or in the pool, its just basic hygiene!

The hotel entertainment was varied, but for our needs the Thomas Cook girls were great. For a small fee our son could join in with activities even though we did not book with them, and there was a kids disco in the evening. I have seem some very negative comments about these ladies and I am appalled at the unfairness of the comments. They work very hard and are very caring.

The hotel is quite large and some of the rooms have not been refurbished but this is reflected in the price when booking. We found the reception staff to be very helpful and cheerful and the restaurant staff were very hardworking.

to take my towels off me which were covered in urine and flung them at her).

The Thomas Cook rep was not interested at all until I asked for a complaint from, and he demanded to know who told me about the forms, he was terrible. One morning my daughter (13) was screaming in her room, I went in to find an army of ants almost carrying her clothes out of the room.

The smell of sewerage was terrible and the bar staff (unless you are young blonde and have big boobs shout at you. The food, well my god, it was the same every day, never changed. I once went in the pool, the water got on my face that was it, it stung like acid.

Anyway day seven we got moved to another room, the kind of room I expected from the beginning. But the laugh was, I was informed by a member of staff Thomas Cook are the only tour operator to still be using the horrible smelly cold water running rooms, and another surprise they are all being demolished in October to be upgraded like all the other rooms, well by god about time they got their fingers out.

I came back on June 16th, so far no-one at Thomas Cook will speak to me about all the problems. Apart from this, after paying for an all inclusive, we spent a fortune going to Roda to eat and drink (oh did I mention the drinks taste terrible but you cannot get drunk on them).

Roda itself is lovely, but never ever again would I stay at this hotel or in fact any of its chain hotels, cos if their Manners are all the same well there is no hope, rude rude rude.

wait so wasn\'t a problem
Pools: We stayed around the near our rooms and it was always very quiet and peaceful. No problems with the main pool and slides and I have no idea why people are saying they got \"burned\" by the pool it was treated salted water but I saw a man test the water every single day and never saw anyone with any issues with it.
Sports: The footie pitch is a really good qulaity astroturf and in very good condition likewise the tennis courts

The only complaints that I managed to come up with were the fruit selection wasn\'t great (the cakes and pancakes defintely made up for it) and the entertainment wasn\'t great

I was very tempted to not post a review to keep people away from this hotel and I find it extremely good value for money and would certainly go back

I have just retruned from a holiday at the Roda Beach, Corfu. My wife and I had an enjoyable holiday looked after by friendly staff in a lovely environment.

However, I have to complain severely about the treatment of new residents and the very low quality of \"standard\" rooms that guests who don\'t pay an extra fee are allocated. We paid for a standard room in a 5-star hotel and were allocated something similar to a prison cell. This room was the worst I have ever seen in 30 years of travelling around the world. It was basic in the extreme and very very unpleasant. It was NOT anything like a standard 5-star room - it was not worthy of any star rating whatsoever.

I then had to pay E24 per night to \"upgrade\" to a room which at least resembled a standard 5-star room but NOT a superior 5-star room. This is a disgusting way to treat guests in a so-called, 5-star hotel.

The treatment of guests in this way at the start of their holiday is disgraceful. Through the week we watched people arrive, tired after long journeys, collecting their keys and within 10 minutes returning to reception to demand to be moved. Needless to say, the charge was E12 per person per night - a money-making scam! A terrible start to a holiday and stressful for the people working the reception desk having to continually deal with irrate customers.

The rest of the hotel is very nice but, if you advertise yourselves as a 5-star hotel, you should provide 5-star accomodation and treatment. This would NOT be a 5-star hotel anywhere else in the world but Greece!

Your web-site shows a beautiful room but does not show this as a \"superior\" room or say you will have to pay extra for it - guests arrive expecting this type of accomodation and not to be put in the horrible rooms we were allocated.

The only other complaint I have relates to the animation team. People are trying to have a relaxing holiday around a nice swimming pool but the team run around shouting and disturbing people and playing loud music to guests who, in the main, don\'t want it. All the people I spoke to wanted to relax and were fed up with noise and disturbances. I know they are only doing their jobs but it was just too much.

I did enjoy the week - the food was excellent, the people friendly and the main hotel was very nice. However, there need to be major improvements before I will return or recommend a Mitsis hotel to my friends.\"

clean and fresh towels were put in the rooms every day. If we had paid extra for the superior rooms, then we would have been asking for a refund because of the showers.

The swimming pool was all one depth (nearly 6 foot) so unless you were very tall, it was impossible to stand up in the water. The water was also very salty and we all felt very itchy when we got out of the pool.

The food was the same every day. No variety at all. Although we were all inclusive we ate out several times because we were fed up with the same thing day in, day out. When we have been all inclusive before at other resorts and hotels, there have been drinks and snacks available 24 hours a day. Once the bar closed at night, there was nowhere to get a soft drink, water or coffee etc. until breakfast the next morning.

To get into Roda village it was a 15 minute walk across the beach or a very long walk (approx. 40 minutes)along the roadway which was very steep. Although we were told by the reps. that you could get a cab into Roda, it was almost impossible as they didn\'t turn up when you ordered them at the reception.

The animation team at the hotel were very friendly and got lots of people involved with the day to day activities and worked very hard.

I was very diasappointed in this holiday and would never consider going to this hotel again.

UK operator issued letter telling us NOT to go in pool if we had suffered injury, but they kept it open for subsequent new arrivals to then suffer the same problems.

They said tests came back clear - but pool was virtually empty for our 2nd week, and they stopped the in-house watersports because Entertainment Team wouldn\'t go in water (apart from once, to prove to guests it was safe! They then stopped it again for next 2 days - draw your own conclusion!).

CAUTION: If allowing your children to enter pool, please ensure they shower after visit - and encourage them to avoid getting contact with their eyes (difficult I know).

To close - if you are lucky enough to get the superior rooms at no cost, and they sort the pool out - this hotel would be ideal for families.

Unfortunately, the management of these two elements (by UK operator and hotel) have resulted in my family declaring it our worst experience ever.