Rooms are horrible, ugly and depressing. There are no electric sockets by the bed, we had to disconnect the tv to charge our phones.
Food in the all inclusive offer is average, i don't remember single dish that was really tasty and i remember couple that were just bad.
Drink offer in the all inclusive is a joke- water was the only drinkable beverage. They don't even have lemon to put the slice in the drink.
If you travel with w baby and have baby pram, forget about using it in the hotel area- there are lots of stairs everywhere and 0 ramps
Pluses:
- nice gardens
- close to the beach
- nice, friendly staff
Fair rating should be max 3/5
starstar Michal Sapalski
Review in points>>>
PROS:
>well-tendend garden
>exellent personel
>really clean everywhere
>rather quiet place
>there are places for kids
>one of the gratest hotel pizzas in pools bar
>daily attractions in pool and amfiteatre
>beach is attached to a hotel
INDIRECT:
>food really depends on evening theme (greek theme was amazing)
>rooms are clean but outdated
CONS:
>"all inclusive" drinks in bar are just bad
>we have experienced "overbooking"... Have to argue for a room
starstarstarstar Kirin
Got the all inclusive day wrist band which was excellent value for money pool was nice food was great and bar staff were so nice. Lifeguard was pig ignorant my friends had taken down the umbrella on the beach for 3 hours it was down and then he came over giving out to us saying he could go to jail if the umbrella hit someone in the head and proceeds to give out to us for about 5 minutes instead of just telling us to ask him to take it down next time. I'd definitely be replacing him for someone with better people skills or teach him some manners
starstarstarstar Claudia McCabe
The review depends a lot on how do you want to be your holiday.
Pro: There are multiple buildings forming a campus like a paradise - a lot of palms, trees, multiple pools, restaurants, bars, a theatre, etc.
At any night, there is a different show - I would say pleasant and bit funny.
The food is delicious, extra snaks, pizza, etc.
I didn't interact so much with the staff, but it seems that they are ready to help you.
Extra activities like: minigolf, voley, football.
As a conclusion: a small paradise while you are staying in their campus.
Contra: Even if they have a small piece of a private beach, there are a lot of rocks in the water, so there was not so many people enjoying the sea in area. We went everyday, exepting the trip days, to the next beach and rented sunbeds - which is very close and clean.
The "must see" places in Crete - Balos beach, Elafonsi beach and Chania region are far away from hotel - around 3-4 hours by car. We chose to visit other closer attractions: Zeus cave, Koufonisi island, Cretaquarium.
There are a lot of drinkings included in all-inclusive - alcoholic and non alc cocktails, but they are very poor. Even the Cola is not Cola at all.
starstarstarstar Ddd Dďd
We were three (2 adults and one child) and spend two weeks in Dessole Malia Beach at the end of july.
The room was ok since we were out all the time in the swimming pool or at the beach. (or to visit Heraklion and other place) Anyway we got a nice balcony (like every room) with two chairs and a convenient table.
Bravo Club staff was great (Frederica the very true nice leader of the team, Gacien very nice and hard worker at the same time, Matteo perfect for aquagym, Teo, Raquel, Alba, Alexandre, Frederico and anyone I forget) Show about every morning at 21:45.
But even if we were a family, we have felt the lack of a real space for night parties/for a disco. The Dessole field is very huge, so do something about this please! (the pool party was a disaster for everyone but the kids)
The food was perfect. (of course you don't get fresh orange juice for free but at every meal you can get fresh fruits that is even better)
At the Taverna you can get a dinner one time during your staying but it was not so nice (you have only 3 choices for the main dish and the rest was not so tasty)
But the taverna restaurant is nice for the lunch during the time the main restaurant is too busy.
Only one complaint: the "Mai Tai" cocktail (7€) was horrible. (if you want get a non free cocktail at the same price is better to go outside) I have not tried any other not free cocktail. But anyway the place is perfect to take any drink by the sea. fantastic!
So I cannot understand why the Dessole doesn't get a real open air space for a disco.
Anyway fantastic :)
starstarstarstarstar Drix T
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