Kriti Beach Hotel

The hotel is very well run, located approximately 15 minute walk from the harbour, the old town and the fortress. The food is very good, with different dishes available every night and lots of choice. The house white wine was very drinkable! The staff work really hard and give a very good service in the restaurant, as everywhere in the hotel. The bar at the front of the hotel is well run and always busy, again with excellent service. ( he makes a very good Mai Tai!) Entertainment on a couple of the evenings was also very good. The hotel beach across the road is easily accessible, and the rooms are very comfortable and regularly cleaned. All round, would recommend and I would definitely return to this hotel.

The staff were the absolute best. We were with our 3 yr old and they were amazing with taking and looking out for her.

The pool

The luggage person was nice and helpful at the entrance They did try and help with baby bath which they didn’t have. Breakfast was fine

This is not a 5 stars hotel. The lobby and elevator smells of cigarettes, the elevator is tiny, couldn’t get inside with the baby’s stroller. The air conditioning in the room is very hold and takes time to cool, if you leave the room or open the balcony’s window, it shuts off and takes time to cool again. It is not view to the sea, it is side view. The rooms are small , we couldn’t open our luggage since we also have a baby and needed a bed for him. We shortened our trip and didn’t stay there the whole time we were supposed to because we didn’t have any space.

Just spent 2weeks at Kriti with my daughter, and what a great place to stay it was. Location is very good, nearby old town, Fortezza, shopping possibilities, and great beach right across street. Our room was comfy and our fantastic cleaning lady kept it beautifully clean and fresh on daily basis. Overall staff was very nice and helpful, also service at Kriti’s beach area was just awesome. Breakfast and dinner buffets were great, allot of good and tasty food to choose from, and i.e. omelettes prepared according to customers’ choice @breakfast. There was a dress code for dinner, which i personally was happy with. I rather see ppl dressing nicely for dinner, than not. I’ll choose Kriti Hotel if my way leads back to Rethymno at some point. I already miss time we spent there even though been back home only 2days by now :)

Excellent location with a private beach, a lot of places with delicious food. Friendly and willing to help staff, particularly at the reception desk. They assisted us with a travel recommendations and taxi to airport.

Not a big issue, but in a family suit, while an air conditioner works pretty well in the main room, it is somehow weak in the children's room. I also do not understand why you need to put 2 separate beds in the main room...

Great rooms, great location, really friendly staff and wonderful buffet breakfast.

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Excellent location, very friendly and helpful staff. They also provided us with a complimentary sunset boat tour which was marvelous. Beach is also great.

Food could be better

Location, the hotel is right in front of the seaside and has access to a private beach. Air conditioning was also good as the temperature outside was hot. The bed was comfortable although we had 2single beds instead of a double bed

The overall look of the hotel felt old and dated. At first glance the room looked clean and tidy, but on closer inspection the tv had a thick layer of dust on top & there were several long black hairs on the bathroom floor (I’m blonde & husband is bald) also the paper doily under the drinking glasses looked like they’d been there for weeks. Breakfast was very chaotic, with waiting staff running around like crazy. Looking like they didn’t want to be there. The food offer wasn’t great either. Plenty of choices but the quality was poor.

The first day of our stay we were denied entry to the restaurant for dinner because our son was wearing croc shoes (12 years old). In order to use the services, we were forced to purchase appropriate footwear. We were surprised to see in the following days how family members of the staff and certain selected guests violate this dress code with the permission of the staff who did not allow us to enter.