Platanista Hotel

We loved the environment and in particular the architecture of the hotel settings. The entertainment was good, subtle and authentic. The rooms were clean. The air conditioning in our room (515) was great. The food in the restaurant and poolside cafe was great. The service was excellent. The pools are clean and large with ample room for all. Water polo nets and a basket net we a great hit. The hotel is very well kept in general. Front of desk staff were highly professional and helpful. We would definitely come back to this hotel if returning to Kos. It is possible to rent cars, bikes, scooters just down the street from the hotel.

Travel from the hotel into town is difficult. The wait for taxis is very long, even if booked hours in advance, the wait can be 1+hours. There is no bus reliable service, despite what is advertised. Even transport between the hotel and the airport is unreliable. The hotel may have an opportunity to improve this service, perhaps by organising a shuttle service into Town in the evenings for hotel guests for example. There are no designated non-smoking areas. This could be a consideration both in the restaurant areas and the pool areas. Finally, the beach area could do with a bit more work to bring it to the 4+ standard of the main hotel and its pools. But it is great that hotel management had created a "pathway" with gravel bags under the water from the shore into the sea to ease the entrance into the sea. Would still advise wearing swim shoes at this beach. But honestly, it's a great hotel. Beautiful gardens, very well kept. Beautiful views of the sunset and the hills. We would love to visit again in the future.

Rooms, food

Location was perfect. Everybody were very kindly. I prefer to everyone

Breakfasts and dinner were very delicious. Location was very good. It was close to center by car.

All good

Room is clean. Dinners are excellent. Staff is very helpful. Two big swimming pools

For this price, I expected a bit more. I expected not to have a limit on how often I could change my beach towels. I expected some of the basic things to be included (water, hair conditioner, bike rentals). Spa was also not included.The hotel is good, but overpriced. For the same price, just 30 mins away in Turkey, you can get 10 times as much.

Breakfast was great a very large variety, location was good not to far and public transport available, though the bus timetable was a bit out maybe need an uodate

I think the only thing l could fault would be the pool hours 10-6 not long enough, maybe open earlier