GRECOTEL VILLA OLIVA

My wife and I, along with my 7-year-old son, stayed at this hotel for the first time this year. I have to say that the rooms are nice and clean, and the cleaning staff are very friendly. The restaurant always offers the same food, the choice and quality are terrible, but the manager, Sakis, is very kind. The bar offers excellent cocktails, compliments to the bartenders. The children's entertainment was depressing, as my son played with small children, so much so that he didn't want to go to the kids' club. And let's not even talk about the entertainment staff, which is terrible. The girl was asleep while my son and I were playing darts and was on her phone. Then there's the head entertainer, Gregory, who is incredibly rude and doesn't know how to speak politely to us guests. He's also the typical boss who doesn't do anything during the day but is always at the bar or on his phone. I wonder, we paid so much and then we find these people who don't know how to do their job. We don't recommend this hotel. The entertainment is VERY TERRIBLE AND RUDE!!!

Just got back from a week’s stay at this lovely hotel. From the moment you arrive to the moment you leave the staff cannot do enough for you. Everyone is so friendly and the food is delicious (make sure you book the à la carte restaurants because they are fab - ask the hotel for details for the app before you arrive so that you can book in advance) All drinks included in the all inclusive package. My husband injured his back whilst we were there and a special mention goes to Aggeliki and Konstantina who were so considerate and couldn’t do enough to help. There is a steep hill to get down to the beach but there is a free taxi service up and down the hill - very welcome after a hard day relaxing at the beach!! We stayed in the main hotel on the top floor which had a fabulous sea view. Bathroom was a little bit tired but rooms were clean and spacious. First time we have done all inclusive and a chilled week is just what we needed. Thank you to all the staff for making a memorable holiday - we will be back!

Five friends and I booked a short break to Daphnila bay and we could not have been happier. The hotel is in a beautiful location with gorgeous views and crystal clear sea. The hotel is very aesthetically pleasing, spotlessly clean with lots of different spaces to explore, the Greek taverna and Asian restaurants on the beach, a beautiful bar area inside and out and the Italian a la carte restaurant where the food was stunning. The food in all of the restaurants did not disappoint in any way and exceeded our expectations. The drinks selection was lovely with branded spirits, cocktail and even a wine tasting experience if you book it. The pool is very refreshing, clean with comfortable sun loungers, towels provided in all areas and the staff can not do enough for you. The service we received from the guest services team, Alexis and Angela especially who went above and beyond during our entire stay. We loved it so much we’re coming back again asap. We had a wonderful day on the Asteras bbq boat trip, the highlight of our stay! Thank you so much for our wonderful much needed mums break!

Just got home from a week staying with my 3 year old and husband. Pros: - hotel staff amazingly friendly and helpful - staff work hard to keep the hotel clean - shallow pool for toddlers was great - evening outdoor cinema a nice touch to keep children busy - and the popcorn and candy floss! - à la carte restaurant experiences were lovely - danilia village trip was a great evening outdoor cinema - easy to book trip to Corfu town via hotel concierge - sunbeds can’t be reserved until after 9am so avoids the crazy rush - daily crepes and ice cream! Cons: - very little shade available at the pool - less children’s facilities than expected - challenging finding child-friendly food sometimes in the main restaurant, no pool slides/play area - the kids club area was very basic. Friendly team but just a wooden shed with some old children’s games and a plastic wendyhouse - whole site needs some TLC. Stayed in a bungalow which had a brilliant view but very shabby around the edges. Needs renovating (reception area and pool deck/bar most modern) as very tired decor / scruffy - beach could be much more beautiful. Beach restaurant / bar really nice but the beach has very little sand and is mostly scrubby grass Overall we would recommend, but definitely some elements to improve!

The Grecotel Daphnila Bay has a fantastic location with a beautiful beach and calm bay for swimming, watersports and views. The chilled relaxed vibe was perfect for a post A levels family holiday. Staff were amazing, they genuinely wanted to help and were very friendly and professional. We had a family bungalow with an amazing view, I suppose you could say some small bits of the bungalow were a little tired but overall it was lovely. Gardens were amazingly well kept, great work by the team! Any issues were quickly dealt with - the kettle leaked, by the time we got back to our bungalow we had a new one! How staff managed to clear the place up so quickly after an incredible storm I have no idea! Everyone seemed to genuinely help each other and the different area teams all seemed to work together well. Beach bar - constantly busy but quick! Terrace bar lovely, pool bar busy and efficient. Food - constant high quality in the buffet and restaurants. We had lunch at the beach bar most days, great pizza, fresh salads & fruit. Asia Oliva - amazing. Tavernaki - mezze for starters fantastic, could have eaten that all night! Il Gattopardo, delicious - beef carpaccio and arancini recommended, all pasta mains too! Activities - cocktail making class fun, wine tasting fab. Hoped to play water polo but the storm rolled in that day! We preferred the beach to the pool but it’s personal preference. Drivers constantly doing laps from hotel to beach, and stopping to drop you at your accommodation. Corfu Ski Club on the beach an absolute bonus! We will definitely be back! Thank you to the amazing team.

The diving team at Daphnila and their sister hotel are exceptional. I can't recommend James and his team enough, they're friendly, professional and elevate the entire experience. The trips they run twice daily cater to all experience levels and show off some stunning locations along Corfu's coast.

We’re currently staying at the hotel and have had a wonderful experience. The staff have been incredibly friendly, welcoming and accommodating throughout our stay. The rooms are spotless, and the food has been exceptional. The à la carte restaurants are particularly fantastic and well worth booking. There are always plenty of sunbeds available, so there’s no need to rush out early to reserve one. The gym could do with a little reorganisation and would benefit from a greater variety of equipment rather than duplicate machines. A leg extension and leg press would be great additions. The beach is at the bottom of a hill, but there’s a shuttle buggy that takes guests up and down, making it very convenient. If I were to offer one tip, I would recommend upgrading to a room with a better view, as it really adds to the overall experience. My mum and I would definitely return, although we’d probably visit outside the school holidays when there are fewer families. That said, if you’re travelling with children, this hotel is an excellent choice. Overall, the atmosphere has been fantastic, and we actually preferred this hotel to the other two partner hotels. We’d happily recommend it and look forward to coming back. Kerry and Susan

We’ve just got back from an amazing stay at Grecotel Daphnila Bay and honestly can’t fault it. The food was excellent throughout our stay, there was loads of choice and everything was really good. The cocktails deserve a mention too - they were brilliant! What really makes this hotel though is the staff. Every single person we came across genuinely seemed happy to see you and couldn’t do enough to help. It never felt forced - there is a real customer service culture here and it makes such a difference. I could name every member of staff because they were all fantastic, but a special thank you to Chrisanthi, Iannis and Christina. You were all wonderful. Can I also say… finally, a hotel that has got the sunbed situation right! No reserving before 9am and the staff actually monitor it and remove towels if people try. Why don’t more hotels do this? It completely changes the atmosphere. No getting up at silly o’clock to compete for a lounger and no rows over sunbeds - everyone gets a fair chance. The beach is lovely too and there are plenty of beds there as well. It’s a bit of a walk back up to the hotel, so it could be tricky for anyone with mobility issues, but there’s a buggy constantly running up and down that you can jump on for free, which is a great touch. We had a couple issues with our room on arrival, we went for the sea view balcony room but by calling reception, they were fixed within minutes. The hotel is spotlessly clean and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you to everyone for making our holiday so special. We loved every minute and we’ll definitely be back.

We had a superb holiday at this hotel from the 16 June to 23 June. The location is approximately 23 minutes from the airport. The hotel provides a shuttle bus to Corfu town which you book at reception 10 euros each there and back. The views are fabulous, the staff were always helpful and smiling. Food excellent and drinks choice excellent. Lovely beach and garden areas, plenty of shade provided by the trees at the beach. It is a fairly steep hill down to the beach but great for exercise. Regular buggys and car to take you up and down the hill.

Currently staying at the hotel, it’s lovely, clean, extremely friendly and helpful staff ! Food and drink, service all excellent ! However the hill is awful …. Really consider this if you have limited mobility or have a pushchair to take ! The taxi service is super helpful but you have to time it right … The hotel is on a flight path so can be noisy - didn’t really bother us as we like plane spotting. For us the reason we booked this for a family holiday was the opportunity to ride on the beach. It’s the only reason we booked this hotel for my daughter’s 21st .. both travel agent and hotel said we could do this … we then promptly went to book it to be told it was no longer on the activities calender and the hotel couldn’t help. They could try and find somewhere but it started to add up to hundreds of euros ! We have already spent £12,000 Coming !! But would definitely use the grecotels again as they are lovely.

From start to finish the experience at this hotel was amazing. Our room (family bungalow) was perfectly functional for us as a family of four with two boys ages - 7&8! Although not ultra new it was everything we needed it to be and it was impeccably cleaned everyday so we could not ask for more. The staff were exceptional from the wonderful Alexis who greeted us as we arrived and took us down to our room along with our bags, to the amazing staff in the restaurant, around the pool and our favourite place - the beach - where the lovely Litsa and Antonis were such welcome faces each day. The choice of drinks was outstanding with everything being made fresh and with brands you know - I especially enjoyed the freshly mixed cocktails complete with garnishes! The food was brilliant - so much to choose from and ultra family friendly for our fussy eaters!! The fact that you could chose to eat in the main restaurant, by the pool or down at the beach each lunchtime was a real treat. Although we were a little late to the party to book all restaurants (book before you go!) the places we got to visit did not disappoint. The Asian restaurant down at the beach was delightful and again kid friendly as well as the 'not to miss' Danilia Village which was simply amazing. The hotel as a whole gorgeous, there was so much space to relax in, entertainment was such a treat but never forced. From the outside cinema for the children to the live music evenings you really could not be disappointed by any of it. We would go back in a heartbeat so if you are questioning whether to go, then book it and see for yourself!

Another wonderful stay at this special place. Morning swims, lovely dinners - and a bit of dancing too! Yoga and Pilates on the beach with Mary deserve a special mention. What an amazing teacher! So knowledgeable and with such a calming energy. She really made the trip.

Daphnila Bay - my happy place! This will be my 9th year I think of staying with our lovely friends at Daphnila - the most wonderful holiday destination that I discovered by chance when I took my family there! This time it was a surprise trip organised by my lovely friends to celebrate a rather large looming birthday. And how wonderful it was. This place is an oasis of calm delight fun laughter and more. The staff are wonderful and look after you so well. Always delighted to see the lovely Antonis at the beach bar! And the yoga and pilates this year was just AMAZING with the lovely Mary - gosh - it was just magical being able to practise looking at the sea and the palm trees in the sunshine - very spiritual. The food as ever was wonderful - and don't miss out on the trip to Danilia Village - it's just such a fabulous place. We stayed in the villa and it's just amazing. Daphnila we love you and we will be back very soon, maybe later in the year! Thank you thank you thank you!!

My mum and I were spending 10 days here with my 4 year old daughter to celebrate my 30th birthday. We had a private transfer from the airport which took approximately 30 minutes. On arrival we were blown away by the standard of the lobby and the extremely welcoming and friendly staff. We were brought cold face cloths and fresh lemonade which showed us the high standard of service and attention to detail in which we would experience for the duration of our stay. We wanted to book in immediately for the à la carte restaurants as we read other reviews where people had experienced issues making reservations. I asked at reception if we could make reservations for any nights available as long as they were at 6:30pm as any later would be too late for my daughter. The same afternoon there was paper posted under our door with all of our reservations booked in spread out over the course of our stay. Every restaurant we ate at was an amazing experience, the staff, the food, the drinks and service, the fuss they all made of my daughter, she went from being a beige food picky eater to trying sushi and feta over night (the main restaurant is Mediterranean and although it caters for everything you can possibly want in the realm of fresh salad, meat, fish, Greek cuisine, it didn’t do chicken nuggets/burgers/pizza, but there was pasta and chips every night for the fussy kids!) The man that worked primarily on the door and in the restaurant became my daughters hero, they ended up making a handshake and she would look for him across the restaurant if we’d missed him on the way in, he would often stop in his tracks to give her a high five or head pat and went out of his way most evenings to warm her milk before we headed to our room. The beach was a short walk down the hill but the buggy drivers were always up and down and would happily give you a lift and always full of smiles. I often whatsapp messaged reception (definitely download the Grecotel app for contact information and making reservations) to ask for the buggy to collect us from the beach as most afternoons my daughter would fall asleep on a lounger after a fun filled day in kids club. Martyna and Pemi were absolute diamonds (there was another lady but we can’t remember her name). My daughter would be itching as soon as she finished breakfast to go and play with her ‘teachers’. The restaurant staff gave me a takeaway box to pack her some pastries and fruit from the breakfast buffet to take for a snack at kids club as once she was in, I could only get her back out when the closed for lunch! They had a full day to day (did not open on Sundays) schedule of activities on the app ranging from sand castles, face painting and science experiments ending with the mini disco up at the amphitheater at 6pm. The kids club was a well shaded and gated hut located by the beach and would be held inside the hotel on rainy days. This was perfect for me and mum as we would perch on sun loungers that are located on the grass by the hut and flow down onto the sand. The beach was very small with only a narrow strip of sand, we had read that beach shoes were needed as it was shingle but we found it was more sand than anything so didn’t bother using them. The beach perfect as it was small and safe for children and the tide didn’t really move. The beach bar also had excellent drinks and service and served lunch from 12:30 -2pm where it was a selection of fresh salads, gyros, wraps/toasties/burgers, pasta and chips and a constant replenishment of freshly made pizzas. There was also a crepe and gelato hut located at the beach with, again, outstanding service and staff and delicious sweet treats. The beach bar in which you have food in during the day is the Asia Oliva restaurant by night and again the experience was so good we tried getting into this one again before we left as you may get more than 1 visit to the à la carte if you stay longer than a week (everything was fully booked as the end of our holiday was the influx of half term arrivals already pre booking). The Tavernaki restaurant was also located on the beach front and was the most picturesque. This offered the traditional Greek cuisine, again, fantastic service and food. The lovely server with the long red hair (we didn’t get her name) was fantastic, would always stop for a chat when she saw us. The reception staff were exceptional and lost their minds over every outfit, truly made you feel like a celebrity. There were 2 bars up at the hotel, one opened in the evening to serve for the entertainment that was out on the patio. Most nights (except Sundays) there was live music but on the Tuesday of our stay premiered an acrobatics group which absolutely blew our minds so much that I believe they became a permanent part in the hotel’s entertainment schedule. The Nikos’s, the Mai Thai cocktail kings! Our drinks server, Nikos, introduced us to a Mai Thai on our first day and always had one lined up for us going forward and the bartending Nikos was so helpful and attentive. The Il Gattopardo Bar & Restaurant was located by the indoor bar which was my mums favourite for food. It just so happened that the Danilia Village reservation landed on my 30th birthday and it was the most dreamy location I have ever been to! 2 hours at this location wasn’t enough so we recommend you eat and drink as fast as you can and go and explore this setting for some of the best sunset photos you will ever get. I was gifted a surprise birthday cake and bottle of fizz which made my birthday so special. We made friends with a large family from Essex who absolutely erupted breakfast dining with a rendition of happy birthday, it was honestly the best birthday ever. We’ve just mentioned a few highlights of our stay but could go on for much longer, every concierge, waiter, cleaner, the man that manned the front gate with his dog- gave my daughter treats to feed him, every single member of staff went out of their way to maximise our experience here, even the general manager often stopped and spoke to us. When we left, the three of us shed a lot of tears, even my 4 year old was upset saying she wanted to live in Greece. So now we are left with the dilemma of do we explore as much of Greece as we can or do we return to this exact location for part 2??

It was a great stay at the hotel. The food was great, the staff was very polite und friendly and the whole atmosphere was perfect for a vacation. Some persons who really did enhance out stay were the employees from the salon bar. Nikos, the bartender and Nikos the server, were two of the many friendly staff we encountered during out stay. They did a really great job and always tried to entertain us in a personal way, which led to us feeling familiar through out the whole experience. We would highly recommend everyone to book a stay at this hotel.