Big Siberian greetings to all travelers! We travel quite a lot with my wife, but I am writing a review for the first time. The picture of the world is too broken. The purpose of the review is to warn travelers who want to relax with children (this is a key point) in this hotel about some, let's say, nuances and features in service.
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Big Siberian greetings to all travelers! We travel quite a lot with my wife, but I am writing a review for the first time. The picture of the world is too broken. The purpose of the review is to warn travelers who want to relax with children (this is a key point) in this hotel about some, let's say, nuances and features in service.
For some time now, my wife and I have simply been in love with Cyprus. We rested several times, always in Constantinou Bros Asimina (an excellent five-star almshouse, according to the age of the vacationers). But they do not allow children. We have grandchildren aged 5 and 7. I wanted to give my granddaughter a gift for the first school holidays.
Favorite tour operator (for more than 10 years) Marco Polo, found the room we needed on the right dates in the best hotel in Cyprus, in Anass. Double room with a door between rooms, ideal for 2 adults and 2 children.
First, about what I liked, the review is as objective as possible and I answer for every word written here.
Great location, far from Larnaca, of course, and we flew there on the last direct flight. A beautiful bay with a beautiful beach, in late October - early November, the water temperature is +25 degrees. The grandchildren already know how to swim, so they swam for at least half an hour, almost completely alone, to the envy of refined and pampered Europeans. Perfect and helpful beach service, and towels will be brought in the right (any) quantity, and the sunbeds will be deployed as needed.
The rooms fully met expectations, the height of the bed in the adult room was a bit embarrassing, at least 80 cm, it was not easy to get up from it with a sore back. The cleaning of the rooms is perfect, on the first day we talked to the housekeeper (this is our usual practice) about our work and rest schedule, and we did not see each other again. And the room was always perfect.
And now about unpleasant disappointments.
As the hero Kira Bulychev said, the main thing, in an unfamiliar place, is to get food. But with this we were not lucky ...Only breakfast was paid for, we planned to have dinner in Latchi, in the famous tavern Porto Latchi. In previous visits to Cyprus, we visited this tavern several times, the impressions were the most favorable. For these purposes (for the first time) a car was rented. First driving experience with right hand drive. But after the clock was switched to winter time, it became dark from Sunday, October 27, already at 18:00. The roads are not lit, left-hand traffic, for the first time, in general, we did not take risks.
We decided to have dinner at the hotel in the restaurant "Amphora" (where there is a buffet, and there was a chance that the children would eat something). Moreover, we were offered a truly "royal" gift - if adults dine seven times at the Amphora restaurant for 60 euros per person (without drinks), then children dine for free.
The hotel positions itself for family holidays with children (there is a kids club, although a shallow pool (!! ! )), but this is a hotel, and the kitchen and the restaurant are not very popular with children. There is nothing else I can explain the almost complete lack of food for children: not once in a week there was no porridge, a normal omelette, pancakes, that is, what children eat, they are such conservatives ...
And the behavior of the waiters just plunged into a quiet shock, the dirty dishes from the tables had to be cleaned on their own, in front of the waiters, who did not even try to help. Dinner is even more interesting. The whole quest is just to get into a restaurant and sit down at a table. If you arrive at five minutes to seven, then after standing in a small queue for 5 minutes (the administrator, depicting violent activity, writes something manually (!!! ), on a dozen pieces of paper). If you arrive later, you will have to stand in line for at least 15 minutes. If you enter from the street (the entrance is free) you will be escorted to the end of the queue.
This is with free tables, and free waiters milling around like sleepy flies.
Moreover, the queue is so specific, or rather, not at all politically correct, in the queue there are disabled people in wheelchairs, and mothers with several children, one of whom is usually breastfeeding, and violently expresses their indignation. In general, fun. And God forbid you order a bottle of wine. They will bring it 30 minutes after the order, pour a glass, and hide the bottle in a bucket of ice, behind the nearest (3-4 meters) column. So that in no case do you add wine to yourself (!!! ).
Okay, so be it, service is service. So after all, the waiters are not suitable to fill the glasses. My wife and I have already made a bet when the waiter will deign to pay attention to us. Record - 27 minutes with empty glasses! I’m not talking about dirty plates, everything is the same with breakfast. What speaks about systemic problems in the organization of the restaurant.
And again about baby food.
A table with baby food for dinner (I will not hide this) with a tray for pasta, a tray of brown overcooked nuggets, and a tray of small dried fries. Everything is not very tasty, the children ate a little bit, only because of the feeling of severe hunger. The assortment was very stable, that is, for seven days the contents of the trays of the children's table were the same. Which is very disappointing, because with lunch at the Pelagos restaurant, by the pool, everything was fine. We came to the opening, at 12-30, sat down at a free table (ourselves). Within a few seconds, the waiter appeared and took the order, after 5-10 minutes everything ordered was on the table. Great kids menu, kids ate all day. The main menu is amazing octopuses. I took them every time, never ate them. And, of course, no problems with dirty dishes.
By the end of the holiday, there was a strong feeling that the Amphora restaurant for breakfast and dinner and the Pelagos pool restaurant belong to completely different hotels ...
Well, the control in the head. A couple of times in the room brought "compliments" in the form of confectionery, some buns, cakes. Since we are raising our grandchildren in the traditions of a healthy diet, we did not touch these "compliments". But on Friday, November 01, returning from the sea at 16-00 (three more hours before dinner), they could not stand it. The grandson, having sniffed, refused to eat the minimuffin, the adults ate one each, the granddaughter two. After an hour and a half, all the symptoms of food poisoning in three people who ate these "compliments", nausea, turning into repeated vomiting. In general, the farewell dinner was disrupted. I had to eat nothing for a day, we recovered from poisoning for another week. "Thank you" to the chefs and cuisine of the best hotel in Cyprus.
Good luck to all.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones.
For some time now, my wife and I have simply been in love with Cyprus. We rested several times, always in Constantinou Bros Asimina (an excellent five-star almshouse, according to the age of the vacationers). But they do not allow children. We have grandchildren aged 5 and 7. I wanted to give my granddaughter a gift for the first school holidays.
Favorite tour operator (for more than 10 years) Marco Polo, found the room we needed on the right dates in the best hotel in Cyprus, in Anass. Double room with a door between rooms, ideal for 2 adults and 2 children.
First, about what I liked, the review is as objective as possible and I answer for every word written here.
Great location, far from Larnaca, of course, and we flew there on the last direct flight. A beautiful bay with a beautiful beach, in late October - early November, the water temperature is +25 degrees. The grandchildren already know how to swim, so they swam for at least half an hour, almost completely alone, to the envy of refined and pampered Europeans. Perfect and helpful beach service, and towels will be brought in the right (any) quantity, and the sunbeds will be deployed as needed.
The rooms fully met expectations, the height of the bed in the adult room was a bit embarrassing, at least 80 cm, it was not easy to get up from it with a sore back. The cleaning of the rooms is perfect, on the first day we talked to the housekeeper (this is our usual practice) about our work and rest schedule, and we did not see each other again. And the room was always perfect.
And now about unpleasant disappointments.
As the hero Kira Bulychev said, the main thing, in an unfamiliar place, is to get food. But with this we were not lucky ...Only breakfast was paid for, we planned to have dinner in Latchi, in the famous tavern Porto Latchi. In previous visits to Cyprus, we visited this tavern several times, the impressions were the most favorable. For these purposes (for the first time) a car was rented. First driving experience with right hand drive. But after the clock was switched to winter time, it became dark from Sunday, October 27, already at 18:00. The roads are not lit, left-hand traffic, for the first time, in general, we did not take risks.
We decided to have dinner at the hotel in the restaurant "Amphora" (where there is a buffet, and there was a chance that the children would eat something). Moreover, we were offered a truly "royal" gift - if adults dine seven times at the Amphora restaurant for 60 euros per person (without drinks), then children dine for free.
The hotel positions itself for family holidays with children (there is a kids club, although a shallow pool (!! ! )), but this is a hotel, and the kitchen and the restaurant are not very popular with children. There is nothing else I can explain the almost complete lack of food for children: not once in a week there was no porridge, a normal omelette, pancakes, that is, what children eat, they are such conservatives ...
And the behavior of the waiters just plunged into a quiet shock, the dirty dishes from the tables had to be cleaned on their own, in front of the waiters, who did not even try to help. Dinner is even more interesting. The whole quest is just to get into a restaurant and sit down at a table. If you arrive at five minutes to seven, then after standing in a small queue for 5 minutes (the administrator, depicting violent activity, writes something manually (!!! ), on a dozen pieces of paper). If you arrive later, you will have to stand in line for at least 15 minutes. If you enter from the street (the entrance is free) you will be escorted to the end of the queue.
This is with free tables, and free waiters milling around like sleepy flies.
Moreover, the queue is so specific, or rather, not at all politically correct, in the queue there are disabled people in wheelchairs, and mothers with several children, one of whom is usually breastfeeding, and violently expresses their indignation. In general, fun. And God forbid you order a bottle of wine. They will bring it 30 minutes after the order, pour a glass, and hide the bottle in a bucket of ice, behind the nearest (3-4 meters) column. So that in no case do you add wine to yourself (!!! ).
Okay, so be it, service is service. So after all, the waiters are not suitable to fill the glasses. My wife and I have already made a bet when the waiter will deign to pay attention to us. Record - 27 minutes with empty glasses! I’m not talking about dirty plates, everything is the same with breakfast. What speaks about systemic problems in the organization of the restaurant.
And again about baby food.
A table with baby food for dinner (I will not hide this) with a tray for pasta, a tray of brown overcooked nuggets, and a tray of small dried fries. Everything is not very tasty, the children ate a little bit, only because of the feeling of severe hunger. The assortment was very stable, that is, for seven days the contents of the trays of the children's table were the same. Which is very disappointing, because with lunch at the Pelagos restaurant, by the pool, everything was fine. We came to the opening, at 12-30, sat down at a free table (ourselves). Within a few seconds, the waiter appeared and took the order, after 5-10 minutes everything ordered was on the table. Great kids menu, kids ate all day. The main menu is amazing octopuses. I took them every time, never ate them. And, of course, no problems with dirty dishes.
By the end of the holiday, there was a strong feeling that the Amphora restaurant for breakfast and dinner and the Pelagos pool restaurant belong to completely different hotels ...
Well, the control in the head. A couple of times in the room brought "compliments" in the form of confectionery, some buns, cakes. Since we are raising our grandchildren in the traditions of a healthy diet, we did not touch these "compliments". But on Friday, November 01, returning from the sea at 16-00 (three more hours before dinner), they could not stand it. The grandson, having sniffed, refused to eat the minimuffin, the adults ate one each, the granddaughter two. After an hour and a half, all the symptoms of food poisoning in three people who ate these "compliments", nausea, turning into repeated vomiting. In general, the farewell dinner was disrupted. I had to eat nothing for a day, we recovered from poisoning for another week. "Thank you" to the chefs and cuisine of the best hotel in Cyprus.
Good luck to all.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones.
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Review Summary I had my holidays in Anassa hotel. There are good food, friendly staff and warm atmosphere. Thanks a lot. By the way there are many things which are needed to mend. Hot spot together with tea bags& sugar are suggested in the room for 10 euro for every day. Only one bootle of drinking water for 3 person family is suggested in the room every day.
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I had my holidays in Anassa hotel. There are good food, friendly staff and warm atmosphere. Thanks a lot. By the way there are many things which are needed to mend. Hot spot together with tea bags& sugar are suggested in the room for 10 euro for every day. Only one bootle of drinking water for 3 person family is suggested in the room every day. Other drinks are extra paying... It is not 5 stars hotel service. All beverages in the Anassa are overpriced. No football field, no beach-volleyball. There are not many things for entertainment - only good food. They must think about billiards, evening cinema in conference hall, bowling, etc. Because their facilities for entertainment are zero. "Cyprus evening" is terrible because of poor music and dance team... only dinner live piano is perfect in Helios restaurant. Thanks to Vaya...Time to time a lot of rubbish in the sea near the Anassa hotel beach - it must be cleaned much properly.
Hotel area
There is no walking area at all. The greenery is well maintained in this hotel, however, some paths for walking are not even paved, the shops are very modest and small in terms of assortment...
Hotel rooms
Studio Suit all with sea view... the rooms themselves are not super modern, but quite nice and comfortable... the balconies are small.... However, the rooms do not even have a kettle and tea facilities - all this is provided upon request in the Room Service with an additional paying 10 euro daily ( sic! ! ! )... minibar is full - however the prices are totally unrealistic... plain water 0.33 L costs 4 euro, and a liter bottle of drinking water costs 9 euro in room service (including room service fee) ...
the choice of Russian channels is minimal: the first channel, Russia 1, RTR Planet ...and that's it ! ! !
Service
The service at the hotel from the staff is excellent, but the prices for everything are just crazy ...
Nutrition
we stayed on a HB basis, the restaurants are good, especially Helios (a la cart)...the food in the buffet restaurant is themed...italian food evening, asian evening... etc.
The Basiliko restaurant is prohibitively expensive.... dinner for one person with a glass of wine will cost at least 150 euro. Pellagos restaurant - Medditerean cuisine...fish mostly...this restaurant has a lot of flies and the management doesn't fight it. They don’t have special equipment against flies (as in Turkey) ...accordingly, flies are lying on the table in olives ...The prices in this restaurant are high ....
Sea beach
The water was very clean for 10 days, and the last two days the sea was full of plastic garbage ...the hotel staff cleaned it, collected several bags of garbage from the water - it did not help ...the water was very dirty and it was impossible to swim ...
the beach is big and clean...
beach boys work well: lay towels, open umbrellas... there is no beach volleyball court on the beach
Entertainment and sports
There is no animation at all ...there is no football and volleyball court (on the beach), from sports - only ping-pong (two tables) ...and they have a large tennis ...fitness room is good and thoughtful (in the zone spa)... SPA is good... but the prices are high... there are no evening shows... there are no evening shows of films for children... no discos... no billiards... no bowling.... live music in the Armonia bar and live piano in the Helios restaurant in the evenings... very professional...
Children
Playground - like in Moscow courtyards ...otherwise, nothing is provided for children at all ...there is a children's club, but very small and ill-conceived. . .
I had my holidays in Anassa hotel. There are good food, friendly staff and warm atmosphere. Thanks a lot. By the way there are many things which are needed to mend. Hot spot together with tea bags& sugar are suggested in the room for 10 euro for every day. Only one bootle of drinking water for 3 person family is suggested in the room every day. Other drinks are extra paying... It is not 5 stars hotel service. All beverages in the Anassa are overpriced. No football field, no beach-volleyball. There are not many things for entertainment - only good food. They must think about billiards, evening cinema in conference hall, bowling, etc. Because their facilities for entertainment are zero. "Cyprus evening" is terrible because of poor music and dance team... only dinner live piano is perfect in Helios restaurant. Thanks to Vaya...Time to time a lot of rubbish in the sea near the Anassa hotel beach - it must be cleaned much properly.
Hotel area
There is no walking area at all. The greenery is well maintained in this hotel, however, some paths for walking are not even paved, the shops are very modest and small in terms of assortment...
Hotel rooms
Studio Suit all with sea view... the rooms themselves are not super modern, but quite nice and comfortable... the balconies are small.... However, the rooms do not even have a kettle and tea facilities - all this is provided upon request in the Room Service with an additional paying 10 euro daily ( sic! ! ! )... minibar is full - however the prices are totally unrealistic... plain water 0.33 L costs 4 euro, and a liter bottle of drinking water costs 9 euro in room service (including room service fee) ...
the choice of Russian channels is minimal: the first channel, Russia 1, RTR Planet ...and that's it ! ! !
Service
The service at the hotel from the staff is excellent, but the prices for everything are just crazy ...
Nutrition
we stayed on a HB basis, the restaurants are good, especially Helios (a la cart)...the food in the buffet restaurant is themed...italian food evening, asian evening... etc.
The Basiliko restaurant is prohibitively expensive.... dinner for one person with a glass of wine will cost at least 150 euro. Pellagos restaurant - Medditerean cuisine...fish mostly...this restaurant has a lot of flies and the management doesn't fight it. They don’t have special equipment against flies (as in Turkey) ...accordingly, flies are lying on the table in olives ...The prices in this restaurant are high ....
Sea beach
The water was very clean for 10 days, and the last two days the sea was full of plastic garbage ...the hotel staff cleaned it, collected several bags of garbage from the water - it did not help ...the water was very dirty and it was impossible to swim ...
the beach is big and clean...
beach boys work well: lay towels, open umbrellas... there is no beach volleyball court on the beach
Entertainment and sports
There is no animation at all ...there is no football and volleyball court (on the beach), from sports - only ping-pong (two tables) ...and they have a large tennis ...fitness room is good and thoughtful (in the zone spa)... SPA is good... but the prices are high... there are no evening shows... there are no evening shows of films for children... no discos... no billiards... no bowling.... live music in the Armonia bar and live piano in the Helios restaurant in the evenings... very professional...
Children
Playground - like in Moscow courtyards ...otherwise, nothing is provided for children at all ...there is a children's club, but very small and ill-conceived. . .
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In the morning, on the second day of our stay, when my parents woke up, they found a huge live ant in their bed, a small ant was also crawling in the bathroom, there were ants on the floor near the reception, at breakfast, in a Swedish restaurant, ants were crawling on the floor , thank God they were not in the food, but in the restaurant these ants were also present on the tables, which crawled over table knives, forks and other cutlery.
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In the morning, on the second day of our stay, when my parents woke up, they found a huge live ant in their bed, a small ant was also crawling in the bathroom, there were ants on the floor near the reception, at breakfast, in a Swedish restaurant, ants were crawling on the floor , thank God they were not in the food, but in the restaurant these ants were also present on the tables, which crawled over table knives, forks and other cutlery. Also, when I went to bed and removed the warm blanket on the bed, there was a spider on it. The bed was dirty, the pillows were in some kind of divorce, as well as the sheets. In the bathroom, once they gave a towel, on which there were black stains, as if a car had passed on it, and then, as if nothing had happened, they put it in the room. Also, upon arrival at the hotel, we were not told where the dinner would take place, we were not told that we needed to reserve a table for dinner. Also, entertainment is held in this hotel once a week - they dance sertaki, for this disgusting spectacle, untested equipment, because of which they did not play music - you need to pay 15 € per person, if you don’t want, then don’t come to this Swedish a restaurant for which money has already been paid and you can go spend money in another restaurant. They also have dinner on the beach every Tuesday, but in order to have dinner there, you need to reserve a table 3-4 days in advance, we didn’t know about it and came to the beach that evening, but we were told you can’t have dinner here , in the end, by the time we got to this beach, we all got wet and my mother tore off all the heels. We decided to have dinner at a French restaurant, where we were told, here is the menu and in this list, of the three courses, you can change either the first to the first, or the second to the second, if you want to change both the first and second, then pay extra for the paid dinner with each person 45€. As a result, no one from my family ate in this French restaurant and it turned out that we went to bed on an empty stomach. In general, we didn’t like this hotel much and we won’t go there for anything else, although they said that a prince from the Emirate came to this hotel three years ago, so he ran away from there on the third day, so draw a conclusion.
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This is truly a heavenly place! I recommend to everyone who is in Cyprus for the first time. The rooms are simply gorgeous, the view is like from a Bounty advertisement. The hotel was worth every eurocent spent on this trip. I was here with my husband in early July, just in time for my birthday. Arrived cheerfully, settled quickly.
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This is truly a heavenly place! I recommend to everyone who is in Cyprus for the first time. The rooms are simply gorgeous, the view is like from a Bounty advertisement.
The hotel was worth every eurocent spent on this trip. I was here with my husband in early July, just in time for my birthday. Arrived cheerfully, settled quickly. The staff is courteous and polite, no one stands and spits at the ceiling. They immediately come up and ask how to help, whether everyone is happy.
We ate mainly Mediterranean cuisine. I see no point in going to Cyprus to eat Asian food. For this, China or Thailand is.
We didn’t want to get out of such a hotel, but we still decided to go to museums, see Paphos and its surroundings. Allocated for this a few hours after dinner, when the sea was too hot.
I definitely recommend visiting a fish restaurant in the center of Paphos. I am not a fan of fish, but they cook it so deliciously that you forget about your culinary habits.
Separately, it must be said about shopping. Wine and other small souvenirs, we scored full suitcases. But our main goal was - my birthday present - a fur coat))
ace was met by the store owner Dionysus and brought to Paphos to a store with the unpretentious name FUR)) There I was once again convinced that client service in Cyprus is sacred. We were treated like children. All showed and told. As a result, I got a breathtaking chinchilla coat. There are also male models, but my husband said that they would not understand him at work : )
After that, the positive began to go off scale and at the end of the holiday I did not want to leave the hotel at all. I think we'll be back in the fall!
The hotel was worth every eurocent spent on this trip. I was here with my husband in early July, just in time for my birthday. Arrived cheerfully, settled quickly. The staff is courteous and polite, no one stands and spits at the ceiling. They immediately come up and ask how to help, whether everyone is happy.
We ate mainly Mediterranean cuisine. I see no point in going to Cyprus to eat Asian food. For this, China or Thailand is.
We didn’t want to get out of such a hotel, but we still decided to go to museums, see Paphos and its surroundings. Allocated for this a few hours after dinner, when the sea was too hot.
I definitely recommend visiting a fish restaurant in the center of Paphos. I am not a fan of fish, but they cook it so deliciously that you forget about your culinary habits.
Separately, it must be said about shopping. Wine and other small souvenirs, we scored full suitcases. But our main goal was - my birthday present - a fur coat))
ace was met by the store owner Dionysus and brought to Paphos to a store with the unpretentious name FUR)) There I was once again convinced that client service in Cyprus is sacred. We were treated like children. All showed and told. As a result, I got a breathtaking chinchilla coat. There are also male models, but my husband said that they would not understand him at work : )
After that, the positive began to go off scale and at the end of the holiday I did not want to leave the hotel at all. I think we'll be back in the fall!
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