Golden Sun Resort - Adults Only

Please take no notice of other reviews which said bad things about this hotel, just got back from a great week in this hotel in Kalimaki , we were looked after from entering the reception taken to apartment which had a nice garden view , good food variety for all meals always something for everybody, staff very friendly hotel bar staff excellent shout out to John, Emiliano, Dennis, pool bar great shout out to Dennis and his workmates forgot his name, allround had a excellent week in this great resort

Before staying at this hotel I read some really bad reviews particularly focused on the food and was a bit concerned. But upon arriving my concerns were blown out of the window. We've had the most amazing stay. Staff are incredibly polite and helpful. The rooms and whole place in general is spotless. The pool area is clean and well maintained and the food is wonderful. The beach is literally 5 minutes down the road, a couple of restaurants less than 5 minutes in the other direction. And within a 15 minute walk there are supermarkets, gift shops and plenty more restaurants and bars.I do intend to come back to this hotel, location, staff and comfort was 10/10

We had a quick check in and taken to our room, our luggage was brought up by the porter. Our room was on the corner of the top floor overlooking the pool. The room was a decent size with a big comfortable bed, tv, aircon, small iron, kettle, fridge and a free safety box. Plenty of hanging space for clothes although the hangers were not suitable for hanging trousers, also there was a lack of drawers. Also in the room was a sink which could easily have been installed in the shower room. The shower room had a large walk in shower and toilet with some free toiletries provided. The balcony was quite large as it was a corner room and the view overlooking the pool was great, only got the sun in the early morning though. The cleaner did a great job keeping everything spotless and leaving clean towels everyday, she is an asset to the hotel. The pool was cleaned everyday and the surrounding areas were cleaned on a regular basis throughout the day as well. The pool bar was self service except if you wanted spirits and snack food, these were served by 2 bartenders. There were quite a lot of wasps around the soft drink dispenser. All drinks at the pool bar were in soft flimsy plastic "glasses", we took our own hard ones to use. The hotel bar served drinks in proper glasses only if you sat inside, if you sat outside on the terrace areas you were given hard plastic. Again here there is a self service area but soft plastic "glasses" were in use. The bartender did a great job of serving all night given that he worked on his own all and every night, the young guy clearing and cleaning the tables was cheerful and talked to the guests and kept the terrace areas clean and tidy. The drinks are the big problem with this hotel, they are a very poor quality, the beer is ok but, all the wines are undrinkable, the soft drinks are like drinking pure sugar and when you get a spirit with a mixer it's only the mixer you can taste. The drinks were that bad that many guests went out for the evening and other guests were buying soft drinks and wine from the supermarket and drinking them instead. The terrace areas were quite small for the size of the hotel and although there is a smoking and non smoking terrace, non smokers were sitting in the smoking terrace and then complaining about the smoke. In the restaurant you were greeted by the head chef every meal time and he continually checked the temperature of the food and made sure all the food trays were constantly refilled. We thought the food was mostly hot and although the choices were somewhat limited, we always found something to eat. Only negatives were soup which we really enjoyed was the same at lunchtime and evening meals, the Gyros had very little meat in them and a bigger choice of vegetables and desserts would improve the meals. Breakfasts were nice, a bit repetitive as were the evening meals, but the meals were far better than a lot of reviews were saying. Entertainment is twice a week, surely this can be increased,