Marianna Apart Hotel in Laganas

Headline | nice hotel | basic but accommodating | staff were polite and attentive | bar and restaurant was reasonable |full English breakfast including a drink €6.50 | POOL was nice but the chlorine was strong and needed a clean but not terrible.

Really good independent hotel, we went self-catering, looked at the reviews, and thought we were in for a right rough time but was pleasantly surprised when we got there. Nice pool, rooms were good, clean and tidy, we paid a 50 euro deposit per room which was refunded when we checked out, air conditioning was free and worked okay was that cold but thw room stayed at 16 once it had been on for 30 minutes. Staff were mostly kind and polite, the lady receptionist was a bit blunt and rude, also would have been nice to have been shown to our room but we had to find our own way. A couple of small changes would dramatically improve this independent hotel. Don't be put off by the area being mostly young teens on holiday because when they are out, you are in, and when they are in your out, so it worked perfectly 👌.

My friends and I stayed here for 7 days, 6 nights. At first I was scared to stay here because of the reviews however after staying here it’s clear that people just don’t do their research before arriving, reviews, the website etc. You are expected a deposit of €50 pp and that is in cash, making it easier to get back at the end of the stay. You are also expected a tourist tax but you should expect that with every holiday you go on abroad.

Due to Loveholidays not informing us that check in is at 2pm, we arrived in Zante at 5am and arrived at the hotel at 6am. The owner let us keep our luggage in the reception and then had a lovely chat with us about places he thinks we should go explore until 8am which is when the pool opened. So we were able to wait to be checked in near the pool. He was very lovely and helpful, also very hardworking, he’s at the hotel most of the day and night. They also checked us in earlier which was absolutely lovely.

The rooms are good for what they are and the cleaners change the bins daily, changing sheets every three days. A lot of the reviews said that they got their belongings, cash etc, stolen from them whilst they were out so take that however you like, however my friends and I did not have that problem although leaving cash out in the open in the room.

You can pay for food and drinks at the bar with card and the food their is adequate, the cook is a lovely, hardworking woman. Also the food and drinks are very good price for what they are and you can buy alcoholic beverages whenever.

The only thing I would complain about is the staff, they’re quite slow and don’t help at all times. Our electricity was turned off for a whole day and when we went to speak to reception they told us “we’re going on a break so we can’t help right now” and that was that, however as soon as we spoke to reception when they were available our electricity was fixed straight away.

Overall, this was a great stay. I would say that it is not a hotel for families or children, or anyone trying to have a romantic holiday as there are a lot of younger groups that are trying to have fun and are quite loud.

The strip is a 20 minute walk away, the beach is 30. There is a spar close by to buy drinks and snacks, it’s around a 5 min walk.

Anyways, don’t look at these reviews and be automatically worried, you just need to respect the staff and the rooms and you’ll receive the right treatment and get your deposit back.

Thank you very much Mariana Hotel and staff