Memphis Beach Hotel in Kolimbia

Kolymbia is a family resort and whilst there are some empty premises on the main road (Eucalyptus St) there are some nice restaurants/bars (also basic cafe type premises and sports bars). All hotel staff extremely helpful and pleasant throughout the hotel - with the exception of two days when the fire alarms went off in our room block and no staff came down to check what the issues were (even when we went to the reception to ask what was going on). Hotel OK except extra needed for aircon (8 euros per night per room) and tourist tax (5 euros per night per room) and this had to be paid in cash. No laundry facilities at the hotel but they can send up to a 4KG wash load to a launderette in the next village for 16euros (also cash). Hotel was clean throughout, room service tried to clean daily (bar one day) so long as the ‘Do not disturb’ sign wasn’t on your room door. Pools were cleaned daily with a special pool cleaning robot. Loads of mosquitos about so I would advise to you to take insect repellant and after bite. There is a pharmacy and a GP surgery a couple of streets away. No aircon except for the dining room (and your own room if you’d paid the extra), the main communal areas didn’t have it at all. No fans even which was horrendous to sit in during August from 8am onwards: probably to ensure you didn’t hang about and have too many all inclusive drinks. Awful, loud banging euro pop/ Greek radio blaring out from morning till 11pm in the poolside area (where the communal space is)which also made you want to move asap! At dinner there was the same rubbish music in the dining hall too. Drinks on the all inclusive were dreadful. Weak, cheap versions of spirits (except Ouzo which was lethal) and cocktails that all tasted the same. The lager was poor and I’ve never had wine as awful (sweet and vinegary). We resorted to buying our own in the end to drink there and visiting local bars (the bar at the harbour was lovely- El Verano Beach House as was Brillantina just up the main road). Male staff at Oasis were unpleasant and demanded payment upfront for drinks - took ages to serve us and argued that they’d put a live football on for husband when it was a replay of one from last year- avoid! Meal times meant being jostled by the many guests also obtaining food. Husband described it as like ‘a middle class soup kitchen’! Food was a touch repetitive but there was always something on each day you could eat: not sure why people were complaining there was nothing for their children to eat: plenty of salads, usually a couple of different types of potatoes (Smash dyed with green food colouring was my favourite!) a rice dish, a pasta dish, vegetarian options plus a fish dish, beef dish (the stewed steak was really nice), a chicken dish and on themed nights (Mexican, Chinese, Thai) there would be extra dishes into fit with the themes. Loads of lovely mini puddings at dinner, fruit and ice cream available at lunch time. If you fancied a change you could

We have just come back from a fantastic 10 days in Kolympia and good stay at the Memphis Beach hotel with our 12 year old I want to give an honest review that shows the good and not so good part of this hotel so people can get an honest picture as I find some people are really hard to please and basically never satisfied Firstly if you like to meet English friends on holiday this is not the hotel for you as it is mainly Greek German Polish and Italian patrons If you want to eat and drink from 7am until 1am this is on the place for you This hotel is basically full board with a few drinks slung in Meal times are strict 8am-10 breakfast 12.30-2pm lunch and dinner 7pm-9pm there is NO snack bar during the day Rooms are clean and basic we upgraded to superior room but not sure what we actually paid the extra for Air conditioners you pay extra for (which we didn’t mind as we have paid extra before in turkey) The air conditioners are at the front door so some homes doesn’t feel very cool during the day but very cool at night There are two the main pool is always busy because there are very few loungers for the size of he pool I assume it so you leave the hotel and buy food and drinks The smaller pool is quieter and can usually get a bed but there is no bar so would have to walk to the main bar Pool area at main pool can get very untidy as there s no pool staff and only one person behind the bar The food in the hotel restaurant is ok (on website they state 2 restaurants but technically there is only one in use at any one time) There is a wide range of salads cold pasta hot pasta two meat dishes a fish with rice chips(or potato’s) food is always hot and tasty we only are in there a couple of times as we were only using hotel as a base Hotel is in a perfect location to eucalyptus street where there are great bars and restaurants all in walking distance Food and drinks on the Main Street is excellent quality and value for money We used this hotel as a base we went out every night as the bar closes at 11pm so basically didn’t go to the bar at night If you are going to stay in the hotel day and night you maybe a little disappointed as you get what you pay for if your wanting to just eat and drink in the hotel then I would suggest staying In one of the 4-5star hotels Rooms are cleaned every day and cleaners will attempt twice a day to get in your room Staff are friendly and helpful patrons are not friendly at all We had a really lovely holiday and Kolympia is a beautiful resort with very friendly helpful people We would definitely go again and would stay at the Memphis Beach Recommendations due to the fact that hotel doesn’t provide snacks it would be a good idea to provide a kettle and microwave in each room as some people are on a budget

Hotel is in a good location, 35mins drive from the airport and Rhodes town, 10min walk from the beach, 1min walk from the main street with bars and restaurants. The hotel and pools were clean and the staff very friendly. Downsides were poor choice and variety of food, options were repetitive and often too salty to eat, although there was mostly a reasonable salad option on offer there was no traditional Greek food other than on the themed night, again with little variety. No snacks during the day and only soft drinks, beer and wine available until 8pm (or might be 6pm?) Although the advert states newly refurbished I think this just included a lick of paint, rooms are tired. No bins in rooms, lumpy pillows, 8 euros a night for air con and only 1 night of entertainment- traditional Greek music and dancing. The proximity to the main street and an outside club meant loud music until 12.30am.