Mandola Rosa at Riviera Olympia, A Grecotel Resort to Live

Exceptional service, professional staff and attention to detail. Special reference to the Elixir Spa located in the complex. The Spa crew really knows how to provide value adding services to the guests, whilst the Spa facilities are superb and can only be compared to top destination Health clubs. Special kudos to the Spa’s team for their overall service and hospitality.

The staff are very friendly and greet us every time. They provided a baby bath, baby steamer, and baby cot, which is convenient when traveling with an infant. The housekeepers come to clean every day, including changing duvet covers, mopping the floor, and cleaning the toilet. The view from the room is breathtaking! I feel like I’m living in a dream. The hotel breakfast buffet was good—fresh and yummy. However, the food from room service is often cold and not very good, but that’s okay. It’s open until 11:00 pm, just in case of a food emergency.

The exclusive boutique hotel in mainland of Greece. 3 highlights: privacy, luxury accomodation, stunning beach Hotel is built in classic greek style. Area is pretty big and you feel privacy almost everywhere. You can choose to stay in Suite or Villa. They are fully renovated, spacious and extra clean. In villa you even find glassed atrium which brings natural light to all rooms and with fontaine in the middle it makes really “wow” effect. Cleaning is made twice a day and it is simply 100%professional work. There is nothing better than start a day with great breakfast. This is what you fully enjoy here. Fresh food with a lot of choices and excellent service. The place for breakfast is superb, you have nice view to the ocean and you can enjoy breakfast in relaxed and very private atmosphere. We are experienced travellers mostly in 5* hotels and this is no doubt one of the best breakfast we have ever had. Beach is amazing. To be honest much better than i was expecting. As the hotel is at the top of the rock you must walk down the steps and there is huge, long and wide beach with soft sand. Ideal place for kids or walking around. Water is super clean, deep water is far away, so again the best deal for kids. If you stay in villa there is private cabanas for you, but there is also enough sunbeds for everyone from hotel. In whole beach you probably meet only few people and it makes you thinking to be alone there. Really the privacy and a space just for you is amazing. Dining options are broad, but i would recommend to visit either fine dining restaurant Cap Voyage or Asian style restaurant L´Orient. Other choices from two grecotels around Mandola Rosa are fine, lets say it meets the expectations, but level lower compare to these two mentioned (lot of people, worse service, not so fancy food). For lunch we would recommemd Sea Dunes with fresh catches. Mandola Rosa is exclusive private place. Special thanks to Alexander O. and superb service by Avi, Anna.

Location was very central, close to the airport and easy to get to all parts of the island. Staff were extremely helpful. We forgot to bring the euro plug adaptor and were using the usb port to charge our devices. The usb port stopped working due to a powercut and the staff provided us with a plug to charge our devices. The manager is around everyday and working hard to ensure guests are taken care of and everything is smoothly.”

The Mandola Rosa is the resort within the resort making up the Grecotel Kyllini complex. Staying at this hotel will allow you to enjoy the comforts of a boutique high end hotel whilst also being able to take advantage of the full range of services offered by the entire resort, which are vast. Numerous pools, a water slide part, archery, darts, outdoor and indoor gym. Kids are offered entertainment services and the kids club offers a verity of activities. It is also worth noting that this hotel’s ‘kids eat for free’ policy is very generous. Kids up to the age of 12 eat and drink for free. That also includes the occasional drink at the pool and beach bar a special ‘kids lunch’.

My Terrible rating is based mainly due to our kids gluten intolerance, if you do not have gluten intolerance, slide down below where the rest of the hotel is rated. I have asked the hotel prior our arrival if they have gluten free options - the hotel responded that in every restaurant is possible to get gluten-free option. When arrived in the hotel - this is true, but the options are just unacceptable. In buffet-style restaurant where there are plenty of foods - the only gluten free option were grilled vegetables. Even roasted meat is marinated in marinade which contains gluten which is really strange. Also, potatoes, etc. And when you arrive at such a restaurant you do not wish to wait another 15-30 minutes to be prepared something gluten free since you already are hungry. And honestly, you cannot eat French fries for every meal. At a la carte restaurants - you have to ask for everything, the allergens are just not market at the menus which is also for a person quite terrible experience. We also ordered gluten-free ice-cream as room service and it was delivered dipped in something which looked like gluten biscuits. So overall if you have gluten intolerance or allergy, please, in order to not be disappointed just avoid this hotel campus, they are just not ready for us. On the other side - if you do not have gluten problem the hotel is very nice, we were welcomed really nicely with welcome drinks (many types – you can see in pictures). All personnel are trying to be helpful; we really liked the sceneries; it really looks like on the photos (which is not always usual). We had the Delos villa - the only slight disappointment is that is not so private - we could see the neighbors because the dividing hedge was just too much cut, I would personally prefer more privacy. The campus is way too wide - there is not map, they will suggest you their app which doesn’t work really well all the time. Yet if you like walks its really nice big campus. The beach is ideal for small kids (even small kids could play in the sea because it’s very shallow for long time). When you book a villa you have also private gazebo - yet if you manage to get there (there are no signs and you have to ask the personnel how to get there), there is no map where yours is (I mean the Gazebo), but once you get around everything is really very nice. The beach is really sandy (no pebbles, not imported sand or whatsoever) and it seem private – not overcrowded and really very nice beach. So overall I would rate the hotel fantastic if you do not have any food intolerance, yet having the gluten intolerance, it was really big disappointment. You really do not want to spend your holidays asking all the time somebody about gluten, there are already hotels having marked everything everywhere what is suitable for people with certain food disabilities and are ready for these people much more. Because of that we only stayed 2 nights instead of 7, the hotel didn’t offer to compensate (I di