Grand Blue Beach Hotel

Alain Piette

If you're looking for a 5-star establishment, look elsewhere. My family and I had never been accommodated in such a mediocre hotel. - Environment: while the scenery is fabulous, the slopes (up to 30%) of this hotel will quickly make you forget it. - Rooms: it's a disaster. We had room 94, located as far from the pools as from the restaurants. The room was not very clean, totally in need of a refresh. The shower curtain was unhygienic for a damaged bathtub with dirty seals. Very uncomfortable beds causing back pain after 9 nights. To top it all off, a colony of ants had taken over the room. We alerted the maids and reception by showing a video of the cohabitants but no one intervened despite beautiful promises. Towels were old, torn and irritating. Even a roadside hotel wouldn't offer such discomfort to its clients. - Restaurants: you have to book for the à la carte restaurant but you must also notify what you want to eat if you don't want the imposed (Greek) menu. Impossible to order the à la carte steak (+ €20 supplement) as we had not notified beforehand. How to do so when no one has explained the principle before? Quality of the à la carte restaurant menu: really mediocre. The chicken soup made me sick. Main restaurant: a school canteen. Always the same meals with no variety and of poor quality. Don't even think about eating international, it's a utopia. The upstairs does offer a different country's menu each evening, but it remains minimalist and not very tasty. Fish and meat overcooked and therefore dry. For my part, my meals for our first 5 days of vacation were: * morning: mini plain pancakes * noon: tomato sauce pasta and watermelon * evening: tomato sauce pasta and watermelon From the 6th to the 10th day, we dined at Thomas Grill & Mezze in Kardamena - Pools: the only positive point even though the surroundings and the very dirty deck chairs were never cleaned during our stay at the pool exit towards Kardamena. The trace of a spilled Pepsi on a table and on the ground remained all stay. - Entertainment: almost non-existent. Really very very disappointed with our family stay at the Grand Blue in Kos. But we will come back for Kos and its really nice inhabitants in another hotel.

CnF_HappyRacer89

A great holiday destination with friendly and helpful staff. The view from the Panorama restaurant at breakfast, lunch and dinner is a fantastic way to spend any mealtime. The hotel is situated on a hillside and as our room was at the bottom of the hill and both all inclusive restaurants were at the top of the hill, it meant we had to burn some calories before we could indulge in the delicious variety of food that was on offer, but the uphill 3 minute walk was definitely worth it. Also for more elderly people who would maybe struggle with the hill, the hotel also has a pick up service with golf buggies which took people to the top, which is also handy for checking in and out with the luggage. The hotel is about a 10 minute walk away from the approximately 500m long pedestrian shopping zone with shops, supermarkets restaurants and pubs left and right and every product imaginable for locals and tourists. We would definitely stay here again.

Enver Tiryaki

It's a nice hotel, but it's not a 5-star one. The rooms are tidy and clean. They have three pools with different depths, and each pool has its own bar. You can enjoy various cocktails included in the all-inclusive package at the bar, along with canned soft drinks and beer. The beach at the hotel is not very good, and people don't use it much. Fortunately, there are better beaches nearby that you can easily reach on foot. The staff at the hotel are incredibly kind and friendly, and they all deserve five stars for their service. The breakfast was good, but the lunch and dinner were just okay.

Ilija German Ilić

Stayed at Grand Blue in september 2023 with my family. The rooms are spacious enough, with a balcony and seaview so it's quite an enjoyable stay. The rooms are regularly cleaned. Once, there was an issue with AC that the hotel solved immediatelly. Breakfast is good, there's plenty of different choices of food (savoury, sweet, fruit, coffee & juice), but nothing spectacular. The resort features 3 pool places, all equipped with deck chairs and sun umbrellas - we could always find a free spot, despite the hotel being full. There's some organized animation at the pool, usually starting at 4 pm in the afternoon, such as ping-pong tournament, darts, some guided water excercises and similar. There's a live evening programme at one of the pools, nearby our room, that goes on until about 11 pm. Can get quite loud, so if you're a light & early sleeper better it can be annoying I imagine. There's free wi-fi, but it's not working very well (very poor speed, constant disconnects), which is annoying if you need to do some basic work and they should work on improving this. Kardamaina is about 10 mins walking distance and the town is bustling, so it's worth a visit in the evening. Overall it's a very good resort-type establishment with everthing you need in the resort itself, so you can completely relax put your mind at ease for a few days.

Sarina Fritsche

highly recommended! great facility, great service & great location / view. it was always and everywhere clean. the food was nothing special, but always good and something for everyone. the staff is super friendly and attentive. The bartenders downstairs at the bar/stage in the evening were particularly great, as was the entertainer. Unfortunately, the end was at 0 o'clock at most, but that was completely ok. definitely had a great holiday and can definitely recommend the accommodation