Olive Garden Hotel
Lardos, Rhodes

Miss C Campbell, Wallasey

We stayed here for two weeks and had an amazing time. We booked the superior room and it was lovely. We stayed in room 203 and over looked the main pool with beautiful views of the mountains behind. Our room was cleaned daily with fresh towels. The staff were all amazing apart from the staff in the restaurant, so rude, also the food wasn't the best not a lot of choice.

Miss K Campbell, Wallasey

The hotel was lovely and clean and staff were lovely and helpful. Unfortunately the food was not very good. It was not very hot and the children were not catered for. It was a shame as everything else was lovely. We found we had to eat out a number of times in order to cater for the children, which was an unexpected expense. Pools and animation staff were excellent.

Mrs C Mccabe, North Shields

Hotel was clean, sheets and towels changed daily, lovely swimming pools and nice staff. Food was terrible and the hotel was quite away from the nearest town (Lardos). Public bus service brilliant from right outside the hotel at a great price to go to all the popular places. Sort out the food and drink and it will be a lovely place to spend time in.

Mr T Bayliss, Stourbridge

Love this hotel and the staff. This was our 3rd visit in 18 months but there are issues at the moment. The new manager has promised they will be addressed so we hope to go back next May/June and see that the hotel is back to what we expected.

Mr B Thomson, Wallsend

Food was very poor, entertainment very poor.

Miss J Holding, Chorley

We have just stayed at this hotel - family with a 9 year old boy (August 16). We really enjoyed our stay here - was a short walk to the beach and there was a bus stop on the door step with a regular service to Rhodes, Lindos, Pefkos and Lardos, although the hotel did offer a free shuttle service into Lardos village, which has a few nice restaurants. The rooms were cleaned daily, and the staff were really friendly. Rooms were basic, but felt they were adequate. We liked the pool area and never had a problem getting a sun bed. I liked the gardens - they weren't perfectly manicured, but I liked the naturalness of them. Our room had a lovely view of the mountain side and olive grove across the road - beautiful. We enjoyed the entertainment, but it isn't on every night, so chose to do our own thing outside the hotel on these nights. We liked the hotel food - we tended to skip breakfast and have lunch and dinner - but there was always something that we liked. The choice wasn't as huge as in a 4 star hotel, but even if I was presented with a huge choice, I'd still choose the same types of food. There was always fresh bread, salad, pasta, chips, vegetables and 2/3 choices of meat and fish dishes. There were snacks at the pool bar at 11 ish, rolls/filled croissants, and cakes/ice creams in the afternoon, and of course as many drinks as you can consume, although the spirits were local spirits, not branded, which I think is the norm for all inclusive.

Mr L Wheeler, Gillingham

Hotel overall is lovely! Beautiful location and bus stop right outside the hotel for a bus straight into the stunning Lindos for just 1.80 euro each! They also run a free shuttle service into the local towns of Pefkos and Lardoa that have a few lovely bars and beaches. Rooms are clean and spacious. Definitely recommend upgrading to a superior room on top floor facing the mountains. Lovely views! Email hotel to request this before. Food does become repetitive even staying just the week. We eat out the majority of the time. However all staff are extremely friendly with any queries you have. Also definitely recommend doing the lazy day boat cruise. Overall this hotel is lovely, it's just the food that lets it down, just very bland. Keep it going Olive Garden. You're doing a fine job.

Mr D Wilkinson, Swindon

Olive Garden Hotel is a nice, clean, but a little basic hotel. With a little bit more of investment or effort, this hotel could be so much better and be an excellent place to stay.

Our room was clean and tidy, but the ceiling fan was not working and air conditioning just about coped with the July/August heat. Towels and bedding was changed every day.

The food was good, but a little repetitive, with pasta every day. I didn't have an issue with the food, but it would have been nice to have a few more traditional Greek dishes on the menu.

The entertainment was appalling! The same 3 females either doing an Adele or ABBA tribute act! In the space of 2 weeks we endured Adele twice and ABBA at least 3 times!

Miss M Jones, Halifax

The staff cannot do enough for you and the place is so friendly. Good food choices, clean, daily maid service and most of all has a manager that actually cares about her guests. The service is what makes this place stand out above others.

Mr J Elliott, Sunderland

Absolutely amazing place Esther and all of the staff were amazing and couldn't do enough to make our holiday just perfect. Food was great, didn't have one bad meal.

Miss A Watts, Crawley

Rooms were always cleaned everyday, hotel grounds were always kept clean. Staff were amazing and so friendly. Great choice in food.

Mrs D Watson, Houghton Le Spring

For a three star hotel it excelled expectations, the staff were excellent, efficient, friendly and attentive, the choice and quality of food at mealtimes was really good, we had a superior room and it was better than some 4 star rooms. Nightly entertainment, decent drinks, set in garden surroundings, free shuttle bus to nearby Lardos and Pefcos, local bus service from just outside hotel to take you to Lindos 15 mins, Rhodes 1 hr 45 mins. Very good value all inclusive holiday, great for couples and families as children are catered for. Hotel in two buildings, families seem to be one end with lovely pool plus kiddies pool with slide also good size, pool at reception end was good and plenty sunbeds everywhere. Very enjoyable stay.

Ms C Byrne, Waltham Cross

Everything about this hotel was faultless. It was an amazing experience and I have already booked to go back next year.

Mrs A Payne, Carlisle

Fantastic hotel and brilliant staff. Nothing was too much trouble, we would not hesitate returning in the future. Thank you Esther, George, Rania & Helena.

Mr M Wilsdon, Welwyn Garden City

Very clean rooms, staff incredibly helpful, two great pools and very good quality food.

Mrs K Hayward-nunes, Wembley

Very friendly.

Mr S Blyth, Nuneaton

Hotel was very good, facilities and staff very good too. Pools were great for the children, with the choice of two pools, there was plenty of room for everyone. Food could be improved but plenty of it.

Mrs C Medlen, Ashford

The room was cleaned every day and toiletries were provided on arrival. We also had air conditioning. There were plenty of sum loungers and staff were friendly. The food was good but there could have been a bit more variety. There were two pools, kids and main pool, the kids loved the slide and we loved the sunbeds in the water!

Mrs G Goodwin, Prenton

Lovely clean hotel. Great staff. Only thing that wasn't great was the entertainment, not enough for children and for adults it was all a bit dull until the Greek night, that was fab. Good food but restaurant was like a sauna to eat in, needed some fans circulating the air. Location great, easy walk to beach. We had a great holiday overall but hotel does need a few changes.

Mr T Robinson, Wednesbury

Lovely hotel, staff were brilliant and rooms spotless. Think food could be better, not a lot of choice for kids unless they like chips.