Tsampika Hotel - All Inclusive

“Fabulous Stay.. Exactly what it says on the tin.”

Fantastic stay.. our room was spotless. Facing the pool so great to get the evening sun. There was clean towels every day, even though every other day would have been fine. Plenty of power points and a fridge, aircon at no extra cost. The staff are amazing, it's a family run hotel and they real... more

Fantastic stay.. our room was spotless. Facing the pool so great to get the evening sun. There was clean towels every day, even though every other day would have been fine. Plenty of power points and a fridge, aircon at no extra cost. The staff are amazing, it's a family run hotel and they really can't do enough for you. We arrived at about 20.45 and the lady and gentleman on reception quickly gave us our all inclusive bands and directed us to the restaurant as food finishes at 9pm and there was plenty left. Tried a few of the cocktails, all inclusive ends at 10pm but we ended up staying up at the bar till much much much later drinking extremely good value drinks... Dimitri at the bar even tolerated my attempt to speak Greek, on more than one occasion. Every day there is fresh fruit, yoghurt, salads, bread, cereals, some sort of meat, fish, chips or potatoes.. different eggs and usually bacon at breakfast, as much tea and coffee, water and juice as you want. The bus stop to Rhodes Town is a few minutes walk away to the main road, take a right out of the hotel then a left. On the way back the bus drops you not far from JD Bar on the Faliraki road. Again, its a few minutes walk back to the hotel, 10 at the most. Well thats the way we went 😁 You can pay cash. It was 2.50 each way. I'm a runner and ran around resort 3 mornings and felt completely safe... hard to keep the wines to a minimum in the evening though so I could get up early before the heat 🌞😎 Do visit Symi, about a couple of hours sail away, it's beautiful, we spent some time in the local tavernas too, where the Greeks go, Stama down on the harbour is great value and fabulous views of the boats coming in and out. All in all... a fantastic stay and extremely well looked after by a lovely family. Will definately be back. Sarah & Paul 19th to 26th May 24

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“Nice hotel in a good location, everything I needed for the week and more ”

Just got back from a week's stay at the Tsampika hotel. Was a bit cautious from some of the reviews but we had nothing but a lovely time here. We arrived late evening just as the restaurant was about to close. The man on reception I assume was the owner made sure we got something to eat after tra... more

Just got back from a week's stay at the Tsampika hotel. Was a bit cautious from some of the reviews but we had nothing but a lovely time here. We arrived late evening just as the restaurant was about to close. The man on reception I assume was the owner made sure we got something to eat after travelling all day before checking in properly. Through the whole visit the staff were warm and welcoming, always happy to say hello, ask what you were doing that day, checking if everything was alright. The rooms are fairly modern and clean, the cleaner came round all bar Sunday I believe and changed the towels when she did. As for the all inclusive, the food was what you would expect for a buffet style restaurant. The same few meals did pop up a few times but to me that's to be expected. Still a varied choice of Greek dishes through the week with some staples added. Always available greek salad. For the price paid I definitely wouldn't complain. The drinks also were very generous I felt, there is a list with about 5/6 all inclusive cocktails which were varied and all tasted good. Generous with the pouring, all local spirits again to be expected for the price paid, would recommend the tsampika special. The draught beer on the all inclusive was good as well. Definitely get your moneys worth in my opinion. You can get other beers and branded spirits or the more traditional cocktails if you like at about half price to anywhere you will find in town. The pool area is nice well maintained and clean. The hotel itself is set in a quieter location a short walk about 10-15 from the bars in faliraki and about the same for the beach, but for me this was ideal for a more relaxing place to stay. The hotel next door is where you want to stay if you want it a bit louder. Overall a lovely week at this family run hotel, if returning to faliraki I would look at returning again

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“A slight moan”

We’ve just got back from an 8 night stay in this hotel, I often stay in three/four star hotels so I wasn’t expecting the ritz, but I definitely felt quite disappointed with our stay. Pros- The location is spot on, not far from the Main Street The bedrooms were modern, always cleaned everyday, n... more

We’ve just got back from an 8 night stay in this hotel, I often stay in three/four star hotels so I wasn’t expecting the ritz, but I definitely felt quite disappointed with our stay. Pros- The location is spot on, not far from the Main Street The bedrooms were modern, always cleaned everyday, new towels everyday Maids friendly Certain bar staff friendly. Sunbeds- plenty of sunbeds around the pool Free air con Cons- The food- we are two young adults who are extremely fussy, but having always been all inclusive we always find something we like, but 5 nights out of or 8 night stay we ate out, most the time we skipped breakfast and lunch due to poor options, though I must admit on the last day they had a bit more variety, which is typical! There is only 4(?) desserts to choose from which the majority is fruit, and just one row of food( maybe 6/7 dishes per meal time. Drinks- all inclusive drinks start at 12-3, then 6-10 I believe( I could be wrong on the timings)- this seemed frustrating as it’s not exactly all inclusive if they don’t serve all day. The drinks also weren’t your standard Pepsi,7Up etc, but we realised these can be ordered behind the bar ( depending how they feel out of a flat empty warm bottle, or the machine! Entertainment- the ‘entertainment’ was extremely poor, we watched the Greek show from our balcony on the last night, I think it lasted 40 minutes maybe most? We went to the Stamos Plus hotel next door who have amazing entertainment, a karaoke night, bingo most nights, and the staff actually wanted the guests ( and non staying guests!) to be happy- they also allowed us free all inclusive drinks there which was lovely. They also had daytime entertainment. Wristband situation- upon our stay we realised there was orange and blue wristbands, we presumed at first, blue would be self catering guests, but no. After reading other reviews and also seeing for ourselves, the British people had orange wristband's to almost single them out. On two occasions we experienced queuing at the bar and two ‘blue wristband’ guests pushed in front and were automatically served before us, I feel the food was also catered to these guests. Reception staff/Owner- the gent in particular- we asked him how to go about getting a late check out room, he advised us to come back the day we were checking out and it would be 20 euros until 6pm, on the day of check out he advised us 30 euros until 5:30, so I did of course query this, and he had an awful attitude and said ‘I know what I said and it wasn’t that’ so me and my partner just paid the money and got on with it, as we didn’t want no confrontation. Weird guests by the pool- on three occasions we saw a very creepy male guest, harassing several women by the pool asking about their room numbers, he then proceeded to try speak to me when I was alone getting a drink, saying he’d seen me before, I personally think this man shouldn’t be allowed on the premises harassing several women as he was not a guest, just kept appearing like a bad smell( this isn’t down to the staff I know- but it should have been monitored/ noticed who is entering the hotel) Overall, despite my moaning, this wasn’t the worst hotel- just compared to other hotels I’ve stayed in in other countries, this was extremely poor. Would I return? If their was an entertainment programme/ more entertainment, and a lot more food choices- probably yes!

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“Nice place”

We were booked to stay at another hotel But unfortunately it was closed down. These guys were very accommodating and they upgraded us to the pool side rooms. The rooms and the facilities were lovely! However there wasn’t much food choice. But for 3 stars I can’t fault it! The pool was lovely and ... more

We were booked to stay at another hotel But unfortunately it was closed down. These guys were very accommodating and they upgraded us to the pool side rooms. The rooms and the facilities were lovely! However there wasn’t much food choice. But for 3 stars I can’t fault it! The pool was lovely and it was in a great location for walking down into the town. The staff were friendly. I would recommend this hotel for a budget holiday.

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