Iolida Corfu Resort and Spa

We really loved this hotel. Views from the hotel of mountains and sea were wonderful. Room was comfortable and spacious and the bathroom and shower very good. We had a big balcony with a lovely view of the sea and mountains. We loved the swimming pool and there were plenty of sunbeds and the day beds and again the views were lovely. The food in the restaurant and snack bar was very good. The staff on reception were really helpful and the waiters in the restaurants and the bar staff worked really hard. We found bars along the road and by the beach which we liked especially Woodpecker. For a change we had a meal in Alexandra’s on the road in front of the hotel which we enjoyed. We went on a BBQ boat trip recommended by the hotel which we all loved. Antonio was very funny and also a good cook. We found the buses to Corfu town easy to use but extremely busy. We would stay at this hotel again without hesitation.

We have just stayed here for 1 week, I’ll start with a positive, we requested a sea view room and that is what we got, view was picture perfect in a separate block to the hotel, quite a steep slope to climb and some steps. The room was cleaned very well so also no complaint there. Next the negatives, staff were ok, not very attentive, not very personable, sometimes quite rude. Food was not great, it was a buffet restaurant, very samey each day, quite nice mousse on the sweet station, we ate out for 4 evenings because we couldn’t face another evening “thrown together meal “. Alcoholic drinks, beer was awful, local spirits so not great, soft drinks were not great, taste of syrup or very flat. There was no entertainment during the day apart from Bon Jovi or Adele on a loop for an hour, very poor in the evenings so we went out most nights. One night they had a member of staff doing a DJ stint which was very good. The pool was cleaned every morning and we could get a sun bed, just boring with no atmosphere, the reps for Oclub who tried water aerobics were poor and didn’t really get a lot of people to join in, they had no entertainment to get people to join in, no fun games or quizzes or water games, just very boring. Now to get to the bar from the pool - WOW those steps, not a good hotel if you have mobility issues, no way you’d get to the bar, on the whole not a hotel I would visit again, hence why we went out most days / evenings, which after paying for all inclusive made this an even more expensive week than it should have been, very disappointed ☹️