Lindos Royal Resort

Let’s start with the positives. The reception area feels luxurious and initially gives the impression that you are staying in a genuine five-star hotel. Our room was clean, and the swim-up pool was a lovely feature. Our air conditioning worked well, the staff were friendly, and the shared areas were kept clean.

Unfortunately, the negatives far outweighed the positives.

As several other guests have mentioned, there was an overwhelming smell of sewage. Raw sewage was running beneath the themed restaurant towards the hotel’s private beach. We witnessed other guests also raise concerns, but during our stay the hotel did nothing to resolve the issue, restrict access to the affected area, or even warn guests.

Adding to the sewage smell was the smell of cannabis being smoked by some guests near the children’s swimming pool, with many families with young children and babies in close proximity. While the hotel cannot control every guest’s behaviour, the situation was unpleasant.

The rooms are basic, with the minimum facilities provided. Guests are charged extra to use the safe and for tea and coffee-making facilities, which most 5 star resorts would include as standard.

During raising our complaints to the hotel and tour rep, I witnessed other guests complaining of leaking water pouring in their rooms, and others with similar maintenance issues of internal doors missing, broken showers, no air con and damaged patio furniture, one incident of a chair collapsing after a woman sat on it (size 10 - so not weight related).

The food was repetitive but pleasant enough, although it was often dry from being left under heat lamps for too long. The staff seemed increasingly overworked as the week went on and the hotel became busier.

There was no table service for drinks, resulting in long queues for tea and coffee in the morning and even longer queues for beverages in the evening. During the day, only one bar appeared to be serving drinks for the entire hotel, with just two members of staff trying to cope with the demand. This led to excessive queues and long waits.

The main pool areas were also poorly maintained and did not reflect the standard expected of a five-star resort or the images published on their website. The loud music played around the pool made it difficult to relax and added to the generally overcrowded and hectic atmosphere.

I understand star ratings are different throughout the world. If it had been advertised as a 3 star (or at a push 4 star due to spa and gym being present), I’d maybe be somewhat forgiving, but 5 star it definitely is not.

After reading many reviews re this hotel prior to our holiday I have to say I was very concerned at the standard of this hotel. I am glad to say our experience has been very positive and I do think guests have been very harsh in their reviews. We have stayed in a number of 5 star hotels in the Caribbean and no this hotel is not 5 stars in comparison. However I think people forget that 5 stars in Europe can be very different to 5 stars in the UK and in other countries. We arrived late in the evening we checked in quickly and where showed to our room. The room was basic but it was clean and comfortable, I had the best 7 nights sleep I have had for a long time. Housekeeping was amazing the rooms were cleaned to a high standard each day with clean towels provided. Due to our late arrival we had missed our evening meal, the hotel provided food for all late arriving guests, this was really appreciated after a long day of travelling. The resort is large, with a number of pools, there might be the odd tile missing or a cracked flag but the staff where out every day cleaning the pools and making sure the pool area was clean and tidy.
The food was plentiful and varied even the fussiest of eaters would find something they liked. We found the drinks fine the cocktails are on tap which might not have suited every guest but there are lots of other drink options, the rose wine was really good not sure how people are leaving reviews to say the drinks are terrible.
Any staff we came into contact with were always happy to help and went above and beyond. The mosquitos are a bit nippy but that’s not the hotels fault, bring bug spray and you will be fine. All in all we had a really enjoyable holiday, a holiday is what you make it if you want to look for faults you will find them which ever hotel you stay in!!

Great relaxing family holiday in a resort that is definitely on the way back up. The hotel was obviously once a really luxurious resort; it feels as though the hotel had been neglected for several years. Thankfully, the owners appear to be reinvesting in the fabric of the hotel, and it seems as though it will eventually be restored to its former beauty. In July 2026, we visited and enjoyed a really lovely week here. All of the staff we encountered were friendly and pleasant. We had a few challenges with our Air Con and had to move rooms. The experience was really well organised by the Rooms Division Manager and a super-friendly Room Porter - Constantin. The food was gorgeous, and every meal there was lots of choice. The pools were great, the little beach was sweet at the back of the hotel and a nice change of scenery. For a relaxed family holiday, this trip was perfect. We grabbed a taxi one evening and explored Lindos, which was very beautiful and well worth a visit. We enjoyed our time here, we would recommend the hotel - perhaps not 5-star at the moment, but it has all of the elements of a lovely holiday, and we made some lovely memories here.