Lindos Royal Resort

We stayed at Lindos Royal as a family of four. We had a lovely holiday overall – the views are beautiful, the staff friendly and the food was very good – but we all agreed this is more of a 3-star plus hotel than a 5-star. Our sea-view room was pleasant, but lacked some basics you'd expect at this level. There were only two balcony chairs for four guests, five hangers, no drawers and very little bathroom storage. There's no kettle or tea/coffee facilities – you can hire a kettle, but at an extra cost. The safe is also €25, and you have to pay for an airer to dry towels/swimwear. Our bottled water was supposed to be replenished daily but wasn't replaced once during our stay. The biggest letdown – the all-inclusive drinks There are no premium/branded spirits, and although the beer was drinkable, we found the spirits and soft drinks really poor. I couldn't drink the vodka at all and ended up buying a 70cl bottle of Smirnoff from the hotel shop for €26.50, plus Diet Coke. There's also no bottled water readily available – you fill small plastic cups from the dispenser. Definitely bring a Stanley or reusable insulated bottle and ask for ice, especially for the beach. If you like branded alcohol, I'd recommend buying it at the airport before you arrive. The food, however, was lovely. We ate at the Asian à la carte restaurant and it was genuinely very worth while. Unfortunately, despite being all-inclusive, you still have to pay for drinks in the à la carte restaurants – around €6.50 for a Corona or glass of wine. The beach is lovely and the views are beautiful, although it's a steep walk back up to the hotel. The pools are quite small for the size of the hotel and the water park has around six slides, which are good for younger children. Lindos is definitely worth visiting and costs around €15 each way by taxi. There isn't much immediately around the hotel apart from a couple of supermarkets around a 5 minute walk away. One final tip – late flights If you want to keep your room after check-out, we were quoted €15 per additional hour, or €15 to hire a room for one hour to shower and get ready. We didn't bother – we'd befriended some lovely people, so we managed between ourselves. Overall: 3-star plus We enjoyed our holiday and can't fault the food, friendly staff, beach or beautiful views. But there are simply too many extras and missing basics for a hotel advertised as 5-star all-inclusive. It may have been a genuine 5-star hotel when first built, but it now feels tired and the offering has been depleted over the years. Would we call it 5-star? Definitely not. 3-star plus feels much more realistic.

We had a fantastic time at the resort! Staff were wonderful! The food was nice.

The entertainment team and kids club staff were very friendly and fun! They went out of their way to make everybody’s holiday fun and exciting! Thank you to Lucie, Ona, Alina and Melanie. They made a big effort with us all. I would also like to mention Cindy from the calypso she was fantastic with my daughter who has additional needs. She really was so great with her and all of us as a family.

The downside to the holiday which was a fairly big one! Was that we had no air con the whole of our stay! I think we complained about 8 times at reception. We were told to go back to our room and wait for a manager multiple times but nobody turned up. We requested more fans… as it was obviously an issue that they was a where of as a fan was already in the room. But the junior suite has two rooms so we needed two fans! They advised us that there were none available. The aircon screen was smashed so it could not be used! This was really frustrating as at the time of our stay Rhodes was in a yellow wheather warning for the temperature.

This is my third year enjoying the great atmosphere, stunning views, wonderful beach, huge swimming pools, luscious food and dessert at the Lindos Royal Resort with my two children and husband. We had an amazing time .We stayed at the sea view rooms and our room was very tidy daily. Everything is well organised. Thank you to all the staff who are super friendly and to Valasia the manager who always ensures that a few of our kids requests are met such as extra pillows, extra duvets or warm water. Valasia is extremely professional, very friendly and goes above and beyond to make guests feel at home. She also hastily made a birthday(my husband) cake delivered to our room due to my last min request which was super cute. My family and I had a fabulous time for a week. We intend to go back next year.