Ionian Princess Hotel Corfu - Mediocre

This is a review of our all-inclusive stay at the Ionian Princess Hotel at Acharavi in Corfu in August 2011. We were very diappointed with this hotel which we consider very mediocre. Although supposed to be a 4* hotel, we would say it's really a 2*+ or a 2 and a half star hotel.
The beach is very disappointing. It's advertised as being a 7km long sandy beach, but we found it to be narrow and stony. In my opinion the hotel website is grossly misleading. The beach is about 200m from the hotel along a public road, so not really sutiable for young children unaccompanied by adults. The beach is open to the public. Very annoyingly the hotel charges extra for sun loungers and parasols on the beach (they're not included in your all inclusive deal). The bar on the beach charges extra for drinks, again these are not included in your deal. The beach is very exposed and the sea is rough even on calm days, so in our view, not a good beach for families with young children. Also the hotel does not provide beach or pool towels.
Food was particularly bad. We found very little choice and low quality. Food was tasteless and we got the impression that the hotel's philosophy was to spend as little as possible. This created a sense of being cheated.
Drink was also very poor. We found no diet cola available at all; soft drinks were poured from Freeway branded bottles (this is the cheap brand available at the LIDL supermarket). Drinks were flat and warm. No spirits were avaialbe and beer was weak and watery. Ice cream at the pool came from a grubby and unsavoury looking machine.
Children's entertainment was very poor. There were 2 entertainers (animation team) and they did their best, but were clearly over-worked. We were told that originally there had been 4 entertainers, but this had been reduced to save money. During our stay one of the entertainers went on strike. She claimed not to have been paid for more than 8 weeks. She claimed that many staff at the hotel had also not been paid. I can't verify her claim, but it would certainly explain the sullen and unfriendly behaviour of many we encountered. Most of the advertised activites did not take place which meant our children were bored and started bickering. All of this made life very stressful for us. It wasn't a holiday, more of an "anti holiday".
We recommend avoiding this hotel if you're looking for a family holiday. Hope this review helps you.
Thanks to the guys at Kent video production company http://www.kershmedia.co.uk for help editing our home movie.

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[birbilllo]

thanx lucie for ur very kind video that u made it about the hotel , but its not good to tell me on my face that u r great and u do great job and than ur husband said that here its poor entertainment , anyway this video no one gonna care about it and also u do it coz u want take money back from ur agency like alots of people do it and its not good and if u want good hotels u have to pay more and i dnt think that u have enough money for this kind of hotels and why u didnt record the evening shows

[Chartsutton]

This is a factual review of this very poor hotel. It is not a personal attack on you or any member of the hotel staff.

After 2 days of our stay, the animation team was reduced from 2 people to 1. We were told your colleague was not working because she had not been paid.

Yes, we did pay for a "good" hotel (Aquis 4*), but as you admit, the Ionian Princess is not good.

We wish you well and hope you get a job at a better hotel next summer. You deserve to work somewhere better than this.

[birbilllo]

omg..

[allthatjazz2000]

hi