Elounda Krini Hotel

Superb views, great standards of cleanliness, rooms absolutely everything you'd expect or more for a hotel in this range. Ideally located both for Elounda itself and the peninsula where you have some wonderful wilder beaches. Didn't eat in the hotel much but had breakfast once and dinner once, both of which were excellent value. No hidden charges. This is our second time in Elounda and our first stay here but if we come back again, we won't look anywhere else.

Not quite sure where to start with this hotel, but I will start by saying it is a 3 star hotel at a push. The rooms are very run down, the showers are lukewarm at best (we had 2 warm showers throughout our entire 7 day stay), and the daily 'clean' of the room was laughable. Whilst we got fresh towels every couple of days, our sheets were never changed, our bed was either not made at all, or made very roughly & the bathrooms or surfaces were never cleaned. We got given one free bottle of water each upon arrival, and was told any more water we would have to pay for. While you were allowed tap water at breakfast, you were not allowed tap water at your evening meal, which, considering they have it available, is a bit out of order. However, the rooms were not the worst thing about this hotel. The food was at best passable. I am a pescatarian and the options for my diet were extremely limited. When we made the hotel aware of my diet we were told that the menu is based on what the chef can get hold of, and despite being on the seafront, we only had fish on one evening (which was completely inedible as it was coated in salt). When we asked to see what the menu was, we were told there was no menu, and we would get what we were given. The vegetarian options were extremely limited, plain and incredibly salty, often consisting of beans in a tomato sauce, boiled rice with boiled vegetables, pizza, or penne pasta in a tomato sauce. Everything was so salty that I often just had the Greek salad (which was nice) and plain bread. There was one evening, however, in which they did stuffed tomatoes and Greek peppers which, while salty, was ok. My partner had the same opinion of the meat (I.e. it being incredibly salty), and that it was often overcooked, but there were more options for meat-eaters. Considering the proximity of the sea, it would've been nice to have more fish options rather than the same dishes repeated multiple times over the period of a week. In addition, the food was ALWAYS cold. Regardless of whether you arrived as soon as the food was put out, or whether it was breakfast or dinner, everything was cold. The breakfast was more edible, but the same options were available every single day, and again it was all cold, so it would've been nice to have more of a variety. In terms or service, it was a bit of a mixed bag: some staff were friendly, whilst others were very stand offish and generally quite rude. We certainly would not recommend this hotel and we definitely won't be returning.

Clean, quiet and comfortable. On outskirts of town but easy 10 minite walk to centre along restaurant strip. Seems to have been spruced up and looks nice and fresh and clean. Rooms are basic but perfectly adequate. Helpful staff. In house breakfast and dinner is limited but reasonable and good value if you want to avoid more expensive restaurants. Pool area was clean and quiet. Pool itself often had rather a lot of flies amd leaves in it although at other times was good for a cool down.

Just returned from a lovely stay at The Krini. Great location, just a 15 minute walk down to the harbour and restaurants/shops. Had an amazing view from my room, which was so peaceful with only the sound of the birds. Nice little pool area, plenty of sunbeds and not busy (May). Enjoyed a very tasty meal at the hotel - starter, main, dessert and a drink of your choice for 12 euro pp which was great value. A small and friendly hotel, great staff and great location. I want to wish Eleni (hope name spelt correctly) every success in her new venture. Such a lovely lady who deserves to succeed. I would definitely return - I didn't want to leave! Carol x

We stayed in a family room with mountain view which got the sun on the balcony in the evening. It's basically two interconnecting rooms, with a door between the two bedrooms which suited us well as we have two small children. The hotel was clean and staff friendly, but the whole place is lacking personality and atmosphere. There is a bar but it is inside. We didn't eat here so can't comment on the food. About a 20 minute walk to the main restaurants and bars but there are more closer than that too. We spent one day at the pool and it was so quiet (no background music even) that we went and used the pool at a bar down the road which had much more going on.

Arrived late and no hot water for 2 days. Maria the fabulous receptionist/manager sorted it...the taps were the wrong way round so blue was hot and red cold! The bed was very comfortable as were the pillows. The bathroom small but functional but probably needs a bit of updating and a deep clean. The pool area was lovely, quiet and clean but the pool was freezing!! I'm not a breakfast person but seemed to be plenty for all. The staff were amazing and so helpful. I got bitten by mosquitoes so Maria gave me a plug in for my room. Maid came daily and if I left towels in the shower they were exchanged for clean ones. Nothing happening in the evenings so people tended to go out. There is a buffet type dinner available for 15€ however. Nice walk down to the port. I'd say a great place to base yourself and I really enjoyed my stay.