Leivatho Hotel

We stayed at Leivatho Hotel for three nights and loved it. The hotel is excellent, well located, beautiful and well maintained. Excellent reception, wonderful rooms, large, well decorated. And we stayed in the simplest room in the hotel. Very good breakfast. Excellent service. The hotel owner was always present. Good wifi signal. I highly recommend this hotel on this wonderful island of Kefalonia.

We have just returned home from our stay at the wonderful Leivatho Hotel,Avithos Beach, Kefalonia and to paraphrase that well known phrase and saying,’ We Wish We Were (Still)There!’ Accordingly,we would like to give a huge thank you to Maria,Jorge and all the staff at the hotel, for making our holiday so memorable and such a joy from beginning to end. We will be back!

I had the pleasure of staying at Leivatho Hotel last week, and it was nothing short of amazing. From the moment we arrived, Maria and her fantastic crew ensured we had the best time at the hotel and exploring the island. George, the hotel manager, is an extraordinary individual. His humor and willingness to help with anything we needed made our stay even more enjoyable. The service he provides is exceptional and truly sets this hotel apart. The breakfast was superb, offering a complete and fresh spread every morning. They serve the best fresh orange juice on the island! The room was much larger than those at most other hotels in the area, super comfortable, and the air conditioning was a lifesaver in the heat. The location is ideal, with Avithos Beach just 200 meters from the hotel—a nice walk that leads you to two cool tavernas. There are also many beautiful beaches close to the hotel, making it a perfect base for exploring the island. We had an amazing stay and will definitely be coming back next year. Chapeau to Maria and the team for making our vacation unforgettable!

The hotel was in a fantastic position minutes walk from the beach and two tavernas. Maria and her reception team offered exceptional service, the hotel is extremely well cared for and spotlessly clean. Buffet breakfast was excellent with a wide range of hot and cold food, replenished as soon as it was low, Joanna who looked after the tables at breakfast and lunchtime was a delightful young girl, always greeting guests with a smile whilst working efficiently. We had lunch a couple of times and this was excellent. George hotel manager, very experienced and full of knowledge always checking that everything was ok. Another member of team that deserves a special mention is Nikos the afternoon/evening bar tender, extremely friendly and helpful. The whole of the team, gardener, housekeeping all need a special mention everyone worked tirelessly to make sure our stay was enjoyable.

This was the starting point to exploring the island and we stayed three nights to acclimatise. The hotel itself was very stylish and loved the design and use of concrete, the rooms were spacious and the pool looked nice although didn't use it as I prefer the beach which was conveniently located a few minutes walk away (also a couple of good tavernas there). Service was excellent and really hit a note, everyone was helpful friendly and accommodating especially Maria on the front desk and Panos in the restaurant / bar area. We had dinner there one evening which was good and breakfast (buffet style) had most things anyone would want. Suffice to say I would definitely stay again and being ten minutes drive from the airport a major plus if you're arriving in the evening.

Leivatho Hotel met all our personal criteria: good location and prime view, fine sense of design and architecture, green areas, attentive and friendly personnel, large beds with sleep-friendly mattresses, good nearby infrastructure with good taverns, a non-crowded sandy beach (Avithos Beach) located nearly at the door and last but not least ... SUSTAINABILITY We like the hotel's ambitious environmental engagement (supposedly pretty rare in Greek tourism so far). Suggestions for further improvements: Why not become “plastic-free” (the beautyful island partly sinks into plastic waste, you can find plastic bottles seaming roads, covering fields, waiting in dry waterbeds just to be washed into the Ionian Sea by the next autumn rain). Why not strictly use paper straws, offer honey and butter from local acriculture in glass cups? Why not provide a charging station for electric cars (we saw more of them than expected)? CULINARY The rich breakfast offered some typical greek elements and is fine, if your definition of the perfect breakfast is not equivalent to fancy bread. Since we've had outstanding nearby taverns (like Avithos Preview) we didn‘t even try the hotel's cuisine. But we liked their tasty smoothies, welcome-juice and the free accessable flavored water. WIFI Even if full WIFI access is not granted all time in all studios (bugging Youtube-loving teenagers) the hotel complex always provides free accesses, e.g. in the lounge. WEBSITE COMMUNICATION and EXPECTATIONS Concerning the Hotel's communication and in this regard potentially raised expectations: please don't build on an expansive pool or cold, sterile, polished architectural magazine-like perfectionism. If you can live with a small (but neat) pool and overlook tiny ravages of time flaws you can have a great relaxing time in this resort. So, why a 5 star rating? Despite the above-mentioned minor things that could easily be fixed or improved, we love the hotel's overall package (attitude, design and staff). We would choose Leivatho Hotel again at any time.