The Blue Bay Hotel, Trianda
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The Blue Bay Hotel is situated 10km from the city of Rhodes, 4 km away from the airport and 2km from Ialyssos Town. Located on the west coast of the island, with its cooling breezes and shingle beach makes it ideal for sunbathing and swimming. The hotel is built along a natural private beach, connected with a regular local bus service and 500 metres from the main road, it is ideal for families. loading...
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The Blue Bay Hotel Reviews
" do not go here if you want entertainment, fun "
Submitted By: clarke484
I booked this holiday, through Jetline travel, its wasn't cheap, but reasonable, i payed for all inclusive. As i turned up and saw reception was very happy and thought wow. After being checked in to our room which was OK, we commenced our holiday, which was completely rubbish, terrible food, the selection of drinks on all inclusive was a joke, 6 euros for a cocktail in the hotel bar, oh and if your on all inclusive, you have to go outside to a skanky shack with a rude barman who cant be bothered to serve you. Entertainment, was ridiculous, all i can say is Greek male idiots dancing around trying to be funny dressed up as a women almost every night, if you wanted to have some half descent entertainment that was an extra 18 euro's for Greek night, what a con. I could probably go on for pages and pages writing how bad and disastrous this hotel is but all i can say is please don't go here, your be terribly dissapointed, oh yeah 1 bar and 1 restaurant within walking distance, so take lots of money for taxis. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, OVERLOOK THIS DESTINATION AND GO SOMEWHERE YOU SAVED UP ALL YEAR FOR,WHERE YOUR GET WHAT YOU DESERVE AND EXPECT.
Advice: rubbish
Activities: there was only 1
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2009
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:JetlineTravel
" me & my family "
Submitted By: shoppie
I booked this holiday 4 me my partner and my daughter as i found out i was poorly, i just wanted somewhere 2 get away so i could just relax and where my daughter could enjoy herself, and this hotel caters 4 all, the entertainment was great my daughter loved it and as asked if we could go bk again, the food was great they also catered 4 everyone in that department this is a amazing hotel, and i really cant see how people can moan about it. thank you blue bay 4 a great holiday.
Advice: i would tell them 2 go there 4 defo they would love it
Activities: we went 2 lindos and down 2 rhodes old town which was grear
Good for: Beach
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2 readers found this review helpful
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- Date of Holiday:May 2009
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Booked Independently
" Me & my partner arived back from... "
Submitted By: Miss L Scott
Me & my partner arived back from blue bay 2 weeks ago and we wish we were still there. We paid 1200 for us both for 2 weeks all inclusive, and it was the best holiday ever. People who have complained about this hotel are just being really picky. Im no posh bird and you get little problems everywhere you go. But this holiday was really good and there wasnt anything major we could complain about. The food & drink was great, the entertainment was brill throughout the day and night the pool was lovley and the rooms were nice and modern and cleaned 6 days a week. The satff were so polite and friendly too. There were a lot of dutch there but they were fine we even spoke to alot of them, they werent rude or anything. We are both under the age of 21 and we would recommend this for couples our age, families and older people. We are going back next year with all our friend and family and cant wait. All i can say to people who are going is if you want a gorgoeus holiday with lots of laughs you are going to the RIGHT place. You will love it.!!!!!!
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" in the words of ricky tomlinson 4... "
Submitted By: Mr G Mcgann
in the words of ricky tomlinson 4 star MY ARSE.
well over crowded with other hotel guests eating there,not enough staff, mostly catered for dutch and germans.
main restaurant more like a works canteen had to queue for up to 20 mins just to get in.
lots of rude foreign kids and teenagers running riot.(some of their parents were not much better)
junior disco was ok but adults entertainment was rubbish
in direct flight path of incoming jets so very noisy, no life guard in very busy pool,had to pay for any drinks in main hotel bar(not happy)
this should really be rated as 2/3 star
rooms were clean,food not bad, friendly staff,aircon working,can"t fault the weather.water park not bad.
if you are dutch or german go here, if you are NOT then seriously consider another hotel.
well over crowded with other hotel guests eating there,not enough staff, mostly catered for dutch and germans.
main restaurant more like a works canteen had to queue for up to 20 mins just to get in.
lots of rude foreign kids and teenagers running riot.(some of their parents were not much better)
junior disco was ok but adults entertainment was rubbish
in direct flight path of incoming jets so very noisy, no life guard in very busy pool,had to pay for any drinks in main hotel bar(not happy)
this should really be rated as 2/3 star
rooms were clean,food not bad, friendly staff,aircon working,can"t fault the weather.water park not bad.
if you are dutch or german go here, if you are NOT then seriously consider another hotel.
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- Date of Holiday:Aug 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Booked Independently
" This holiday, was one of the best i... "
Submitted By: G Barker
This holiday, was one of the best i have been on. The Entertainment, the pools and the service were all very good. The only thing that let the hotel down was the food which was ok,but could do with heating up. There were a lot of Gemans and Dutch but also quite a few Brits. and if you get fed up sunbating by the pool or the beach (on the doorstep) there are plenty trips available to Lindos, Tsambika beach and Marmaris in Turkey. Overall a great holiday and would certainly go there again.
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- Date of Holiday:Jul 2008
- Board Basis:Select
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" This hotel is AMAZING! I have been... "
Submitted By: Miss R Sim
This hotel is AMAZING! I have been coming here with my family since I have been like 7 so im 19 now and due to go back July 2008. Best holidays ever have been with this hotel. The staff are amazing and very welcoming and are like family to me. Since the first time I have been here it has dramatically changed in looks but the friendlyness from the staff has always remained the same and i love it!! I disagree with everyone elses negativity about this holiday. The entertainment is brilliant you never get fed up with it, i wish to work at this very hotel doing the entertainment :) fingers crossed!!
see you blue bay in about 3 weeks :)
rachel x
see you blue bay in about 3 weeks :)
rachel x
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- Date of Holiday:Oct 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:U Travel
" Me And My Family, Mum, Lee, Nanny... "
Submitted By: Miss E Storey
Me And My Family, Mum, Lee, Nanny Chris, Antony, Amanda, Uncle Luke and Teresa.
Went To blue Bay Hotel 4 Years Ago. It Was The Best Holiday I Have Ever Been On.
When We Arrived We Were Greated By Lovely Receptionists. Who Welcomed Us To The Hotel.
We Went For 2 Weeks And During This Time We Stayed In The ANEX.
I Really Enjoyed Meeting The Entertainers At The Time Who Were.
Pino,
Billy,
And Nadine.
I Loved Going To The Swimming Pool.
MAIN
And Playing Water Polo And All The Other Activities The Had To Offer.
Me And Lee Also Went Jet Sking.
Which We Fell Off.
And Could Not Stop Laughing It Was So Funny I Had To Swim All The Way Back.
It Sure Was The Best Holiday I have Ever Been On.
Love Emma Storey x
Went To blue Bay Hotel 4 Years Ago. It Was The Best Holiday I Have Ever Been On.
When We Arrived We Were Greated By Lovely Receptionists. Who Welcomed Us To The Hotel.
We Went For 2 Weeks And During This Time We Stayed In The ANEX.
I Really Enjoyed Meeting The Entertainers At The Time Who Were.
Pino,
Billy,
And Nadine.
I Loved Going To The Swimming Pool.
MAIN
And Playing Water Polo And All The Other Activities The Had To Offer.
Me And Lee Also Went Jet Sking.
Which We Fell Off.
And Could Not Stop Laughing It Was So Funny I Had To Swim All The Way Back.
It Sure Was The Best Holiday I have Ever Been On.
Love Emma Storey x
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2005
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cookx
" I went in August 2007 to the Blue Bay... "
Submitted By: daisyweight
I went in August 2007 to the Blue Bay hotel. It was the best holiday I have had yet! The location was amazing-right on the beach, it has a restaurant that serves buffet all inclusive with lovely food, a huge selection with lots of different dishes and lots of choice, even for me and I am quite picky, the snacks were just cheese, bread, salad and pasty things, and sometimes pasta, but you can get ice creams from the pool bar!!
The view from our apartments were amazing (we had one on each side of the hotel) my room was looking over the town and aqua park and I lay there for ages on the comfy chair getting a tan and people watching. The other apartment had a lovely view of the beach and pool and even the skyline of turkey!! The rooms were lovely and clean, with a TV with American channels, Greek channels, and BBC news! We got a DVD player when we asked at the desk.
The staff are friendly, the barman in the main bar and the woman working there too. The reception are okay, a bit moody but you don’t need to speak to them that much! The entertainment is really good. The animation team do pool games and beach volleyball and at night do a show we got to know them all really well, but if you don’t want to join in they just leave you alone to lie in the sun. The main pool is huge and the beach is nice, but most people wore jelly shoes bcoz there are stones in the sea.
The bar is great with cocktails that cost 3 Euros at happy hour and they’re gorgeous. The free bar is really good too with a big selection.
There are a couple of English bars about 2 minutes walk where the guys go to watch sports, and a karaoke bar next to the supermarket round the corner. There is a good bus service into all the nearest towns, and we went all over the island, eventually hiring a car. It’s really cheap to go anywhere and it’s easy to get to the Rhodes town and Faliraki too. There’s lots of English people at the hotel with other nationalities.
There’s a shop, a bag shop and a jewellery shop too! In the bar there’s kids games and computers, pool table.
Well I think that’s everything you need to know!!
The view from our apartments were amazing (we had one on each side of the hotel) my room was looking over the town and aqua park and I lay there for ages on the comfy chair getting a tan and people watching. The other apartment had a lovely view of the beach and pool and even the skyline of turkey!! The rooms were lovely and clean, with a TV with American channels, Greek channels, and BBC news! We got a DVD player when we asked at the desk.
The staff are friendly, the barman in the main bar and the woman working there too. The reception are okay, a bit moody but you don’t need to speak to them that much! The entertainment is really good. The animation team do pool games and beach volleyball and at night do a show we got to know them all really well, but if you don’t want to join in they just leave you alone to lie in the sun. The main pool is huge and the beach is nice, but most people wore jelly shoes bcoz there are stones in the sea.
The bar is great with cocktails that cost 3 Euros at happy hour and they’re gorgeous. The free bar is really good too with a big selection.
There are a couple of English bars about 2 minutes walk where the guys go to watch sports, and a karaoke bar next to the supermarket round the corner. There is a good bus service into all the nearest towns, and we went all over the island, eventually hiring a car. It’s really cheap to go anywhere and it’s easy to get to the Rhodes town and Faliraki too. There’s lots of English people at the hotel with other nationalities.
There’s a shop, a bag shop and a jewellery shop too! In the bar there’s kids games and computers, pool table.
Well I think that’s everything you need to know!!
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- Date of Holiday:Aug 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" Overall we had a wonderful time for... "
Submitted By: Mr A Montana
Overall we had a wonderful time for the price we paid. It was not one of the most organised Hotels my wife and I have stopped at. The service was not A Class and neither was the food.
The entertainment was fantastic. If it was not for the entertainment team run by Billy and his companion, we would not have gone back. We also enjoyed the family feel about the hotel Blue Bay.
For a cheap and family filled holiday Blue Bay is the place...
The entertainment was fantastic. If it was not for the entertainment team run by Billy and his companion, we would not have gone back. We also enjoyed the family feel about the hotel Blue Bay.
For a cheap and family filled holiday Blue Bay is the place...
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2005
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" I must stress I am not one to... "
Submitted By: Miss V Robey
I must stress I am not one to complain but me and my boyfriend had the worst holiday ever!
I must agree with all the negative comments and add to them.
We only got back this morning and I am so glad. If you have booked to go here - please cancel it.
The negatives -
1) We paid for 5 star and got put in Sunland which is 3 star but I would say more like 2! I complained about this to our rep who was not interested at all. She said they advertise as 5 star because the main hotel is and you get what you pay for. Well, we paid £600 per person 3 weeks before we went and were told it was 5 star and we were getting a great deal. It was a complete waste of money which made me furious.
We just thought we would get on with it though and make the most of it.
2) The food is disgusting - we lived off bread and ice-cream and ate out because I got so upset I couldn't eat the food anymore. It’s only slightly warm and most of it wasn't cooked properly (burgers pink apart from the outside which was brown so it looked cooked!). The pizza and spinach things in the snack bar were ok.
3) Germans - they were very rude - staring at us constantly, pushing in the queue for food.
4) Planes - this hotel is on the flight path but doesn’t advertise this. Planes flew that low we could read the writing on them so we even knew which company it was! They woke us up constantly and we are not light sleepers at all.
Positives -
1) The adult entertainment at night was really good and dead funny. The staff work so hard you wouldn't believe. The children’s entertainment was exactly the same every night (we knew the words and moves to all the songs in the end!).
2) The waterpark was really good - my boyfriend loved it. You have to go to the one in Faliraki though; it’s well worth the 20 euros.
3) The island is really pretty in parts - go to Lindos, Rhodes town and Faliraki.
I will never ever go back to this hotel, even if they offer it for free! If we go back we will go to Rhodes town or Faliraki.
I must agree with all the negative comments and add to them.
We only got back this morning and I am so glad. If you have booked to go here - please cancel it.
The negatives -
1) We paid for 5 star and got put in Sunland which is 3 star but I would say more like 2! I complained about this to our rep who was not interested at all. She said they advertise as 5 star because the main hotel is and you get what you pay for. Well, we paid £600 per person 3 weeks before we went and were told it was 5 star and we were getting a great deal. It was a complete waste of money which made me furious.
We just thought we would get on with it though and make the most of it.
2) The food is disgusting - we lived off bread and ice-cream and ate out because I got so upset I couldn't eat the food anymore. It’s only slightly warm and most of it wasn't cooked properly (burgers pink apart from the outside which was brown so it looked cooked!). The pizza and spinach things in the snack bar were ok.
3) Germans - they were very rude - staring at us constantly, pushing in the queue for food.
4) Planes - this hotel is on the flight path but doesn’t advertise this. Planes flew that low we could read the writing on them so we even knew which company it was! They woke us up constantly and we are not light sleepers at all.
Positives -
1) The adult entertainment at night was really good and dead funny. The staff work so hard you wouldn't believe. The children’s entertainment was exactly the same every night (we knew the words and moves to all the songs in the end!).
2) The waterpark was really good - my boyfriend loved it. You have to go to the one in Faliraki though; it’s well worth the 20 euros.
3) The island is really pretty in parts - go to Lindos, Rhodes town and Faliraki.
I will never ever go back to this hotel, even if they offer it for free! If we go back we will go to Rhodes town or Faliraki.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Med Hotels
" After two nights at the Blue Bay we... "
Submitted By: A. Waldron
After two nights at the Blue Bay we asked to be moved from the hotel. The hotel was overcrowded we had to stand in line for 25min just to get to the food which was awful. The taverna available to all inclusive guests was shabby. You could only get drinks from plastic cups or plastic beakers. The staff were rude, I asked the barman for a proper cup and his reply was "what do you expect" pointing at my all inclusive wrist band. My youngest daughter asked for an ice cream at 3.00pm and was told there was none left.
The main bar was lovely but not available to all inclusive guests unless you paid. This bar was open until 2.00am yet the all inclusive bar remained open only until 12.00am. This caused a problem as we could hear the noise from our room and the children couldn't sleep. Eventually at 2.00am and just nodding off a huge domestic argument took place outside our room. We were informed that the third night was Greek Night but we would have to pay 18 euros each to attend. My husband complained and said ‘but we have paid for all inclusive’ to which the man from the hotel replied that our youngest child could go free.
By the way, the aircraft practically land on top of this hotel - great for plane spotters. We had to transfer to another hotel which cost us more money but was far better.
I would strongly recommend not going to this hotel.
The main bar was lovely but not available to all inclusive guests unless you paid. This bar was open until 2.00am yet the all inclusive bar remained open only until 12.00am. This caused a problem as we could hear the noise from our room and the children couldn't sleep. Eventually at 2.00am and just nodding off a huge domestic argument took place outside our room. We were informed that the third night was Greek Night but we would have to pay 18 euros each to attend. My husband complained and said ‘but we have paid for all inclusive’ to which the man from the hotel replied that our youngest child could go free.
By the way, the aircraft practically land on top of this hotel - great for plane spotters. We had to transfer to another hotel which cost us more money but was far better.
I would strongly recommend not going to this hotel.
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- Date of Holiday:Aug 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" We flew to Rhodes with First Choice... "
Submitted By: Mr J Griffiths
We flew to Rhodes with First Choice to stay in the Hotel Blue Bay on an all inclusive option in a one bedroom apartment.
Hotel reception:
Friendly and efficient staff who like the English visitors. On check in we received the usual AI band.
Hotel rooms:
Highlight of the holiday for us and a real surprise. We had a room in the main block. Recently refurbished it was large, modern, and comfortable with large double bed in main bedroom and two comfortable single beds in the second. Bathroom was well equipped and modern with shower gel, shampoo, soap etc laid on. Stunning views over the pools and sea.
Air conditioning, tea coffee making facilities and DVD player made these rooms 4* in quality.
Water Park:
Travelling with First Choice we received unlimited free access to a waterpark at the front of the hotel. Featured free drinks and snacks together with 5 chutes and play pools. Really good modern facility and very well supervised. Plenty of sunbeds in the park.
Now... that’s the end of the good things:
Canteen:
Can't call it a restaurant. Reasonably furnished but tables packed together and room insufficient for number of guests. Very hot as it is not properly air conditioned with large numbers of people and children contributing to the general melee and noise.
Do not expect a quiet meal. Get in, eat up, and ship out. Food is of a good variety but was frequently cold. Large queues and rude Germans contributed to a stressful atmosphere of conflict.
Pools:
Terribly short of sunbeds. If you did not get down to the sunbeds by 7am you did not get a sunbed. On average there was one sunbed per 6 people. This led to conflict, arguments, and disputes. Paying the amount you do to go here you expect a sunbed.
The pools were adequate but surrounded by concrete and short on safety. There were numerous accidents due to poor safety. Indeed my own daughter slipped on the surface on the last day and broke her finger.
Entertainment:
From 9.30am loudspeakers blared music. This was interspersed with multi lingual entertainers in scenes reminiscent of Butlins. Cranked up through the day and added to by groups of beered up Scandinavian and German louts who had no regard for it being a family resort. And then in the evening it cranked up even further.
Same things every night, so loud that our room vibrated with the music at night.
All inclusive:
Shambles. The only drinks available are soft drinks, tea and coffee, wine, beer, vodka and rum. It is only available from the pool area and a building at the bottom of the complex next to the beach.
There is a large bar in the main building which is pay only. You cannot get any all inclusive drinks in the main hotel or at the entertainment. Oh, and the drinks provided are in plastic beakers with jagged edges.
Reps:
First Choice filled in a duty report when my daughter broke her finger and the office made one call to the doctor to say we were coming. Beyond that nothing. In fact they were conspicuous by their absence.
Weather:
38-46 degrees. Far too hot for us but can't complain as we knew that before we went.
In conclusion, please consider carefully what you want from a holiday. If you want a family holiday with quiet days on sunbeds by pool and relaxed meals and entertainment in the evening with drinks at hand... avoid like the plague.
Oh, and if you want customer service, avoid First Choice. They have let us down three times out of three.
Thomsons every time for us!
Hotel reception:
Friendly and efficient staff who like the English visitors. On check in we received the usual AI band.
Hotel rooms:
Highlight of the holiday for us and a real surprise. We had a room in the main block. Recently refurbished it was large, modern, and comfortable with large double bed in main bedroom and two comfortable single beds in the second. Bathroom was well equipped and modern with shower gel, shampoo, soap etc laid on. Stunning views over the pools and sea.
Air conditioning, tea coffee making facilities and DVD player made these rooms 4* in quality.
Water Park:
Travelling with First Choice we received unlimited free access to a waterpark at the front of the hotel. Featured free drinks and snacks together with 5 chutes and play pools. Really good modern facility and very well supervised. Plenty of sunbeds in the park.
Now... that’s the end of the good things:
Canteen:
Can't call it a restaurant. Reasonably furnished but tables packed together and room insufficient for number of guests. Very hot as it is not properly air conditioned with large numbers of people and children contributing to the general melee and noise.
Do not expect a quiet meal. Get in, eat up, and ship out. Food is of a good variety but was frequently cold. Large queues and rude Germans contributed to a stressful atmosphere of conflict.
Pools:
Terribly short of sunbeds. If you did not get down to the sunbeds by 7am you did not get a sunbed. On average there was one sunbed per 6 people. This led to conflict, arguments, and disputes. Paying the amount you do to go here you expect a sunbed.
The pools were adequate but surrounded by concrete and short on safety. There were numerous accidents due to poor safety. Indeed my own daughter slipped on the surface on the last day and broke her finger.
Entertainment:
From 9.30am loudspeakers blared music. This was interspersed with multi lingual entertainers in scenes reminiscent of Butlins. Cranked up through the day and added to by groups of beered up Scandinavian and German louts who had no regard for it being a family resort. And then in the evening it cranked up even further.
Same things every night, so loud that our room vibrated with the music at night.
All inclusive:
Shambles. The only drinks available are soft drinks, tea and coffee, wine, beer, vodka and rum. It is only available from the pool area and a building at the bottom of the complex next to the beach.
There is a large bar in the main building which is pay only. You cannot get any all inclusive drinks in the main hotel or at the entertainment. Oh, and the drinks provided are in plastic beakers with jagged edges.
Reps:
First Choice filled in a duty report when my daughter broke her finger and the office made one call to the doctor to say we were coming. Beyond that nothing. In fact they were conspicuous by their absence.
Weather:
38-46 degrees. Far too hot for us but can't complain as we knew that before we went.
In conclusion, please consider carefully what you want from a holiday. If you want a family holiday with quiet days on sunbeds by pool and relaxed meals and entertainment in the evening with drinks at hand... avoid like the plague.
Oh, and if you want customer service, avoid First Choice. They have let us down three times out of three.
Thomsons every time for us!
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- Date of Holiday:Aug 2006
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" I have never been so upset. We... "
Submitted By: Mrs P Davies
I have never been so upset. We arrived at Rhodes to be told that the hotel (Sunland) was not built yet so was being upgraded to Blue Bay Hotel (its sister hotel).
We arrived late and on first glance the lobby looked lovely, yes they were in the process of renovating it but it did look very posh with marble floors and was 5 stars.
We went up to our room on the first floor and I have to say I cannot really complain about the room, it was big and we overlooked the sea, beautiful.
We awoke in the morning for Breakfast with our two children 4 & 7 years and there was cereal, toast , ham, cheese and then slight English Breakfast Beans, Bacon, Fried egg, scramble egg, tomatoes and little frankfurter mini sausages. We didn’t think much of it Breakfast is breakfast right?
Lunch time came and and it was nice but bland, then snacks were pizza if they had cooked it. Most of the time you was waiting and sometimes up to 15mins which isn’t always a problem but you don’t really expect to have to wait, that’s what we paid for right?
We soon came to realise the food is the same everyday - all salads were with vinegar.
The food and entertainments were all catered for the Germans, how rude they are they didn’t queue they pushed they are utterly rude! The entertainment was mainly in German due to the fact there was very small amount of English.
The kids club we went along with the few other English couples with children and were told our children were not allowed in, it was for German children due to the language barrier of the person looking after them.
The so called children’s menu was chicken nuggets one night and the same old mini frankfurter sausage they had for breakfast along with chips this wasn’t every night so you can forget the children’s menu.
The swimming pools were ok and we did see the bloke clean them every morning but there are flying beetle’s things, which get in the pool but this can’t be helped. The beach you couldn’t really use due to cars up and down and one day even a mini digger truck thing doing building work.
The bar staff were friendly. The main entertainer I found rude, others were ok. The young girl never spoke with us.
The entertainment was ok for kids although most in another language they were happy to dance.
Couple of days in we noticed (due to being overcast we sat inside) that there was a few major things wrong with the hotel. There were wires where lights were going to be put but hadn’t yet hanging from the ceiling with tape around them.
My little boy was playing with a friend in the lobby (you could say shouldn't have been running around). They had lovely sofa's with tables on the end with glass on, didn’t think anything of it but he caught his leg on the table and the glass moved which meant he went to step over but couldn’t and stepped on the glass causing it to smash the corner.
My little one was ok the manager came over and so did the cleaner and she cleaned most of it up, and they walked off they didn’t seem bothered and didn’t ask if everything was ok.
We awoke next morning to a chink, chink noise at 7am, when we looked out our window there was a little guy below cutting off reinforcing and throwing it into a pile below our balcony, we had had enough due to lack of sleep from airplanes every night so low the wheels were down and could read the writing.
We finally managed to cop hold of our Rep on the Wednesday and told her everything. The table was still there this was two days after it happened!
The water park we were told would be open for use all week but was closed, apart from one day of which we were not told it was open, no sign, nothing!
This holiday has been a disaster I would never recommend it, we came back miserable and didn’t feel like we had had a break.
It comes to something when half way through the holiday your 4 year old son asked to get on the coach and go home!! Believe me if I could have I would have come home!
We arrived late and on first glance the lobby looked lovely, yes they were in the process of renovating it but it did look very posh with marble floors and was 5 stars.
We went up to our room on the first floor and I have to say I cannot really complain about the room, it was big and we overlooked the sea, beautiful.
We awoke in the morning for Breakfast with our two children 4 & 7 years and there was cereal, toast , ham, cheese and then slight English Breakfast Beans, Bacon, Fried egg, scramble egg, tomatoes and little frankfurter mini sausages. We didn’t think much of it Breakfast is breakfast right?
Lunch time came and and it was nice but bland, then snacks were pizza if they had cooked it. Most of the time you was waiting and sometimes up to 15mins which isn’t always a problem but you don’t really expect to have to wait, that’s what we paid for right?
We soon came to realise the food is the same everyday - all salads were with vinegar.
The food and entertainments were all catered for the Germans, how rude they are they didn’t queue they pushed they are utterly rude! The entertainment was mainly in German due to the fact there was very small amount of English.
The kids club we went along with the few other English couples with children and were told our children were not allowed in, it was for German children due to the language barrier of the person looking after them.
The so called children’s menu was chicken nuggets one night and the same old mini frankfurter sausage they had for breakfast along with chips this wasn’t every night so you can forget the children’s menu.
The swimming pools were ok and we did see the bloke clean them every morning but there are flying beetle’s things, which get in the pool but this can’t be helped. The beach you couldn’t really use due to cars up and down and one day even a mini digger truck thing doing building work.
The bar staff were friendly. The main entertainer I found rude, others were ok. The young girl never spoke with us.
The entertainment was ok for kids although most in another language they were happy to dance.
Couple of days in we noticed (due to being overcast we sat inside) that there was a few major things wrong with the hotel. There were wires where lights were going to be put but hadn’t yet hanging from the ceiling with tape around them.
My little boy was playing with a friend in the lobby (you could say shouldn't have been running around). They had lovely sofa's with tables on the end with glass on, didn’t think anything of it but he caught his leg on the table and the glass moved which meant he went to step over but couldn’t and stepped on the glass causing it to smash the corner.
My little one was ok the manager came over and so did the cleaner and she cleaned most of it up, and they walked off they didn’t seem bothered and didn’t ask if everything was ok.
We awoke next morning to a chink, chink noise at 7am, when we looked out our window there was a little guy below cutting off reinforcing and throwing it into a pile below our balcony, we had had enough due to lack of sleep from airplanes every night so low the wheels were down and could read the writing.
We finally managed to cop hold of our Rep on the Wednesday and told her everything. The table was still there this was two days after it happened!
The water park we were told would be open for use all week but was closed, apart from one day of which we were not told it was open, no sign, nothing!
This holiday has been a disaster I would never recommend it, we came back miserable and didn’t feel like we had had a break.
It comes to something when half way through the holiday your 4 year old son asked to get on the coach and go home!! Believe me if I could have I would have come home!
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- Date of Holiday:May 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" We chose this hotel because it had... "
Submitted By: Miss S Guy
We chose this hotel because it had its own waterpark for my son to play in. It had a little children’s paddling pool with all different water features, which looked lovely in the pictures when we booked it. It is registered as a 5* hotel.
I will now list all of the things that was wrong with it.
1) The waterpark wasn’t even open. When we booked the hotel our main criteria was the waterpark which we were told was open. On the first day we got there we were told it would be open in two days but two days came and went, so I asked again and was told the same thing.
We looked in the waterpark and they were grouting the tiles painting the pirate ship and just decorating it really, they had no intention of opening it. There wasn’t even any water in the pools. Then when I asked again, I was told they don’t usually open until 16th of May. They should state this in the brochure.
I was told they can’t open because it might rain. (It rained once in the evening that week) but they still had the swimming pools open.
On the final day they said that it would be open but all they opened halfway through the day was the adult side of the pool with the big slides which my son was too young to go on. So I went and spoke to the Manageress of the hotel who I had been speaking to all week and all she said was ' I will get back to you later on' (bearing in mind we were going home that day). She never got back to me.
So I went over and spoke to the main man at the hotel. I asked him what was happening about the waterpark and his response was as if he didn’t care.
2) The hotel wasn’t even finished, there was building works everywhere nothing was mentioned about that when I booked the holiday.
3) The beach was filthy so my son couldn’t even play on that. There was a skip in the middle of the hotel beach and on the left hand side there was a big pile of rubbish about 10 feet high and 20 feet wide that was full of all bits of concrete, old mattresses, bits of metal and wood.
There were trucks and cars that constantly drove up and down the beach. When I mentioned this I was told that it was because they were building a beach bar.
4) The food was appalling. They only used half of the restaurant so there was not much variety and the food was always cold. I reported this and was told the Greeks always eat their food this way, but they are not feeding Greeks. The next day they put a microwave out.
When I complained about the food lots of other people did too. Also before I booked the holiday I read up about the hotel and they constantly talk about the children’s menu, and that it is the only hotel in Rhodes that has its own children’s menu, but we never saw one.
The hotel also has a poster in the restaurant for the children’s menu. We complained about that and on the last day they put out some fish fingers, chips and beans.
When we were leaving I bumped in to a Thomas Cook rep and she was coming in to try the food because they had so many complaints. Remember it is advertised as a 5* hotel.
All they offered me in way of compensation was for them to pay for a taxi to take us to a clean beach. They even wanted me to pay for the taxi upfront and they said they would pay me back later.
It was like one of those holidays from hell programmes.
I will now list all of the things that was wrong with it.
1) The waterpark wasn’t even open. When we booked the hotel our main criteria was the waterpark which we were told was open. On the first day we got there we were told it would be open in two days but two days came and went, so I asked again and was told the same thing.
We looked in the waterpark and they were grouting the tiles painting the pirate ship and just decorating it really, they had no intention of opening it. There wasn’t even any water in the pools. Then when I asked again, I was told they don’t usually open until 16th of May. They should state this in the brochure.
I was told they can’t open because it might rain. (It rained once in the evening that week) but they still had the swimming pools open.
On the final day they said that it would be open but all they opened halfway through the day was the adult side of the pool with the big slides which my son was too young to go on. So I went and spoke to the Manageress of the hotel who I had been speaking to all week and all she said was ' I will get back to you later on' (bearing in mind we were going home that day). She never got back to me.
So I went over and spoke to the main man at the hotel. I asked him what was happening about the waterpark and his response was as if he didn’t care.
2) The hotel wasn’t even finished, there was building works everywhere nothing was mentioned about that when I booked the holiday.
3) The beach was filthy so my son couldn’t even play on that. There was a skip in the middle of the hotel beach and on the left hand side there was a big pile of rubbish about 10 feet high and 20 feet wide that was full of all bits of concrete, old mattresses, bits of metal and wood.
There were trucks and cars that constantly drove up and down the beach. When I mentioned this I was told that it was because they were building a beach bar.
4) The food was appalling. They only used half of the restaurant so there was not much variety and the food was always cold. I reported this and was told the Greeks always eat their food this way, but they are not feeding Greeks. The next day they put a microwave out.
When I complained about the food lots of other people did too. Also before I booked the holiday I read up about the hotel and they constantly talk about the children’s menu, and that it is the only hotel in Rhodes that has its own children’s menu, but we never saw one.
The hotel also has a poster in the restaurant for the children’s menu. We complained about that and on the last day they put out some fish fingers, chips and beans.
When we were leaving I bumped in to a Thomas Cook rep and she was coming in to try the food because they had so many complaints. Remember it is advertised as a 5* hotel.
All they offered me in way of compensation was for them to pay for a taxi to take us to a clean beach. They even wanted me to pay for the taxi upfront and they said they would pay me back later.
It was like one of those holidays from hell programmes.
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- Date of Holiday:Apr 2007
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:You Travel
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The food is terrible: every day the same, cold, no taste, no greec foods. The all inclusive drink are horrible, the plastic glasses are dirty and smelling.
The nearest village is half our, only the small supermarket is near.
The only good thing is the animation, they work hard to entertain you, but thats it. If you want to have a good holiday in a good place DONT CHOOSE Blue bay!