Nereus Hotel

9 readers found this review helpful

Booked 2 weeks at the begining of September 09, bit apprehensive having read the reviews but found our stay excellent. Staff were very good and always there to answer any queries you had. We had a couple of problems and was quickly sorted out, we stayed in a 1 bedroomed apartment which was excellent although cooking utensils where not adequate and need updating, but rooms cleaned every day and also towels changed daily. Room clean and tidy and never saw any insects in the room.
Would definately go back there again has you are close to all the bars and restaurants this was a warm and friendly hotel and enjoyed our stay. Down side not enough sunbeds unless you get up early to get towels on beds but preferred to go the the beachs instead which are just a walk away. Great to have the 9 litre water cooler in the room and would recommend purchasing one on arrival. Overall would recommend the self catering accomadations but did not see the hotel accomadations so can make no comment.

8 readers found this review helpful

I have just come back 2 days ago after spending a week in this delighful medium sized hotel in Pathos. It is very very friendly and even more relaxed. There is no need to dress up to go to the dining room at nights. One can even walk into the bar area without having to cover ones self up.
The rooms are clean and more than adequate, as is the outside areas
THe hotel is surrounded by restuarants and bars but like me if you take half board you can swop a dinner meal for one at lunch and this means you can eat out at the varying restaurant types that surround Nereus. It is more than ideally situated for the harbour and the main promenade. I found the 4 and 5 star places are away at the end of the strip and one would need to catch a bus or taxi to go anywhere
I would advise this hotel especially for couples and singles and its even better if you don't like kids as there were none there when I stayed last week.

7 readers found this review helpful

This hotel is old fashioned but great and does exactly what is says on the tin! We were worried about going with our two young boys after the previous reviews but all was well.
The apartment was clean and basic with fresh towells everyday and fresh bedding weekly.
The food was abundant at meal times (all be it basic). Great if you like fish n chips, pie n mash, english breakfast and a sunday roast....never the less it does taste nice.(only 3 greek dishes were served during the 16 days we were there so if you fancy more adventureous food...self catering or b n b might be your option.
Staff were wonderfully helpful and friendly.
The pools were clean but cold!! my 2 sons 7 and 8 swam every day in them.
The drinking water was ok at the hotel if boiled.
In conclusion....it is what it is. it's not stuffy and very child friendly.
It's a great place to use as a base what with it's fantastic central location (better located than most of the 'posh' hotels)
Would recommend to anyone with a young family!

2 readers found this review helpful

20 mins from the airport,Very friendly staff,very clean rooms.Good choice of food at every meal and plenty of it. Great location for the harbour,shops, bus to the market in the old town,also bus for Coral Bay.The hotel rents cars around 35euro (that includes everything vat,ins) a day but the price drops a great deal for longer rental. There are 2 roof terraces to sunbathe and chill. 2 clean pools one to sit round,one to lay round.Entertainment every night.Can understand why people go back.
Downside are timeshare touts, they try to stop you anywhere on the seafront,they drive up in cars or on mopeds in the most remote areas,they never leave you alone,this was the worst part of the holiday.

3 readers found this review helpful

75% of guests were rebookings. Rooms fine: clean, well-equipped, all you need and very comfortable. Compact perhaps but well-laid out. People say the hotel is in need of a `makeover' even though it has recently been redecorated throughout. For sure they would say the same of all hotels in eastern Europe; to us, their heavy dark wood and furnishings look dated. Room service perfect; likewise general assistance from Reception etc.; restaurant staff highly efficient and charming. Plainly, there was a lot of goodwill among all staff. A family runs the hotel: highly professional and capable in all respects and manifestly very `hands-on'. Restaurant food really excellent quality every night: well-cooked; choice of starters; wide choice of main courses and choice of about ten desserts. The only hotel in the town booked up. I took opinions and could not find anybody with a word of complaint - quite the reverse. Location very good.

3 readers found this review helpful

Cockroaches in the room; too many cats and too many cat smells, not only in the outside areas but in corridors as well. Hard towels; very poor food especially evening meals. The "assured welcome" that we would be given (according to the hotel's own write up) in "Papa George" bar just wasn't there at all. In fact the welcome was decidedly cool. Our room was nothing to write home about and although "cleaned" daily it never really felt clean and there was always a layer of dust. Smoking also presented a huge problem to us as non-smokers. It seemed as though the smoke from rooms that people were permitted to smoke in just filtered through into the non-smoking areas. It certainly didn't help to relieve the coughing and sore throats that we and many others in the hotel suffered. Apart from those things, the holiday was OK!!!!!
Must put a word in for the reception staff though - they were excellent.
Definitely not returning to hotel or even Cyprus in the foreseeable future. It has just gotten too expensive and we were constantly on our guard against getting ripped off. Also didn't find the locals that friendly, apart from those who wanted your cash for something. Was told that its much better in the Protaris area but will leave that for others to find out.

3 readers found this review helpful

This is the worst hotel i've ever stayed in, good location but hotel needs rebuilding. On the rep board we were guarenteed high standards that's a joke. we moved from the tiny prison cells called hotel rooms to a 2 bedded maisonette at the back of the hotel. I had paid for three twin rooms and a single supplement for my daughter. The hotel is filthy, the air con never cleaned or new filters put in so risk using it if you want to contract legionnaires disease. pools were filthy top one had scum all round the edges. I read the reviews before i went and most were complimentary and a couple of negative. everything they state in their review is true, we had little or no water on most days, the food was dreadful, sunday lunch was beef torn off the bone and piled on the plate they can't even carve a joint, the bathrooms were a disgrace shower heads very dirty, another health risk, I felt that they were penny pinching and ripping the british people off for as much as they could. Look out for the exposed pipes coming from the kitchens by the resteraunt pool area, one is coming from the extractor fan or aircon unit in the kitchen, they have a bucket to catch the water emitted from it. Cat food put down for the cats who constantly roam around and use the chairs to sleep on, the thousands of ants to and fro from the cat food. We had ants crawling all over the pullout bed downstairs and cockies which is all the hotel is fit for as it's guests. All I can say is that those people who return year after year is take your blinkers off and look around you, or maybe they have a good immune system, I couldn't even say the staff were nice they were polite but miserable. book at your own risk, I've stayed at better places on 2 star rating.

2 readers found this review helpful

On the day following arrival at the resort we were made aware that a large part of the nearby area was closed whilst building work took place on the sea front and this would not be reopened till May 08.
We were informed by people who went every year to holiday at this time to Paphos, that as a result of the Major building work taking place, that the government/tourism office or whoever had made payments to local business to cover their losses should they wish to close during this period
This had then resulted in that of the 44 hotels in the area only 12 stayed open plus many bars, shops, cafes etc closed for this period.
The Nereus were we stayed, remained opened but we had never expected any of the building work that was taking place, half the floor we stayed on was being upgraded, which resulted in access around the lift area difficult, at times an obstacle course to get to due to building materials in the vicinity, the constant noise of building work banging etc; the screeching of angle grinder as they cut tiles the smell of paint lingered at all times.
The first room (207) we were allocated, we had to move from due to the patio door not closing tightly allowing the smoke from a nearby barbeque to enter the room.
We moved to room 102 but this was far from perfect, we discovered that below the balcony was a skip and the top of the skip was only a few feet from the floor level of our balcony.
We complained to reception but were told this was the only room available the following day 12-2-08 we mentioned it to the Thomas Cook rep but nothing was done.

If we wanted to go and sit on the balcony we could not, due to the dust that was created when more rubbish was placed in the skip.
On two occasions we were woken at 6-45am by rubbish being placed in the skip.
On Friday the 22rd February we were sun bathing on the terrace, which was approx 50yards from our balcony which we could see from were we were. One of the other guests informed us that they were changing over all mattresses on floor level 1 that day.
Later on looking across to our balcony we saw 2 mattresses being thrown out then another 2 followed then another 2 then two more at this point we became very concerned our room was being used to throw out the old mattresses through.
We hurriedly dashed to our room and discovered the door fully open and some of my wife’s clothing that had been hung on the wardrobe door, was now on the floor and had been walked over, my glasses and a travel clock books were on the floor, these had been knocked from the coffee table. There was no sign of anyone yet my door was open to allow anyone to enter our room this I found totally unacceptable
When I go into a hotel I respect the fixtures and fitting etc, as a paying guest it is only right that they respect our belongings and privacy yet our door was open. We picked up the things and as we were leaving the room workers arrived with more mattresses to throw through the window we refused them access and a row erupted.
We told them we wanted the manager they refused to go and get him, we had to go instead and find him when we found him he stopped it and apologised.
By way of apology he left a bottle of house wine in our room.
Saturday February 23rd
We were woken at 7-15am by the skip wagon and driver who had come to collect the skip outside our balcony it was 25 minutes before he took it away, the Lorries engine was going all the time whilst the driver levelled the top of the skip in order to make it safe to transport. As a result of the engine running all the time it filled our room with fumes, we had no choice but to leave our room.
We reported this to a person who we believe to be the owner of the Nereus who was not a bit concerned but would only say work has to be done and that most of his guests came back year after year.
we will not be going back

it was my first time to paphos . i had a great time . it was my first hoilday with out my parents who died 9 years ago . i went with me mum,s cousin . which she as been before & said i would enjoy myself . & she was right . i really loved thomas the barman , he made my hoilday best ever . i can not wait to go again in thesummer when it,s me 30th birthday with me family & friends & again at the new year week . yeppiee can,t wait to see thamos again .

1 reader found this review helpful

I have no idea what the complaints were about, after reading the reviews I was so worried, yet we just returned from a week over the Easter break, family of four with teenage boys, we had great time, we had the 2 bed flats, more like a cottage with upstairs and downstairs toilets, cleaned daily, anything we asked for was sorted out straight away, so many things to choose from the breakfast, 3 course meal in the evening with plenty of pudding choices, very reasonably priced wine and snacks, the staff friendly, cheerful and helpful, got out of their way to sort out what ever needed without over stepping the mark.
Everyone we came across seem to be enjoying themselves, no one had anything to complain about unlike our previous holiday at a 5 star hotel, it's great value for money, very functional, conveinient location, great relaxing atmosphere.