Medsun Kalloni II Hotel

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Just returned from a 7 night stay in Skala Kalloni at the Hotel Kalloni 2.It was our 5th visit to Lesvos,but 1st to this resort.Having read other reviews I was a bit concerned about this hotel and what to expect.
Hotel : Clean,tidy but very dated and tired!Furniture old,but new mattresses on beds,however, no mattress protectors,which was a surprise.Showers efficient but usual problem with small bathrooms becoming a wet room after use.Staffing appears to remain a problem with very few members who appear to have to multi-task.Pool bar not staffed for majority of day.Staff polite and accommodating when I asked for a different room.Plenty of food avaialable at breakfast but not varied and cereal bland.
Pool: large, very deep.Plenty of sunbeds but never cleaned and felt grubby and dirty.Pool full of flies with no-one appearing to maintain it.Couldn't see a shower for use before bathing,as a result an'off puttting' skim of cream/oil found floating on surface of water.
Previous thefts(reported on other reviews)have inevitably paid off for the hotel as they charge 15 euros a week for safety deposit box,which is a little excessive I feel.
Overall,hotel in good location and nicely on periphery of resort.Enough tavernas and bars for 1 week stay.Would recommend Paradise, Argo and Fish taverna in the square.Excellent resort for chilling out and relaxing,but not for the lively,go-getting late revellers!

Great location & smashing resort.
This was our 2nd trip back to this hotel & we were very happy, until 7/7/08 10 holiday makers rooms had money, travellers cheques, mobile phones & watch taken whilst the room we lock & people were out at the beach/pool.
The police were involved as were the travel companies, apologies & explinations were not forth comming & alot of valuable holiday time was lost messing out with crime numbers & reports for the insurance companies.
It did put a dampner on the rest of our stay & made us feel a little nervous.
Other that that the hotel & its staff were good.
Would we go back there? - yes we would have , but after the mystery thefts - I dont think we would or indded recommend that anyone else goes unless the hotel have inproved their security.

We found this hotel very disappointing. We stayed in a ground floor room and were unable to leave the curtains open as people walking past could look straight in and we were unable to leave the balcony door open as the balcony had steps leading up to it - not at all secure. The rooms itself was not particular pleasant but did have a sea view.
On the first morning we went down to breakfast and were horrified to find all the food completely covered in flies. Not just one or two but thousands - complaints to the staff were ignored. This went on for about 10 days until the day before a wedding was due to be held and that night a miracle happened all the flies had disappeared the next day -not one fly to be seen on the food - they were all dead on the floor. It was like a black carpet. You can see who they value most it is not the tourists.
When food or cutlery ran out in the restaurant you had to ask for replacements.
The staff are very overworked - they need more staff - the receptionists seem to work in the restaurant and the bar.
I have been going to Lesbos for the last 16 years and this is the worst place I have stayed - it has not put me off the Island but I will not stay in this hotel again.