Marina Corfu Hotel

Before we booked our holiday, we read all the reviews about this hotel on this website. Of course, the old motto is “you cannot please all the people all of the time”.
But based on what we read, we booked the Marina Corfu for 7 nights on a last minute all-inclusive deal with Seguro holidays. We were not disappointed as everything promised in the brochure was delivered.
The Marina Corfu is a bright, modern, and fairly well equipped hotel, each room having the usual private facilities, TV, phone, private balcony etc, and even a small fridge.
The accommodation was adequate given the short period. Maids changed the towels daily as required and generally the room was kept clean and tidy. We had requested an air-conditioned room with a pool view and our request was granted. The rooms on the other side of the hotel got little sunshine and face onto a road.
The all-inclusive package provides buffet-style breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snacks, ice cream and locally produced drinks. Given that the hotel has to cater for all tastes and nationalities, the choice of food was OK.
English breakfast was available every day as well as cereals, cold meats, salads, cheeses and fruit. For lunch and evening dinner, a varied menu of hot and cold food was provided.
There was always something on offer to suit differing tastes and a visit to the carvery at the top of the dining room is a must if you prefer roasts. The kids had their own buffet area serving nuggets, fingers, burgers, and chips. Downside, choice a bit repetitive, soups not good, occasionally just warm but otherwise OK.
The dining room staff struggled at times clearing away dirty dishes but worked very hard nonetheless despite being under-staffed.
The small Cala Egos beach and sandy cove is situated between the Marina Corfu and the Marina Skorpios hotels and is owned by the council. Scattered around are palm tree sunshades but sunbeds on this beach are chargeable.
Further back is one of the two pool areas with a large pool and a toddler’s pool. Sunbeds within the hotel complex are free and are chained up until 9am to avoid them being reserved but unfortunately this was not too successful.
Adjacent to the large pool is the bar area which opens 11am through to midnight serving snacks, ices and drinks. The second pool is situated on a terrace next to the hotel building. We found both pools were kept clean.
A small team of entertainers provided all the kids and adult games from 11am until 11pm and this team also performed on stage for the adult entertainment starting around 10pm. During daylight hours we had archery, pistol shooting, rifle shooting, football, tennis and volleyball as well as mini-golf competitions.
Within a few hundred metres of the hotel, you have a selection of shops, bars, and restaurants. Also nearby is a small supermarket. To travel into Cala D’or Central, take the mini train return 3 Euros per person or taxi for 5 Euros single.
Lots of bars and restaurants everywhere but for good British grub, try the Dumpling Bar opposite the Cheers bar in Cala D’or Central. Excellent food, great service, and reasonable prices.
Another place to visit is the marina. Boats abound. Some even a lottery winner couldn’t afford! Visit the Smugglers Inn overlooking the marina and enjoy a cool beer or two whilst watching the fish swim in the water.
Overall, this 3star hotel was better than we had envisaged. The staff were friendly and helpful and we rated them as very good. Most spoke many different languages. We would definitely book again.

I have just arrived back home from a 7 day holiday at the Marina Corfu Hotel, and I was very impressed with my stay.
We arrived at the hotel, and within 10-15 minutes, we were sat by the pool with a drink in our hands.
The staff at the reception were extremely patient and quick with the check in, especially as we had 12 family members aged between 11-82, with the eldest being in a wheelchair, which is clear that it has easy access for the disabled.
The hotel itself was very clean, and very well looked after. It had 2 swimming pools, and 2 little ones for the toddlers, with pool-side bars with easy access to food and drinks. The rooms were kept very tidy, and we had a balcony looking over the beach, which was extremely pleasant.
The only complaint I'd have is the showers... They were ok, but the water didn't feel as clean as it should.
The food was very nice, although there wasn't as much choice at lunch times, perhaps due to the fact that snacks were available on demand at the pool-side bars.
The entertainment was superb. Activities throughout the day, and if you have competitive family members, this is a great hotel to go to. Football, water polo, and volleyball played every day, plus killer pool, and killer darts etc to enjoy during the day, and during the night, it was decent, and some nights we had tribute bands.
We had Queen Tribute one night, and The Beatles tribute another night, and they were both fantastic!
Overall, a fantastic stay, and I would definitely love to visit again.

If you have booked this hotel then I do hope you don't have such a bad time as we had!
The food here is awful, unless you like very very greasy cold cafe food!
The smell of sewage around the resort was very strong day and night.
The pool and beach are very crowded. You need to try a reserve a lounger around the pool by 8:00 am if you have any hope of staying around there.
Most of the people staying are of a yobbish nature. This includes the families! Quite a few drunken groups of young blokes/women at night time. Very noisy out and in the hotels.
The rooms are very basic but they are clean.
The staff are ok but are worked off their feet. Prepare to queue at the bars for drinks.
All in all not a good holiday. This place is Butlins in the sun and mostly full of British.
Will not go again and doesn't deserve a 3 star rating.

Just came back from a week’s stay at Cala Egos and had a very good time!
Food was a bit disappointing but most nights you could go out of the hotel to eat somewhere else!
Rooms were kept very tidy and the accommodation was very clean!
A lot of people say it is very close to Cala D' Or but it is an hours walk or half hour run in a taxi (and very dear).
Over all had a very good time!

Very unhappy to hear all the bad comment for people about this resort!
I went with family and a big group of people! I thought it was very family friendly and the entertainment was well done!
Food was lovely and the rooms were very tidy!
It is a very long walk to Cala d Or (took over an hour) and is about 45 mins by taxi
And was very dear!
Went a trip to Palma which is beautiful and had a great time!
The beach is right beside the hotel and was great for the kids!
Would go back and time just hope more good comments keep coming in!

Have just returned from a 10 night stay at the Marina Corfu Hotel.
The food was very very disappointing (especially at lunchtime) and I would not recommend staying at this hotel if you enjoy your food! The carvery at the end of the restaurant wasn't bad, but some of the dishes being served in the main area of the restaurant looked awful and were on the cold side.
Having read such good reviews for this hotel, I was very surprised at the standard of the food. On a positive note, the hotel was very clean and the staff were very friendly.
We had a double room on the 5th floor, which had a good view and was of a good size with good wardrobe and storage space. The bathroom was very good and very clean. The TV in the room does have BBC1, BBC2, and ITV, which is very nice to have if you don't want to miss Eastenders! There is also a fridge in the room, which is very handy and a hairdryer in the bathroom.
It is difficult to get a sunbed (especially the softer type ones) and yes, they are all reserved with towels by about 7am. The beach is small and you do have to pay for the sun loungers. The sea is VERY, VERY cold in June!
The pools are ok, but unfortunately some of the non-English guests while we were there were letting their children use the pool as a 'toilet' - not very nice!
The hotel is very basic and could really do with a complete refurbishment. Saying that, we had a nice time whilst there and one good point was that neither of us had any tummy upsets during our stay, even though the food wasn't that good! The entertainment was quite good some nights and not so good other nights.
You can walk to Cala D'or, but it is quite a walk - not about 20 minutes as we read in some other reviews! Alternatively, you can get the little train in. There are a selection of shops, bars, and restaurants in the resort, which is about a 5 minute walk away. It is a very quiet and relaxed little resort.
We had a nice time, but I wouldn't go back to this particular hotel again.

Excellent value for money. Rooms cleaned every day and towels changed every day. Hotel really clean. Food excellent, great variety. Lager and Sangria very nice. No queues which was nice.
Kids disco at night and mini club through the day. Entertainment good. Small resort two minute walk away with shops and bars and restaurants. Plenty for kids to do i.e. trampolines, go-karts etc.
Marina is a fifteen minute walk. Mini train takes you round resort and into Cala D'or for 3 Euros.
The only complaint I can have is regarding the sunbeds at the hotel. People must get up through the night to put their towels out and you cannot get a bed around the two pools after 9.15am. AND the annoying thing is most of the beds stood empty until lunch time apart from the towel on it! The sunbeds on the beach are not unlocked until 10am which is a much better idea.
I would recommend this hotel as long as you do not require a sun bed every day, as you won’t get it unless you get up really early and who wants to do that on holiday.

The hotel itself is clean and fairly modern. The staff are mostly friendly and helpful. The manager cannot speak English so it's not helpful if you need to complain (which we did about the food and loungers!)
Rooms are quite small but adequate, however the walls are so thin we could hear our neighbours snoring and the hotel is only quiet between about 1am and 6am (if you are lucky). If you are a light sleeper take ear plugs. They only supplied one thin pillow and the hotel was filled up so no spares!!
Sun loungers were nonexistent; they were at least 100 chairs short. Towels were out at 6am and sometimes people got nasty and threw them in the pool. Loungers on the beach had to be paid for.
The hotel was mainly filled with British holiday makers.
There were some jelly fish in the sea the first few days but towards the end of the week was OK. Weather wasn't great at first but then became good.
FOOD - YUK! Best describes it. Breakfast was OK, apart from uncooked sausages and bacon. Lunch was just about manageable if you had a salad!
Dinner - impossible to find anything you liked, couldn't even tell what most things were. Anything that was edible wasn't very warm. Snacks were awful, even the chips weren't great and the chicken burger when cooked was pink inside!
We ended up eating out for 5 nights out of 7!
The restaurant was always busy and hard to find a table and I mostly had to clear one myself to sit down and then spent ages looking for clean cutlery. The staff were very pleasant though, just not enough of them.
There is a small shopping centre in Cala Egos with restaurants and bars which is within easy walking distance. The Marina at Cala Llonga is about 20 minutes walk away and I wouldn't try walking to Cala D'or it would be easily 45 mins to an hour. 5 Euros in a taxi each way though.
Taxi from the airport - taxi driver couldn't find the hotel = 70 Euros, return journey was 59 Euros.
Have been to much better 3 star hotels, won't be going 3 stars in future!
Wouldn't go again and wouldn't recommend it.

Just felt I had to add my review to this list.
My family and I were at Marina Corfu Hotel for 2 weeks, we are aged from 2yrs old to 61 yrs old, and we all had a great time.
Would recommend it to friends.
Clean rooms, good service, and friendly staff made the whole fortnight a pleasure.
Particularly the entertainment team, they were brilliant, especially with our two 10 yr. olds.
The only thing was we wished the menu catered a bit more for children’s tastes, but aside from that we couldn't fault it.
Hoping to return next year.

This was holiday from hell. Not only did my case get broken into at the airport, I had no help whatsoever from anyone and having a 2 year old child with me was hard work.
The staff did not help either even though they saw the situation I was in.
Anyway once I managed to get into the room I thought it’s ok but not for the price I paid. The bed was tiny and the room still had the previous people’s sand in there!
I then went to see what was for dinner. It was slops. Disgusting. I lived on salads for the week. Even my girl disliked it and she is a great eater.
You still have to pay for the sunloungers even though all inclusive which I think is wrong. By the pool they are free but u have to be out crack of dawn to reserve a seat but chances are you would come back and someone has nicked it.
The drinks were also disgusting tasted like watered down wine, not good at all.
As for the beach well I have never seen so many jellyfish in my life. There is no one there cleaning them up.
Personally I think they should knock down these hotels as they are totally a waste of time. Tour rep never had a bloody clue. Over rated hotel.
As for kids entertainment, well unless your kid can swim the activities took place in the big deep pool. Please anyone who is looking to go here with a kid and is looking for entertainment it only caters for kids over the age of 7!
Holiday from hell. I hope you find this info useful. I will never return there again!