Silver Beach Hotel

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So me and my family went to roda in august 2010 firstly I lost my suitcase and cosmos did nothing about it. We then got given a family room instead of two separate rooms. The room we were given was tiny and we had no room at all because it was like a small child's room. The pool is appalling because it looks like it had never been cleaned it was filthy. It had also been photoshoped as it is no where near as big as it looked in the picture. When we went to breakfast in the morning when we went for breakfast it was a buffet and dont get me wrong I love buffets but this was disgusting cold beans, dirty cutlery and hair in the food I mean who would want to et that. Certainly not me and I am sure you wouldn't either. Half way through our holiday we got to change rooms but my parents still has he small family room. The room was disgusting, hair all over the floor and squashed flies up the wall had It ever been cleaned?
I can honestly advise every person out there not to go to silver beach hotel. But rosa itself is beautiful the beach is so pretty with clear warm water and the town is very interesting and full of lovely restaurants and taverna. So I strongly would advise going to rods but whatever you do do not stay at silver beach hotel.

Not quite as bad as some of the reviews, but the others on here are fairly accurate. To sum it up, the rude staff make it quite unpleasant. Yes, the pool is that dirty that you can't see the bottom of it, and yes the breakfasts are hideous (thank god I took my own tea and coffee). I never once saw the pool cleaned (in Benitsies last year - which was half the price may I add - the pool was cleaned religiously at 8pm every evening).
Took a plug-in mosquito killer, mosquito roll-on, and b4 bite spray, but was still horrendously bitten - I still have the bites now, 2 weeks on.
I never once got clean towels, on the rare occasion we got a maid, my towels were simply put on the balcony to dry, and I had the same dirty sheets all week.
At the side of the hotel is Alexandros - use their pool if you visit here because it is clean.
The travel agent straight opposite the hotel is friendly, and offers much cheaper excursions than the ones the reps try and rip you off with - it was 22 euros to go all-inclusive to the waterpark (not the big one advertised on all the buses, a different one which was just a 10 minute ride away).
On the plus side, the supermarkets and beach are in spitting distance of this hotel. Also, I met some very interesting characters on this holiday who kind of made it for us.
The hotel's WI-FI don't work, so again, you need to go to Alexandros next door for this, although there are plenty of internet cafes close by which are very cheap.
Be careful taking your own food and drink by the pool, because the staff are quick to pounce on you (but you wouldnt want to eat their stuff).

1 reader found this review helpful

Me and my friend decided to take a last minute holiday to Silver Beeach Hotel in Corfu before we go back to uni/work etc.
Unfortunately the journey there was unpleasant, the coach took two hours to get to our destination, by the time we got there we were tired and agitated.
The room we stayed in looked like a cave, no windows, full of mozzies and other nasty insects, the shower was grimey and small with a broken shower head. The beds were hard, no hairdryer, no aircon..the list goes on...
The pool was sooo murky you couldn't even see your own feet!! Dont think i ever saw it get cleaned once!!
The food they serve is disgusting! small pathetic buffet..you'd be lucky if you even got a decent size plate to put it on!
At breakfast all you had was cheese and ham, bit of bread and jam pots. Drinks werent included, you had to pay.
Staff were rude, didnt let us stay in the lobby while we waited to be picked up to go home. The only nice member of staff is Alexandra.
They were all nice to us but as soon as we were leaving they didnt want to know, once they have your money thats all they care about. Good riddens!
The only thing i will say is the excursions are good the actual place itself is nice and other tavernas around it just not the hotel!
I wouldnt waste your money!!

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me and my girlfriend booked a 10 day stay at the silver beach hotel EVEN AFTER reading some of the reviews believing it really couldnt be that bad.......we were SO wrong! ive got to say its one of the worst places we have stayed and theres no way i will ever stay there ever again! EVERY person we spoke to while we were there actually laughed at us when we said we were staying there as its so bad, we found out it was on HOLIDAYS FROM HELL afew years ago too. The pool is Filthy, u cant even see through the water it also gave me an ear infection 2 days into the holiday so decided to use the pool at the back of the hotel (alexandros) which is absolutely lovely! the floors were filthy the room we had was very small which had no air conditioning, the whole hotel STANK of SEWAGE, the maids were crap, mopping the floors with filthy water the towels, soap etc were the same ones from the last people staying there. The area was very nice with very nice people the only thing that let us down was the hotel....as i can say is please dont put yourself through the hell we (and everyone else that have stayed there) have been put through there are so many beautiful places around near by........ALSO DO NOT eat the breakfast......the hotel needs to be shut down and sorted out NOW!

Me and my Partner stayed here August 6 - 13 2010 we arrived at corfu airport to find that our coach was not there to take us to the hotel, when the coach arrived the driver had no clue where he was going, we arrived at the silver beach hotel tierd and frustrated to find the room had no air con and full of mosquitos, and our welcome meeting wasnt until the tuesday 4 days after arriving at the resort.
Breakfast first morning was a dissapointment as the only thing on offer was bread and cheese, no toast or cereal.
The hotel pool was ok but there was always a fight over a good sun bed, we found a good free pool just the back of the hotel.
Over all we had a really good holiday we ate out for breakfast every morning for just 3 euros for full english, non air con and mosquitos we just put up with.
We would not stay at the silver beach again but we really enjoyed roda and will be returning next year.

3 readers found this review helpful

We stayed at the Silver Beach for 14 Nights In July 2010. I have been to Roda many times and stayed in a number of apartments, some better others not as good.
The room and bathroom were cleaned every day (except Sundays)We paid 8 Euros a day for the fridge and air con as this was in the original review it did not come as a shock.The staff were really friendly and helpful.
Unfortunately the breakfast was spoilt by flies in the restaurant and uncovered food.After my daughter and myself were ill we decided to skip breakast and eat elsewhere.
Reading some of the reviews i think we were lucky but i would stay again

This hotel is disgusting, really needs closing down - pool filters don't work cant see the bottom of the pool its that dirty made loads holiday makers ill, breakfast is tea, toast, jam, butter, wafer thin ham, wafer thin cheese, scrambled egg kept warm with a tea light for from 8 till 10 and coffee made up kept warm on top of the toaster.
jacuzzi that isn't cleaned out, we seen the cleaners getting buckets water out the pool on the morning swilling the seating area down then brushing it back into the pool. while we where there there was loads people bad including me and my husband with sickness and diarrhea. we thought after reading reviews that things might picked up but but believe me the hotel needs closing down, the rooms they smell of sewage from the open drain at the back of the hotel, and they have rotten wood work and the taps i found it hard to use them, very old and dirty. If this hotel was closed and done up it would be in a perfect location, but even the local people no that this hotel has bad reputation, Dont go here

Avoid this hotel like the plague i have just returned from a stay there with my husband and 18month year old daughter and quite frankley i wouldnt have my dog stay and eat in that hotel, we all went to alternitive bars and resturants for food even though we had paid for b&b, I wouldnt say im a fussy person but that was just dirty sheets were mucky bathroom was well words cant describe honestly take my word and by the looks of the other reviews everybody elses for it do not stay there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me and my 17 years old daughterhave stayed 10 days at the Silver Beach and had quite a pleasant Holiday. We booked trough On the Beach.
we were given choice between 2 rooms 1 in the hotel and one in the annexe. The annex was much bigger and we chose that. That save us air conditioning charges and fridge charges (that is 7 euros more per day,that the receptionist said were mentioned in the review,I never saw them).
Anyway overall we had a good experience. Quiter in the annexe than it is in the main hotel, I am talking here about being able to sleep at night.
Roda is a very small town and the entairtaiment is mainly singers impersonations and kareke, night in night out.
We were not very demanding. I would say that the food at the hotel was a bit repetitive for breakfast (coffee is not that great) but better at dinner even though you just get what you paid for. They try to cook a sort of English or italian version of food,not sure how succesfully but some dishes I really liked. Not bad for 12 euros a day.
My rating would be IT IS OK FOR 2 STARS.
Staff very friendly and helpful.Swimming pool may notlook very clean becaue of the type of chlorine they use, that make the water cloudy. It is clean..
Overall we had a lovely holiday

We have just returned from a one week stay here and I wish we had read more about it before we went. Arriving in the early hours we were sent to the "Extension" along a dark, rubbish ridden alley to a very small bedroom / bathroom /kitchenette. It smelled horrible when the door opened and was very dirty especially the bathroom. There was no air-con and so we were charged 3 euro a day for a fan which spun but would not rotate and just blew hot air about. We were on half board but only ate there once as the food looked terrible and smelled bad. There is stagnant water not far from the hotel so mosquitos are a real menace there. Roda itself is quite a nice place and I saw many better places to stay.