Hotel Melpo

When we arrived at the hotel (12.00am), we got a twin bed room. We had booked and paid for a double bed room; however, the recepcionist said there was none available. After discussing the situation, he offered us to leave the hotel and find another one. Obviously, we took the room and waited for a change, which never happened.
During our stay, we discovered that the service was unfriendly in general.
The breakfast is poor. The location of the hotel is good, specially if you get a room facing the pool. Rooms are quite large, with a balcony to the terrace/pool.

Me and my girlfriend stayed at the melpo hotel during our 14 day holiday in hersonossis, although thgere was a slight mix up with the room the friendly staff who managed the hotel gladly movred us to the correct room the next morning. athere is a small pool and sun lounge area wich may not look alot but is perfect to get away from the busy village and relax with a nice little bar inside. I realy recomend it, verry peacefull and the rooms are verry clean and tidy.

Definitely would not recommend this hotel for young people as staff continuously complained about us coming in late, playing music etc. Firstly they double booked our roomas well as several others and moved us to another hotel with no apology. Booked a double room and got 2 single beds. Rooms very basic, pool and balcony tiny, bar unstocked and empty and rude staff. Excellent location but dissapointing hotel.

Fine looking and clean common areal. Little difficult to find, even though it`s in the main road. Good bar and swimingpool. Rooms ok, little old fashion bathrooms. Balcony smal but good enough for 2. A little fridge in the room was very good and silent. Good value for money. Very central placement for everything, you`ve got good breakfast and supermarket right across the road. Shopping right outside, Star Beach 10 min walking, cocktails within 300m, main party area 5 min walking.
Staff was very nice and helpfull.
Minus about hotel:
1. Mattress in the beds are very hard, bad for some.
2. Shower has curtain and bad showerhead.
3. Poor breakfast.
4. 12 Euro for safe pr week, and aircondition 6 Euro pr day ekstra.
5. Noise level is high in front, be sure to get room inside or in the back if you want to sleep. If you just want to party it`s ok in the front, but remember earplugs for the mornings.
PS! Remember the bloody vampire mosquits! Take Care!
Regards from a couple from Norway.

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I went to Melpo in May with my mum, her boyfriend and a mate.
The Hotel was freshly refurbished when we arrived. I can't say I saw much of the hotel with being out partying or anything but it's a good place to stay because it is in the centre of the town and near all the clubs and pubs.
The staff were very friendly and warming.
We weren't up early enough to try the breakfast due to the alcohol consumption but I don't think it would of been to my taste anyway.
My room was a very good size and the balcony was very spacious. Bigger than my mum's anyway, if you’re going and want a big balcony try and get a middle room.
A good place to eat would be the Greek Corner, when you come out of Melpo turn to your right and walk up to the 2nd corner and its a lovely little restaurant with the most friendliest staff.
A place for snacks I would recommend McDellys - Like McDonalds but you can get healthier options and they do pretty much everything!
The only downside of the hotel is the walls are like paper, the slightest move from a room next door you can hear!
The pool wasn't filled when we got there, but they scrubbed it for a whole day in the sweltering heat and it was gleaming when they had finished. I didn’t use the pool because I’m more a beach person - Star Beach would be the nicest beach to go to.
Do rent out quad bikes, go around and get the best deal. My mate and I got one for 3 days for €40 plus €20 for the insurance. We took a trip through to Malia and it was a lovely place. Very busy though.
But all in all the Melpo was lovely, the staff were lovely. I would definitely go back to the Melpo.

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We visited Hersonissos 2 years ago and stayed at the very pleasant Anatoli apartments (right opposite star beach).
We decided on a cheap holiday and up came Hersonossis, with the Melpo Hotel as an accommodation option, right slap bang in the middle of the town. It was great.
Ideal location, comfortable room (with fridge, although the fridge goes off when you are out of your room, as does all electrical, but it was free of charge so no complaints there).
We had a pool facing room with an exceptionally tiny balcony (it was an end room - the middle rooms have slightly larger balconies). The pool was empty when we arrived on day 2 of their opening for the new season, but we saw them scrub it clean and fill it with a hose over two days!! It's not huge, but more than big enough to cool you down on a very hot day.
The whole hotel had been freshly painted/refurbished - we had to wait for them to fit our safe which had been removed during the refurb!! No hassles there though. Rooms were cleaned every day and sheets changed every other day. Extra pillows available on request.
Now the breakfasts do leave a lot to be desired by British standards, but they do seem to be catering for the German/Dutch market, so it's basic continental (take your own tea bags and you'll be fine, the yellow label that they use in Crete is awful!).
The two owners were very friendly and helpful. We found the most amazing restaurant (missed it last time) called Sokaki, basically heading down town towards the main seafront area, there is a fishing tackle shop and beside it a small side street (first restaurant is called Vesuvious and then down on the RHS is Sokaki) - fantastic food, value for money and service, free pudding, the owner is lovely and again so friendly.
If you do take a wander towards Star Beach, then do eat at the Anatoli, a fabulous family restaurant, great atmosphere and good food too (try the burger on the grill stuffed with cheese - amazing).
So all in all compared to some of the places we've stayed in Greece the Melpo was a palace.