Uncle George Apartments

3 readers found this review helpful

Right next to the beach. rooms adequate (beds comfy, shower and toilet ok, aircon available on request - 5 euro per day). Food is not from menu if you've booked half-board, but you will have an a very good 3 course meal of traditional Cretan food cooked by the owners Mum which you will love. Something different every night and always good quality. Great characters who are always happy to chat with you. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did as we will be going back for many years to come.

7 readers found this review helpful

When I booked this holiday, I had not checked this websites' reviews, and I am glad I did not, as at that time, there were negative reports. I am so glad I booked the room here. Yes, the room is basic, but it was clean and spacious. Yep. I got the fridge wit the door that did not close. I asked, and within an hour it was replaced. Yep, the shower rests in the cradle on the taps. So do 90% of showers in low-cost rooms in Greece. Kostas and his wife were great. The food was excellent and fairly priced. It was located only 150mtrs from the clean, very long beach, and bars and supermarkets all within walking distance, including a cinema with recently released English films! Additional small plates of food and raki were always offered at no extra cost. sheets changed once in the middle of the week (why expect more than that?),Towels changed twice, bathroom bin 3 times. No complaints as far as that is concerned. On my last morning I had coffee with Kostas, and a Dutch couple who were there for their 10th year running!That must tell you something about the place. If you do accept reviews as part of your trip plans - that's OK, I do too. But read carefully and see how many good ones outweigh the bad ones.

7 readers found this review helpful

Im suprised at the negative reviews.
Just returned from a weeks stay and it was lovely.
Kostas and Artimis were the perfect hosts and couldnt do enough for you and made me feel like i was part of the family. The apartment i stayed in was perfectly clean and the food at the family taverna was great.
I would recomend this to anyone who wants a typical greek/cretan holiday in a nice area with wonderfull hosts.

7 readers found this review helpful

The service provided by costas was the best service i have ever had. we stayed half board and its not like a normal half board our food was cooked when we wanted it and the quality was excellent. Costas (owner) even offered to drive us around if we wanted to go visit anywhere - ever had that from a hotel owner!?
the rooms were adequate with a pretty decent view, balcony was of good size and got sun in the morning and of an evening.
Beach is literally a 30second walk, it has all the water sports needed.
i will definately be going again and it will be to the uncle george apartments!
Costas even got a little upset that we were leaving and bought us a bottle of house red - again you dont get that kind of service normally!

2 readers found this review helpful

We arrived and our room was not booked, we were given a room being one of the roughest rooms i have ever been in. We were treated very unfairly, as booked for self-catering, i felt we were'nt acknowledged and ignorned. Our holiday was ruined by this and this has put us off returning back to Ammoudara.

7 readers found this review helpful

I was very surprised to read the negative reports about Uncle George appartments.
Have just returned from 2wks in Ammoudara staying at Castro Hotel(lovely clean friendly hotel) During our stay we were aware of potential delays of our return due to the volcanic ash cloud and having eaten several times at Uncle Georges,and having been given a tour of the appartments we,(3friends,all 50+ age group)were planning to book into Uncle Georges if we could not return to UK on our due date.
The appartments are clean & well furnished with living area providing a kitchenette,dining area & 2 single beds plus a settee which would make an extra single bed. A good sized balcony overlooks either the restaurant or a quiet side road to the beach which is 150yds away.Larger appartments also provide an additional twin bedded room. The shower rooms are tiled attrativelly & everywhere was spotlessly clean.
The food in Uncle Georges restaurant is good,much of it cooked by Costas' elderly mother. We normally ordered main course only but were given assorted dips (tsazaki,aubergine paste,spicy cheese)with our bread for starters which cost us the pricely sum of 1euro per head,& an assorment of sweets which were free of charge. Raki always follows the meal compliments of Costas (or served by one of his lovely daughters)& for those of us who did not like Raki an alternative cocktail was offered (the almond flavoured ammoretto was my personal favourite) On Sundays we were invited for lunchtime coffee & nibbles & to meet mother who is the beautiful,outgoing head of the family.
Overall I cannot see how anyone can complain about the appartments,food,or friendly welcome at Uncle Georges and would definetly stay there if I return to this resort.Give it a try, I don't think you will be disapointed. ps.contary to one report I read, there is a rooftop pool at the appatments although Ican't rate this as it not open early season in May when I visited.

5 readers found this review helpful

Stayed here for two nights not the 14 we booked it was disgusting dirty,bare wires,patio furniture in the living area really really basic needed 2 bedrooms only given 1 they don't have any 2's. we had to pay to move but it was worth the money we went to stallis and stayed in penelope apartments with 2 bedrooms and all mod cons.

5 readers found this review helpful

we only stayed at the uncle george apartments for 2 nights while waiting for a diffrent hotel if we had a choice it would have been only 2 minutes.The room only had two single beds patio doors looked onto building site .no where to hang your clothes,was discribed as a TWO bed appartment the other bed was in the kitchen,table and chairs were plastic garden set.we could nt use the blankets because they were filthy.electric wires live poking out the wall un finished work.doorframe hanging crackrd flooring words cant describe the bath room.the management did nt care so we arranged to be moved anywhere bar their.we got moved to the penelope appartments in stallis were it was like staying in a 5 star appartmentself catering fantastic.staff were great

9 readers found this review helpful

Well what can i say the first time i met Costas and his family was in 2002 when i had gone through divorce and arrived with a singles group,what a week that was,anyway i have tried since to go back at least twice a year but did not manage it last year its now 2010 and nothing will stop me this year,to me it is like a second home and family.It is one place i know i can relax in good company, swop jokes and stories,good food and say hellow to all the people in the village i have come to know over the years,you will not be dissapointed Mike T

9 readers found this review helpful

My family, including 2 children aged 11 and 8 stayed here in August 09 and we are thinking of returning next year. Costas and his wife Artemis are the nicest people you will ever meet and made us all very welcome especially the children. The apartments are what you would expect from anywhere in greece in the same price range and consist of everything you need on a self catering basis. We only really use the apartments to sleep in, so spend very little time in them, but it had a lovely little balcony to sit out on for a night cap before heading to bed! We ate in the restaurant downstairs on numerous occasions from breakfast to evening meal and found the food very nice with the children also loving the little touches of greek flags stuck in their food!! If we needed anything for the apartment ie toilet rolls, towels etc all we had to do was ask - nothing was too much trouble for them. The apartments are a couple of minutes walk from the beach which is nice, its got a couple of bars and a shop etc for food and drink. Its also got a range of watersports. Amoudara itself is a nice little place with plenty of tavernas, bars and shops. The only downfall of this resort is the traffic on the road that runs through Amoudara, its quite hard to cross at times and the driving leaves a lot to be desired. A big thanks to Costas and Artemis for making us so welcome.