Esperides Beach Resort

Myself, husband and 13 year old son stayed at Esperides Beach Resort in April 2025. Positives - the best food we've had at an all inclusive resort in Europe. Plentiful, very well seasoned and food replenished quickly. The carvery station at the evening meal is a nice touch too. - plenty of sun loungers available around the pool and on the beach. - beach towels are free, no deposit required. Towel cards are handed out at check in, which can then be collected next to the shop near the pool from 10am each day. - the safe in your room is free, which is operated with your room key. - the entertainment team are friendly without being intrusive. - lots of entertainment included even though the hotel was only open 5 days when we arrived and is low season, this included; daily aqua aerobics, billiards, darts, beach volleyball and evening outside performers. - no long queues at the bar and bar staff were always friendly. - the hotel is very clean and a lot of public areas have been modernised. Negatives - check-in was awful. It felt chaotic, although it wasn't busy. Nothing was explained and was made to feel like an inconvenience, which isn't a great first impression. - we couldn't upgrade our room. I emailed the hotel prior to arrival to check if I can upgrade to a sea view room, and was advised it was due to availability on arrival. When checking in I was advised to try back the next morning for a supervisor, I did this and was told to come back later, which I did, to finally be told there's no availability. I said that there was availability showing on their website but I was then told you have to have the room your tour operator booked - why not say this at the initial email enquiry or when checking in? - rooms. We had a superior garden view room. It was dated but clean, with housekeeping attending to the room each day of our stay and always providing fresh towels. For anyone who has thick hair like me, bring your hairdryer or let the warm air of Rhodes dry your hair as it's better than the one provided in the bathroom. - Swimming pool It was absolutely freezing, it took my breath away at one point and had to get out. I imagine this gets better during the warmer months but we had a good week in April at approx 23 degrees. - soft drinks Not a big deal for most but worth a mention. It isn't branded coke, such as coca cola or pepsi. Overall we would return as the positives far outweigh the negatives.

Just returned from a week at this hotel over the Easter holidays with my husband and 13 year old son. Excellent week for all of us. The hotel was lovely and clean. We stayed in one of the older rooms but was still clean and spacious. Housekeeping came everyday and replaced all towels with fresh ones. All staff were lovely and helpful. The entertainment (Pink Wave ) team were brilliant. My son was a huge fan of all of them. They weren't pushy at all about taking part in the activities but we did them anyway and thoroughly enjoyed them. Evening entertainment was good and mixed. The only criticism I had about it was when an act played on the pool stage you couldn't really hear them if were sat inside the blue bar. Which I thought was a shame and unfair on the act. Bus to Rhodes Town (bus stops right outside hotel), was only couple of euros and depending on how busy took average of 25mins. This is worth a visit, very picturesque. However 15mins the other way to Faliraki was completely different, run down and very much a dive, maybe in a couple of months might be completely different. Overall fully enjoyed our week and would definitely recommend to families.

We enjoyed a week here with a group of friends and children Overall the hotel was nice, plenty of food choices, lively pool scene and staff nice and friendly Downside for us was the room, we were in the older style rooms and had paid for ‘upgrade’ to part sea view. The rooms are small, the balcony was a small wedge on the side of the building, the balcony door didn’t lock and the hotel door didn’t lock from inside so our young children could easily let themselves out the room. The bath / shower was awful as you couldn’t move the screen to bath the children and the shower head wasn’t on the wall so having a shower wasn’t the easiest! There were not many plug sockets in the room and didn’t seem to have much power so we struggled to charge up phones / iPads etc. the lifts in the hotel are lethal the doors close very quickly even if you are standing in the door way they still close on you! We did have a lovely stay but i would recommend trying to get a room that has been updated / refurbished if you are staying here