leehaggith
12. august 2024
We arrived at the hotel around midnight, to be greeted by a minimal English speaking night receptionist, by saying “hello, passports please”. Initially I was taken aback thinking we’ve just arrived and that’s the first thing but ok. He walked off with them into the back office with not so much as an explanation as to what he was doing etc. He came back with 3, stale ham and cheese sandwiches, a key card and our passports. Considering my wife is vegetarian and my daughter isn’t a cheese lover, that’s without mentioning how hard the bread was, it was a very poor greeting. We trotted off to our room, ready to get our heads down after a day of travelling. The room was absolutely foul!, we walked in and as always have a quick familiarity look about around the room. We had supposedly been placed into a room, which is the better and larger of the rooms they offer. The layout was a small kitchen area, table and tv, this was also home to a single bed which my daughter was expected to sleep in. The kitchen units were broken, with shelves and doors hanging off, edging trim ripped off and screws protruding from where doors etc should be. Inside cupboards where it looked like a fitter had chewed the cupboards when fitting them, had all been filled with expanding foam. Our room consisted of 2 single beds a wardrobe with 1 hangar in, a bedside table and a safe which had been closed and prelocked, rendering it useless. Both rooms were not the cleanest, with dust and old guests makeup containers and underwear near the beds. I’m not sure what the cleaners had cleaned, but it certainly wasn’t this room. The bathroom had solid, thick mould around the edges where sealant was supposed to be and the shower fitting was rusty. I’m sure that had we of showered in it, we would have been cleaner before we went in it. The following morning we got dressed and headed for breakfast with the hope of seeing our Jet2 rep, who visits a few times a week. He got our room changed the same day and the second room was worlds apart from the first, that’s for sure. Breakfast and all the other meal times are located in the main restaurant, The food was of your typical mass cooked/produced and get it out to everyone as quick as possible style. Lots to choose ( if you’re not vegetarian, which your meals times will consist of salad, mixed veg or fruit ) but not of a decent standard. The children’s section ( as they have a buffet area ) was your usual chips, chicken nuggets beans etc, but one night they threw a curve ball in with breaded crab claw ( with the claw still poking out of it ). I love trying all sorts of foods, infact I would rather eat local cuisine when on holiday, but hand on my heart, after 3 days of trying to find something nice to eat, I laid down the gauntlet and took the family out to eat every day after that. The restaurants in Protaras are very nice and very reasonably priced! X2 starters, drinks, x2 mains and a pudding for approx €45. Porkys was lovely, with
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