Lefkoniko Beach

WORST HOTEL IN MY LIFE!!! We booked a 5 nights all inclusive deal! We thought this is a good price. When we checked in we realised was a mistake! The hotel check in staff was clueless, can’t get 2 keys for your room. The food was a disgrace. Barely eateable. Everything was super fried and oily. The restaurant looked like 1950’s movies. The room was like prison, bathtube it looked like for children and the shower was on the wrong side of the bathtube. Every shower we took was like flooding. Mold in the shower, no blanket to cover yourself at night as it was getting colder. Asked for an espresso, they said this is not included in the “all inclusive” charged me 4 euros for it. Everything is so old, I don’t think they ever renovated this property since opening. I asked housekeeping to hoover the room but they said they don’t have a hoover. Only a brush 😂😂 We are in 2025😂 I just can’t explain in words how bad this hotel is.

Lefkoniko Beach Hotel offers an excellent location just steps from the sea and close to Rethymno’s charming old town. The staff is friendly and helpful, rooms are clean and comfortable, and the pool area is great for relaxing. A wonderful value for money – highly recommended for all travelers!

We have just returned from a week All Inclusive in Lefkoniko Beach. I booked it as it was on the cheaper side for Crete, so didn’t expect too much. But it was awful. We aren’t people who constantly complain, but this was the worst hotel we’ve stayed in. Everything was very dated, like it was stuck in a 60’s time warp. The room was a good size, but the bathroom was small with a tiny shower. If you bent over in the shower to get the shower gel the tap would go somewhere you didn’t want it to go. There was only just enough room to fit in the shower and we are not big. The shower curtain was useless and the bathroom floor was flooded afterwards while it drained away. The water was luke warm at best, one day it was freezing cold. The food was dreadful. One day the rice wasn’t even cooked properly. It wasn’t just us that must have thought it as lots of other people had left all the rice on their plate. The plates and cutlery etc weren’t properly clean. Very often had to swap for a different one that was clean. No snacks between meals apart from a sandwich toaster on the bar so you could ask for a toasted sandwich or burger. Never any different option. We had an early excursion booked for Wednesday, so asked reception if we could have breakfast earlier, just cereal and coffee. We were told yes and given a slip of paper with our time written on it. Went to the dining room to be met by a very grumpy woman and told breakfast isn’t open. Gave her the slip of paper and she came back with a plate of cucumber, tomato, bread, ham and cheese. And a slice of sponge cake. Said can we just have cereal (which was already out on the side) told no, what is wrong with what I have given you and put the chain across to stop us going in the dining room. We weren’t even allowed to eat it in the dining room. I don’t eat cucumber, can’t stand the stuff, and my husband is allergic to tomato. To be honest all the staff were pretty miserable. No air con inside the communal areas, in fact it was hotter in the building than it was outside. Thank god the air con worked in our room. I would avoid staying here at all costs, even though it is in an excellent location.