Olympic Palace Hotel

All round convenient and good quality. Good transport links and local restaurants. Lovely spa

Firstly would like to say the hotel looks amazing. Beware if you have Mountain View rooms. My daughter had a family room which was so dark she had to have lights on at all times. You could touch the trees they were so close. The maitre de in the restaurant was the most miserable person l met on holiday. The other thing l think people should be made aware is that if you book half board which we did you are treated differently. Perhaps the hotel should go fully inclusive. Food was no different to any other all inclusive hotel we have stayed in. One final thing if you have young children the child’s section of the swimming pool is tiny. Also around the swimming pool it gets very slippery. We never had trouble finding sun beds and the hotel doesn’t allow put towels on beds at silly hours. The grounds around the hotel are lovely with lots of comfy seats. The beach is nice but pebbles and not sand so take beach shoes. Lots of restaurants near by and Rhodes town is lovely so well worth a visit.

My major gripe was the pool! Not enough sun loungers, plus very cramped and small. We arrived to the pool at 10am and nothing was available. No lazy mornings. You have to be out by 9am if you would like a lounger. There are some cafe like seats and tables, which they should get rid of and replace with more loungers maybe, as these are only used by people who never secured a lounger. The umbrellas do not move, so sometimes it is difficult get shade. You will also find it impossible to swim. As an adult, I like to do a few lengths now and then. Well you can't. The pool is rammed and you're constantly hit with a ball or you get splashed or kicked! Also you will always have other guests walking inbetween your loungers and tables to get about the pool area. Hardly relaxing! The evening entertainment is poor. They do it in the roof top bar. There is no stage. They make a clearing. No magic. No dancers. No acrobats. Just singers, a karaoke and quiz. However, my boys particularly liked Joe, as they played football and volleyball in the day at 4.30pm. We went out most evenings, as nothing to stay in the hotel for. However, onto the good. The bedroom was great. So large and clean! Really comfy beds and pillows. We had a mountain view, which was fine for us, as we don't use the balcony because we are out all day and night. Plus it's too hot out there! Air con was good. A relief to get to the room! The maids changed the beds and towels everyday, which I did think was excessive, but a fresh bed every night was lovely to get into. Maids very friendly and polite. The safe was free to use which was great. The hotel in general was clean, modern and comfortable. We found the food amazing!! Always something to enjoy. The salads were delicious! The puddings were also rich and flavoursome. The cheesecake on our last night was yummy. Finally, it would be better if the luggage room was next to the shower block. It was slightly inconvenient on the last day going back and forth all the way to reception on a different floor, to change clothes and get ready for the flight after the pool/beach. It's a good hotel, but with the pool set up and poor evening entertainment, I can't give it 5*. I think this hotel would be more suited to be an adults only hotel.

I would highly recommend this hotel, our experience staying here has been amazing. The theme buffets which they have each night in the main restaurant is so nice, you won't be disappointed with the food. The staff are so friendly and helpful, they all do a fantastic job with a smile, and very pleasant. I just wanted to say a big Thank You to the reception staff, two lovely ladies who cleaned our rm 226.entertainment staff having our chats & miss dancing to "Magic in the Air". Irene and team in the restaurant, Irene we miss your lovely smile and chats, the service you bring during breakfast and dinner, you made us feel so welcome. The life guard, Pool colleague and the other colleague who takes the beach towel away, if guests have just left their towels. You are all amazing , thank you so much, we will come back again. Sonal & Nealesh Mistry 😊

Stayed at the olympic for my sons wedding . Everything was perfect from the staff, the food, the pools ,the weather. I honestly can't fault it, loved every minute of it and will definitely return . The sunbed allocation is a great idea too,really worked.

This resort is amazing !!! Not only is the location absolutely gorgeous but the food and accommodation is the best I have ever had. The restaurant by the pool is delicious and they have lots of options of food at the buffet. On the beach, me and my family went countless times to an amazing Greek food van called Anna's. The food there was the best I have ever eaten and we were able to sit down on the tables right next to the sea to enjoy our dinner. The beds were comfy and the room light and modern. Even though we went when there was a massive heat wave in Greece, the resort stayed cool and i didn’t feel uncomfortable at any time. The facility’s were clean and the staff were lovely. My only suggestion is that perhaps you could charge a little less for drinks at the restaurant next to the pool. I have never felt so refreshed coming back from a holiday. Certainly the holiday of a life time.

Just returned from a two week holiday with 4 adults and wow what a great hotel. The hotel is spotless , they are always cleaning and maintaining something and staff are really friendly and helpful. We had two rooms on the 5th floor over looking the pool and sea view and were fantastic. We had no problem getting a sun beds in the morning even at 10am for the four of us. The three pools are nice, the large pool is freezing so be aware, the middle pool is heated and nice and the one that aerobics are done in the morning if you feel energetic! The new smaller pool is semi heated but cold in the morning though! Big shout out to Sam who runs the bar at the pool area, she was amazing and works tirelessly but always friendly and her Pina Colada’s are a must! The food is good and varied we was all inclusive which helped. We managed to get into the A La Carte restaurants which are really good especially the Italian which was our favourite. Dora who works in the restaurants is great and always has a smile on her face ensuring everyone is happy. Entertainment was a little lacklustre in the lounge bar was a pianist who was good, and on the 8th floor was more livelier entertainment with singers or discos which was fine for us. The only thing that was a bit annoying was the lifts in the hotel. Can sometimes have to wait a while for them especially in the morning as they are not the fastest and are quite small. There are few shops and bars near the hotel and if you like sport, a bar called Glory Days FBI’s is a must with a huge selection of drinks and beer to cater for everyone.. Rhodes old town is a must to see and has some great shops and bars and costs around 10 euros for a cab into town which can be booked through reception. Overall we had an amazing time and really enjoyed our two weeks and would certainly return.

Booked in October, Great value for money. Perfect weather 6/7 days, we made use of the spa on the cloudy day, which was only €20! All inclusive has unlimited choices every day, food is rarely repeated.Highly recommend.