Blue Bay Resort Hotel

"Important info: - not suitable for people with more significant mobility issues (I sprained my ankle whilst out and about mid trip and managed fine going slow and steady, but had it been a broken ankle, it would have been very hard to get to the pool areas) - if you can, it is worth paying additional to get a room in the main building - free shuttle to the close by beach is a great perk, the hill is not for the faint hearted! Location Hotel is around 30mins from the airport and a few minute walk down to a lovely beach area - get there no later than 9:30 to guarantee sunloungers. About 10 euros in a taxi to Agia Pelagia centre, lots of places to eat and drink there as well as a decent sized beach front. Food My husband and I thought the food in the main restaurant was great in terms of quality and variety. Everything was warm and fresh enough. My only issue is I have a nut allergy and almost every dessert had a nut allergy warning. They should perhaps consider removing pistachio from the ice-cream section so they can label ice-cream nut free? I appreciate I am a minority though so it isn't a complaint 🙂 Decent sandwiches for snacks at the pool bar. Some small pieces of pizza, donuts and ice-cream also available. Good for us! Drinks Good range of drinks, but no real cocktails on the all inclusive. A list of 'cocktails' is included, but these are mostly just spritzers and shandies. There are some that include Ouzo and Raki, so if you like these then you'll be happy! There are proper cocktails that you can purchase - these are lovely. All inclusive drinks finish at 11pm - more than fine for us. Water refill stations are available and this water is fine 🙂. The shop sells bottled water if you prefer. Staff The staff are ALL fabulous. After I injured myself (not at the hotel) several staff came to check on me the next day or so to see if I needed anything. We weren't very good at remembering names, but Jay at the indoor bar was one of the stand outs for us. It is also nice that staff friendliness does not depend on tips like it often does in places like Turkey/Egypt (from our experience). Pool Areas This is the only slightly negative part. The pools are not very big, so they have a rule posted about no inflatables... but this isn't even slightly enforced, so the main pool area can often be over crowded. Also, loads of people throwing balls around and overtaking large areas of the small pool to throw these around. This (and the inflatables) was preventing people like us from going in to swim. To us it is common sense to not behave selfishly, but sadly too many people have little to no common sense. Balls would be quite regularly accidentally thrown out of the pool and hitting people on sunloungers. We found the pool and pool bar in one of the building blocks away from the main building to be calmer. The bar area here is much nicer too. Rooms Basic, but fine! Not very sound proof and again, same problem with people not using their brains and being quiet in corridors. This isn't the fault of the hotel though, it is just a fact that noise travels easily. Entertainment We found the shows we saw to be a real highlight! One or two we were less bothered about, but saw some very impressive acts, probably the best all inclusive Entertainment we have had! Definitely see the acrobatics if you get a chance! They were our favourite act. Top tip - get there no later than 9:15 for a 9:30 start, perhaps a touch earlier if you need the bottom row. All in all we had a lovely holiday and would recommend the hotel. The option of the alternative pool and the beach being nearby meant that we could have an alternative to the quite crowded pool in the main building."

"Again another fantastic stay at Blue Bay For myself and our family After a twenty five hour delay it was lovely to arrive in our beautiful room to find a lovely welcome gift and letter for being repeat visitors, the same was received by our family in their room. This was a lovely gesture and very much appreciated The grandchildren have had a wonderful time Food brilliant and always found something they could eat and they are very fussy No problems finding sun loungers at the pool and a Big shout out to the life guard who was always on the ball in catching our two year old granddaughter who always wanted to run from pool to pool ! Bar staff and restaurant staff attentive as always and always greeted you with a smile and we did notice a lot of new staff this year There seems to be a lot more management this year and again they are always happy to help and always made the time to come for a chat and check everything was okay Only one negative was the lack of entertainment staff which didn’t bother me and my partner but I think the younger members of the family would have liked activities in the day - however totally understand this was out of the hotels control as they were waiting for replacement staff to arrive We will definitely be back again in the near future and hopefully will continue to receive the great hospitality from team Blue Bay Thanks for helping make our holiday memorable and enabling us to create special family memories"

"We recently stayed at the Blue Bay resort and I have to say we were disappointed. The hotel itself is lovely, but it is a very poor value all inclusive. I have stayed at all inclusive hotels for around 15 years and can categorically say this one is the worst value. Here’s why:- * No cocktails. They do claim to have an all inclusive cocktail list, but they are local spirits such as ouzo and Raki. There was only one I recognised which was sangria. To add insult to injury, they are served in a plastic cup (or glass if you are inside) with no presentation, so basically looks like a cup of squash. * Beach/pool towels are not free. A daily charge for each towel and you cannot get them changed unless you pay for a new one. ‘ Poor snack selection. The only thing on offer were pizza slices that did not look fresh, rolls with various fillings snd crisps Oh and the odd piece of cake. They were only availability until 3pm * No proper coffee. Only available out of a machine. Iced coffees were chargeable Other negatives were broken sun-beds that were very uncomfortable, unless you walked to the pool down the road at the Annex where they were much better. Other negatives food was very repetitive, also if you have kids who are fussy eaters, they will probably live on pasta and chips. Positives:- *Attractive and spotlessly clean hotel *Friendly staff *vibrant town about 25 minute walk or short taxi. *Nice beach with comfy sun-beds €5 per day *lovely tavernas and some shops at the beach. This is where we had to buy our coffees. *Fabulous views"