The room and the bathroom are brand new. From 7 AM to 9 PM you have a taverna at your disposal where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner with a good selection of traditional dishes. Friendly to people with disabilities. Staff is extremely kind and available to address any needs.

Stayed in August 2025

Limited selection for breakfast, and no place to sit (or hang laundry) on the nice big balcony.

The room was very clean and comfortable, and better than in the photos. Hosts were very hospitable.

Stayed in July 2025

The noise. We heard lots of noise from chairs moving, music at some point... I don't know if that's from the hotel restaurant or something else but noise in the evening and then in the morning was the main problem. Otherwise, pillow is really too big and no table even if there is the room for it...

Clean, confortable, the room in itself is really nice.

Stayed in May 2025

Nothing

All the guest houses are close together in Omalos village. From Ellinikon it is easy to walk to the shop and restaurant in a minute or so. The staff are very helpful and friendly.

Stayed in October 2024

I found the bed a bit uncomfortable and the shower was not warm enough.

This is a mountain refuge and as such the location is very beautiful and quite. There is a restaurant that serves also warm coffee and local tea blends. You can also dine with simple and local meals. Our room had the essential and was overall fine. The location is perfect to reach the Samaria gorge and you can also hike in the area surrounding the hotel.

Stayed in September 2023

Basic (but standard) bathroom

Nice staff; great range of food in restaurant; lunch/snacks available for walking days.

Stayed in September 2023

Breakfast could improve with some Cretan options eg yoghurt and honey, fruit ( it is an apple growing region!) and definitely expresso coffee rather than instant.

Great location to walk Samaria Gorge

Stayed in September 2023

Receptionist gave us the feeling of not being welcome, way too small bathroom

Spacious room

Stayed in September 2023

Nothing, it totally met expectations.

Typical Cretan accommodation, good, basic facilities that were clean & perfect for a short stay. Good traditional food available too. The location is perfect for access to walk the Samaria Gorge.

Stayed in September 2023

Nothing to complain

Staff is really extraordinarily friendly. Meals in the restaurant are good and come at good prices. The atmosphere is nice and relaxed. You can start many of the White Mountains hiking tours directly at the hotel.

Stayed in August 2023

The room and bathroom were a bit too small for 3 persons. On the other hand we only slept there. No kettle in the room.

Nice breakfast. Convenient location and good starting point for Omalos trecking. Nice and helpful staff.

Stayed in May 2023

Bathrooms could do with an upgrade.

Good location, warm welcome, and a nice room. We didn't like the first room offered, but then immediately got the free choice of another room (8 rooms in total). New room was at a corner, quiet, with a terasse and a nice view of the mountains. Room was basic, but clean. Dinner was good, owner very friendly, and we were offered free fruit, greek yoghurt and raki (liquor). Public car charger (for our electric car) was broken, thus we were allowed to charge our car for free with a cable through the window to the restaurant. Much appreciated.

Stayed in June 2023

We hear the road when we are inside.

Nice place, near to Samaria's gorges. The personnel is nice, the breakfast starts early if you want to go early to Samaria, the bedroom is okay and clean.

Stayed in September 2022

The hotel is really close to the entry of the Samaria canyon making it perfect for a stay while doing the hike. The owners are very nice and helpful! Also the food was really good and the rooms were pretty and clean!

Stayed in June 2025

The location is on the road, the rooms are old and partially broken (wall open with electric cables), the room is cheap but the staff makes money off other things (instant coffee for 3Euro…more expensive than a Greek coffee). Avoid!

Easy location for hikes. That’s really all we liked about this place.

Stayed in October 2024

Excellent value for money. Staff were lovely.

Stayed in October 2024

Mattress was incredibly soft - springs were non-existent. There was no toilet seat or lid.

Very good location, close to the start of the Samaria Gorge hike.

Stayed in June 2024

Everything was super

Authentic place. Nature. Excellent service.

Stayed in September 2023

Reading some of the Google reviews made me a bit nervous about staying here - but really, some of you just need to get out more. At this price point, I challenge you to find a better budget stay anywhere on the island. We actually really liked the "hard" beds as described by a few others - the firm mattresses gave us the best night's sleep in ages, so I guess that's a matter of preference. There may have been one tiny mould stain on the shower tiles, but overall the room was spotless, perfectly spacious for two people, and opened onto an agricultural/mountain view and the tinkling of goat bells. The owner and staff were friendly and helpful, and he happily drove us to the Samaria Gorge starting point in the morning. In a nutshell, this ticks the boxes for a hiking base or overnight stop, and we'd use it again when in the area.

Stayed in August 2023

No toilet seat or lid, black mould in the bathroom, heater didn’t work so had a portable heater (which did work) that took up room and you had to be careful not to burn yourself on. The bed was INCREDIBLY uncomfortable, lumpy and awful (we should have slept on our ultralight hiking mats). Sliding glass door didn’t lock so we had to pull the lightproof shutter over to secure the room and didn’t have natural light and we were in a windowless box if we wanted to secure the room. No globe in the light above one bed. Unfinished wiring tied off in a couple of places. By the time the water got hot in the shower you were standing in pool in the shower base a couple of inches deep. No facility to make yourself tea or coffee. I picked this place because of its rating and reviews and I truly cannot understand how it got them.

Owner very friendly. Good location to do Sameria Gorge from. Hot shower.

Stayed in June 2023

Beware, the mattress was really bad, bathroom had mold, room could use some renovation

Location is very close to Samaria gorge (5 min by car) early breakfast possible, very cheap place and might be acceptable for ~ 35 Eur/night for the double room if only used for sleeping before /after the gorge hike, easy parking, fridge in the room

Stayed in May 2023

First night I had to take a cold shower - in a cold bathroom and even colder room with freezing cold floors. The staff later told me that you need to run the water for at least 20 minutes before it gets hot. The second night I tried again and after 20 minutes (what a waste of water) it got warmer - definitely not hot. I also had to stay in the room with my winter coat on in order to feel comfortably warm. Last, please note that the address listed is not precise, the tavern is the first in the village, so you should stop as soon as you come in from Sougia (or the south) instead of relying on Google maps.

Great location for the Samaria Gorge hike, room was clean, large and well equipped with extra blankets for the night.

Stayed in October 2022

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Stayed in May 2025

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Stayed in September 2024