Lindos Royal

The Good For a week-long all-inclusive holiday, the price was relatively affordable. The main restaurant food was acceptable but nothing exceptional, slightly better than the standard all-inclusive buffet (i.e., not just chicken nuggets and chips every day). That said, some dishes did feel like leftovers from the previous night’s themed restaurants. The Bad It’s difficult to understand how this hotel maintains a 5-star rating, or why it’s still classified as such by regulators. This becomes especially frustrating when you’re required to pay a tourist tax on arrival, before having the chance to realise the hotel falls far short of that standard. First impressions are misleading, the grand foyer and buggy ride to your room create a sense of luxury, but that feeling disappears the moment you leave reception. Notably, the same buggy service wasn’t offered when we were checking out with multiple heavy bags. The all-inclusive drinks are extremely poor. Cocktails are made with low-quality spirits and overly sugary mixers, the beer tastes artificial, and the wine is genuinely undrinkable. The swimming pools are another major disappointment. Despite Lindos temperatures in the low 30s, they were freezing cold and poorly maintained. Issues included loose steps, missing or sharp tiles, and visible grime along the surfaces and walls. The themed restaurants were underwhelming. Service was poor, drink options were low quality (and came at an extra (inflated) cost), and menus were so limited that if you didn’t like the options, your only choice was to leave and return to the main buffet. Charging extra for pool towels over the course of a week also felt unnecessary and out of place for a supposed 5-star resort. The Terrible The internal swim-up rooms are particularly disappointing. They receive almost no natural light due to the surrounding building structure, leaving both the room and pool area cold and uninviting. Paying extra for this type of room feels unjustified. Even after upgrading to an external swim-up room, we found it remained in shade for most of the day, making the upgrade poor value overall. I would strongly advise against booking a swim-up room here. The number of stray cats is also a serious issue. They are everywhere, including inside the restaurant, where they feed on leftover food from unattended plates. One even managed to get into our room, which was both unpleasant and unhygienic. Air conditioning was another major problem. It was not working during our stay and, judging by previous reviews, appears to have been an ongoing issue for years. This is completely unacceptable, especially in such a hot climate. Overall I cannot recommend Lindos Royal Resort. While it may once have been a high-quality hotel, it is now clearly suffering from years of poor maintenance and lack of investment. The facilities, rooms, and overall environment feel run-down and neglected. Unfortunately, this is not the 5-star experience it claims to offer.

As others have stated didn't get room i booked, although I emailed hotel prior arrival to confirm. Arrived late at night, went to reception but told to come back next day. Lady at reception confirmed my e mail but said room booking was admin error! Eventually moved to a swim up room. No hairdryer. Reception advised not all rooms have hairdryers, yet they claim to be a 5 star hotel. I was told to buy one from the supermarket! Food lukewarm, drinks awful. Ended up eating in Lindos most nights. At checkout charged for bottle of wine we already paid for. I asked to see copy of their receipt, it wasn't my signature but no apology from reception.

My friend and I stayed at this hotel as it was highly recommended by Tui. In reality it was extremely poor, rundown & dirty. Our room was basic but clean, the balcony was filthy. We immediately spoke to the Receptionist and requested another room but they said this wasn't possible. The rest of the hotel was dirty with broken tiles and a lot of basic maintenance and cleaning required. The drinks from the bar were disgusting. Wine poured from a pump and dispensed into paper cups. How Tui rate this hotel 5 stars is a joke and a con.

My fiancé and I were looking forward to the holiday of a lifetime, but instead we ended up with a nightmare straight out of Fawlty Towers. It honestly got to the point where you couldn’t make it up. We arrived late at night and were taken to “our” room. It was beautiful and at first we were delighted — until we stepped onto the balcony and noticed a very obvious lack of a swim-up pool. We had paid a significant amount extra for this, both as a treat and for health reasons. We walked back up the steep hill to the main hotel to report it, only to be told there were no managers available overnight — which already felt ridiculous. Tired from travelling, we made an appointment to return in the morning. After what turned out to be our one decent night’s sleep, we headed to reception and were met with several other couples already waiting with various complaints. We waited over an hour for our turn. The manager was apologetic and offered us two alternative rooms to choose from. Luckily, I picked the one that faced the sun — but it was sheer luck. Then began the non-stop disasters. We were plagued by mosquitoes and bitten relentlessly. The fridge didn’t work, the outside area was dirty, and the walk down to our section was full of broken tiles, trip hazards, and unfinished, damaged areas. A few days in, our neighbour and I noticed that the pool outside our rooms seemed to be draining. We reported it and it appeared to stop — only to wake up the next morning to find it almost empty. This was on top of mould, filthy tiles, and more damage. I have many photos of all of this. To be fair, the food was decent and the servers were friendly and pleasant. The drinks were a bit grim but bearable. I became too ill to use any of the larger pools, but my partner said they were okay. However, there were many drainage and plumbing issues throughout the hotel, including our shower smelling like a urinal and the apartment opposite us having a sewage leak from upstairs. The problems became a running joke between us and other guests, but the truth is they really did spoil what was meant to be a relaxing break after a very hard few months. The island itself is beautiful and well worth visiting — just not the Royal Lindos. At best, it’s a 3-star hotel, nowhere near the 5-star standard we were promised and expecting. Many areas looked dirty, uncared for, and badly in need of a proper upgrade. Our room and bed were fortunately clean, but I heard horror stories from other guests who weren’t as lucky. I honestly can’t emphasise this enough: expect a 3-star experience and you’ll be fine, but 5-star it absolutely is NOT.

Paid for a certain room type and was placed in another. When I queried it at reception I was told I had been “upgraded”. I think not, we ended up changing rooms twice and stayed in the third room offered only because it had storage space. This hotel is falling apart. Only one electric socket in the room is not five star, electric cables hanging out of the wall is not five star, no plugs in the sink is not five star. Very limited storage space, cupboard doors won’t full open, furniture falling apart, no shampoo in holder, door key card didn’t work, no water in the fridge, WiFi keeps dropping out. I could go on and on and on. This hotel would be hard pressed to deserve even two stars, and I told the manager to her face. She looked me straight in the eyes and said it was five stars. The annoying thing is, because they label it “5 stars” you have to pay five star tourist tax which is €15 per night, so that is an additional €210 to be paid in cash on arrival. Whereas, if it were correctly labelled as a two star hotel it would be an additional €7 per night. Loud BOOM BOOM music plays all day by the poolside and in the restaurants. One night we all went for a themed dinner in one of the restaurants, we couldn’t hear ourselves talking. We asked politely if they could lower the music so we could hear each other, we were ignored. The restaurant food is only ever luke warm, the alcoholic drinks are awful. There were eight of us in our group and we were all in agreement when we said we would never return. The only good thing I can say about this place is that the poolside bar girls at the evening bar were really nice and pleasant. Otherwise I would warn everyone to steer well away from this expensive two star hotel masqurading as a five star hotel.