Zoe Seaside Resort

We have stayed at Zoe Seaside Resort the last days of August and the first days of September. We booked it directly with the hotel following the recommendation of some friends golfers. Location of the hotel is very good, right on the beach in Gialova, near the pedestrian area and the many restaurants around. We stayed in the renovated building fronting the beach as opposite to the non-renovated rooms which are located a bit more in the back of the swiming pool. Rooms have a decent size and have nice balconies though their renovation is quite basic/austere. Good beds and noise insulation. The hotel offers sunbeds and umbrellas as well as beach towels and the beach is nice. All personnel has been very nice. The only negatives I would mention - they want the payment of the entire cost of the hotel upon your arrival (which makes you feel somehow bad/strange), breakfast is rather poor and there was absolutelly no change at all during our 7 days. Even under these conditions we felt like all is on economy - the cheese, cucumbers and a lot others are cut so small that you cannot take it with a fork and you finally give up. Worst of all is that for 300 euros/night they offer you at breakfast the cheapest coffee (soluble coffee specific for the 2 star and 3 star hotels not for a 4 star) while a classical expresso is charged to you the highest price in the area, almost 4 euro. Frankly speaking, I do not understand the approach all the more is so cheap to offer a good coffee, particularly when you also have the good machines to make it, as it is the case here. Due to this, we did not have lunch or dinner at the hotel restaurant which, by the way, looks quite good. Apart from all this, the hotel is a good choice for Gialova. I hope they will improve breakfast and some other few things which, for sure, do not cost so much.

Wonderful hotel and staff From the moment we got checked in, the staff were very helpful and courteous. Check in was easy, followed by an escort to the room with explanation of the property and its amenities. The property was extremely clean, user friendly and easy to navigate. The hotel restaurant offered a variety of food that was delicious for those wanting to dine there. The staff were top notch, and not enough could be said about them. Would highly recommend this hotel to anyone looking to stay in Gialova.

Hotel modern with need for some simple amendments. We had an attic room with a sky light window. Room was well equipped but the shower room was the main problem. The glass wall in shower didn’t go straight down to the tiles and water poured out around the WC making it very slippery and I was concerned for my children. A bit dangerous to be honest. The location is perfect and the breakfast was good. Just need to sort that shower glass out before someone gets seriously hurt. Would I come back……? Absolutely if the glass was sorted!

From what I'd read, I was expecting a small, family-run (maybe slightly old-fashioned) hotel in a pretty old fishing village. I think maybe it once was. But it isn't anymore. Both Zoe & Gialova are vibrant, fashionable, busy (even in October) trendy and largely new-built. Zoe is very swanky. Our room (at the sea-front of the hotel) was large with a huge, comfortable bed, very modern large bathroom & a balcony with a view over the trees to Navarino Bay. Breakfast was excellent, taken under the trees on the beach. Staff were good. Local walking was wonderful - the flamingos on the lagoon, Old Navarino Castle, lovely Pylos and best of all, Voidokilia Beach - stunning - (about an hours walk from Zoe). My only complaint was the restaurant next door which had a short loop tape of faux-Greek music running endlessly. We didn't spend much time a the hotel, but I still heard Zorba The Greek a hundred times. Which was a hundred times too many. Not the hotel's fault. Zoe was excellent.

A lovely week spent at the Zoe resort hotel. We had a very spacious room which was cleaned and replenished daily. The Swimming pool is immaculately kept with a lifeguard on hand at all times. We eat outside in the restaurant twice at lunch time, the service was discrete but very efficient and the food was excellent. The hotel is so well positioned for relaxing and walking, we would certainly stay here again. We have had a fabulous week and we would like to thank the Zoe staff for making our week so enjoyable.

We paid for a sea view room with balcony but trees obscured the sea view and a busy road is immediately outside the hotel so we did not use the balcony. The room was spacious and beds very comfortable. The hotel is very much a family resort so can get noisy around the pool area. There are rows of sun beds on the beach for hotel guests. There are plenty of good restaurants along the ***** next to the hotel and a lovely traditional taverna opposite. In conclusion we made the wrong choice as we usually holiday in the remoter islands and the hotel and resort lacked that special Greek ambiance.