Coral Beach Hotel And Resort

Coral Bay Beach Hotel, Coral Bay – Honest Review (10-night stay, All Inclusive) We have just returned from a 10-night all-inclusive stay at Coral Bay Beach Hotel as a family, and whilst we did have a nice holiday overall, unfortunately we wouldn’t return or recommend the hotel. The positives first: The buffet food was excellent with a great variety every day, and everything we tried was very tasty. The waiting staff throughout the hotel were attentive, friendly and always served with a smile. It was also lovely to see the chefs regularly walking around checking the food and speaking to guests. We stayed in a Family Suite Duplex, which was spacious, comfortable and ideal for a family. The air conditioning worked brilliantly, which was much appreciated in the summer heat. The hotel itself was spotlessly clean. Housekeeping did a fantastic job every day and were always friendly. Our two girls absolutely loved the kids’ club. The ladies working there were warm, enthusiastic and genuinely seemed to enjoy spending time with the children. The evening bar also had a lovely atmosphere and was a pleasant place to relax. Unfortunately, there were several disappointments that really affected our stay. The biggest issue by far was the smoking and vaping around the swimming pools, particularly the children’s pool. There is a huge ashtray overlooking the children’s pool, and every day people were smoking and vaping on their sunbeds around families with young children. To reach the children’s pool you often had to walk through cigarette smoke. We raised this with reception. The duty manager told us smoking was not permitted around the pool and assured us it would be dealt with. However, nothing changed. The following day, when we spoke to another member of reception staff, Kurana, she simply told us people could smoke anywhere in the hotel and walked away while we were still speaking. The large ashtray remained exactly where it was. We found this very disappointing and inconsistent. For us, this alone is enough reason not to return. The Wi-Fi was also extremely unreliable, constantly dropping in and out. Combined with very poor EE mobile signal in the area, staying connected was frustrating. The hotel advertises several restaurants, yet during peak summer season it was almost impossible to get a reservation. We stayed for 10 nights and only managed to eat in three of them despite being all-inclusive. The reservations process was disappointing, and the lady managing bookings was not particularly helpful or accommodating. The sunbed situation was another frustration. Unless towels were down by around 7:45 am, you had very little chance of finding beds later in the morning. Although the main pool is attractive, it simply isn’t large enough for the number of guests staying at the hotel, making it feel overcrowded. The choice of alcoholic drinks was also fairly limited, particularly wine and beer. The music played around the pool throughout the day was loud, repetitive dance music. If you’re hoping to relax by the pool with a book, this probably isn’t the place for you. The exterior of the hotel is also looking tired in places and would really benefit from repainting, particularly around the rear of the property. Overall, we don’t feel this is a genuine five-star hotel. In our opinion, it just about reaches a four-star standard. We genuinely did enjoy parts of our holiday, but by around the fifth night we felt ready to go home. It’s a real shame because many of the staff work incredibly hard and deserve recognition. However, the hotel’s unwillingness to properly address smoking around young children completely overshadowed the positives for us. It will also be interesting to see whether management responds to this review. Looking through previous reviews, they seem much more inclined to reply to positive feedback than constructive criticism.

We visited this hotel for 10 days mid/end July as a party of 8. We arrived late at night and was shown to our rooms. We were told there was a cold buffet but no one showed us where. My daughter has coeliac disease and was informed that there wouldn’t be anything for her there so we all avoided it and went to bed. My mum has limited mobility so we hired a mobility scooter through Cyprus Mobility which was perfect for our stay. The hotel is accessible with lifts and slopes although she sometimes had to go the long way round. Like others, the early morning rise to obtain a sun bed took the edge off a relaxing holiday. My partner and stepdad had to set alarms every morning to secure a few sunbeds. There are signs around the pool area regarding sun beds but no one took any notice of them. We found the pool too small for the size of the hotel.. Like others have said, it got crowded at times and you’d occasionally get knocked with a ball flying past! I love the beach and wasn’t impressed with the beach at the hotel. One of the waitresses advised me to walk to the beach a little further along and that beach was lovely.. Nice and sandy. We did notice a lot of debris in the sea but I was told that this isn’t the norm and has only occurred since the action in the Middle East. As stated above, my daughter has coeliac disease. All the food was labelled which was helpful but there wasn’t much variety for her. She felt a little down at mealtimes. On our last night, we were shown round by one of the chefs and he advised that one of the labels was old and that that certain dish didn’t actually contain wheat, the label was wrong. We were flying home that night so my daughter didn’t want to risk it but I did think that changing such a thing should be a priority. Our room was lovely.. We had the most amazing sea view.. We had an issue with ants but house keeping were fantastic and acted on it straight away - we couldn’t fault them! We thought the evening entertainment wasn’t great. We had previous been to Mallorca the year before where they had evening shows every night - something for the kids and adults. We got a bus into Paphos harbour one day.. This was an easy journey and we caught the bus right outside the hotel. .We enjoyed our meals at the Cypriot, Thai and Italian restaurants. Every staff member we encountered was lovely and professional. Special mention to George at the pool bar and Bianca the waitress - they were both lovely and super friendly. We had a late flight home so had to check out at 12pm. This was fine as we could still use the facilities. We were told we could shower at the spa if needed. We thought this part of the hotel let the hotel down. The showers, changing area and toilets weren’t very clean. It was also very warm down there too. There’s only two showers which we didn’t think was enough for the amount of people using them! It could do with some TLC! Overall we had a lovely holiday.. Not sure if we would return but beautiful memories were made!

We had a wonderful stay! The hotel is beautiful and in a great location. The food was excellent, and the cocktails were amazing. We had a fantastic time here. A huge thank you to the entire team, especially JULIA!!! who was the best waitress! She made our stay even more enjoyable ❤️ Thank you for everything. We would be happy to come back!!!!