Martha's Haus Hotel

I believe the positive reviews are left by friends or family members, otherwise it cannot be explained. We stayed at this hotel for 4 days and then we ran away. Let's start by saying that the strong point is undoubtedly the location, right on the beach of Gerakini: the sea is very clean and the beach is quiet. Sunbeds and umbrellas are a bit dated, but overall acceptable. The problem is everything else. They provided us with only one room key (superior room, but very dated, with dirty, worn, stained, and smelly upholstered headboards), and when we asked for a duplicate because the entire electrical system of the room didn't work without the key card, the rude and arrogant lady at the reception denied it to us. This way we wouldn't have been able to charge our phones, keep the fridge on (which barely cooled), or even turn on the air conditioning, because the sun beat directly into the room and made it an unlivable oven. A real shame that the steel cable that tied the door keys to the key card mysteriously broke ;) thus allowing us to use it anyway :) At the restaurant then, the presumptuous little girl one morning told me that I had to move from the table where we were sitting because "this is reserved". When I told her that there was no sign on the table, she told me that it was the boss's table and he didn't want it to be used. A real shame that, as I was getting up moving plates and cups, a cup of coffee with milk spilled right on the "reserved sofa". Ah, karma... :) The other blonde lady instead was very kind and nice, but unfortunately she did not counterbalance the scarcity of the buffet: one first course, one second course, two side dishes, all always drowned in the same oil. Spiced food, very spiced, and for us this was positive, but they were not well-balanced spices, as everything had the same stale and unpleasant taste. Even though we had half-board, we always found ourselves having to go out to be able to eat decently. The hotel has good potential, but it is really managed very poorly. I hope it closes soon, or at least changes management.

It is the second time I stayed with my wife at Martha's Haus and we will surely come back again. The hotel is excellent, very quiet and peaceful and particularly appropriate for parents with small kids and middle-aged or older couples. The staff is professional and friendly. Greetings to all, especially Nicolas. The room is spacious, clean, with a large balcony and fabulous sea view. The food is great and very exciting as we got to know, day by day, some tasty traditional Greek dishes. But what we certainly like the most about this hotel is its beautiful garden with palm and olive trees and flowers. It is just next to the beach, very quiet and perfect for reading and relaxing. Highly recommended.

Great hotel to stay in. Has its own beach, with sunbeds and umbrellas. It is at aprox. 1km away from the Gerakini village, so it is not in a noisy neighborhood, which is perfect for a quiet summer holiday at sea. The food is home-cooked at the hotel's facilities, from local ingredients (they have their own olive trees and also a lot of fruit trees). If you want to eat local dishes, it's perfect. If you want to eat all-inclusive-type-of-crap food, you better go somewhere else. The rooms are clean and refurbished (I recommend the Superior Rooms). The management is very helpful, they speak very good English and German. They have enough parking spaces, some of them in the shade of the trees from the property.