Lindian Village Beach Resort Rhodes, Curio Collection by Hilton

The place was wonderful. The staff very kind we had amazing trips all over the island. The front desk and guest relations were helpful. The food is tasty especially the italian. I enjoyed my holidays with my family. The room was also spacious with a nice juccuzi

My wife and I (first time I’ve written that!!) stayed for 12 nights in a river passage room with Jacuzzi. We had incredible weather, food was fabulous (in the bookable restaurants at least) and the staff worked incredibly hard around us. However (you knew that was coming didn’t you) settle in readers and management pens ready please! ON DAY 2 OUT BED COLLAPSED Now I know what you’re thinking..honeymooners eh?! No such luck my friends.. we weren’t actually talking at the time and my (petite) wife only sat on the bed! When I rang to advise reception, the gentleman I spoke to laughed and asked how we did that!? After he managed to pull himself together he told me that he would send someone around to fix it which he did. When the gentleman entered the room he again uttered ‘how do you do that?!’. Point to note here readers is that we are ‘Wife and Wife’ so the exclamations of ‘How we did that?!’ was rather dismissive of the all INCLUSIVE holiday/honeymoon we thought we had booked! (Pun intended!!) Back to the bed fixing solution given by the ingenious member of staff. He left the room and returned in 5 minutes with a plastic crate you would see abandoned at the side of the road which had been used to sell rotten fruit. He turned it upside down and placed underneath one side of the bed. His health and safety check was to then bounce in the bed. It collapsed. He then wiggled it a bit and exclaimed that it would be fine for the night and we would get a new bed the next day. We tentatively went to bed ..silently (as still not talking) and at approximately 3am the bed collapsed completely and we had to resort to sleeping on the very small daybed (at least it got us taking again) The next day after making our way through the all inclusive drinks menu after our night of hell we returned to our room and the bed had been fixed (not replaced). Every night thereafter was like playing a game of Jenga waiting for the bed to collapse with the constant creaking and cracking then on! BEGGING FOR MY MORNING COFFEE After a year of hard work, the stress of losing both my parents and planning a wedding it was time to relax and enjoy the luxury we had waiting so long for. I was not expect to beg for my morning coffee! After suffering nightly disturbed sleep on the ‘Jenga bed’ we were never supplied any coffee capsules for the coffee machine. I tried to request these through the room tablet which were meant to make communicating with the concierge easy however these tablets appeared to be made by Fisher Price and I would have had more chance of getting through by bashing the keys on a Major Morgan (one for you Gen X’s) I therefore had to send a WhatsApp message to Guest Relations, a lady called Melina (true professional) however she was sent home a few days after we arrived as Hilton felt that there were too many staff to guests ratio. (I’ll get to that in a minute) we had our mini bar and coffee replenished on that one occasion - after that we were thrown a pod here and there and thought ourselves lucky! MANAGEMENT PLEASE LEAD BY EXAMPLE! Staff moaning about management was I am afraid rife through the resort. It was evident that as the season was ending staff were released and those remaining were having to do the jobs of those who left. This in turn seriously affected the customer service we received which we paid for exactly in the same way as customers who were guests earlier on in the season. At some points we were serving ourselves! There are tip jars across the resort with ‘Help we need therapy!!’ written on them. We also witnessed a female and male manager (from the pool) canoodling (love that word) at the Greek restaurant! These were joined for a chat by the only two staff serving at the restaurant leaving us for half an hour to wait for drinks! Now..I should be canoodling with my new wife not spending 30 minutes flagging down a waiter for a bottle of wine to take the edge of my pending nights sleep on the bed from Steptoe’s yard! WHILST WE WERE SLEEPING ..THE WIDE SCREEN TV FELL OFF THE WALL (after a night of a forever flushing toilet!) You can’t write it can you…well I CAN! During the early morning of our last day ..we were awoken by the crash bang wallop!! It wasn’t the bed…it wasn’t the staff rioting in the man made poorly lighted streets..it was the TV falling off the wall!! We had never even used it!! Honestly, I had just stopped taking Prozac after my ‘annus horribilis’ and now my nerves were shot to pieces again! When I visited reception to advise of what had happened…what do you think was asked of me..you guessed I ‘how did you do that?!!’ We were then sent another genius of a handyman who started sparking wires together and fixed the forever flushing toilet by bashing it like Arkwrights till!! In whole we had a great honeymoon, mainly down to the fact we had incredible weather, the waitress at the pool had a soft spot for us and plied us with alcohol to numb the pain (shout out to Elpida!) and I took the most amazing woman on honeymoon with me (shout out to my wife!) Not a 5 star hotel. We never had one apology, or one upgrade even though we knew of straight unmarried couples who did. Tut Tut Hilton! Not a 5 star hotel but it really could be. Please take notice management: Feel free to invite us as your guests for our first anniversary and I would be happy to review your 5 star apology!

Having read some of the recent reviews on here I was very concerned that we were going to be disappointed but can honestly say we had a wonderful stay. Our room was amazing. No issues with ants, smell or anything like others have complained about. The pool area is incredibly relaxing with different types of loungers and never any problem finding somewhere to sit at any time of the day. Beach also had plenty of Sun loungers and we never had to reserve early to get one. The beach is pebbly however take a brief stroll over the hill on the left and you will come to a sandy beach with a bay to swim in. Not the prettiest of beaches as like a lot of Rhodes is was devastated by the fires but nice to have sand instead of pebbles. The hotel is remote so hiring a car if you don’t want to be stuck there would be useful and the car park is free. However there are boat trips you can take from the beach to Lindos or Rhodes Town. Don’t expect to be able to take long walks as there isn’t anywhere to go so this would be a negative if that’s your thing. But for a relaxing, stress-free chilled break the hotel is ideal. Food was average - not the best we’ve had but not awful. We were half board so only had breakfast and dinner. I’m not a fan of buffet type dining generally and found choice slightly repetitive and food not hot unless you were lucky to be there when they replaced the dishes. The lady behind the counter making fresh omelettes at breakfast was wonderful. Best omelettes I’ve ever had at a hotel, cooked with a smile. Tip you get a free bottle of water on the table for breakfast so take this with you if you don’t use it! We only ate in one of the other restaurants and had a great meal (Greek restaurant). We were disappointed with the Japanese menu choices (very strange which dishes they include in your package versus what you have to pay for) so didn’t eat there and unfortunately never got to try the Italian. Another tip is to go to the supermarket outside the hotel (if not on all inclusive) to buy water and beers etc as cheaper and can keep in your fridge. I do agree with others that the entertainment is a bit strange but we did enjoy the live band by the pool (once a week) and the DJ playing super cool tracks at night by the bar. Sadly the way tables are set out around this area means there is no atmosphere and people just sit there. We braved it and got up to dance but felt very awkward. It’s a shame as we love to dance. The resort is dark at night however it adds to the ambience and I felt completely safe at all times walking around. We did find the gentleman on reception very unhelpful on our last morning when checking out. Despite our paperwork saying check out was at midday, he told us it was 11am and that we should not trust what we are sold by the holiday company. I pushed him to accept a later check out and he finally conceded to midday but it was agreed reluctantly. I also asked if there was somewhere we could shower later as had a late flight. He told us to use the outdoor shower by the pool. This was disappointing as every hotel I’ve ever stayed at offer a complimentary room to shower and change in. I messaged the guest services contact (who will WhatsApp you during your stay) to complain and she told me that the spa offer a complimentary shower and changing room but it had to be booked. She then booked this for us at my request, luckily it was available. This worked really well however it would have been nice if we had been told this at reception. So only a couple of negatives (hence giving 4 stars), otherwise a very enjoyable stay.