I stayed in this hotel and i thought it was absolutly wonderful and the food was amazing ! it was the first time i had tried greek food and i really enjoyed it ! the greek yogurt and orange honey was amazing ! the pool was lovly and warm it was also very clean as was the area around it, it had a lovely pool bar next to it and the food in there was very cheap and very good. the hotel staff were very pleasant and helpful. The sea was great you could walk out into it for ages and it would only be up to your knees. Bedrooms were a nice size and the bed sheets were changed many time throughout the week. It has internet access down by the conference room and its 1 euro for an hour. Amazing.

Stayed here first week in June. Was surprised, it was lovely and clean, bed linen and towels changed a couple of times in 1 week. The food was Greek and cooked lovely in the evenings, breakfast was continental and cooked, well presented. We stayed half board, snack bar by the pool, serving good food which was reasonable. The hotel staff were friendly and helpful. The downside is there were very few Brits staying here and mostly older people, did nt bother us it was lovely and quiet during the day and evening. Not a lot of bars around this area as it is at the beginning of Laganas and some places had closed down since we went last about 5 years ago. We paid extra for a sea veiw it was worth every penny. Would definately go back to this hotel.

The hotel is quite nice. It is situated just in front of the sea, far from the hustle and bustle of the main street with the night clubs. The hotel itself and it´s territory are very clean. All the floors are from glazed tile, so it creat a lot of noise. And if we didn´t hear our neighbours from the adjorning rooms we heard everything that was done above our room (someone walking on highheeled shoes, moving a chair etc.) Also the doors of all the rooms of all the floors look on the same huge "corridor", staying at your room you can hear when every door is shut, and the empty space of this "corridor" only reinforces the sound.
I didn´t like the lack of facilities for children, no playground, no gameroom. It´s difficult to move with a pram, because inside you have lifts, but outside nothing that would help you get over the stairs.
The food was good and the dishes various.
The best thing about this hotel is it´s stuff. Everybody are very pleasant, helpful, talkative (in the good sense of the word).
The worst thing is the place where Astir Palace is situated. I mean the village of Laganas itself. It´s too touristic. Nothing authentic. You can easily find mexican, australian, british cuisine, but it´s quite problematic to taste something greek. Or maybe we just went to wrong restaurants. But there are no locals living there, so the same place you could find, say, in Egypt or Turkey.
But if you need the sun and the sea, than all this authentic thing is not very important

We chose to stay in the Astir Palace, along with friends as we were attending our daughters wedding on nearby Cameo Island and wanted a good standard of accommodation to enhance this special occassion.
Having read previous recent reviews on this 'Olympic Holiday 4 flame' hotel we felt compelled to write this brief review from our own exprience.
The staff were very friendly and helpful when needed.
We stayed in a side sea view room which was cleaned daily, including clean towels and bedding.
The room was spacious and there were complimentary toiletries in the bathroom.
The low level hand shower was typical of Greece and with very good water pressure.
In our opinion, the breakfast was very good value with a varied selection of English and Continental choices. These were readily replenished between 8.00am and 10.00am so there was little need to rush to the dining room each morning.
Yes, there had to be a small down side, but one that you are made aware of during the selection of this hotel and that is that guests staying at the hotel are charged for the use of sunbeds around the pool.