Tsilivi Admirals Aparthotel - Tsilivi - Zante

Although we booked it, we actually didn’t stay in the Admirals, but the Planos across the way. When we got to the Admirals hotel, they told us that there was an issue with the rooms & to stay over the road, but when asked if we could use our All-Inclusive rights over there, she said no. We actually didn’t mind staying over there in the end because it was much quieter for the kids to sleep at night. The rooms were basic, only a shower, a pain when youv’e got 3 kids & the shower curtain stuck to you constantly! Ended up bathing my little girl in the sink!

Even though we were All-Inclusive, we did get cooking facilities & a fridge, which helped because my kids didn’t like the food put on (except chips, ice cream & jelly! ). That brings me on to the food, pork pork pork, belly pork, pasta pasta pasta, meatballs, weird pizza, chicken but plenty of salad though, if you like it with no dressings! Snack bar: if you order a hamburger, you only get half of one, but paying customers get a feast! And the staff are quite rude unless you’re Polish.

Ah yes, lets get to the staff, the lady in reception was lovely when we booked in, probably because she was telling us we were staying in a different hotel than what we booked, ( can I just tell you that while we were there, we saw people turning up in taxis from the airport, & being sent to Argassi miles away, & another of a group of 3 couples, they tried to split them up to send one couple to Argassi, but obviously they refused). The staff absolutely looked after the Polish, who, apart from the odd exception, looked pretty miserable for all of their holiday.

Bar staff, seemed lovely at first, but as your holiday progresses, they get fed up with you! Sometimes, when I went for a drink, the arrogant bar man totally ignored me & served someone else! I have 3 kids, & Mickey the barman accused my kids of leaving ice cream on the floor (which they didn’t) and of being the untidy family! (which we were definately weren’t! ) & when my son said to him i’ts our last day, he said “good”! I was totally disgusted in the service of this hotel & the treatment of my family & my mum & dad, it made us all feel umcomfortable. The only lovely person in the hotel was Alex, the deputy manager (i think! ) he was lovely, & so pristine all off the time.

The truth is the entertainment is more or less non existent! We had a couple of nights of it, one a Greek night, which was great with burning fires on the floor, & another with a singer who was good, but if you went outside the hotel she was in every other bar anyway! So there was no getting away from her! That’s it, no kids entertainment unless you went over the road to the PlanosBay hotel, & as we were All-Inclusive we were lead to believe that the kid’s entertainment would be in our hotel, but if you went to that hotel, you had to pay for your drinks.

However, enough about the awful hotel, if you visit Tsilivi, you have to go to Friends bar, just outside the hotel. Sooo friendly! Across the road there is a bar with a massive kids play area, & up the road there is a gorgeous fish & chip shop that does kebabs too, gorgeous! And then the nightlife, make sure you go to Two Brothers, but get there early for a seat, & visit Utopia for a 3 euro massive pizza! The beach is lovely, great for kids, really shallow & warm, we went on a boat ride around the island which was great! Saw swordfish, dolphins & turtles!

I would definately return to Zante, but not that hotel. Definately not!