We live very close to Galaxy Hotel so whilst we have never stayed here we regularly call in for drinks. It has a very comfortable, elevated terrace where you can sit and watch the world go by. The owner,Michael, is a very entertaining and funny host.
We will continue to drink here with Michael and recommend it to anyone.
Almost every year I visit one of Greek islands, so I know what can I expect for payed price but I had a very bad experience with this hotel. I cannot find anything positive to tell, but fortunately Kos is beautiful island and you do not have to spend much time in the accommodation. Location of the hotel is not so bad, but although you have only 10 min walk to the nearest city beach (we could't use it because of the refugees) it is still placed in very dark neighborhood. Center is 20 min and supermarket 7 min walking distance. Hotel lobby smelled like clamminess - furniture is very old. WiFi was available only near the reception so you had to spend time in the lobby, also it was very slow and if more than 5 people was connected to it- it was terrible. Owner who is working at the reception and the bar all day long was unfriendly and disoblige (although I read some comments that owner is cool...). Rooms-too small, smelly-again to clamminess, with very old beds and mattress, overall - not so clean. Bathroom was miniature - they had to make a hole in the door so it could be closed because of the sink. Breakfast is bad (every morning you had boiled eggs, one type of pork ham, one type of yellow cheese, bred and jam-that is it). We got room in the ground floor with street view (with transparent curtains) and we felt very uncomfortable -you could't find the corner where you could change clothes and not be seeing from the street and it was very loud -you could hear every passerby and car. When we reserved this hotel, we asked for a room in upper floor, and even at the time we got confirmation - the owner refused to fulfill our wish and placed us on the ground floor. Second day we came to agreement - owner agreed to move us from this "street room". I will never forget owner's comment: "if you do not like next room you can pack your stuff and leave the hotel". We payed for this hotel in advance and I was ready to change hotel just because of his attitude... However, our friend stayed in this hotel so we stayed. He gave us apartment -again on the ground floor but behind main building so it was more private and quiet. This room was bigger, although with the same smell. Once we opened the bathroom window and we find out that it is useless because second house wall is 1 inch from it and it was filled with disgusting cocoons and bugs. After that we had cockroaches in the bathroom...We rent a car and tried to avoid any communication with owner and to spend as less as possible time in accommodation.
Hotel is 5 min far from main beach in kos center, breakfast continental, owner funny guy working all day at reception and bar.. nice place and interesting people, you can seat in evening and watch tv in nice garden or you can go to kos center 10 min far by foot :)
the owner Michael,what a bloke a legend, hotel immaculate, service very good, location 8/10 minute walk to beach, downside no pool but michaels brother owns Poseidon hotel 40/50mts up the road which you can use, also his facilities ,poseidon b/q night really good.food v/good
the hotel is a family run place and you can really tell, it is so friendly and laid back was there june this year will be returning September
We booked a weeks holiday with Thomsons for £242 each. Taking into account that the £242 included return flight from UK, hotel transfer, and hotel bed and breakfast for the week, obviously you can't expect the Ritz, so I'm tempering my review accordingly, unlike some of the previous reviewers.
On first impressions we thought the hotel was in the 'middle of nowhere' but the location turned out to be excellent, as we could walk to Kos town centre in 20 minutes, and to the beach in 5 minutes. Car hire, supermarkets, and restaurants were all near.
The hotel appears to be run by one man (the owner) and he spends all his time on the ground floor attending to the bar, preparing and serving meals and checking customers in/out. Because of the lack of staff the upper floors don't appear to get and remedial maintenance carried out on them. The lift only went up to the 2nd foor, so we had to walk up and down a floor, but hey, I’m 70 years of age and it was a minor quibble
We stayed on the 3rd (top) floor in a room for 3 people. Moans were that the balcony was so narrow that it would just accommodate a chair sideways on with no room to sqeeze by. Ths meant that on the balcony we had a small table lined up with the pation doors with a chair either side of it, with the third chair in the appartment looking out at the balcony. We're pretty tolerant so we just accepted the arrangement. Oh, yes also the patio door locks were broken so we couldn't lock them.
The bathroom needed attention: towel rail broken, shower had to be hand held, shower water lukewarm, shower curtain not much good so water escaped on the foor, the basin tap spout was almost seized solid and the plug was missing, but we could live with this for a week (and at this price!)
Breakfast adequate but exactly the same every day - 2 rolls, 1 slice of cheese, 1 slice of ham, 1 hard boiled egg, 2 sachets of margarine, 2 sachets of strawberry jam, 1 glass of orange squash, and one cup of tea or coffee. To be fair I did ask
CLEANLINESS – absolutely no problems here and the sheets were changed mid-week.
The owner was quite amenable and dealt with a couple of queries straightaway.
Given the price, we thought the hotel was OK.