Ionian Sea View Apartments

Me and some mates went to the Ionian Sea View hotel after declining to go with some others to the Morfeas hotel, and man, such a great shout! The guys that went to the Morfeas (which is in the Thomas Cook kavos package) spent most days at the ionian sea view's pool as it's much more relaxed and chilled. The only problems were that the rooms are literally bed and toilet pretty much, nothing fancy, and you have to pay 50 euros for air con per week.

Even though it's about 10 minutes walk from the strip, it was still great. Friendly staff and reasonable value food (although the rose tree tavern is the BEST in kavos). It's very much for teenagers up to 25 year olds. I'd be gutted to go with my family, kavos is definately not a family location.

Best bars were JC's and Rolling Stone, both serving strong 'head fuc*er' pints (9 shots in 1 pint) and both great dance venues. I would avoid bars that offer free bars or unreasonable offers like 'a headf**ker, 7 shots and a cocktail for five euros' because they are often watered down far too much.

In conclusion, i'd recommend this hotel as it's good value and so chilled, like the beers!

We booked a last minute deal through Media Travel and had looked on the hotel web site before booking. We stayed 24th may 2010 for a week ..yes the staff where great...no we had no changed sheets or clean towels during the week. 1 loo roll per room, no microwave or TV/DVD as on the web site and a 1 bedroomed apartment which was infact 1 room with 4 beds..no living area and the infant we took had no cot. The staff found us a playpen at 10pm and we had to sleep the baby in this. The place was clean, the pool lovely but the walk into town was approx a mile. Kavos was mostly closed and we only had a choice of 2 restaurants to dine in. The Oven Pub and the Rose Tree both served excellent value for money real food of restaurant quality. By day 4 our room was full of ants and the baby got badly bitten. Pity as this is a beautiful place.

Great place,

The stuff are indeed great, were very helpful and friendly. When abroad, I rarely really feel like home and this was that sort of time. I liked that the place is only 500 meters away from Kavos. the location is nice, close to sea. The other visitors were also very nice and we had some really nice late evening conversations at the pool bar.

I don't normally return to places I've been to, but this is one place I would like to come back to again and stay longer this time.

Just had a lovely week staying here in one of the studio apartments. The first thing to say is that the owners are incredibly friendly and helpful, from the instant we arrived and he welcomed me by name we felt like real guests.

The apartments themselves are set in a lovely grounds which are overflowing with plants and flowers so you have more of the impression of being in a terraced garden rather than an apartment complex. The pool area which also has a small bar attached to it is clean and well kept and has a lovely fresh position looking out over the sea below. If I have one criticism about Ionian Sea View it is that the studio we stayed in was perfect.Having said that the rest of the room and the bathroom were perfectly clean which is much more important and we had a lovely balcony with a fantastic view out over the bay so what more could you want. And for the money we were paying you have to be reasonable about what you get - which will always be basic. Our studio had optional air-con although we didn't need it because you get a nice fresh breeze coming off the sea.

The next best thing about Ionian Sea View is the location. First, it is 5 minutes walk down the sea. The sea is warm and wonderful to swim in. Kavos is an attractive place with a real Greek feel to it and some lovely places to eat. I don't recommend the new town which is further along the coast and contains the kind 'English' orientated bars that I have no interest in. If you want a quiet, relaxing, beautiful, cheap place to stay this is it!

My visit to Ionian Sea View hotel was one of the best stays i've ever had to encounter. The quality of service and staff made our visit very pleasurable and would recomend it to anyone who might visit corfu. It is a family owned business and the hospitality that was offered to us made us feel like home.

I dont mean to sound negative on my report......but Ionian Sea View Apartments was the pits.

Had it been advertised as 1/2* fair enough. The pictures of the hotel on the internet are much the same as when ur there only they were probably taken years ago.

The staff were rude and the rooms were very un-clean. The plates etc were in the sink waiting to be washed from the previous people when we got there, the towels were not changed nor was the bedding.If u get this hotel cheap then yeah go but dont go expecting a 4* holiday.

Pleasent location but it is a lonley walk to the main strip of kavos(about 20 mins) ... if u do walk into town be careful of the scooters taking ur handbags as they drive by on the dark un-lit lanes.

We have just returned from the Ionian Sea View Hotel and had a lovely 2 weeks. The rooms were clean, the staff and family who run the hotel could not have been friendlier. The only downside is there is no entertainment on site which is a shame as its a beautiful location and a lovely large courtyard. Kavos itself was not too noisy - we went with 2 children - and definitely enjoyed our stay. If you go you must visit the Rose Tree Tavernia.

Just returned from ionian sea view hotel where i stayed with my boyfriend for a week, was abit worried after reading other reviews about bad smell etc but we had a totally amazing time here with no smell, dont get me wrong the location of the hotel was abit bad, with about a tem min walk to the centre but was nothing really!!! The hotel is full of groups and young couples out to party, i wouldnt really reccomend a family staying here.

Staff really friendly and chatty, they cant do enough for you, on the other hand we did only get one toilet roll for the full week after that you have to buy your own oh and one towel each but we took our own anyway. At the end of the day its not where you go but what you make of it but id deffinatly reccomend staying here.

After reading the reviews on Ionian Sea View Apartments, I was pretty worried. However, upon arrival it actually didn't seem that bad! We got into our room in D block which had no balcony...hmm, went inside and darted straight for the bathroom. Brown curtains that were supposed to be white, brown water in the toilet . Damp loo roll and a wardrobe that smelt of p*ss. Outside we had direct access to the sea but it smelt like fart most of the time. They should REALLY invest in mesh nets to keep the mosquitos at night. You either get bitten to death or you get cooked.

Staff were friendly enough, bar food was quite expensive, we always headed to nearby 'Elli's pool bar' for a nice filling english breakfast for a decent 4 euros.

The pool was nice enough, seemed quite clean to me. The hotel food wasn't that nice, the chicken was so salty I could have sworn I was near death. One of the staff, I don't know her name, was pretty rude...but the rest were cool.

The location is alright, but I hated walking at night to the clubs...there appeared to be loads of wild dogs and alarmingly skinny cats roaming the streets at night. One of them was bold enough to jump on our window ledge one night...

Overall..for people my age group (18-24) who love to rave all day and night...it's a good place to go, plenty bars and clubs to choose from. If you're looking for a nice family holiiday...you don't want to come here...trust me. Youngsters all around, bold and annoying as you like!

Was pretty worried about staying in Ionian Sea View Apartments after reading quite a few bad reviews .. well in my opinion they coudn't of been more wrong ! The staff were extremely friendly .. very welcoming .. we arrived about 1am and were cooked pizza ! Throughtout the week they always said hi and saw to our needs including ordering us taxi's into the town!

The pool was lovely ( didn't turn our hair green as one review mentioned lol ) the only let down to this hotel was the one toilet roll per week and the lasagne and mousakka weren't very nice .. the rest of the food was lovely = ) !

The hotel is about a 15min walk from the strip so its ideal if your not the party person as you can actually get some sleep and it's a right nice walk along the beach!

The rooms are basic but has the main things you need .. afterall how much time are you really going to spend in your room .. your on holiday !!! The view from the balcony's are amazing = )

I was very worried about going to the ionian sea view apartments as i had read a few bad reviews. But what a pleasant surprise. We arrived in the middle of the night and we received a really warm welcome and they even cooked us up pizzas (from scratch) at 3 in the morning. The rooms were spotless and we woke up to an amazing view over the sea. The pool area was also spotless And the staff were lovely. The hotel was a good ten minute walk away from the strip and a girl got mugged on the walk back so i would always say get a taxi to the bars/restaurants. The only thing that let it down was that it was quite expensive but Kavos as a whole was not just the hotel. And we only received one toilet roll for the week, but otherwise fab hol, fab apartments X