Lindos Grand Resort and Spa

An exceptional stay from start to finish! The hotel offers beautiful rooms, outstanding service, and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The staff were incredibly professional, attentive, and always happy to help. Everything was clean, comfortable, and thoughtfully maintained, and the facilities were excellent.

The location and overall atmosphere made the experience even better. It truly felt like a five-star experience, and I would happily return. Highly recommended for anyone looking for luxury, comfort, and excellent hospitality!

We stayed at the Lindos Grand for 7 nights, and this is my honest review based on our experience.

I appreciate that everyone has different expectations of a hotel and a holiday, so this is simply our personal experience. Having stayed at a number of 5 ⭐️ hotels across Europe, I found there were several areas where, in my opinion, the Lindos Grand falls short of the 5 ⭐️ experience it markets itself as providing.

THE INFINITY POOL & VIEWS

Let’s start with the showstopper: the infinity pool is stunning. The views across the bay are incredible and genuinely one of the best features of the hotel.

The hotel faces east, so we got up for sunrise a few times and it was absolutely beautiful.

We stayed in a sea-view room with a private pool, which was a must for us in the August heat. Having our own private pool felt very luxurious and was definitely one of the highlights of our stay.

THE CATS — A MAJOR CONCERN

Before getting into the hotel itself, I want to highlight what was probably my biggest disappointment: the treatment of the cats living around the hotel grounds.

There appeared to be around 15 cats, including a group of very young kittens. From what we witnessed, the hotel does not appear to provide regular food or basic care for them, while guests are discouraged from feeding them.

The cats were visibly hungry and would cry and, at times, fight amongst themselves. Unfortunately, this could be seen and heard even while guests were relaxing around the pool, and on occasions the fighting took place around the outdoor dining area. Mating taking place in the grassed area at the pool prior to dinner one evening.

As someone who loves animals, I found this particularly difficult to witness. One young kitten was clearly unwell, with what appeared to be a badly infected eye and significant loss of vision. See photo of kitten. I raised this with the manager during our stay however felt that my concern for the kittens welfare wasn’t taken seriously. There was also a heavily pregnant female cat and a group of kittens that looked to be only around three months old.

I appreciate that not every guest wants cats around their holiday environment, but I don’t think ignoring the issue is the answer.

There are practical solutions that could work for both the hotel and its guests. For example, the hotel could establish designated feeding stations away from the main dining areas, perhaps closer to the field near the beach, and provide food at set times such as breakfast and dinner. This would help keep the cats away from the dining areas while ensuring they are properly fed.

The hotel could also ask guests to contribute towards their care. I suspect many animal-loving guests would be more than happy to donate.

I appreciate that managing a cat colony is not necessarily straightforward, but I do feel the hotel has a responsibility to find a humane and sustainable solution. Watching clearly unwell and hungry animals living within the hotel grounds was very uncomfortable, particularly for a hotel positioning itself as 5 ⭐️.

ROOMS

Our room was spacious, the bed was comfortable and the shower was hot and powerful.

However, there are some basic details that I would expect from a 5 ⭐️ hotel.

As other reviewers have mentioned, there is no full-length mirror, which I found surprising. Also limited towel hanging space and no where to hang your bikini up outside in your patio/pool area.

The air conditioning is controlled via a digital panel on the wall. It can get very cold, which is great in the August heat, but the system would reset to 25°C whenever a door was opened. This became quite frustrating, particularly when returning to the room after being outside.

SERVICE

Unfortunately, this was one of the biggest areas where the hotel fell short for us.

The service simply did not feel 5 ⭐️.

Not all but some of staff we encountered appeared uninterested and, on several occasions, we felt as though serving guests was an inconvenience rather than a priority.

Breakfast finishes at 10:30am. If you arrive close to that time, you are made to feel that you have arrived too late, and at exactly 10:30am the food is removed.

On one occasion I witnessed a guest ask for a coffee at 10:30am and be refused. Regardless of the hotel’s breakfast timings, I found this incredibly poor service for a hotel claiming to be 5 ⭐️.

FOOD INFORMATION

If you have food intolerances or allergies, I think you could find this hotel challenging.

The food information cards lack basic ingredient information I.e contains dairy, gluten, shellfish etc , making it difficult to establish exactly what is in certain dishes.

There is also only one toaster area at breakfast, which results in queues. At other 5 ⭐️ hotels I have stayed in, there are usually multiple toaster stations to avoid this.

Another small but noticeable omission was mimosas. These weren’t included with breakfast and had to be purchased separately. Again, this is something I would expect to be complimentary at a 5 ⭐️ property, particularly given the overall price of the holiday.

BAR & DRINKS

The hotel bar is also surprisingly limited in terms of its selection of spirits.

My partner asked which gins were available and was told that the only option was Gordon’s.

I ordered a cocktail which unfortunately wasn’t particularly good.

The coffee was also disappointing. Personally, I think having decent coffee machines available for guests to use would as breakfast actually be an improvement.

The hotel bar also feels soulless, the table and chair feel more aligned to a corporate office rather than a stylish bar.

THE HOTEL GENERALLY

This is where I felt the hotel really struggles with its identity.

There are so many spaces around the property that could be fantastic, but instead they feel unfinished, underused or sterile.

The hotel is also starting to look tired in areas, which was another noticeable disappointment. There are sections where the render is cracking, and in some areas there appears to be water or discharge running down the walls, leaving visible staining. Around the pools, some of the tiles are cracked, missing or visibly grubby. Fire alarm break glass boxes and electrical cables hanging off walls.

These may sound like small maintenance issues, but they are exactly the kind of details I would expect a 5 ⭐️ hotel to stay on top of. When you are paying 5 ⭐️ prices, these things become noticeable and detract from the overall appearance and experience of the property.

Around the spa area, there are chairs placed in corners which makes the space feel a little random.

There is also a rooftop area which, in my opinion, could be incredible. It is advertised as a bar, but when we visited it consisted largely of bean bags alongside the fine-dining area. The space is huge and has so much potential, but it currently feels like a missed opportunity.

Under the infinity pool there are 3 or 4 restaurants, with food served through hatches in the wall. We didn’t eat there because we didn’t particularly like the atmosphere. The serving hatches gave the area more of a fast-food feel than the experience I would expect from a 5 ⭐️ resort.

Overall, the hotel lacks a strong identity. It feels very modern and visually impressive in places, but also quite sterile.

There is also very little atmosphere. Evening entertainment isn’t the best. One night there was a Dj but it lacked any energy and felt like a flop. This could be so good if used correctly I.e sunset session.

For us, the location was too isolated. We visited Lindos and spent time at Ktima, and the contrast was immediately noticeable. Those places had character, energy and atmosphere. When we returned to the hotel, the lack of atmosphere was very apparent.

I think the hotel could transform this quite easily. There are numerous wasted spaces that could become vibrant bars, lounges or social areas. At present, many of them simply contribute to the feeling that the hotel is beautiful but somewhat empty and soulless.

GYM

If you like exercising on holiday before spending the day by the pool, there are two gyms.

The first is an outdoor gym with two treadmills, two spin bikes and some dumbbells. It is very basic and it is accessible from 6:30am.

The second gym, accessed through the spa, has slightly better equipment but doesn’t open until 10am.

This means that if you want to train before breakfast, you are essentially restricted to the outdoor gym, which has limited equipment.

The outdoor gym also doesn’t have drinking water available, unlike the spa gym. Given the heat in August, I found this particularly disappointing. Noticeable lack of water provided in the gym also which for 5 ⭐ is poor.

FINAL VERDICT

The Lindos Grand has some genuinely beautiful features. The infinity pool, views, sunrise and our private pool were all fantastic, and our room itself was comfortable.

However, for us, the positives weren’t enough to make this feel like a true 5 ⭐️ experience.

Would I recommend this hotel? No.

Would I return? No.

For the price we paid, particularly as this was a milestone birthday holiday, it was frustrating that the overall experience didn’t live up to the 5 ⭐️ standard we were expecting.

The hotel has enormous potential. The setting is beautiful, the views are exceptional and there are so many spaces that could be transformed. But the service, atmosphere, attention to detail, maintenance and approach to the cats all need significant improvement.

Ultimately, it felt like a beautiful hotel that hasn’t quite worked out how to deliver a 5 ⭐️ experience.