Ilios Hotel — Hotel in Municipality of Eastern Samos

We booked this hotel as a cheaper 3 star allternative for a week. We were met in the reception by a very friendly lady who made us feel at home right away. The hotel looked a little lesser then some other more expensive hotels I have stayed with however the service was by far better and friendlier then just about any other place I have stayed. This is a family run hotel and you really can feel this in the atmosphere. Food, amazing.....don't bother eating any place else, all the meals here are home cooked and cheap priced. Cleanliness was also well up to standard as well. There are no safes in the room, no need for them because these are honest people working here who put your comfort and safety before anything else. What can I say, I love it here. We met some guests from a "fancier" hotel across the road who spent most of there time here instead due to the far friendlier service, better food and nicer atmosphere. This hotel does not try to impress for tips, they just are great people. Only minus, no TV in room but who needs TV when you have an ipad, free internet and great service! I give this 3 star hotel 5 stars for great service and great food from a great hotel staff. The town is within walking distance as well as the beach and supermarkeds. Thankyou Iona for a wonderful experience. Definately coming...

A good basic hotel. The rooms are in a good condition and cleaned everyday. Every room has a balcony, wooden beds & furniture + wc. Some rooms have a small kitchen (stowe + sink) with all the basic kitchen tools. The swimming pool is nice and open everyday 08:00-19:00, sometimes longer. The keepers of Ilios hotel are very friendly and helpful and always available for help. You can walk to hotel from airport in only 10 minutes. The beach is also 10 minutes away from hotel and there is a grocery store next door. On the opposite side of road there are two rental companies if you're looking forward to rent a car, scooter, bicycle etc. There is free parking at the hotel.The pythagorio is also not far. Only 15-20 minutes by foot. Even though the airport is nearby and some traffic, the hotel room and hotel area is rather quiet.

Things that could have been better: The beds were not super comfortable, there was no Tv or Wi-fi and the pool water was a bit salty. On the other hand they are not big problems for me, because I never spend much time at the hotel apart from sleeping.

In a nutshell: Simple and cheap hotel, nothing fancy but all the basic things you need to have a...

My partner and I ate dinner here frequently during our two-week stay at a nearby hotel. We enjoyed the taste of real home cooking. The proprietor did the waiting, while his wife manned the kitchen, preparing dishes like (a Greek) mother makes.||I always had the hotel's onion soup, which was some of the best I've ever tasted. The trouble was that there was such a vast bowl of it, when I asked for croutons, I hardly had room for anything else!||My favourite dish was the lamb chops. In Greece, these are always very tasty, but tough. Ask for them to be well done, even if the waiter winces. In one restaurant, the waiter asked if I wanted them "burned as usual".||My partner really liked the home-made moussaka and found the local wine pleasant. The prices were reasonable and the hospitality warm. It's sad to see that the Ilios, like most places in Samos, is suffering from the economic down-turn. Today, Samos is not the place for a cheap holiday.||We became almost like family and, as Jane has already reported, we were given gifts of marmalade, made with oranges from the proprietor's own trees, on the night we left.||We'll...