Hondos Center Santorini — Local services in Municipality of Thira

Extremely disappointing experience in Santorini – I will never return!

I had a very unpleasant experience at the Hondos Center in Santorini. The supervisor there was extremely pushy and kept insisting that we buy a sunscreen product we didn’t want and never opened. Despite the fact that we had already spent over €230, she continued to pressure us in an aggressive and disrespectful manner.

This wasn’t just a recommendation – it felt like harassment and made us feel very uncomfortable. Her attitude completely ruined the shopping experience and left us in a bad mood.

Such behavior is unacceptable, especially from someone in a supervisory role. Customers should feel respected and free to choose what they want to buy – not forced into unnecessary purchases.

I absolutely do not recommend this store to anyone...

It's fine as a mall (keep in mind these are tourist prices) and can even be a good place to get souvenirs but make sure you do your research ahead of time. The staff often contradicted each other on what sales/promotions were running - we went up to the check out 3x and each time were told something different by the cashier then the shop girl. The thing that makes me review them poorly is that they advertise tax free shopping and when I inquired about it the women told me I can get the form stamped in "any European country". I ended up flying out via Zurich, and guess what? It had to be an EU member state. How is a visitor supposed to know this? And why don't they train their staff on this program? Keep your wits about you and you can find some nice stuff - the Apivita store...

I wish there was a lower score I could give this place. I was in the store and shopping and go up to the counter and they tell me that they've closed and that they can't check me out and escort me out the door. It was extremely rude and unprofessional. They should definitely make sure no one's in the store shopping before they close it and tell everybody they can't buy anything. That would...