Socrates Hotel Malia Beach

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : super friendly staff, clean and quiet. good distance from main strip
  : wifi was a bit slow but still okay!

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Poor
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Pool is only one advantage of the place. Eggs on breakfast were nicely made. Pasta is okay and cook is a good lady. Reception lady is nice.
  : 1. Old furniture with ugly lamp shades and 100 years dust on them. 2. Last remake or wall paint 30 years ago. 3. To make a flash in the toilet U need to use toothbrush or other inventions. 4. U recieve clean towels only by request. 5. Electricity is poor and U charge your phone for very long time. 6. WiFi can not give U power enough to watch simple video. 7. Door slams very loud. 8. No sound isolation between neighboors. 9. Very old ugly bedding. 10. Uncomfy cheap synthetic pillows. 11. Bad quality of matress. 12. U recieve only one key per room, so when U go away, electricity switches off and no charging for your devices. 13. Door handle in bathroom was broken. 14. U wait for hot water in the bathroom for half an hour. 15. No hair dryer. 16. The owner is a scandalist and shouts out loud if U complain directly. 17. Safe in the room is not safe, a key opens it, there is no unique numbers combination U create to keep your stuff in safety. 18. Disgusting brown spots on walls in bathroom next to toilet. 19. Water pressure in shower is poor. 20. U recieve just 3 tiny bottles of shower gel and 5g soap for 6 nights. 21. Not all cups and not all forks are clean during the breakfast.

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : Very friendly and helpful staff, making you feel like you are at home. Variety of options for breakfast, free transfer from and to airport. Overall a great place. I recommend it, close to centre and some lovely restaurants. Amazing pool area.
  : Some of the hotel policies were absurd. Like having just one key per room, which is problematic as the key is needed for electricity in the room. Eventually we got a second key from the lovely receptionist. To the hotel owners - Please, don't spoil the nice experience at the hotel with such inconveniences. Also the lights in the toilet near reception switch off literally 20 seconds after you enter and they are not activated by movement.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Beatiful Swimmingpool, nice breakfast, excelent relationship price/quality
  : The city of Malia is not recommended for families

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : the atmosfere is great, the workers are wery friendly, anytime prepare for help
  : the breakfast is poor, some food should be in a friedge, not so much choose, expecialy the fruit, bread.

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : A clean hotel with a nice pool and a pleasant place to sit by it. Hardworking helpful staff.
  : We stayed here for the second time. The first visit was 7 years ago. It left an excellent impression and satisfaction.. but now it was a big disappointment!! We ordered an apartment for 3 people. The photos showed a kitchen, a bedroom and another bed with a mosquito net. I sometimes wanted to prepare something for the children, because it is a hotel with breakfast only. The reality was completely different. An empty room, only a noisy fridge, no kitchen or table. Kettles and mugs on the fridge, we had to have things on the floor. Only hangers in the closet, shelves occupied, stuffed with blankets. A bed tucked in the corner, no bedside table, just a chair next to the bed. Unpleasant pillowcases and an uncomfortable mattress. Only one small bottle of shower gel per person during the entire stay. No brush cup. Ants in the bathroom and actually all over the apartment. Low power consumption, the phone charged very slowly. Breakfast average, always the same, no choice of fruits and vegetables. Just melons, tomato, cucumber. We would have expected compensation for this lack of equipment and the extra expense of not being able to prepare our own dinners! We would certainly not choose such an empty room and would look for another, equipped hotel. I expect at least 50% of the price of the stay back.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : pool, location, clean
  : air conditioning broke but they felt bad

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Top location, 5 min walking to old town or beach area.. Cool pool area with bar..Family atmosphere, very quite. Very nice staff, 10 points for Claudia..
  : Breakfast ok, but borring, every day the same. With so much delicious greek food could be better. We missed local products...Rooms ok, maybe need some refreshment.