Celestial Hotel Luxury Suites and Spa

The hotel is magnificent and we had the best time of all our vacations in Kefalonia. The food at the restaurant was very good with lots of options and the breakfast was superb with a la carte options and long buffet. The room was great, the gym fully equipped and the spa lady gave us a remarkable massage after our relaxing time at the jacuzzi.

We almost booked to stay. As we ended up staying just round the corner we decided to take a look, in case we wanted to stay the next time we visited the island. We encountered such a rude member of staff (a manager?) that we definitely will not stay here the next time we visit. We cycled into the grounds. There were no signs saying we could not enter where we went. We were told to leave in a very rude manner. He could have been polite. I was pretty shocked at the rudeness. What a joke that there is a sign up declaring it to be a bike friendly hotel. Also, they have so many bright lights all over the hotel that it causes terrible light pollution.

We like beach holidays and as this property is quite far to the beach and they had no transportation to take you to a nearby beach we were not impressed, on the other hand the service below par and food is below average, it is suitable for people who like to stay by the swimming pool and have a quite and cheap holiday,Do NOT book direct, book it thru JET 2 or similar companies the price difference is Huge.

If you are after nightlife this is not the hotel for you. It is in a very quiet area of the island . The rooms are spacious with plenty of storage and a seating area as well as a large patio with table and chairs, two comfortable sun beds and a plunge pool. Staff work hard to ensure you have a good stay and are very helpful. The breakfast is a buffet but omelettes and different styles of egg can be ordered freshly made. The half board evening meal is three buffet starters and a couple of salads which were all nice. Main course is a choice of four, I don’t eat meat but managed to choose something every night apart from one when I chose from the veggie menu. Dessert is a choice of three. It would have been nice to have ice cream as a choice occasionally. Portions were generous and tasty. Overall , a lovely relaxing week. The 70m pool is amazing and there are plenty of sun beds and Bali beds. We didn’t hire a car as we were happy to potter about and go down to the nearby beach and stay by the pool. Diana at the front desk sorted a coach tour of the island for us with one of the local firms. As with most Greek hotels there are some cats in the grounds, it is not overrun by any means but they do potter about sometimes. Staff are kind to the cats and gently shoo them away if they venture into a public area. We love cats so this wasn’t an issue for us.