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2 de mayo de 2024
Reading recent reviews of Cook's Club, Corfu, I wonder if we stayed in the same hotel. We paid over £900 each for a week in a five star, luxury, adults only, all-inclusive hotel. It was only after booking and doing some research that we realised we were going to a Greek version of a Club Med 18 to 30 resort. We are most definitely senior citizens and were horrified at the prospect. Fortunately, there were guests of a similar generation to us who had the same startled look on their faces, as if to say, "What have we done?" Let's start with the positives: The staff are lovely - so friendly and helpful. The public areas are very attractive (apart from the Cantina!) The grounds are clean, well-maintained and attractive. Now the negatives: The bedroom was very basic and compact, with a rail and ten hangers for clothes, two drawers and two shelves - not 5 star luxury despite having bath robes and tea and coffee making facilities. The bed itself was very firm and the pillows were hard. However, to be fair to the hotel, we had requested a quiet room and our room was definitely quiet The pool area was pleasant but the sun beds were so uncomfortable with no padding - not good for relaxing. DJs played house music from midday to midnight. I'm sure the young guests loved it but it would have been nice to have some easy listening music occasionally for us oldies. But the worst part of our whole experience was the food - it was dire! Breakfast looked amazing and was probably the best meal of the day. There was everything you could possibly wish for BUT the cooked items were, at best lukewarm, but generally cold. Lunch and dinner were ordered via an app - no problem with that - but there was no finesse, no effort at presentation and only token vegetables, if any. If you ordered for example spinach pie, you were served a portion with no garnish, no sides, nothing. You could order as many choices as you wanted in order to find something you enjoyed but judging by the number of unfinished meals, I can only assume guests decided the food wasn't worth eating. The Cantina is aptly named since it looks like a cafe or school canteen. This is certainly not 5 star luxury. I suppose the one consolation is that this is the only holiday we have taken where we did not put on weight - probably lost some! I imagine the management would take issue with me, telling me Cook's Club is a "boho" hotel and the food is street food and brought to the table at different times, to be shared, as a Greek family would do. Well, I'm sorry - we do not pay nearly £2000 for a hotel which is more 3 star than 5, where there is no apparent luxury and street food is considered acceptable. Advice to the discerning, seasoned traveller - do not be taken in by the hype (as we were). It is not 5 star, it is not luxurious and adults only means anyone 16 and over.
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