I agree with a post on here I read, I think you guys with the bad reports must have stayed in a different hotel because this hotel is one of the best ever.

This was my 5th holiday at hotel Alexander and I'm not even thinking about not going back.

The staff are just brilliant and as for the bar staff Vangelis is the bomb and everyone else is brill.

If you are looking for a fantastic holiday this is the one place you need to go to.

We have just returned from this Hotel and it is the worst Hotel I have ever stayed in I have between 3-5 holidays a year and have never stayed in such a place I agree fully with what S Morris has to stay.

The place was extremely noisy and people were camping in makeshift tents in the alcoves of the hotel outside my Sisters rooms.

I would recommend Laganas but I would stay on the beach next time.

What a brilliant time we had! Bit worried about previous reviews we'd seen but glad we went - would definitely go again. We arrived, very tired at 8am and were greeted by the hotel manager, Costas, who offered us all free drinks. Shown to our rooms by Ramus (security man). Breakfast was continental (as you'd expect) but we had the option to pay a little extra for English. Excellent hotel staff (including the cleaners). Hello to Vangelis and Alex (barmen) - keep juggling those bottles! Entertainment provided by Suzy and Simone was excellent. Real party atmosphere until 2am! Rooms downstairs are soundproofed pretty well so we couldn't hear anything from downstairs if we fancied an early night - only disturbance was the late night drinkers who didn't really care who they woke when going to their rooms (only happened a couple of times - security man was around to try to keep everyone quiet). Pool was clean and plenty of sunbeds. They have a half-built swimming pool at the rear of the hotel which should be ready in 2005. Met a lot of friendly people from the UK - hello to Kim, Matt, Eddie and Elaine. Hope to see you all again soon!

The hotel is basic but clean and the staff are very helpful.We arrived at hotel early hours of the morning the staff booked us in quickly and had cool drinks ready for us.The breakfast isnt worth going for but we found a place called kostas just around the corner,served a lovely breakfast. The entertainers Simone and Suzy were full of fun and tried hard to cater for everyone but most nights it was karioke.As holidays go it was okay but not a lot to do on a night.On reading some reviews before going i was a bit worried,but it was okay and we met a lot of nice people.The worst part of the holiday was returning home from zante airport,we had to stand around for hours as the airport is so small only so many people at a time can go in.This would stop me going back.

stayed in the alexander hotel laganas in may 2004, hotel was spotless, cleaners were in every day and the linen and towels were changed regularly, friendly barstaff and receptionists, as well as good entertainment in the evenings, good value meals and drinks at the poolside bar, hotel bar prices were very reasonable too, especially cocktails at E3.50 and shots at 2 euros yum yum, definately go back, hopefully in september, hi to vengalis the sexy barman xx

Stayed here last year and booked again 2 days after getting home for 2004. I must say the comments to read are those relevant year you are travelling as they are the most up to date.
We found everything here to be great, its very clean, maids come round every day. In fact they start cleaning the pool area at about 0730 and are still cleaning the hotel rooms into the late afternoon. The staff are really helpful and friendly, but the barmen are the best, as are all the Greek people we've met. We were SC and there are enough restaurants in the immediate area giving BF for approx 4-6EUROS. FATSOs does 'eat as much as u like' for 6E for adults and about 3E for kids.
Met some great people....LIZ and JILL from somewhere in Scotland, ROZZ and kids, some great guys from Newcastle/Sunderland area. All the kids in the hotel mixed well.

After reading the many reports on this page I feel I have to put my points across.

Myself and my partner and another couple booked to go to the Alexander from the Sunset brochure, as it was a fantastic deal we booked bed and breakfast.

First impressions from outside the hotel were not so good, things changed when we got inside, we had to queue for about 10-15 mins to check in but what else do you expect when a coach full of other holiday makers are doing exactly the same thing!

We were shown to our basic but clean rooms by a member of staff, quite a small room but were only sleeping and showering there anyway.

Over the next few days of our holiday we made some lovely friends with other holiday makers and the bar staff. Hotel manager was very friendly.

Pool areas were clean and plenty of sun loungers available.

Food from the pool bar was great - the usual thing like pizza, English breakfast etc.

Not right in the centre of the nightlife but a short distance to walk to.

All in all we had a great time and would definitely come back to this hotel.

Can I just say that anyone who reads all these holiday reports actually needs to see for themselves as nothing like some people make out.

I would say that this hotel is ideal for young couples and families in low season (May, Sept, Oct).

Great value for money hotel.

When I arrived at the Alexander hotel, I was quite surprised I didn

We arrived at 10am it took a while to check in , no free drinks, no one to carry luggage, had a very small room overlooking a cestpit.

The hotel was clean enough and the food was ok staff were friendly, bar staff were great, the entertainment was'nt anyting to shout about usual stuff ,location was good lots of tavernas and bars but also quiet enough.

We stayed here last year and what a dump! We were worried before we went as there was a picture of it in The Sun a week before departure and it looked like a building site. I phoned the travel agent who phoned JMC who said all building work had been completed. Luckliy, it had but that was where the good news ended. It took over an hour to check in which as we had been on a night flight and it was then 6am, we just wanted our beds. The rooms were very basic and the air conditioning wasn't switched on as it wasn't the right time of year! We had a birds nest outside our room (inside the corridor) with hatchlings in so when we were trying to sleep they were constantly crying for food. People would notice and discuss them in very loud voices at 3am right outside our bedroom door. There were people that were constantly arguing and slamming doors at all times of the day and night. The bathroom was disgusting and needed ripping out. The main entertainment was awful and the only quiet place for a drink was in the roof top bar which was very peaceful and pretty at sunset and very expensive as it wasn't included in the all inclusive price. You had to go up there by a very small lift and thankfully we were already up there when there was a power cut. The food was awful and there were many complaints by all to the manager. We could put up with breakfast and lunch but didn't eat there in the evening. The JMC reps were usually no where to be seen and when they were they totally disinterested. All they wanted to do was sell day trips. We went on one to the famous Smugglers Cove. Were were told the boat was a brilliant boat with 3 sundecks which would go right into the cove. There was 1 sundeck which about 30 people could get on however, there was about 200 people on this old thing that resembled a ferry like the type you see on the news when they have sunk! There was hard wooden benches to sit on if you didn't get on the sundeck with the plastic patio furniture. The small kiosk had sold out of sandwiches by 11am and there was only 1 female and 1 male toilet. It took hours to get to the cove and another hour to moor the boat about 200 yards from the beach. If you wanted to actually go to the beach you had to swim from the back of the boat. When we eventually got back to the coach in the evening someone asked for a show of hands of anyone that had enjoyed the day. Not one hand was raised. When it came to check out, we had to leave the room by 11am but our transfer to the airport wasn't coming until 3am the next day. We had to book a time when we could have a shower in a room by the pool toilets. All the baggage was left unattended and insecure at the quiet end of reception, next to an open door to the road. Anyone could have taken it. The bar closed at midnight and there were only 6 semi-comfortable seats to sit on between 15 of us. Laganas itself is OK but I'm glad were weren't staying in the middle of it. However, the beach is beautiful and it is worth going on a small boat trip that goes from the beach or taking a scuba diving course at the PADI qualified school. Also, it's great fun to hire a peddalo and go in the search of a loggerhead turle. The only good thing about the hotel was that the pool was OK with plenty of sunbeds. If you are thinking of going here, do yourself a favour and book elsewhere. We went as a last minute deal at 1/2 price. I felt sorry for the poor people that had paid full price. Incidently, the place was featured on Watchdog earlier this year and it didn't look like anything had changed.