Kairaba Sandy Villas

We eventually arrived after our transfer taxi first headed to the Labranda by mistake. I'm a wheelchair user and had booked a superior room with pool view and had emailed ahead to make sure there was a lift to my room. I was told there was. On arriving the receptionist told me my chair wouldn't fit in the lift and there were two steps to climb once out of the lift. She recommended a swim up room downstairs which would cost us more. She called someone, assuming the manager, who decided we could have the downstairs room without extra charge. Great, so we thought. Our room was 101 right behind the pool bar and nice and close to reception. There was plenty of room inside. There was a room with a sofa bed, table, wardrobe, TV and chair. This room had a wet room which was definitely a wet room as it flooded into the sitting area. (Our neighbour's room did the same) It was also a very slippy floor once wet and there were no shelves for toiletries. What could have been a great shower room for me was unusable. The toilet did have a handrail though. The bedroom had a large comfy bed, tv, table, wardrobe with safe and led to another shower, toilet and 2 basins over large shelves. I ended up using the shower in this room. I'd packed suction grab rails and a folding stool so managed. One of the first things I do on arrival is take off my shoes and get ready for the pool. We had a swim up pool shared with a few other rooms and resident Freddie the 🐸! The pool didn't look very clean, maybe Freddie 🐸 had been inviting family members in for a dip. The terrace had table and chairs as well as sun loungers. I can walk a few steps and had changed to sit outside, my husband remarked that my feet were black...and they were! We spent the whole week in flip flops in the room as the floor was always dirty. The mini bar was stocked with 1 bottle of wine, 2 cans of beer, 2 cans of Pepsi, a can of orange, a can of lemon, a large bottle water and 2 small bottles of water. We often had to ask for water from the pool bar as none had been left in the room and the wine was never replaced. Our pool towels were changed every 2 days, room towels every day. There were plenty of loungers round the pool and the pool service was wonderful. The girls came round to take our order and brought the drinks to us. We were round the pool early after breakfast every day and never once saw anyone cleaning the pool which was unusual. It's normally an early morning ritual at hotels. The restaurant area is very clean and Haris the waiter is very attentive, some of the others not so. One evening our drinks had been cleared and the table reset when we were up collecting our desserts! The food is very repetitive, a week of it was long enough for us. We did eat once at the Greek restaurant in the Labranda. This was included in our stay and claimed to be á la carte. Reception handed us an A4 sheet of paper with a few meal choices on and that was it, most definitely not á la carte. To get to this restaurant we had to navigate our way through the Labranda although a buggy was used by many. The restaurant overlooks the crammed beach area. The Italian restaurant is not on the ground floor but the Greek restaurant is. Some guests wouldn't walk through the Labranda preferring to use the buggies as it was crammed full of people. Many kids on their own riding around on electric scooters or bashing into things with battery operated cars. It could be quite intimidating to some people. Such a shame you had to navigate the Labranda to reach the beach area. Entertainment was round the pool bar and wasn't up to much. We had a lovely relaxing holiday but wouldn't book here again. It's a 4 star at best definitely not 5 star ( we were charged €70 tourist tax) We've had much better 4 star hotels in Corfu and other Greek islands so was disappointed this wasn't what we expected.

We went to Sandy villas for our first family all adult holiday (with 2 sons aged 18 and 21). Wow. It was so comfortable. The first night I was worried as we arrived early hours of morning and our hotel door was covered in mozzies.. these were all dead on the floor every morning and cleaned by staff. Actually despite worrying we had no bites at all over the holiday. Rooms very large and comfortable and air con works really well. Balcony’s are lovely. Wish we could have afforded a swim up pool as they looked lovely! Restaurant was calm, full of tasty food and no queues. Lots of choice, and I’m veggie. Staff were friendly and helpful. Sunbeds plentiful- never an issue. Hotel cocktail list for all inclusive was a bit rubbish. We paid for some cocktails (4€) but this was minor. At the beach, there is an area for Sandy villas with comfy sunbeds and staff offering drinks. We also liked the swim up bar next to Beach. We had a couples massge- this was really nice. They do come round and give you offers. We walked into the village and booked trips through one of the agents there- to Corfu town and boat trip to Antipaxos. Both great. Overall, it was a lovely chilled restful holiday with comfortable rooms. If you want busy entertainment, this is not the place for you! We loved the family time.

We stayed for 11days at this hotel that claims to be a 5star rating. We had a superior room which was lovely and big but that's where it ends. The front door of the room was warped and not fitting flush to the door frame so it let in all the mosquito that bite you at nite. The toilet did flush but sometimes would get stuck. The TV in the room was 20years old and very small compared the room space. We were all inclusive so food was boring tasteless, we did eat at the hotel for first week and then last few days went out for dinner as we could not face hotel food any longer. Reception staff what to say about them. I told them about the mosquito problem and how we were being bitten and finding 10 to 20 mosquito in our room every night it took them 5days before the problem actually got solved. Day 1 they sent maid to spray. Day 2 they gave plug ins to help. Day 3 I told them it was the front door where they are getting in, they said will send maintenance to have look. No one came there response door is fine no problem same response on day 4. Day 5 I got really mad and said no one came there is a big gap between door and doorframe and that's how the mosquito are getting in. I actually collected all the dead mosquito and left them on reception front desk. The maintenance man came I showed and told him what the problem was and they finally tried to straighten the door. It helped a little as we weren't getting 20 mosquitos every night just one or two. Every 5star hotel I've been to give slippers and nice robes in room. Well we slippers no robes. Told reception there response robes on request even though they advertise this as a feature. We got old tatty frayed robes that were way too small unless you were very slim. Awful experience at this hotel. I wouldn't visit there again or recommend. But your choice and money 💰. Good luck hope this helps

Wow what a week. Only wish we had stayed longer. A lovely hotel with great facilities in a beautiful location. All staff were very hard working and friendly and always smiling. Travelled with my husband and son. We had a suite with shared pool (room 601) which was a brilliant location close to the main hotel building. Everywhere was spotlessly clean and the gardens beautiful and very well kept. Mini bar in the room restocked daily. Private pool was well maintained and due to the positioning we always had option of sun or shade. We were lucky that the adjoining villa didn’t use the shared pool so we had it to ourselves. Buggy always available to take us through the sister hotel to and from the private beach area for Sandy Villas and/or adult only Mare pool and pool bar overlooking the beach. We took a taxi one afternoon/evening to Corfu Town and hotel reception very kindly arranged the taxi for us and recommended places to see and places to eat whilst in the Town. Thank you to all of the team at Sandy Villas for making our holiday so memorable. Hopefully we will return in the future.

We are just about to leave this beautiful resort after an amazing 10 night all inclusive stay. I have to say that Sandy Villas has made us fall in love with Corfu. We couldn’t have picked a more idyllic place to stay and it was exactly what we were hoping for - relaxing, peaceful, beautiful accommodation and fantastic facilities. With a beautiful coastal resort of shops, tavernas and restaurants just a golf buggy journey away. Sandy Villas can boast of their great service too all importantly and the staff here really do make the resort extra special and memorable! We got to know Christos who drives the golf buggy well as we went down to the beach/beach pool on a daily basis and he was always there with a smile and often singing along to songs he played on his radio! He is a credit to Sandy Villas and is the epitome of delivering fantastic customer service with a smile, always going above and beyond for all guests! All bar staff at both pools were fantastic too, unfortunately we didn’t catch all their names but a couple to mention are Spiro and Nicoletta from Mare (beach pool.) The only thing I would add that could be improved is to please include pina coladas and daiquiris in the all inclusive, they are my favourite cocktails and it was a shame we had to pay a small additional cost each time! Thank you so much Sandy Villas for a fantastic holiday, we will miss everything about this place and hope to come back to visit again one day!