Gava Waterman Island Cottages

"Big John was an excellent Chef planning meals for all nationalities. Food was excellent. Especially the cupcakes and carrot cake. Some of the signage for the food could be improved. Had different specials and themed nights. A dining experience can be booked at Reception. Young girl at the pool bar and also served ice cream was very friendly and nice to chat to. Forest Cottage was clean, bed was comfy, not so sure about the lounge seating as beds, ideal space for two people, bright and well maintained. Beach is rocky, Kayak and paddle boards free to use. Location was too remote for me. €4 each way for shuttle to Milna Harbour. Pools were very clean and not very big. Two pools and children’s pool. Crazy Golf course. Wildfire shortened our stay as we had to evacuate and leave with just essentials. This wasn’t a pleasent experience at night by boat. Very traumatic. The staff were friendly, drinks were okay, hot drinks had to be paid for unless in restaurant. Ice-cream available in a cone or tub was Mr Whippy from 12-6pm at the pool bar. Pools were cold but once you were moving it was fine. A nice location to relax but too far from Milna Harbour for bars, restaurants, supermarket and small shops"

"Hotel is lovely as long as you don’t have a fire no emergency lighting no fire alarm to warn you and all senior staff left guests to fend for themselves in the dark with inexperienced staff that didn’t know what to do"

"Do NOT go here. This resort should be investigated. We were one of the guests during the wildfire this September. Whilst it may look like gava handled the situation well (as they seem to insinuate online) they in fact abandoned us during this disaster. They voluntarily switched all power off before the island caught fire so we had no alarm to wake us up and had a not been a light sleeper I could have instead been dead. Not one single member of staff could be found or came to help us- they simply left us behind. Those in charge or should be ashamed and downright relieved that nobody died. By no means am I suggesting the wildfire is their fault, but responsibility must be taken for their sheer lack of safety. I expect I will now get the same copied and pasted reply to this- after all, it has become clear they do not care for their residents satisfaction (let alone welfare)."