Esmeralda Apart Hotel

"Located on a main road, not too far from the beach, 10 to 15 minutes walk. Cosy, chilled, family atmosphere. Rooms are a decent size, very clean. Aircon is available at an extra cost as is the safe. Ample wardrobe space and drawers. Cleaned daily and fresh towels and linen every other day. The chef definitely knows his stuff! We had a few evening meals as the only other restaurants were ‘grill’ restaurants. The evening meals were delicious. Breakfast was a typical Greek buffet breakfast. Small pool but perfect for pool days, pool bar serves cocktails etc. You do get traffic noise while around the pool but you get used of it. The staff are very welcoming and friendly. We stayed in room 105. Would stay again."

"This is the fourth time my husband and I have stayed at the Esmeralda Hotel in Kremasti; a small family run hotel, where the owners and staff are very friendly and welcoming. The hotel is clean and comfortable, in a good location, close to shops, bus stops (20mins bus ride to old town) and about 1/2 mile 15mins walk to the beach. The food has always been good, however, they have a new chef, Stavros, who has elevated the food to excellent. Stavros and his front of house team are very attentive when dining and the bar. There are new menus with plenty of choice, with the food freshly prepared with care and creativity. Also, Stavros has gone the extra mile in accommodating my husband's gluten allergy, even preparing gluten free bread. I would highly recommend staying here, or popping in for the great food."

"Our first impression of the hotel was good, we were greeted friendly at the reception and the check in was done very fast. The old guy that took over after reception showed us the room and made a very BAD impression. Shouting things in Greek and (from what we understood) being very pissed about us putting our backpack on our bed. The guy felt horribly invasive and stayed in the room for multiple minutes trying to explain the most basic stuff in his language. At some point we were quite done with this behavior but at that point he, luckily, left. Later we found out it’s the owner of the hotel. He looks 80+, so it feels like it’s his time to hand over the hotel to someone else and enjoy his old day. Anyway, the rest made up for his part. The breakfast is a simple, but à la carte menu of which you can just pick and choose! The girls and guy at the bar and breakfast are super friendly and good at their job. Our room was simple, but good enough! It has a good bed, AC and the shower works fine!"