Kosea Boutique Hotel

Stayed at Kosea Botique Hotel for 10 nights. This is advertised as a 4 star hotel but it definitely needs reevaluated as in my opinion this is a 3 star hotel at best.

We booked a double deluxe room with a balcony or terrace and requested a high room with a sea view. When we arrived into our room we were confused as we were given a ground floor accessible room fitted for someone who is in a wheelchair with a wet room for the bathroom. As it was after midnight we went to bed and asked reception why we were given this room the next morning before we unpacked. We were told by the lady on reception that this was an upgraded room as we had requested a balcony (baring in mind this is the room we paid for!) and the other room we were going to be given was in the basement with no balcony. I did not understand how they classed this room as a “upgrade” and that we were not happy with it. After a lot of back and forth and explaining that we are unable to use the mirror in the bathroom as it does not adjust upwards as it is too low for us (i.e. for someone in a wheelchair) I was told that they were fully booked until 28th September and so we couldn’t be moved to another room anyway. The staff did not seem to care and basically said there was nothing they could do.

The next issue was the wet room. The whole bathroom was drenched every time we used the shower meaning we had to mop the water up of the floor with the towels we were given everyday, as if we left it wet we slipped over. It became a chore to have to do this everyday.

If you have a hot shower you need to shut the bathroom door tight shut as they have the fire alarm right outside of the bathroom. The fire alarm went off twice because of me having a hot shower which resulted in staff ringing our room and banging on the door to ask what had happened. I told them it must be the steam of the shower but staff still insisted to come into the room to check while I was just out of the shower wrapped in my towel. I was then told the hotel manager wanted to ask us some questions and when we went down she asked us if we had been smoking or vaping in the room despite me already telling her the alarm has went off by the steam in the shower.

The next issue was the flies outside of our room which were all over the walls and our room door. We had to open the door slowly everyday going in and out of the room so the flies were not disturbed and would then come into the room. When the cleaners clean the room they understandably leave the door open to access their cleaning equipment etc. and this meant the flies came into the room and the cleaners then just left them inside our room on the walls. I complained about this twice but it kept happening and so we gave up and sorted them ourselves. Also when I explained what was happening to the reception staff the lady asked me if we had been keeping the balcony doors open. We had not and we felt like they kept trying to make these issues down to us.

There was a power cut in the room 3 times during our stay. When I told reception about this she said it would only be 10 minutes as some workers were outside. It was always longer than 10 minutes and we were without power for around 40 minutes on the 3rd occasions so decided to leave the room for the rest of the day. When I told reception about this the lady I spoke to simply shrugged and had no resolution.

The pool areas wasn’t kept very clean. There were leaves all over and around the sunbed and the beds were dirty. The hotel was quiet during our stay and two members of staff on the pool bar appeared to have a lot of free time so it was hard to understand why they would not clean the pool area. Our balcony was dirty due to being located under trees and I don’t think it was cleaned once during our stay.

Overall we were really disappointed with our stay at this hotel. It certainly is not a boutique hotel or a 4 star and our room was nothing like the picture we got shown when booking our stay. Kos was a lovely island so we were happy to spend as little time in the hotel as possible and won’t be back!

The breakfast was always the same and included a lot of processed meat, no fresh fruit juice, and the eggs ware overcooked. We had to leave the room already at 11 a.m., and when we left at 5 p.m., the room was still not occupied. Then they shouldn’t advertise that you can stay in the room longer. The staff was also not friendly. At check-in, you had to find your own room and carry your own suitcase.

Çocuk dostu sanmıyorum para kazanma hırsı yüzünden inşaat çalışması olan tarafa bakan odaları misafir lerine satıyorlar sabah gürültü ile uyanmak ne kadar kötü oluyor yaşamaları lazım ve bu bir Sabah değil konaklama süresince olan bir durum dinlemeye geldiğimiz yerde makine sesleri içersinde uyanmak harika idi inşallah otel çalışanları yada müdürü böyle bir olaya tanık olurlar ve Bizim durumumuzu anlarla

The room smelled so bad, like sewage.
Worn sheets and towels to the point of being transparent in places. Broken curtains and soap dispensers.
Air con was not able to be adjusted, and set to a low fan setting.
Building next door is an apartment block with loud shouting and partying all night.
Would not recommend.

We visited Kos and stayed at the Kosea Boutique Hotel for ten days and overall had a very enjoyable stay.
Kos is a beautiful destination for a holiday,and our hotel was perfectly situated to make the most of our visit. Lots of bars and restaurants within easy walking distance , car hire, cycle hire just a short walk away.
Our hotel positives- very friendly staff, great location, very good breakfast buffet, we were made to feel very welcome.
Upon our arrival we had been given a free room upgrade ,with a nice bottle of wine to celebrate my wife’s birthday.
Our hotel the negatives - small pool area, on a noisy main road, dubious housekeeping from time to time.
I mentioned earlier the upgraded room, which was a nice gesture, however, the upgraded room was so small, we couldn’t walk past each other because the space between the walls and the bed were so tight, and to access the safe I had to lay on the floor, because someone thought it was a good idea to put the safe at the bottom of the wardrobe. The positive of this room is its enormous balcony with a sea view.
Overall we enjoyed our stay at the Kosea Boutique Hotel and wouldn’t be opposed to staying there again. Well done to the staff, they were all very pleasant and welcoming.

The hotel is absolutely beautiful! The service is above excellent. I could not be happier my son and I chose this hotel! If there was anything higher than 5 stars I would have given it!

It’s taken me a few days to come to write this review but we were so disappointed with this hotel ,we arrived late Saturday night we booked a deluxe room to be told at reception we had been upgraded to a junior suite, we paid the 70 euros tourist tax for our weeks stay and we’re then taken to our room it was definitely nothing like we anticipated it was more of a disability room the bathroom had a seat in the shower hand rail at the loo and absolutely no where to put your toiletries, the bed room had a wardrobe with a few drawers,safe and hangers the room itself had a dresser with a fridge and coffee making facilities which are chargeable they are not complimentary and also 2 chairs nothing like the photos of the rooms on the website.
W opened the curtains in the morning to an awful view which was a dirty roof and a chimney and bins below not nice I have to say.
I went to reception on the Sunday and said we weren’t happy with the room and they just said the deluxe room we had booked was smaller and below so really didn’t get anywhere tried them again on the Monday still no change up until Tuesday they sort of offered us a change but by then I didn’t want to start messing about changing rooms .
The tap came off in my hand in the bathroom maintenance guy didn’t believe us till I showed him it came off and handed it to him,
Breakfast was the same every day and no toaster to be seen so if you like toast you aren’t going to get it.
The pool area it says large pool it isn’t you have a few sun loungers that go pretty quick in the morning and chairs on the other side but are in the shade till late afternoon lots of cracked tiles around the pool this is definitely not 4 star hotel on the plus side the beds are really comfy and the staff friendly but I would definitely not stay again there are better hotels

I was assigned to room 101, which felt like a basement—partly underground, with cleaning crew equipment often left in the hallway. On the bright side, the bar and its staff were excellent. A downside was the lack of rules for poolside chairs; many guests left towels to reserve spots and then left, making it difficult to find a place to relax in the sun. Breakfast was decent, but it definitely had room for improvement

I will attempt to provide a fair overview of my experience at the KoSea Boutique Hotel in the hope it may be of assistance to you when making a decision to visit yourself.

Overall a mixed experience with many good and bad points.

First the Good.
Staff are very pleasant and helpful, not only at the hotel but everywhere we visited in Kos. The breakfast buffet food was fine and we thought the food was more than acceptable with a good selection. Our room (junior suite with sea view) was nicely furnished with a very good bed. All the soft furnishings were very good including sheets, pillows and the plentiful towels. Air conditioning is silent and works perfectly with the simple wall control. Plenty of wall sockets and a flat screen tv although not a smart tv so only BBC World service & MTV available in English. Bathroom was a little on the small side but perfectly functional with plenty of hot water. Drinks at the poolside bar seemed reasonable with the exception of Gin & Tonic (10 euros). Other typical drinks – small bottle of Coke 3.5 euros – small bottle of local beer, 5 euros – glass of local wine 4.5 euros – coffee (latte) 3.9 euros.

Now for the Bad.
I need to address the major problem not only with the hotel but with Kos town in general and this is the extremely busy road right outside the front of the hotel. I always extensively read reviews and watch video’s before visiting a new place. This problem rarely gets a mention in any review which seems unbelievable given the sheer amount of traffic here.

Just by the very picturesque ancient castle, is a busy ferry port. There are many high speed passenger ferries and a regular stream of full size “roll on – roll off” vehicle ferries carrying articulated lorries, tour buses, cars etc. Virtually all this traffic comes past the front door of the hotel. Lorries parked below my window with engines running at 5am whilst the driver grabs a coffee is common. The noise is constant and very annoying.

Having paid for a junior suite with sea view, we found that instead of enjoying the stunning view, we had the constant drone of traffic which is not what I expected. If I could choose one word to describe the driving here, then I would use “Manic”. Trying to cross the road involves taking your life into your own hands. Heavy goods vehicles racing down the road, horns blaring to move pedestrians out of the way, scooters racing around them etc makes it very difficult to cross the road. Once you do cross, the pedestrian is then confronted by a “cycle lane”. This is also extremely busy with the amount of cyclists here which consist of many electric cycles racing along. In addition there is the constant menace of electric scooters and motor scooters that also use this lane as a race track.

If you have any mobility issue or have young children, perhaps a pushchair then I suggest this is a serious problem.

Had to mention this problem first as if I had known about it beforehand, I would simply have ruled the hotel and town out and looked elsewhere.

“Tourist Tax”. I’d never heard of it before our trip and had never been to Greece before but be prepared to hand over a 10 euro, per room, per night tax, before you get your key! Nasty little shock. Apparently it goes towards eco sustainability!

Sea View. As mentioned you will only get the drone of traffic so waste of money paying the extra. Pool view at the rear would be quieter if it was not for the building at the rear of the hotel being gutted by workmen using noisy power tools and lorries delivering building supplies whilst your trying to relax. More noise and nowhere to get away from it at the hotel.

The hotel is called a “Boutique Hotel” and the pictures tend to show a small frontage building with a small pool and pool bar. However, if you read the details offered by the tour operator, there are 73 rooms here. Some are family rooms so capacity is somewhere around 150 – 200 people. Plenty of pictures about of the pool area so you can see there are 18 sunbeds. The numbers speak for themselves. There are other chairs around the pool but they are not sunbeds. In addition, the breakfast room also has limited capacity. If I had to guess, I would say seating capacity for around 80 – 100. This would be fine if people wished to have breakfast at different times, but we experienced most people turned up around 10.00– 10.15am as I assume most people on holiday do not wish to get up early. Hence be prepared to wait for a table at times and for the mad scrum to get food from the buffet. In short, the facilities here are geared up for a much smaller hotel capacity.

In Summary, although the rooms are nice and staff very friendly, the hotel has grown more bedrooms than the facilities can cope with. Traffic issues and noise is very bad. The hotel is not cheap and I feel it represented poor value for the money we spent. For all these reasons, sadly, I could not recommend The KoSea Boutique Hotel.

As for Kos town itself, once you get into the quaint back streets away from the traffic it is very impressive with lots of great places to eat the fabulous food on offer here at very reasonable prices. But, everywhere around the harbour has the manic traffic which spoils the town. It is more like a city break.

I hope the review is helpful.

We stayed here in August in a sea view room. Didn't find any noise problems from the road and enjoyed people watching. Compliments to the staff in all areas - very helpful and friendly. Rooms very clean and well serviced. Great location and a short walk to Marina and town.
Unable to understand some of the negative comments.
Keep up the good work.

Thought I’d write this as we’ve just left the hotel after a fantastic Kos week away,
We chose this hotel as was central to many things.
It reminded me of the old “ small & friendly “ hotel listings you used to get back in the day.

So transfer is 30 mins from the airport so nice & quick,
Hotel is clean & generally well maintained, the staff are very very good & very pleasant.

Our room was a first floor sea facing room with a comfortable bed & great view.
The downside to the sea view rooms is that the road noise is horrendous.

Alongside the echoing corridors, guest noise & the road we would not chose a sea view again.
The cleaners are excellent but they start getting prepared around 8am & cannot help but make some noise.

Our room had some kind of electrical issue as the lights stayed on a bit even when switched off ???

Breakfast is a bone of contention as so many English we spoke to moaned that there was no toast & it let down the offering.
Please….add a toaster to the breakfast experience.

Fridge & coffee maker in the room

Small bar at the pool serving some food but not snacks.

Room 202 needs a little TLC as our basin was cracked & had been for a while, the crack was bad but didn’t leak.
Shower room architrave is water damaged.

And our surprise was the poo paper sign…..come on Kos it’s 2026, sort your plumbing out !

We will return to this hotel should we visit this wonderful island again.

Very nice, friendly, safe, excellent

I personally do not think this hotel is a 'boutique' hotel and struggle to rate it as 4 star. Location is very good for getting around the area.
On arrival late at night we were 'upgraded' to a junior suite which we thought was great but although the room was very good and spacious we had issues with the bathroom and the balcony. The balcony overlooked a dirty roof, a wall with extractor pipe and was directly under 2 walk ways and above the smelly kitchen bins! When we asked to have our original room (terrace) we were told it was no longer available and asked to pay an extra 600 euros to have a 1st floor room overlooking the street at the back, this wouldn't have worked for us as the lifts are tiny and inaccessible for a wheelchair!
The bathroom, although 'accessible' it was very awkward as no vanity or storageshelf area, very low lighting, no adjustable shower head (no pole to slide lower) pressure was far too high and soaking bathroom toilet paper etc if you didn't hold on to it, no wheelchair adjustable mirror for correct height, no anti slip floor etc generally very difficult to use for 2 weeks.
I wouldn't recommend this hotel to disabled guests as both the breakfast area and the pool toilets and showers are inaccessible. We were cut off from reaching the breakfast area until they unlocked a door by the pool and moved planters to allow my husband in his wheelchair to get to a breakfast table. He couldn't reach the food as it is up 5 stairs so he couldn't see the food nor serve himself throughout our 2 week stay. The pool toilets and shower rooms are down 2 sets of steps so he would have to go back to the room to use either.
There was also no allergy or dietary options at breakfast for myself, no toast machine and very little in the way of variety. Most of the food available was greasy, and uninviting, couple of baskets of dry rolls. We ended up going elsewhere for breakfast and were ready to go home after a week as very disappointed with our stay here. It was an expensive stay and totally not worth the money.
The pool bar, pool and staff at the pool were the only things that made our stay enjoyable, Anna, Nestios, George, Eleanor, Chris and our cleaner were all very friendly and helpful.

Good

We all thought the hotel hit the target

Firstly the staff are all really nice Chris as you walkin the door George the restraunt manager and the Scottish lads in the pool bar

The pool isn’t the biggest but there are always sunbeds and the pool bar isn’t expensive and offer a good range of drinks and food

Our room a sea view room was really up to date Lovley bed slippers towels robes and the shower was great

Cleaners never stop and the reception are always there to help

Great location near to everything yes the road outside can be busy but it’s kos town

All in all great wee hotel

This is a 3 star hotel at most. The staff are absolutely lovely but the actual hotel is not nice. Rooms are dated, bathrooms are old, the pool is not one of a boutique hotel. The location is good. I wouldn’t stay here again. The property is not maintained well, there is clear limescale on the bathroom walls and there is missing skirting board in the rooms.

This was a lovely hotel spacious rooms but the pool area let it down small so decided to look elsewhere just Down the road we came across beds and umbrella on a shingle beach where you are at the water’s edge only 20 beds very quiet a peaceful watching the ferries come in from the subbed. The sun beds was in the ownership of Smiles Taverna
And to put the icing on the cake Smiles had its own Greek Taverna run by the family turning out some fantastic food and drinks just brilliant

What a gem! excellent location very close to the post in a really nice part of Kos town. I was upgraded to a sea view room that offered majestic views to the Aegean. Very friendly staff and nice pool ambience. We did rent a car to explore the island for a few days but also we could explore the town with a bicycle! We will definitely be back!

We stayed at Kosea Boutique Hotel with my wife and had a great time! The staff were amazing — friendly, professional, and radiated a positive atmosphere. You could tell they worked well together, which really enhanced our experience.

The lifeguard at the pool was always helpful and attentive, which we truly appreciated. The breakfast offered a wide variety of options, and we especially enjoyed the traditional Greek corner. Our room was clean, comfortable, and perfect for relaxing.

Another big plus is the hotel's location — just a short walk from the city center and the port.

We would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a pleasant and relaxing holiday in Kos!

I came with my boyfriend we had an amazing night. Everyone was very friendly, the rooms was just as the photos and it’s close to the centre too!!