The Blue Ivy Hotel and Suites

If you are booked to stay at The Blue Ivy for your spring/summer holiday you are one lucky duck!

This hotel continues to set the standard in every way. There is literally nothing to complain about or take issue with, and I’ve been known to like a moan from time to time…

Heated adults only pool is very relaxing, high quality sunbeds in large amount. Aircon in the rooms works like a dream and the latest sound proofing means the rooms should be quieter than what you are used to.

The staff led by Mr Nikos are in a league of their own. Breakfast fantastic everyday, evening meal just as good.

Protaras is a great resort offering something for all, the beaches are top quality.

Thanks again Blue Ivy, until we meet again!

This hotel continues to set the standard in every way. There is literally nothing to complain about or take issue with, and I’ve been known to like a moan from time to time…

Heated adults only pool is very relaxing, high quality sunbeds in large amount. Aircon in the rooms works like a dream and the latest sound proofing means the rooms should be quieter than what you are used to.

The staff led by Mr Nikos are in a league of their own. Breakfast fantastic everyday, evening meal just as good.

Protaras is a great resort offering something for all, the beaches are top quality.

Thanks again Blue Ivy, until we meet again!

Have literally just returned and wanted to write the hotel a review promptly.

We had an amazing time, hotel at low capacity due to “the war” and beginning of the season. This didn’t affect our stay and the resort was very much business as normal.

The staff are amazing, very attentive and so lovely. When the general manager asked if was enjoying my stay, I joked that I was disappointed there wasn’t any Pimms and within 10 minutes a bottle had been bought from the supermarket and presented to me!

Food is delicious, one of the best hotels we have stayed in for an all inclusive option. You could not fault the variety and the a La carte menu served at lunch time has everything from sandwiches and wraps to steak!

Drinks served are premium brands with a menu of cocktails. If you couldn’t see your favourite on the menu the barman would make your favourite by request!

The hotel is so clean - hats off to the housekeeping team. Our son loved the bedtime cookies.

Nicos Kashiouris you must be very proud of your team!

We hope to return again and thoroughly recommend the hotel.

Couldn't fault this place, as everyone as already mentioned, the staff, cleanliness, food, hotel, pool , surrounding areas are immaculate. Located at the end of Protaras strip near McDonald's it is a perfect base for your holiday.
We stayed B&B as we wanted to sample restaurants on the strip but had a free meal, courtesy of the great manager, which was nice.
Would defo come back to this hotel again. Big mentions to Khan, Sherry and Simran who looked after us, ALL staff were a credit to this hotel.

Returned for a second time to BI end of October, impeccable in every way once again and in a league of its own.

Managed to rebook for Easter so see you again in April BI!

Excellent hotel, intime atmosphere, within walking distance to a beautiful sandy beach and night life. A jewel on its category

The hotel was stunning with excellent staff that made nothing too much trouble . It was great to meet and see the manager of the hotel introducing all his staff at the welcome meeting. We stayed on a bed and breakfast basis which was very satisfying and with lots of options available.The hotel rooms are very clean and comfortable and had plenty of storage and wardrobe space. We were in a great position for beaches bars restaurants and trips from the harbour .

We returned from the Blue Ivy at the end of October half term. We were blown away with everything we experienced at the hotel. Their care and passion for customer service is second to none and we were treated like royalty whilst we stayed. Nickos the manager is a very generous man and genuinely cares that his guests are having a wonderful time!

The hotel itself is beautifully decorated modern and extremely clean. For holidaying abroad for 25 years this is the first hotel that I haven’t had to ‘clean’. it was truly spotless and the cleaning staff are a credit to the hotel and even gave personal touches of an evening!

All of the staff were amazing and a special shoutout to Fillios who greeted us at breakfast every morning and provided each day with cheer and tips for local tourism and services! A really lovely man! All of the staff all work so hard and are so very pleasant.

The alcohol! Wow! Amazingly cocktails and all top shelf stuff.

The location is perfect, absolutely spot on for venturing around east Cyprus with excellent public buses and taxis!

We cannot wait to go back and stay. We’ve never stayed at the same place but having experienced the hospitality of the Blue Ivy, we are ready to return for next year!

Another fantastic holiday at Blue Ivy in protaras , in October our favourite month to visit ,
Meeting the excellent staff again feeling like going home our second home ,The staff tryphonis and Nikos the manager of the blue ivy also the hotel manager of the year for protaras , our great friends , we have booked up for next May already and October so you all you guys very soon the best hotel in Cyprus 👍🥂

Well what can I said it was excellent we were there in April and just come bk a week ago nicos the general manager would not do anuff for you Dave and staff on the desk staff were very helpful rooms were spotless food was to die for see yous all in April love from mandy David from stanley co durham xx

Worts & all.......

Room amazing, clean, modern with plenty of room for family of four with teenage kids and four suitcases

Food - Off the scale buffet! Seriously the best buffet we have eaten from. One little bit of feedback, food could have been slightly warmer but I am being pedantic here because of the quality of the rest of the hotel.

Pool Area - Because of the time of the year we had to swap from the adults pool to the family pool AM/PM due to where the sun was. We never struggled for 4 x sun beds together (getting to the pool around 09:30)

Staff - Genuinely they were a credit, the pool bar staff (Peter) and restaurant staff (Amir) were on point everyday!

Bar - We were AI and had the choice of most high end spirits, Baileys, Hendricks, JD and Koppaberg Cider and a wide choice of beers including Corona/Peroni. Soft drinks and mixers were all branded can Schweppes/Fever Tree/Coca Cola/Perrier etc etc

Cocktails - full list on AI - Would have liked a nicer Mojito if I am honest but stayed on the G&Ts, not a huge problem.

General Area - 3 minutes to the strip / 3 minutes to the beach

Beach - You hire sunbeds and loungers through the municipal beaches for 2.5 euro per day

So other than a couple of not so good mojitos and a couple of food dishes being slightly cool (The worts) I would say this is one of the best value hotels we have ever stayed in.

Well done Nico, well done team. Thankyou

The usual gripe - the dreaded sunbed! You have no chance of getting a sunbed without getting up at silly o'clock and they are virtually on top of each other. BUT aside from that it's a great hotel with great staff from booking in with David to the entire staff. We were only here bed and breakfast and the breakfast was excellent with plenty of choices and something for everyone. Our kettle broke and within 10 minutes there was a NEW one,they can't do enough for you and all the staff were friendly and helpful despite being busy. It's about 75 yards from the strip and 200 yards from the ⛱ beach. It's is emaculetly clean inside and out. One nice touch was Nicos the hotel manager giving a welcoming party and introducing a few of his staff and his pride shone like a beacon. All in all a great hotel , apart from the sunbeds situation but that's just our opinion and it wouldn't put me off coming again,we just go down to the beach.

Came here for October half term for a bit of winter sunshine and some time to relax and unwind, we weren’t disappointed.
We stayed in room 009 and we were bed and breakfast as we like to eat at different restaurants whilst we are away. The location for this is perfect.
We spent our days at the beach, Fig Tree bay being our preferred which was 1.5km away, and eating and drinking at different restaurants on the strip in the evenings.
The hotel is spotless and the staff are attentive and polite. This hotel has a lot of repeat customers and we can see why. Perfect location, great accommodation and friendly staff.
We asked if we could have a late checkout as we were on an evening flight, for €60 euros we were lucky enough to keep our room until 6 pm on the day of our departure. With this we were given a voucher so we eat in the restaurant at lunchtime and the food was fabulous.
I am confident we will be back.

Our first visit to The Blue Ivy, arriving late at night we entered our room and found it small with the bathroom smaller that the average en suite at home. The best thing about the hotel is the staff who work hard and are all very friendly.
Food in the restaurant good breakfast mixed often food was cold, lunch A la carte confusing with evening meal very good.
The hotel is very modern and clean but space around the small pool was limited not helped by the usual suspects up early and placing towels on beds then arriving hours later.
We had issues in our room, a torn sheet, bathroom not cleaned and on three occasions no clean towels left. Add to that blood on the bottom edge of the bed that was only finally removed when I complained to the excellent manager Nikos.
Dress for evening meal, Smart Casual? Many variations including beach shorts, flip flops, cut off shorts revealing too much part of the female body, not what we wanted to see. That grandma obviously thought she looked beautiful?
The bar in the evening served excellent drinks all branded. The atmosphere was sometimes spoilt by the language of some people who couldn’t hold a conversation without swearing. Not appropriate to discuss in your group what you got up to the previous night with your wife?
Overall some good points about the hotel but the negatives spoilt our experience.
The hotel has many repeat guests, that’s fine but we would not return.

7th time to visit and you didn’t disappoint. Staff are really helpful and you feel well looked after Food is amazing as always. We love this hotel so much we are already booked for 2026 & 2027 ❤️

My husband and I stayed recently stayed for a week at the Blue Ivy for our honeymoon. Given the occasion, we wanted somewhere nice to stay and upon checking the reviews on TripAdvisor, we chose this hotel.

The hotel is immaculately clean and it's easy to see why as we saw cleaners multiple times a day, all day, everyday during our stay. The public areas smell amazing, it was the first thing we noticed when we walked in the building to check-in and every time we entered the hotel after venturing out.

Likewise, our room was spotlessly clean and everyday the cleaners came in to give it a spruce up, replenish tea and coffee, toilet roll, replace towels etc. Each night we would return from dinner to a little "goodnight" card and a couple of biscuits which was another nice touch.

When checking-in everything was explained to us as the well as the importance of letting staff know if there were any issues so that they could be rectified there and then. We were asked to "leave our britishness at the door" and raise an issue if we had one. Well, on our first night we discovered our TV didn't work. It was quite late at this point so we did without and raised this at reception before going out for the day the next morning. When we returned, our TV was on in our room working as expected. Excellent service! Unfortunately, we quickly discovered the TV in our room was a bit dodgy and it was pot luck whether or not it would work. We didn't end up raising this again as we only ever put the TV on quite late and by the next morning it had either started working again or we were looking forward to the day ahead and not thinking about the TV but I have no doubts something would've been done about it if we had raised the issue again.

The room itself was on the smaller side, particularly the bathroom, however was plenty big enough for two, was clean and comfortable for our stay. The bed was huge and very comfortable and there was plenty of storage space so we could unpack properly. The shower had excellent water pressure and got really quite hot! Décor throughout the room and the hotel was neutral and modern. Our balcony was spacious however the plastic chairs were quite uncomfortable and we didn't enjoy the balcony as much as we otherwise would have done.

We had booked an inland view room however I believe we were upgraded to a side sea view room. We weren't informed we'd been upgraded but we definitely had a clear sea view which was a nice and welcome surprise.

One of the main draws for us to this hotel was the rave reviews about the food, we had high expectations and we were not disappointed. Each evening the restaurant offers a different theme for their dinner buffet, always a selection of hot dishes, a salad bar (which would also change to follow the theme of the buffet) and deserts. The selection was always really varied and we found ourselves looking forward to dinner each evening to see what was available. Breakfast was the same each day but equally as varied with a selection of hot breakfast items, sweet and savoury, cereal, yoghurt, fruit, meats and cheeses etc. Despite the offerings being the same each day there was so much choice you could easily have a different breakfast everyday if you wanted. The downside was the coffee served by the waiters at breakfast wasn't particularly good.

We unfortunately didn't get to sample much from the a la carte lunch menu due to doing things during the day however the things we did try were equally as nice, the pizzas inparticular were very enjoyable. The portions at lunch were quite large and could easily be shared too.

The bar area in the evening can get quite busy. The hotel, perhaps understandably, as a rule that all-inclusive guests can only order one drink at a time and for themselves. This meant my husband and I would frequently lose our table during the evenings to other guests when we got up to get drinks. We ended up taking it in turns to go to the bar to prevent this happening but it was a little bit annoying to have to do this whilst seeing the obvious repeat guests ordering multiple drinks at a time. This rule only seemed to be imposed on Blue Ivy newbies.

Similarly, we gave up our sunbed early one afternoon to return to our room and get changed for lunch given we were told the restaurant has a smart/casual dress code and swimwear couldn't be worn. We then ended up sitting amongst multiple guests wearing swimwear for lunch who had come directly from their sun loungers.

The hotel has two pools, one adults only and the other a family pool, with plenty of sun loungers around both. There was the usual 8am sun bed rush however as we visited during the end of the season, we never had an issue getting a sun bed. You could come down at 10am and still get one, it just might not be in a prime location. I imagine this wouldn't be the case during the busier summer months, however. The adult only pool was mostly in the shade by early afternoon at which point it was empty. By mid-late afternoon there was only ever a handful of people, if any at all, sat around the pool.

The pool bar offered a great selection of drinks with friendly service and there are toilets conveniently situated by the pool area too so we were happy and content on the few pool days we had during our stay.

Cocktails at the pool bar were delicious however we found ourselves quickly giving up on the ones served at the main bar in the hotel. Everything came in a large gin class and they were really strong! If you wanted a quick/cheap way to get drunk then these were good cocktails but they left something to be desired if you wanted something you could actually enjoy. Between the two of us we tried about 6 cocktails on the menu before giving up with them and I think we actually managed to finish one. The long island ice tea particularly was just undrinkable (and this is from someone who has had and enjoyed many long island iced teas).

I think what really makes this hotel is the staff (and the delicious food). There appeared to be a high staff to guest ratio so there was always someone on hand if needed and every member of staff we encountered was friendly and seemed to enjoy their job. Even if just passing someone in a corridor, staff would greet you and the restaurant staff inparticular were very attentive, even going as far as remembering where we like to sit for dinner and what drinks we order towards the back end of our stay. The hotel has many return guests and these guests almost interact with the staff as though they are their friends. It wasn't uncommon to see return guests greeting staff members with hugs and all knowing each other by name. And this wasn't just the odd couple, there seemed to be more returning guests during our stay than first timers. It did leave us feeling slightly like outsiders during our stay though. Almost as though everyone already knew everyone and we were just the new kids in class.

Location wise I think you'll struggle to get better. Whilst not directly on the seafront like many other nearby hotels, it is a short stroll to the beach and the pier and just a few minutes walk to the strip for bars, restaurants, shops, bus stops and excursion pick-up points. We were nearby all the action but set far enough back from it that the hotel was still peaceful.

All in all though, our stay was very enjoyable and compared to other hotels we have stayed at, this was by far the best for its price range and definitely offers the best hotel buffet food I've ever had. I'd ideally like to give Blue Ivy 4.5 out 5 however the positives do outweigh the few negatives so I'm happy to give this hotel 5/5!

We have just returned from our first visit to the fabulous Blue Ivy.
A warm, friendly, welcome awaits at reception. The first impression for us was 'Wow, what a lovely hotel'.
We booked a standard room, which was plenty big enough for the both of us. Spotlessly clean, with air con & a safe at no extra cost. They also provide free beech towels, which you collect from housekeeping on a daily basis.
The only slight negative about the room was the view (a bit of wasteland, a skip & a road - although we could see the family pool area). This is not the hotels fault but if a view is important to you, be sure to upgrade the room when you book.
The staff are all so lovely, nothing is too much trouble. The cleaning/housekeeping staff are 'on it" all of the time (without being intrusive).
Nico, the General Manager - what a lovely man. Hospitality runs through his veins - it is so important to him that his guests are happy. He seems to genuinely appreciate his staff & celebrates them on the Thursday night 'meet & greet'.
We booked bed & breakfast because we like to go out in the evening trying different restaurants. There is the option to upgrade your board basis when you arrive to half board/all inclusive, if you fancy doing that. Nico, very kindly, gave us 2 evening meal & drinks vouchers. The restaurant (buffet style) has a different themed evening each night (Indian, Traditional, Chefs Special, Asian, Italian, etc). We tried the Chefs Special & Asian nights. The food was incredible - so much choice. The only slight negative was that the hot food didn't stay hot for long - that said, the food was delicious. The Asian evening was my personal favourite - lots of choice & amazing sushi.
The breakfast buffet - wow, what a choice. The first morning when we arrived for breakfast, we were quite overwhelmed as to where to start. Cereal, fruit, yogurt, cheeses, meats, pastries, lots of different breads, preseves, cooked food (bacon, sausage, eggs, etc), crepes, omelettes, eggs, cooked freshly - too many things to list but, you get the idea.
The lunches are ordered from a menu, rather than a buffet style. Food was excellent.
The pool bar was great - lots of choice & a most excellent pina colada & strawberry daiquiri. We tried a milkshake each (chocolate & vanilla) & to us, there wasn't much flavour - like when ice cream gets over iced & loses it's flavour. That's just our opinion, other people seemed to like them.
There are 2 pools at this hotel - an adult only one which gets the sun in the morning until lunchtime/early afternoon, depending on where you sit, then most people move round to the family pool, where it gets the sun in the afternoon, until the end of the day.
The only negative is that most of the sun loungers are quite crammed in, so it's difficult to move them & you're potentially laying in very close proximity to other people. There isn't very much the hotel can do about it because if they remove sun loungers to make more room, there wouldn't be enough to accommodate all of the guests.
The beech is a 5 minute walk from the hotel, as is the array of kiosks for boat trips. On the walk to or from the beech, Aromas coffee shop & ice creams are a must - great coffee & the most fabulous array of different ice creams.
There is a fabulous spa at the hotel - the ladies are so lovely & do excellent massages. We visited twice during our stay - if you like massages, then I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you visit but book at the beginning of your holiday as they get very busy.
I've already mentioned how lovely the staff are but so are the guests - everyone was so friendly & most of the people we spoke to were repeat guests - there were some first timers (like us) but most (including us) have booked for next year.
The hotel is a 2 minute walk from the main strip of bars & restaurants (if you have your balcony door open you can hear it but once it's closed you can't hear anything so it certainly shouldn't disturb you).
Lots of live music (a mix of proper bands & tribute acts). Lots of great restaurants too.
We had a fabulous holiday & look forward to returning again.