Avalon Hotel - Adults Only

Food. Majority of guests became ill during our stay. We were ill for 48 hours

The hotel has a really amazing view - probably the best in Zakynthos. The “adult only” policy is a blessing as there are no crying children and shouting parents. Most of the staff at the bar and the restaurant were friendly. The WiFi signal was good. For all the days after the first, we had probably the best in the hotel - with an amazing wide terrace and also with a double top mattress, which made the hard single beds double and soft. We arrived late and the staff had saved a cold plate from dinner for us.

Where do I begin? We spent the first night in a small room, with a tiny terrace and two hard beds. The receptionist that checked us in said that we’ll have another room in the morning. After I asked, we were given the amazing room. The instructions we were given read: “all inclusive services start at 10.00”, which we thought means everything for the all inclusive guests. It turns out that breakfast is from 8 to 10 and you can get alcohol after 10.00 - that’s how we missed our first breakfast. Most of the food was awful. I had read the reviews here stating the same and I thought they were exaggerating. Oh, no, they were not! At all! I am kind of a picky eater but give me some salad, cheese and meat and I’ll be happy, while my boyfriend is anything but picky. And even he wasn’t able to eat most of the things. There were 2 days old tomatoes and cucumbers at the buffet, the meat was either raw or stringy, some of the days the cheese tasted funny. I had a severe food poisoning the second day from eating “dzadziki” salad at dinner - I am pretty sure it’s made with yoghurt and cucumbers, some onions/garlic. What I had also had carrots and God knows what else (mayonnaise maybe?) and I spent the whole night and most of the next day throwing my guts up and with other awful stomach problems. Good thing is I am coming from a doctors family, so I had the knowledge and the pills to take care of myself and my boyfriend (who had stomach problems, although he didn’t eat the “dzadziki” salad) and we didn’t have to visit the hospital. If you ever decide to go there, don’t get all inclusive! There’s not enough alcohol to drink to compensate for the awful food. And they don’t have no shakes, no fresh juices, not even real Coke - Coca Cola or Pepsi, just some local wannabe. You have only one option for a AI beer - some draft beer, which just tasted like beer, but probably didn’t have any alcohol in it.