Koukos Rhodian Guesthouse - Adults Only

I had the privilege to have dined at Koukos the food has been an excellent introduction to authentic Greek food for myself. Overall it’s a clean environment the staff are very welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable. I also had the experience to have a head and back massage with Therapist Katrina the experience was great 👍🏼

We found this fabelous and homelike guesthouse accidentally while browsing the Trip Advisor in search of accomadation in Rhodes. We spent an amazing 6 nights (Elissavet Suit at the entrance floor). Extremely friendly staff, both at the reception and the restaurant made our visit so enjoyable. Great environment, small and well thought details and great food. The guesthouse has a superb location (5-10 min walk to both the windy beach and to Elli beach, 20 min walk to mediaval city). The breakfast is so generous, and must be decided in advance. A word of caution, though: if you think you need 1 portion, please tick for a half portion if you don’t want to waste delicious food. We will return for sure, maybe in early spring or late autumn. The place is open througout the year.

I hesitated before I wrote this review however my hesitation is be sure of one thing : this place is overated, pretentious and LOUD. My dissapointement only rivals my hefty bill : 1100 euros for 5 days. Pricey food, small portions, a lot of it has been said on Google reviews where the majority, beg your pardon, the OVERWHELMING majority of clients support my opinion. I screenshooted a lot of reviews of the restaurants from Google and more than 40 % of them were very negative. I said that to the manager and she was in denial. It leads me to think Greek from Rhodes are either oblivious to criticism or won't read what others say about them. And they should because 80 % of their economy depends on tourism. In both ways, this will be their downfall and I will take my precious dollars to Italy, Portugal, France, Africa or Asia. Let me explain why. Yes the staff is great but otherwise this place looks old, decayed and is highly overated. 1) The rooms are filthy : There were ants eating my fruits!!! Does this sound like a neat place to you; 2) The food is so-so and comes in small portions and hefty prices, something very unlike Greece; 3) There is a yuppie atmosphere to it, and therefore, YMMV; 4) There is CONSTANT Noize there you should know they are money machines before you go there. They don't care about your comfort, they certainly didn't care about mine. Arrived there on may the 16 th, first night LOUD silly dance music until 2 am. No big deal, I can sleep in the morning! The following morning? Noize in the street from 6 am - 7 am until noon! 5) They have a bar and a restaurant downstairs, therefore, they are more concerned with the latters, than the guesthouse upstairs where poor tourists struggle to sleep because of jetlag, noize oh and those annoying dance music straight up from 1991 ! Do yourself a service, I visited over 40 countries, skip this place, and go elsewhere, Wham bam thank you mam, for everything else, there is MASTERCARD ! Did I mention I paid 1187 euros for this nightmare? Ripped me off you did, never again will it happened though, as one of their staff said to me : ''you know Greek people are not very civilized'' (her quote) - for once, we agreed! 1 star is for the staff, the rest was average.