Ionian Plaza Hotel

We need to be honest, it is a 3 stars hotel, not even on the upper side of its range. Everything is small: the room, the bathroom, the shower cabin (if you are 6 feet tall don't even try it...), and their "Queen size bed" is 120 cm wide, it should be at least 152 cm for this name. Zero amenities in the room. Limited parking space, not for all the clients. Everything is about the position, the hotel is perfectly located in the central plaza of the city, close to the port, plenty of restaurants around.

We landed here after the Kefalonia Grand cancelled as they were not opening. The accommodation is good. Bed is small but ok. The windows overlook the square which is lovely off season but I can imagine it’s very loud when in season. The staff are ok. Breakfast for British is lacking - pastries, tasteless cornflake type things and meat/ cheese. Absolutely NO GF so if you’re celiac bring stuff with you! ( the restaurant across the way does gf) I would not stay here in high season unless you are a night owl as I think it would be loud until early morning.

Average hotel ambivalent staff who only sprung to life when demanding payment when we returned from a meal out on our last night having declined our offer of payment on check in!! Inadequate breakfast hardly worthy of the name. Great location though 👍

We had a room in the newly-renovated part and it was FABULOUS and done up to a very high standard indeed. However, the lobby is an embarrassment, and the breakfast is a holdover from the 80's -- by far the worst breakfast I've had in any hotel this year. The good news (for the hoteliers!) is that the architecture of the lobby and the [adjoining] breakfast room and porch is fundamentally lovely. It all just needs de-junking (what's with the three zillion sofas in the small lobby?!) and freshening up. As for the breakfast, they need to find somebody to bring them into this century. Espresso and capuccino is pretty much expected, but if there's only filter coffee it at least requires real cream. Cold boiled eggs work for picnics but not breakfast, so they at least need a breakfast chef who can do eggs on order. The pastries were poor-quality commercial grade and not very fresh, the cereal was unimaginative, and the fruit uninspiring... While the unrenovated rooms aren't as fashionable as the new rooms, I know from my husband who has stayed here several times on business that they're just as clean and spacious and many also have balconies overlooking the square.