Parilio hotel paros reviews1/17/2024 Design Hotels, future guests, you’re deserve better. He offered us a 50% discount if we returned to the hotel, which is like getting a free ride on the river Stix to Hades-no thanks. We felt, in the spirit of hospitality and humility, we should be refunded for the third night. Since we’d voiced our disappointment, GM met our legitimate emergency with unveiled skepticism that was rude and offensive. An emergency involving our friends necessitated our departure for Santorini. We had to cut our 3 days in Paros down to two. Up the stairs and down a hallway from the lobby, we heard arrivals, departures, footsteps, doors opening and closing and our neighbor’s conversations. The absent carpeting would help to mitigate terrible acoustics. While we didn’t see other rooms, we heard them. If authentic and tired are synonyms then it certainly was-think shabby, not chic. GM told me the hotel opened in 2019, but they were aiming for “authentic” décor. Allegedly, we had one of the nicest rooms on offer, which I was told when I asked for an updated room. The value of time, like the definition of luxe, is subjective. It wasted time and money, the latter GM remunerated, the former he eschewed as merely hours. A concierge is only as valuable as they are informed. So, there we were, in the middle of nowhere without towels or sun beds. Reservations are not only available, they’re made days in advance, and it’s BYOT. We encountered issues day one when the concierge sent us to a beach 45 minutes away, proud that she secured sun beds at a beach club that doesn’t take reservations, where she assured us towels were provided. His apparent goals are to admit no wrong, focus solely on praise and ignore criticism, which, despite some good reviews, is a fatal prognosis. So, presuming a GM sets the tone, this one is tone-deaf. TripAdvisor prevents using surnames, so I’ll refer to the person running the show, the General Manager, as GM. So, I get a bad hotel experience at the Parilio hotel in Paros is comparatively laughable, even if it’s exacerbated by the fact that we were there to celebrate our year-delayed 25th anniversary. PariliNO In the pandemic “bad” has been redefined. He was selective with who he wanted to interact with and make feel welcome, unfortunately we didn't seem to meet his criteria for this and it was just very, very awkward. And finally, I have to agree with some of the other guests about the GM. We even had to make sure we were quiet so that we did not affect the video content that was being created. Of course, this is absolutely fine, but it was overwhelmingly obvious that the staff were preoccupied by her presence and guests like ourselves had to take a backseat. We learnt that the owner was staying whilst we were there, along with some of her own guests. Not only could we see it at the end of our terrace, but we were lucky enough to be graced with the campers singing late into the night. Our suite was located on the right hand side, which meant it backed onto the campsite next door. The not so good bits: - When we arrived there was a lot of commotion with unhappy guests, so we were ignored for around 20 minutes. The staff for the most part were really friendly and helpful where they could be, such as assisting us with our covid tests, transfers and fantastic dinner/bar service. Really comfy bed and great size room (we were in a suite separate to the main building). Food was superb, in fact we chose to eat in for two of the four nights we stayed. The good bits: - Can't fault the decor, it really does look as great in real life as it did in Conde Nast Traveller and on Instagram. We saved Parilio Hotel for the last stop of our honeymoon, because we thought we were saving the best until last.
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