San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu
Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => San Stefanos news and views => Topic started by: chrissie d on September 07, 2011, 11:13:14 PM
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I can,t believe the review i,ve just read.Been to little prince twice and never experienced anything that was stated in review.They are the most spacious and clean apartments we have stayed at in 20 years of holidays to greece .Any way back to this years holiday,sorry for the delay in doing a write up .Spent one week at little prince 22-29 july.FANTASTIC ROOM AND VIEW :).The welcome we had from everybody there made the holiday.With our seven year old daughter most meals were at little prince and zorbas ,she loves the dancing.This year we managed to get to ozzie oil,wonderful meal, my husband can,t forget the white choc cheesecake.Pre dinner drinks at princess bar ,after dinner at gladiator.When we first went there three years ago my daughter loved the ball pit she has now moved up to the pool table !.Things were a lot quieter then previous years ,no problem getting a table in zorbas,but gladiator seemed to be busy.Prices seemed to be on a par with last year.Only downside is the transfer,on the way back coach had to stop for a couple of people to be ill,seriously considering taxi next time lets hope there is,nt a strike.
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I agree with you Chrissie - stayed last year and couldn't fault the Little Prince. They are some of the best appts we have stayed in, always clean and certainly some of the most spacious. Some people always want to find fault - perhaps they are a little OCD on the cleaning side!!
Also loved Ozzy Oil
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Where was the review?
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On tripadviser
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I saw it mentioned on the san stef webcam site message board.When is the cam going to be fixed ?missing my daily viewing of the beach.
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Okay - found it. I've asked them to let me know which room they were in case there is an issue, because we're back in a couple of weeks and I can point it out.
All I can say is that all the people whom I have recommended on TripAdvisor have had a great time and are going back. Mind you, there are those who are killing their children by spraying every surface with anti-bacterial destroy-your-immune system stuff.
I can only imagine what they'd have said 30 years ago!
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Read someone's review of Kapetanios on Trip Advisor. They slagged off food in general as far as San Stef goes. They did praise Town Pizza and the "two kebab houses." Great taste in food? They were particularly vitriolic in their criticism of the Little Prince. They allege they saw "tinned chicken" being cooked. We've sat at most tables in LP and never been able to see what the kitchen staff are doing.
I am tempted to add to their review and suggest they visit the Anti-Food.. Sorry that's unfair - Somewhere with a McDonalds would be a sure thing for them. I would like to point out that I do eat at Little Prince a lot but have absolutely no agenda in making this post as I do think that food wise there are arguably better meals to be had in the village but I find the Little Prince the most consistent. There is though no better atmosphere generated in any other taverna.
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I do not believe more than half what is posted on Trip Advisor, there are always complaints about it.
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I have to say that the only places I have ever had a less than satisfactory meal was at the Little Prince and at two star. I did not eat at Little Prince all this summer (although I was in SS for five weeks) because last year I had two fairly negative experiences there. Maybe it was because I was alone but I felt that I was a bit of a nuisance and as I obviously wasn't going to be spending a lot of cash on my own I felt that both the service and the food were just about ok.
I have spoken to lots of people who love it and think that the rooms are brilliant. So as tony often says it's horses for courses really! You can only speak as you find!
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A lot depends on what you like and don't like. We down-rated Mythica and Ozzy Oils. Each place probably has its highs and lows. It's extremely rare to get a night when Little Prince isn't full, so they must be getting something right! Last October Lp was the only place that was full.
I haven't had reply from the people who wrote the review. What particularly annoyed/amused me was complaining about grease on the top of the cooker hood. You'd have to climb on a chair to inspect it! That seems to me to be somewhat anal behaviour. Anyway - they won't be going back, so that stops them clogging up rooms for the rest of us.
It's hard to imagine what Trip Advisor would have been like thirty years ago. Lukewarm food - souvlaki you could only eat with a hammer and chisel - no hot water - donkeys braying outside the window at 5am - curiously large menus with only four things pencilled in as available. As for cooker hoods - forget it.
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Had a patronising reply from the posters. I have sent a sensitive reply to them (!). They took loads of photos apparently of rust on the fridge. Fair enough, but did they raise the issue? Probably not.
They're obviously not on the forum. I've asked them if they reported the issue to Little Prince or Lauren. I doubt it, because I'm sure action would be taken, as in most places in the village, if people were unhappy.
Anyway, two weeks to go and we've added oven-cleaner and shower curtains to our packing list, together with ant-bacterial spray, anti-fungal spray, full-body Scene Of Crime suits, guaranteed germ-free pillows, sterilised knives and forks, sealed pack of plastic glasses, Mythos environmental test sticks, anti-Jimmy James wax earplugs, bed-hardness meter, electronic pillow compression assessor.
Welcome to Greece. And goodbye.
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Do you think you have covered everything there Jimbo might be over your luggage allowance
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Jimbo, you can unpack your shower curtain!
We stayed in the apartment 9 -16 September and can confirm that the top left hand corner (and the remaining 3 other corners) were totally mould spore free. Unable to confirm if the top of the cooker was dust free, as i was unable to find a hardware shop which sold step ladders in San Stefanos!
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Thank God for that, Jeff. I was going to B&Q in the morning to get a big hacksaw to chop up our folding shower shield, and very worried about getting the super-glue through security at Doncaster, although I know a lot of the locals use it to stick their teeth in.
I've has some very acrimonious PM exchanges on TripAdvisor with the reviewers, who say "Everybody has different standards," meaning that you, us, and all the others who enjoy staying at Little Prince are a collection of slum-dwelling chavs. They have threatened to report me to TripAdvisor as a paid PR consultant for Little Prince! Fat chance.
Glad you had a good time.
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We had breakfast in Little Prince every day of our 2 weeks and the quality as usual was excellent as was the service and welcome from Mike and Dimitris. :)
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We stayed at Little Prince the first two weeks in September, the accommadation was very cean and spacious the room was cleaned and towels changed sixdays a week. I cannot believe the negative comments that have been posted. we only had one probem and that was withthe smoke detector bleeping. I spoke to Dimitris about it and he changedthe battery within ten minutesofspeaking to him. THE pool was spotless and the service at the pool bar was excellent. We had beeakfast in the itte Prince most days but ony had two evening meals in the restaurant, the only reason for this .is we like to spread our money around the village. Some people are obviousy hard to please if they are ooking for 5 star accommadation they are visiting the wrong resort. We have booked the Little Prince again for 2012 and would recommend it to anyone who might want to stay there
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We stayed at the Little Prince for 14 nights from 10 August this year and had a wonderful time, it was our first time in Agios Stefanos but our 12th time in greece. We have been on a long term island hopping trip!!! - new place every year but for the first time we have decided to return - just booked Little Prince in July 2012.
Great Place
Great People
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Welcome to the forums DavidFid. Great to hear from new posters on the site. It sounds like you have had a good time .
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i read that review on trip advisor and wondered if whoever wrote it had actually stayed in the same place as us because i had absolutely no idea of what they were on about Kiki works hard to keep the rooms in Little Prince clean and tidy and i think she does a very good job of it. the rooms we have stayed in have always been spotless. no its not 5 star but its Greece -what do you expect! the rooms are much bigger than most places and if there has been a problem ( my youngest son managed to get the plug stuck in the bath the first year LP had the apartments) once Dimitris or Mike are made aware of the problem ,they get it sorted. there is just no pleasing some people . never mind ,back to LP next year - cant wait!!