Domes Zeen Chania

What a lovely hotel, even better than the pictures I saw when booking, a lovely warm welcome with refreshments and explanation about the resort. All the rooms are individual and some come with their own pool, which my daughter had. Lovely and spacious and with lovely furniture. I have stayed at many hotels but this was one of the best for breakfast! Best start to the day All the staff were fantastic, from the reception, breakfast and lunch staff, all the beach staff and housekeeping - they couldn’t do enough for you. No problem too small and promptly dealt with. I couldn’t remember all the names but Theordore and Anastasia as well as Marianna at reception who checked us in - Amazing 👏🏽

We visited in Mid May when the weather was perfect for us, low to mid 20s. Overall this resort is fantastic, just a few minor considerations prevent us giving a 5 star review. It is suitable for all but there are plenty of families so something to consider if having lots of children around bothers you. Positives: The staff. All so warm, friendly and helpful from the lady who cleaned our room to the front desk, from the moment we arrived to the moment we left. The resort: Beautiful and immaculately maintained, the low rise setting in amongst gardens was amazing The room, great size, lovely The pool area: Large and beautiful pool if a little cold ! Comfy well spaced sun loungers, no reserving and always some available Food: We only had breakfast and a couple of lunches but the selection was good (one issue - see negatives). Surprisingly, most people seemed to eat in the resort restaurants (expensive) in the evening, we didn’t as the beautiful old town with so many beautiful restaurants and bars to choose from is close by Close to the old town: About a 30 minute easy walk away and a 12 Euro taxi ride back, there are also buses if you want ( a shuttle bus would really help the less mobile, especially in the summer heat when a walk may be less appealing) Negatives: Food: Breakfast hot selection is pre-cooked and varied in temperature from cold to luke warm, every day. Fresh-cooked and hot please ! Also, the snack menu stops at 6pm so only fine dining style food after that for room service, we weren’t feeling great one evening so something more simple would have been better Surrounding area: There is really nothing worthy of mention within a 10 minute walk in any direction. The resort sits between a construction site and barren land (ready for more construction?) and the area is quite run down with a lot of litter strewn around. There even seemed to be a few homeless people living in the bushes nearby who we passed every day when we walked into the old town, they were no problem though. Beach. The resort has a small beach area, part of a much larger beach, which is well kept and peaceful, the rest of the beach next to this isn’t very nice. The beach is shingle

The hotel has large rooms/suites set on a hill going down to the sea. Incredibly helpful staff, great food options and a long pool.

This hotel is absolutely FANTASTIC. The room was stunning and spotlessly clean. You are about a 5/10 minute taxi ride from the town, I would however recommend hiring a car if you would like to go out and see a bit more, we would do this if we stayed again. The nearest town Chania is gorgeous and we highly recommend Astrea gardens to eat, we ended up there twice because the food was delicious and the staff were lovely. The hotel pool is fabulous and you can walk straight onto the private area on the beach which so lovely to have. The thing that really set Domes Zeen apart was the attentiveness of the staff, Chris was so helpful at booking us restaurants and dat trips. The only thing that let this hotel down slightly was the food. Breakfast was lovely a buffet style which had everything you could want and was nice and fresh however we had lunch at the hotel and it was just quite average considering its price. We felt the same about the dinner we had at the hotel and actually chose to eat out the rest of the holiday which we enjoy anyway. We would 100% stay here again.

Marriott always meets its standards. We are impressed with the massive grounds and the resort has a buggy to take us to the beachfront restaurant. However, you can also walk, which is quite convenient. Both rooms we stayed in were excellent; decor has a rustic and contemporary vibe. The resort upgraded us to a family room with a pool (Room 5002), but we had booked a room with a sea view and balcony. We voiced our desire for a sea-view room, and the manager, Mrs. Erissa, called us to say it was fully booked but would change our room the following day for another upgrade with a sea view and a pool (Room 2005) too. Their guest service is excellent; they tried their best to meet our needs, and the rest of the staff are also very welcoming. We are pleased with their hospitality team. There are daily programs such as yoga, exercise, and skin consultation classes that are offered. We didn't have time to try out any of their free programs. It's a nice touch bringing free evening snacks and beer to our room. The buffet breakfast is excellent, with lots of choices and super friendly staff again. Although the hotel is packed, which we noticed during breakfast time, the staff are very enthusiastic when dealing with a full house. I'll write another review on their fine dining restaurant separately. I'll stay in this resort again! Since we stayed in late April and the weather was cold, we didn't try out the pool. I can imagine how pleasant it would be during summer. The resort has its own private beach right across from their beachfront restaurant. The location is not in the city center, but it's a short taxi ride to the charming Old Town Chania. This is a perfect getaway from the crowd with easy access to the center of town.