One&Only Kea Island

This property delivered in a big way and I highly recommend it for couples or families with either young children or adult children (kids in middle would be bored unless you take them out on boat trips each day in my opinion). It is beautifully designed - almost carved into mountains where you feel almost like you are all alone. I imagine many guests never leave their rooms! If you do, the buggies are at the ready to whisk you away. Walking at this resort takes special physical conditioning! The entrance and main bar area and restaurant is simply stunning if you love uninterrupted views of beautiful deep blue water and clear star-filled skies at night. Same holds for the room (we stayed in one of the higher category villas) which was stunning, well laid out and appointed and a terrace with a heated pool and views that went on for miles. The bed was super comfortable and it is so obvious this is a new property (3 years old) because technology well utilized and thought through as part of the room. Service was also just exceptional everywhere - front staff, Ms Christina the hotel manager is a class act, restaurant service (breakfast was uniquely done in diff areas with really warm service) and the main restaurant in particular was wonderful. We ate there twice and enjoyed a special menu they did on Friday night which was really well done. Beach restaurant wasn't our favorite - it was buggy when we went and the servers were more young, male models vs trained waiters and they lit coffee beans in tin cups and the wind brought the burning, noxious fumes into our faces and before we could figure out what was going on, it wrecked dinner. But Ms. Christina was quick to follow up the next day, apologize and say things would be remedied going forwarde (just don't burn aluminum or if you do warn guests so they can move out of the trajectory!). This is not an island to visit for the scene or scenery but this property is worth the trip 100%!

Amazing resort ! It was an one and only experience. The view from the Kosmos and Atria restaurant was unique. The perfect sunset spot of the island. We had dinner at the Atria restaurant and everything was absolutely delicious. The service was professional yet warm. This place is a paradise on earth. We look forward to coming back!

Takes the crown for the most beautiful hotel I have ever been to. The location, the rooms (spectacular), the food and most importantly the staff. Special thanks to Julie, Matthieu, and the great head of the culinary operations Jeremy. The food is fresh and exquisite. The fresh breads in the morning are beyond. The bar had been reset for me.

First sign of problems, the resort is built on an island not far from the cradle of civilisation but no one has ever built on the site when it was available for centuries - it is built in a wind trap. Luckily friends had told us how to request a room sheltered from the wind. We arrived after the boatman had called 30 mins before to liase at their dock on a very hot day - no one there and it is just a big hot rock with no shade, facility or staff. The resort has the villa type rooms built up and around a very, very steep hill rising from a bay with their beach club to the main buildings and restaurant at the top, so they have a fleet of electric buggies to get around. However the fleet was utterly inadequate and all the guests were always waiting, waiting, waiting. The main hotel looks quite exciting, but on a hilltop when they have the front door open they sometimes have wind blowing through the vast multi-story hallway and laying waste to the bar arrangement and the spaces for guests to catch the view. The rooms are well-designed and equipped, albeit with very ordinary supplies not maintained and ours wasn’t really properly prepared when we arrived. There is something strange about keeping out of the wind and having a view of absolutely nothing more than other hotel buildings, further building sites of hotel villas and the barren hillside opposite as there isn’t a natural tree on the hill, just rocks. So to make up for it the rooms and facilities should be ones focus but the housekeeping team wasnt keeping pace with what was needed. The food is the only redeeming feature of the hotel. Nice staff but dinner can take longer than you expect. Lunch at the beach club under truly staggeringly loud DJ music which could not be quieter when we asked because guests dance - not one guest danced on the days we were there. We were so happy to leave after 3 nights. While staying there you can go to restaurants on the island but the resort’s location is a mountain climb on treacherous roads which are mainly tracks - it is not close to anything but in a barren rocky landscape that no one else has ever used excpet the local goats.

The views are amazing, only bettered by the incredible staff. Thank you Adel, Sophia and Yume. The arrival and departure was seamless, breakfast was fantastic and the main restaurant first class.