New Aegli Resort Hotel Reviews

First impressions of the New Aegli are that the location is great. Around one kilometre from the port and a v short car journey (they’ll pick you up if you call ahead to sort). The hotel is within spitting distance of the sea/lovely sandy Askeli beach and if you’re booked to stay in a sea view room, you’ll never tire of the 180 Poros coastline vista. And now the reasons for the rating and title…. The hotel’s interior is tired, dated, messy, and lacking any kind of frills. Reception area and the hotel in general is plastered with naff laminated posters telling you what you can and (mostly can’t) do. You might even spot one announcing things ‘coming up’ in 2019. Appreciate Covid took its toll but a quick audit of the notices would go a long way to improving general appearance. Likewise the empty glass display cabinets, broken E-checkin, and ‘internet corner/games area’ with kit from c2001. Rooms - varying in size but smaller ones would gain considerably more space if the bed wasn’t so unfeasibly high and large. In contrast the shower was so small/decidedly grubby you’d be better washing in the sea across the road. As mentioned initially however, it’s all about the view and the outlook from our third floor balcony with its proximity to the water was quite something. Rooftop bar - the New Aegli seems to proudly tout this facility via a further selection of clipart notices. Again the view from the top of the hotel is spectacular and so odd that the bar was unstaffed when we went up there around 8pm on a sunny Saturday evening, at what you’d assume to be prime time. We did eventually get a drink but it was served warm, in a half measure and with a bucket of ice cubes too warm to fit in the glass in case I wanted to cool it myself. More laughable than annoying! Pool - there’s a small pool framed by some tatty looking fake grass which removing would immediately improve the overall appeal. More general mess in the area which again would cost nothing to remove and improve. Breakfast - a nice setting with sea views but the buffet set-up was chaotic and messy yet again. A fair selection of food and drink but expect no frills and you won’t be disappointed. Staff - not many to be seen and those we did encounter were friendly enough tho overall no one seemed to be in charge or have much interest in customer service or making sure people have a great holiday, which seemed unusual given their line of work. Overall with its prime location and panoramas the New Aegli has loads of potential. Some improvements seem to be in place in some areas E.g. new furniture in the restaurant etc but still plenty of room for more. Getting rid of all the posters to start with, creating some general order and adding a few touches to make people feel welcome would be a cheap but worthwhile improvement.