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Reviews of Essence Hotel 4 stars

Egnatias 40, Nea Zoi, Ioannina, 45500, Greece

#41 of 51 hotels in Ioannina

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Review score

Based on 41 hotel reviews

8.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.6

  • Comfort

    8.5

  • Location

    8.1

  • Facilities

    8.2

  • Staff

    9.3

  • Value for money

    8.4

  • Free WiFi

    9.5

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  • Reviewed: 21 January 2025

    7.0
    CLOSE TO AIRPORT
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night

    I tend to do work when travelling and the wifi was poor.

    The staff were very helpful. The Breakfast was very good, continental, pastries and cooked food ( eggs, fried eggs, sausage, bacon) Juices and Coffee The rooms were clean

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 November 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lokacion

    Ok

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 November 2024

    8.0
    Great stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing

    Great breakfast and close proximity to airport. Comfortable bed and friendly staff.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 October 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with Pool View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very modern

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 October 2024

    9.0
    Enjoyed the location
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    if I have to say something negative, it's that in my view, the glass partition seperating the shower, is too narrow. but this is me digging deep to find a negative comment. everything was great.

    Room with balcony to the pool. great breakfast. very accessable and pleasant staff.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2024

    7.0
    Best money for value
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Premier Double or Twin Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The door acces was damaged and we delayed every time to enter. The pool was dirty and we did not use it.

    The breakfast was perfect and the parking large Very clean and comfortable room with nice view

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Premier Double or Twin Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Despite the reviews given prior to our stay, we couldn't fault the hotel. The staff were really friendly and very accommodating. Special mention to Giannis, who really made our stay very good. If we visit Iaonnina again, we will definitely co e back again. Thank you Essence Hotel.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 August 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great very comfortable great nights sleep spacious room. breakfast was good.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 August 2024

    8.0
    We had a good time.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location of the hotel was a far away from the old city.

    The room was clean and the car park was great.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 May 2024

    7.0
    We were satisfied during two our days staying in Joannina.
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Elegant Triple Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The room was good enough, but there was the smell of mold could be felt, especially in the sink pipes in the bathroom. And the air-conditioner in the room was not functional. And imagine, there were a hotter day during two ours day in Joaninna. Breakfast not good enough. We waited something like bacon and boiled or fried eggs, any tomatoes, cucumber, any piece of excellent Greece cheese and not food like Croissants and dry food.

    Staff was very hostable, especially the girls of reception. I would thanks the girl that was afternoon working. Eleni. She was very useful for us and helped us so much with information. Anyway, all the workers of the hotel were very hostable. And the ambient was very quite and comfortable.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 May 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Clean, quiet, staff very helpfull, very willing to assist and polite. They printed some docs for me, overpassing PC problems.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 April 2024

    9.0
    Excellent choice if you want to be near the airport
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The stuff was extremely polite and helpful in everything I asked for!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 January 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Premier Double or Twin Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The quality of mattress and pillows weren’t high.

    The staff was very helpful

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2025

    6.0
    Friendly staff, nice breakfast.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Supreme Quadruple Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Catfished, photos dont match the real condition of the rooms. Toilet door had no keys. Very poor amenities in the bathroom due to the fact that they consider themselves a 4 star hotel. There was unpleasant smell from the lockers. Furniture were old. Absolutely not a good value for the price we paid.

    Mostly the breakfast. Staff was friendly.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 January 2025

    10
    Owners should be proud of this accommodation. One that all should try to match. Συγχαρητήρια!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not much to fault it was exceptional.

    Warmth during winter, size, bed, comfort, clean, modern, underslab heating, car parking, intro by reception and explanation of the property, width of corridors, stairs, etc.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2025

    3.0
    Traumatic experience for traumatically high price!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Where to start..... 1. Terribly uncomfortable soft bed. My husband has extra kg, when he sat on the bed I was falling to a ditch. Couldn't sleep for 2 nights in the raw. I was only able to sleep when they changed it to 2 single beds, which were very small and again soft. 2. Dirty! The cleaning of the room is very poor, I add the photos here. Dust on the lamp, dirty table, not to mention the bathroom peed wall or dirt. The room was also damaged and had bad paint jobs, or broken elements. It was like a bunch of people came and had a very good party there. 3. No comforter only blanket (i wonder if they even wash it for every customer). When we asked comforter we heard that our clients do not want the comforter because the conditioner is overheating 😅 so the room had 27 degrees. After 2days we got the comforter but the bed sheet wasn't big enough and it was sticking out. 4. Breakfast was poor and sad and seemed low quality, not even nutella available. Coffee was one of the worst from all the 4* hotels I have been to. This is not a 4 star hotel! This is a joke. They even put one toilet paper in the room and the paper holder was installed 5 cm above the floor.😅. Paper was such a low quality it was not enough for 3h. I overpaid for this stay. Because they doubled the price due to NYE. It cost me around 140euro per night. I was so devastated by the conditions. No comfort unfortunately. I will not recommend this hotel to anyone.

    The only good thing about this hotel is the staff. People working at the reception were friendly and trying to be helpful and cover for the bad decisions of management that lower quality of first use products. They also offered a dinner as compensation, but we didn't use it.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Executive Double Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not much

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 December 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Easy location, free parking, nice breakfast and Great Team

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 November 2024

    10
    Fantastic place!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Super comfortable stay, clean and spacious rooms, very kind staff, I definitely recommend this place!

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 October 2024

    3.0
    Catfished
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The photos of the room I booked do not represent the actual room they gave me. I booked the single adult room which has pictures of a double bed and a balcony, but when you get the actual room, it's a quite small single bed and a window looking at the mountain. My room wasn't ready when I arrived, and it was already 1 hr past check-in. So i had to wait for it to be prepared. Value for money gets a 1, as for a similar room anywhere else in Greece during high season, I'd pay half the price reluctantly. Extremely expensive for what it offers.

    It's a nice quiet hotel, with good breakfast and easy parking. The staff were welcoming and polite.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 August 2024

    10
    Excellent , tottaly worth it. First selection in the city of Ioannina for the next time
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lack of proper parking slots

    Modern Hotel, with all the amenities, tottally clean and tidy. Breakfast included with big variety

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 March 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 March 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Mountain View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 February 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Comfort Double or Twin Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in February 2025

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