Evanik Hotel

My stay at Evanik Hotel was very pleasant, in general! It offers much more than you usually expect from a two-star hotel! Clean rooms, friendly and accommodating staff, adequate breafast. Central position, if you plan to stay in Pothia, the main harbour of Kalymnos.

The bathroom was not the most comfortable or spacious I have seen but for a two-star hotel could be accepted. However, the reason of my lower rating is basically the following: In an afternoon during my stay, I saw a man SMOKING inside the breafast / dining room of the hostel, just next to the reception desk. Smoking in indoor public places is totally illegal in Greece and so disrespectful as well. But what made it worse was that is wasn't an accidental event: it happened in front of the hotel manager, in his knowlege and acceptance (who had probably already given the smoker the ashtray I saw on the table...). I felt the smoke just when I went out my room door on the upper floor. When I went downstairs, I saw the man smoking, carelessly and illegaly, next to the reception desk. I informed the manager. He did nothing at all... And I had to talk to the smoker, asking him politely but firmly to put out the cigarette, since that was against the law. And he did. I really hope the hotel administration should take more seriously this matter and fully respect the law and their clients, by offering a smokefree and clean environment for the visitors and employees there.