This hotel has great staff and is kept very clean. We stayed in April 2005 and had the worst holiday of our lives. The hotel is taken over by groups of schoolchildren which was an absolute nightmare. We had to change rooms several times and even contemplated sleeping in our hire car to get a bit of peace. If we had not paid up front then we would have moved out. We have stayed at this hotel before and the street noise from motorbikes etc is bad but the location in Chania city was good. I would advise anybody to check first if there are any groups of kids etc booked into the Hotel at the same time. Peaceful and quiet it was not. The holiday was ruined for us - I did send a letter to the owners but had no reply. Hope this helps.

I disagree with the negative points made in earlier reviews on this hotel.

I have just returned from an enjoyable holiday in this hotel.

Hotel Kriti is a typical greek hotel. Hotels in Greece are not in the same category as American hotels. If you want to stay in that sort of hotel then you need to stay at the Intercontinental in Athens.

What do people expect for the sort of money they are spending.

There was nothing wrong with this hotel, any noise was caused by outside influences, such a "boys" on motor scooters, these can be found driving past the best 5 star hotels in the world.

At least they are not driving large, petrol guzzling cars!

NOISEY dirty and parties of 20/30 teenagers havent got a clue where all the good reviews come from all i can say if they find this a good hotel they must have stayed in some right dives DONT DONT even think about staying here YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! Even the desk staff agree BUT you cant get to see the managment.

The Kriti is an excellent hotel. It really does look freshly renovated. I lead an archaeological study tour there in early January, and everybody liked the place. I don't know where the other reviewers were; it does not sound like the same hotel. There were no problems with the rooms, thin walls, traffic noise, or anything else (though if you happen to coincide with a bunch of obnoxious travellers that would indeed be a problem). Future travellers should not be put off by those negative reviews. Stay at the Kriti!