OK so we stayed at the Corfu Palace Hotel by default as the Grecotel Imperial Palace closed early! I'll state this up front so that you understand that this hotel was not our first choice. Having said that, in common with other respondents we agree that the location is excellent for access to Corfu Town its sights and amenities. We spent several days on enjoyable strolls taking in the odd cafe for lunches and cakes!

Corfu Palace hotel benefits from all rooms having a sea view facing east you get some excellent sun rises.... in October this was around 8am so not too early! There is a road passing in front of the hotel that is moderately busy, but no beach. The promenade is flat to the south and can be easily walked for 1 to 2 kilometers to a windmill under restoration, and further on you reach the house Mon Repos where Prince Philip was born - worth the visit despite this fact. The other way leads gently uphill into Corfu Town. The roof gardens on the first floor were badly in need of maintenance.

The rooms, as stated elsewhere, vary in standard.If you pay for upgrade the 6th floor is better furnished and has some additional club level type facilities. We understand that rooms on the 5th floor have also had some refurbishment. However other rooms can be large but basic to the point of not even having headboards.... somewhat drab by modern standards.
The breakfasts were fairly standard but food was left out early and the chefs were not present to continuously cook eggs / pancakes as you might expect in a "5 star" establishment. We did not eat lunch in during our 10 day stay

The evening meals could either be taken as a Table d'Hote menu (for those on half-board)or you could use the small A La Carte restaurant. At least we could for the first half of our vacation. Then the hotel became the base for local hotel and catering students who were going to be there for some months - until March 2006 we understand. In the evenings the main restaurant was then used by this group whilst all the hotel guests and outside diners crammed into the A La Carte restaurant some experiencing delays of 1 hour to get a table

The food quality was mostly good and complaints about the lack of timely publication of evening meal options and decline in food quality during the second week eventually bore results with some upgrades to A La Carte at no additional cost.
However the gentlemen acting as waiters had seen better days, Nicolas being the honourable exception. Several required glasses as they could not even read their own handwriting when taking orders, and one made a very passable impression of being related to Manuel from Fawlty Towers!

The indoor pool and leisure facility is run by an outside organisation with a wierd charging approach. 25 euros for a 30 minute massage seems fair, but 20 euro for each use of the Jacuzzi does not.... the pool was free and unheated as was the outdoor pool so these were used by limited numbers but it could be so much better. The reception staff seemed to lack a "can do" attitude we gave up asking for things like mosquito killing devices which they promised... yes they were there in October, mainly in the garden surrounding the outdoor pool. It seemed like they felt the season had ended and they couldn't be bothered.

We visited the Grecotel Imperial Palace Hotel near the end of our stay and though closed we could see what we had missed out upon. Given the choice I would stay there and travel in to Corfu Town next time.... Given a few million euros on refurbishment and a management team that prided themselves on having the best staff in Corfu this place could be excellent once again. I hope for those of you returning they make the effort. Taken in good part it did not ruin our vacation, but if you are expecting first class service and amenities this is not the hotel I would recommend. By the way the Corfu Holdiay Palace is an entirely different hotel near the end of the airport runway - this has caused confusion on this site elsewhere.

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