I booked the Christos Apartments as a late deal, never having been to Sidari before. I did quite a bit of research once I'd booked, and found everything I read about people's experiences to be very positive. It didn't disappoint - The Christos Apartments are owned and run by Christos himself, a lovely middle aged man, who couldn't do enough to help. His son Spiros runs the bar, and is also great. The apartment was lovely - freshly painted, with a new bathroom, and had everything in it we could possibly need including air con, a mini oven and kettle. We bought a bottle of wine to drink indoors one evening, and on discovering we didn't have a cork screw in our room, went down to the bar to ask Christos to open it for us. The next day when we got back from the beach, one had been put in our apartment for us. The Christo apartments are at the quieter end of town and about a 10 minute walk to the main strip, where you will find the bars and shops, and most of the restaurants. We hired a moped for the whole week and found this a great way of getting around. We also got to see a lot more of the island than we would have on foot.

Food-wise we were very disappointed. We went everywhere looking for traditional Greek cuisine and all we found was British fare, and everything seemed to be served with chips. Apparently the Cretans change their menus in the summer to cater for the less adventurous British palates. Shame! We did however get talking to a British ex-pat who pointed us in the direction of a couple of lovely traditional restaurants, but they were a good 30 minute moped ride outside of Sidari. Well worth the ride though.

The beach and sea were very disappointing too. The sea is a disgusting colour and therefore we spent most of the time round the pool, that is, before we discovered the beauful beaches of San Stefano and San Georgio, only a 15 minute moped ride away.

The 2 pools at the apartments were great, and you could always get a sunbed. All the apartments seemed to have an open door policy and so you could go to a different pool every day if you wanted to.

We ate here on our first night. I was dying to get my teeth into a great Stifado, having only come back from Crete 2 weeks before,but I was bitterly disappointed; the beef was tough and the sauce was thick and far too sweet.

The waiting staff were unwilling to help explain the menu, and I hoped that this was just an unfortunate first night experience. My boyfriend ordered a chicken dish which he enjoyed.

This restaurant was packed every night and so we decided to go save it for our last night. If it wasn't for the entertainment, we would have been very disappointed with this restaurant. I was very excited about trying the Lamb Kleftiko, having only been back from Crete 2 weeks' earlier, but it was pretty awful and not what I had expected. The portions are big, but bigger def isn't better. The entertainment however, was the best in Sidari.

This restaurant came highly recommended by everyone we met and it didn't disappoint. I had pizza which I enjoyed, and my boyfriend said the mixed grill was ok.