Like so many in Limassol, this hotel is filled with "all-in" groups, so the individual traveller ends up feeling like one of the herd. The room and the bathroom are tired and drab, with mediocre decoration and fittings. The bed was comfortable. For three nights I paid E250, E230 and E85 respectively, and would expect a room-safe for that price. A bottle of drinking water every day would have been a nice detail. The public rooms are so dated, but then so were most of the guests!! The "all-in" buffet for breakfast is dull, unapppetising and poorly presented, as in so many places, but if the emphasis is on "eat as much as you can", I suppose most people go away satisfied. The buffet dinner (not taken by choice) was similarly uninspiring, but thankfully the cabaret was "off". The location is fine if you have a car, since what is available at walking distance is also pretty disappointing.
Reception staff were courteous and helpful. Parking and wi-fi are "all-in" too.

We got back from a week's tour based at the Kanika last week. We had a room with a balcony on the sixth floor with a pool view and side views of the sea and the Troodos Mountains. The room was fairly standard but quite comfortable. There was daily maid service.
There are three pools - two adult depth pools and one smaller on for children. The poolside bar is open all day for drinks , snacks and light meals. The staff were friendly and service was always good. We never had any problem finding a poolside table or a sunbed.
The beach was a couple of minutes walk away from the hotel.
The public areas are large, clean and well air-conditioned and the reception staff friendly and helpful.
There are plenty of minimarkets, bars, restaurants in the area around the hotel.
We were on half board - the breakfasts were very good indeed with a good selection of fruit, cereal, continental breakfast items and a hot buffet offering bacon, sausage etc. with boiled, scrambled or fried eggs. The dinners were also buffet style - some nights there was entertainment - beware the audience participation in the Greek evening - great fun and OK to watch but don't get involved!.
The bar is a Cyprus version of an Irish bar - they do sell Guinness but most people stuck to the excellent local Limassol-brewed beer called Keo.
As other contributors have mentioned there are large numbers of Russians in the area but this was not a problem.
In conclusion I have stayed in many hotels much worse than the Kanika and I have no complaints at all about the service we received. I would recommend it!.

We stayed 4 nights with family in the Kanikaand had a great time, even if we were outnumbered by Russians!! We had a 7th floor room with a side sea view, although you would not choose this hotel for the views. Our family had a large room on the 1st floor. The rooms were good, clean and comfortable. They did have waterproof covers on the beds that tended to make you sweat. They were cleaned every day and clean towels were no problem. The staff were excellent and maintenance also as when I reported a faulty shaver socket one evening, it was replaced first thing next morning. The food wasnot the widest selection ever but it was varied, hot and self served onto hot plates, unlike some other hotels I could mention. We were half board but the lunch menu was very good and not expensive. Daily Happy Hour was just that, half price drinks not 2 for the price of one.

Just back from the Kanika today and can highly recommend it. We travelled with children aged 6 and 9 and my parents in their 70s and we all loved it. Spotless spacious rooms, good powerful showers, hot water all day, very comfortable beds, extremely friendly and helpful staff throughout the hotel, delicious food always hot and fresh and varied and not lukewarm recycled leftovers like in some other hotels. Everything is within walking distance or the number 30 bus takes you everywhere. The hotel was full but we never had to fight for sun beds and the pools were lovely. The beach was great, the sea was so calm and the water still shallow a long way out which made it perfect for us. Only 12km from Watermania at Fasouri which is well worth a visit, the best waterpark we've been to, exceptionally well staffed and maintained, if on the expensive side. Thanks to all for a memorable holiday we were sad to leave and will certainly be back.