I stayed with my partner at the Bardis hotel in September 2013 (after the school holidays to avoid the children and busiest season). The hotel is excellent value for money, with free wi-fi, buffet breakfast, use of the pool, small fridge, air con and TV.
I can't speak highly enough of the lady who owns the hotel, she was polite, welcoming and helpful to us both.
We were slightly worried when booking as we couldn't pay online in advance of our arrival. I called to confirm and was reassured to just pay cash when we arrive. She offered to arrange airport collection for us, but as we were hiring a car I can't give a review for this service.

The room and ensuite bathroom were clean and comfortable. They were tidied and the beds made for us each day, with a change of towels etc halfway through the week.

The hotel is located just a minutes walk from the small village. Arrilas is a quiet seaside resort with restaurants and small shops lining the beach front. The restaurants range from cheap family owned to more expensive a la carte, we tried to eat somewhere different each night and I couldn't fault the food or service at any of them.
There is a selection of bars & dancing just around the corner from the beach front (at the northern end), but again I can't review as we didn't try these.
We attended the wine festival, which wasn't hard to miss with dancing and a donkey being paraded around the streets. The festival included a BBQ, all you can drink wine and live local music. I understand that the villages rotate their festivals and it's well worth goingt to one!

I'd recommend hiring a car if you want to do a bit more on your holiday. We never got round to using the swimming pool as Arillas is ideally located with lots of attracitions and towns as you follow the coast in either direction. It is also only an hour or so from the airport.

If you're looking for a nice cheap hotel as a good base to expolre the island then I couldn't recommend this enough.

I stayed at the Bardis Hotel in august last year and am staying again this summer. Dorita, her daughter and staff are lovely folk, nothing is too much trouble.

The room was a good size, clean and tidy. The pool is the best I have experienced on my many visits to Greece. Big, clean and quiet! My only complaint is that I did not get any photos of this fantastic place! Will make sure I do this summer - check out the hotel's website for pics tho, all very accurate.

The Bardis Hotel is located just around the corner from the beach, a great supermarket and some lovely tavernas. A 5-10 minute stroll will bring you to the main road where there are more tavernas and bars, I say bars - there are only 3 in Arillas, all have live music and a great atmosphere. I recommend the Greek Night at the Hotel Marina on a saturday (book, it gets busy!).

The Bardis is also well located for an early morning stroll up to the village of Afionas - the road gets quite steep so I advise to take water and walk when it is cool. Follow the road to the end then turn RIGHT, not left as I first did... you go down to get up, if that makes sense!

Once at the viewing point you can sit and admire the fabulous view over Arillas. I highly recommend lunch at the Panorama taverna, delicious food, great views and a much needed breeze!

Another walk is up to the Akoritiri Cafe (and over to San Stefanos if you fancy). They serve delicious food and the best coffee with ice cream ever! The views down to Arillas and San Stefanos are great too.

I am very much looking forward to my next vist at the Bardis Hotel this summer :)

What can we cay..... this is a brilliant place to stay... so close to the beach/restaurants etc. we love Arillas and would stay anywhere but this was really lovely... Room was nice right on the end by the spiral staircase with a corner balcony... fridge in the room which was really useful.. Breakfast was lovely, alternating between bacon and egg and continental. The family who run it are lovely and friendly. Lovely pool.. We got a taxi from the airport and arrived late at night but the key was ready for us so we just left everything in the room and went straight down to the restaurants/bar for a cold beer. As it is on the corner it can get a bit busy with cars going by (rat run) and walkers but it didnt matter to us as it gave us something to watch and everyone is friendly in Arillas anyway. Would go back whenever we can.