Myself and my husband really enjoyed our 10night all inclusive stay here. The views and facilities were great and our room was clean and comfortable. The food was fabulous. Over 10 days there were some repetitions, but we definitely thought that there was enough variation throughout and we also didn't miss out on any traditional foods being a 10 minute drive away from town.

The staff was incredible and very hard working. Sure there were occasions when someone might have appeared a bit rude or inexperienced, but only a person who never worked in customer service job would give out about these things. Old timers were absolutely wonderful and very attentive, it made us feel special.

You also get 3 a la carte meals if you stay 7nights or more. There's a dinner at an asian fusion restaurant, dinner at pool restaurant which has a bit of a french tune to it, and prosecco breakfast there as well. Breakfast wasn't as amazing as dinners though. You absolutely must book these at reception as soon as you're able. The main restaurant has theme nights throughout the week, so I recommend booking a la cart on different dates than those theme nights.

Entertainment was great, though it wasn't on every night. I'm not sure if this changes as the season progresses, but if that's your thing, then maybe this place is not for you.

Overall I think you need to be a bit strategic if you're staying here because of location. There's not much to do around the hotel, besides walking on the beach. A beach bar venue is currently being built nearby, but it's unclear if they'll finish construction for this season. Taxi into town is 17 euro one way. Bus is €1.80 one way, if I remember correctly, but very unreliable as there are shortages of bus drivers for municipal routes during holiday season. I don't recommend getting shared transfers either. It's about 2 hour drive if you have to stop for other people and less than 1 hour if you drive yourself or are getting private transfer.

We focused on rest and pool for first half of the holiday with excursions every second day and once that became a little boring, we rented a car for the last 4 days, which gave us an opportunity to explore the island more without having to hire other excursions. There's a car rental service in the lobby, but their prices seem to be higher than places in town. Do your research.

In terms of accessibility. The entire place is on a hill. There are 5 flights of stairs from pool to reception. I often got 6-7k steps just by staying at the hotel and going back and forth from pool to room to food. There is transfer caddy, but you need to ask reception every time you want to use it.

Overall we had a fabulous holiday and would come back again

The Michelangelo is a very good, family friendly, all-inclusive resort - I would say a ‘good 4 star’. The rooms are clean, modern and well maintained. Although I do personally think that it is worth paying the extra for a sea-view room - with the 1st/2nd floors of block 17 probably being the prime spots - as they offer amazing views over the legendary infinity pool and across the sea to the Turkish coast.

The evening entertainment is, let’s say, ‘entertaining’ and great fun. We especially enjoyed the Jersey Tones (3 guys in red jackets) and the Golden Tones (the same three guys, in yellow jackets) - both featuring a guest appearance by ‘Shirley Bassey’!

The food is very good; freshly prepared and reasonably varied. And the range of drinks and cocktails on offer, even under ‘all-inclusive’, is good. Although I did take issue with the tonic, in a gin & tonic, being served from large plastic bottles (and therefore most likely to be flat). I suspect that this was the first indication that a few corners are perhaps being cut.

Other ‘missing corners’ could be the fact that the Pool Bar by the ‘upper’ pool was closed (maybe it opens later in the season?) - the water features by the restaurant and in the upper pool were either switched off or broken - and the advertised ‘theme nights’ in the restaurant were barely discernible from the normal fare.

Having said that, and taking everything into consideration, the Michelangelo offers tremendous value for money and if we were ever to return to Kos it would definitely be on our list.

We had a nice stay and we have to say we still cannot get over the views from the pool/beach. However this hotel did not give us the 5* feel and the main reason for this was the food and dining areas - it was pretty naff all round. For the size of the hotel and the amount of guests the buffet was tiny and some very limited options in all aspects. There was good protein, salads etc however this got very repetitive throughout the week which is fine however the location of the hotel it cost us €17 to get into Kos marina which was a fixed fee each time but the closest area to have a decent meal.

The rooms were okay but nothing special and everything is on a hill so if you are a bit older or more on the unfit side it is quite tough walking around the complex.

The entertainment was good and engaging which we really enjoyed and the variety of drinks available with all inclusive was very good and of good quality.

We liked this hotel but felt the only reason it is 5* is for the incredible view to see from the pool area. It’s a shame to say we wouldn’t choose to stay here again and it mainly because we are major foodies and it really did not live up to our expectations as however I must say it’s a good resort for children and families.

I feel for 5* you would expect a lot more from it and although the staff are very attentive and friendly we are not inclined to return for what is supposed to be a more up market resort.