We stopped at the Zante Star 12th August to 28th August - same as Anthony above.
We had an excellent time - Tracey and Yannis make you feel so at home that you easily forget you are on holiday.
We were in room 117 - next to Anthony and his parents, and found that even though this is on the ground floor close to the steps to the upper floors, it was very quiet.
BEWARE of the green shutters - they are so efficient we forgot to wake up sometimes as they block the light so well.
We hired a car and went out but there is no need as the sea, shops, bars and restaurants are all within a 5 - 10 minute walk.
Thank you Tracey and Yannis (and Loius) we will definately be back next year.
Tracey Steve, Aaran & Drew.

Went to Tsilivi 12.08.03 for 2 weeks. Stayed at Zante Star Apartments and thought they were excellent. Tsilivi has a wonderful selection of bars and restaurants to coner every taste and age. We hired a car and explored the Island a bit. Found Tsilivi beach to have lots of dead sea-weed on it, which put me off at first, but it was so safe (shallow) for our two young children, that we soon forgot about that small issue. Food bar on beach excellent - good choice and excellent value for money, and the 'Fruit Salad & Doughnut' man was a godsend.
Anyone visiting will not be disappointed. Visit the Family Bar & Popeyes for the children, and also the Red Lion at the top of the hill.
Enjoy..........

I would like to respond to the comments by Jana Bedford, with regard to the Zante Star.
We have two small children - 3 and 5 (who are very boisterous) and we stayed at the Zante Star when all rooms were accommodated, by families with children between the ages of 2 and 18, and we never encountered the reactions which Jana describes. Perhaps the children in her party were a little more boisterous than the average child, and if this affected the enjoyment and pleasure of the other guests, then surely Tracy and Yannis had a duty to consider the other guests and act accordingly. There is a no diving notice on the side of the pool, and if this was being ignored, then Yannis and Tracy had a duty to prevent an accident occurring through negligence of the children and their parents.
Tracy and Yannis were great hosts when we stayed, and you must consider the fact that one negaive comment does not reflect the whole picture, and reading the rest of the comments from other guests, this will be apparent.
Hopefully other guests staying at the same time as Jana Bedford will post their comments, and we will all be able to get a truer picture as to what really went on...
We have e-mailed Tracy & Yannis with our full support, and will be staying there next summer.

Sandra and Costas made a massive fuss of our two children (aged 5 & 3). Our children nick-named Costas 'Cheeky Boy' and Coastas nick-named our youngest the same. The evening was not complete unless we had been to 'Cheeky Boy's Pub', and the boys can't wait to go back next year.
Both Sandra and Costas were lovely, and phoned for a Taxi (on St. Dennis's Day) when one of the boys fell asleep, so that we didn't have to wake him. (Have you tried to get a taxi on St. Dennis's Day??)

Food was slow to arrive, ordered white wine and got apple juice, and food served by young lady who carried all trays on her shoulder letting her hair trail into your meal. Other than that, it was quite good. Good sized play area, but they had a 'Waltzer Seat' which could be spun quite fast, and while we were there several of the younger children tried to get on when it was moving and got quite a bumb.
OK for kids, if you have them, but there are other places better suited for couples/younger people.

Sorry, forgot to mention that they had football on all the time, and as the bar was quite you had no trouble seeing or hearing what was going on.

In reply to Michelle Grose's question about air-conditioning, we were there in August, and Tracy and Yannis were still discussing it then.
It may be an idea to get their e-mail address and ask them, possibly after closed season when they will have more information for you.

Well done GB, for your recent comments.
We have booked to go back to the Zante Star in August 2004, and you will thoroughly enjoy it - if I remember correctly a couple are planning to marry there in 2004, so it can't be that bad, can it.
Jana, Jo, hope you have a better holiday next year, let us know where you are off to, and we will be able to see your review on the relevant web pages - perhaps it would be better for you to hire a private villa, and then no one can upset you, and you will upset no one, winners all round!!!!

Have recently had contact from Yannis & Tracy. They still have air-con in bar area only at the moment.

My family and I stayed at the Zante Star between 12th & 26th August 2003 - our holiday times over-lapped with Emma Abela, and we were all there at the same time for a few days. I was never aware of Yannis being rude to children, but he would ask then not to sit on the settees with wet clothes, have drinks on the pool table, or run in and out of the lounge area making the floor wet and slippy. These were common sense points raised by him, and surely important for the safety and comfort of other guests.
Anthony Skorczewski posted his comments on the site, and thought the hotel was brilliant, and he was 13 years old... Need i say more.

My family and I holidayed at the Zante Star 12th - 26th August 2003 - 5 of our holiday days overlapping with Emma Abela. I was never aware of Yannis being rude to, or about children, but he did have to ask some children not to run in and out of the lounge area - which made the floor wet and slipper, a danger for all concerned. Also he would not let children play pool and have their drinks on the edge of the table, a standard request to adults in most British Pubs, and also he would not let anyone with wet clothes sit on the furniture, the reason speaks for itself.
Anthony Skorczewski - a 13 year old lad - posted his comments on this site stating that it was brilliant, he too was there at the same time as us.
A foot note would be to notice that if you read the comments by Jana Bedford (the blue option to "read all comments by ***"), Jo Warrender's comments appear amoungst Jana's. It would appear that they are either one in the same person, or they have registered the same details and shared an e-mail address.