Mitsis Selection Alila (Alila Resort & Spa)

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Quick Verdict

Mitsis Selection Alila — still listed by many tour operators under its old name, Mitsis Alila Resort & Spa — is a 313-room, five-star beachfront resort on the coast between Faliraki and Rhodes Town, and it runs a genuine 24-hour ultra all-inclusive plan. That last bit matters. Plenty of Greek “all-inclusive” hotels stop serving at 11pm and quietly close the bar; here the food and drink service never actually stops, and the eating options run to thirteen separate outlets, from a Greek à la carte restaurant to an American food truck parked next to the beach bar.

It is a family resort with intelligent adults-only carve-outs: a separate adults’ outdoor pool, a wine bar, a champagne bar and an adults-only à la carte brunch. If you have read a listing describing this hotel as adults-only, that listing is wrong — there are family rooms with private pools, kids’ waterslides and a dedicated children’s recreation team.

Where it falls short of the “ultra” label is in what still costs money. The indoor swimming pool and the indoor heated whirlpool are both charged extra and restricted to adults, the games room bills by the game, and each à la carte restaurant can only be reserved once per week of stay. None of that is a dealbreaker on a seven-night beach holiday. All of it belongs in your budget before you book.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
True 24-hour ultra all-inclusive service	Indoor pool and whirlpool are extra-charge and adults-only
13 dining outlets incl. 3 à la carte restaurants	Each à la carte bookable once per week of stay
Directly on the beach, 20 km from the airport	Buffet drinks are beer/wine/soft drinks only
Adults-only pool, wine bar and champagne bar	Games room (billiards, arcade) charged extra
Free return airport transfer if you book direct	Mountain-view rooms have no sea view at all
Free padel court, gym, beach volleyball	4 km from Faliraki centre — nothing walkable
Family rooms with private pools on the ground floor	Closed over winter; a May-to-October property

The Resort at a Glance

Detail	Info
Rooms	313
Restaurants and food outlets	13 — Main Restaurant (buffet), Ellinadiko (Greek à la carte), Italian à la carte, Pan-Asian à la carte, Ouzeri brunch (adults only), Creperie, Pitta Corner, Pizza on the Beach, Tex-Mex Grab & Go, American Food Truck, Wok & Go, Tea Time, plus 24-hour snack service
Bars	6 — All Day Bar, Pool Bar, Beach Bar, Night Bar, Wine Bar (adults only), Champagne Bar (adults only)
Pools	Main outdoor freshwater pool (over 150 m²), adults-only outdoor pool (heated in low season), children’s pool with waterslides (heated in low season), indoor pool (adults only, extra charge)
Beach	Directly on the beach — “Beach: hotel is on the beach” per Mitsis
Airport	Rhodes International “Diagoras” (RHO), 20 km
Nearby	Faliraki centre 4 km, Rhodes Town 8 km, port 9 km
Brand	Mitsis Selection (the group’s luxury tier)
Adults-only?	No — family resort with adults-only pool, bars and brunch
All-inclusive status	True 24-hour ultra all-inclusive, included in the rate

Location is one of Alila’s quiet advantages. It sits between medieval Rhodes Town and the road south to Lindos, which means you can do the Old Town in a morning taxi and Lindos Acropolis as a half-day trip without committing to a hire car. If you are still deciding which corner of the island to book, our Rhodes sub-hub and the wider Greece destination guide compare the coasts properly.

Rooms and Suites

Standard rooms

The entry-level accommodation splits sharply by view, and this is the single most consequential choice you will make here. Single Mountain View rooms (20 m²) and Twin Mountain View rooms face the hillside behind the resort — quiet, perfectly comfortable, twin-bedded, with a bathtub, and noticeably cheaper. What they do not have is the Aegean. There is also a Twin Mountain View category customized for mobility needs (25-28 m²), located on the ground floor with direct access to the lobby and main restaurant, with a walk-in shower, handrails and a shower seat; door widths are published at 92.5 cm for the entrance and bathroom.

Superior Twin Sea View rooms (35 m²) are the first category with a panoramic Aegean view, twin beds plus one or two full-size sofa beds, and a bathroom with both bath and shower. For a couple who intends to spend real time on the balcony, this is the room to book. The step up in price from mountain to sea view is meaningful, but so is the step up in the holiday.

Family rooms and suites

Alila’s family accommodation is better thought out than most Greek five-stars. Family Sea View and Family Side Sea View rooms (40 m²) are split by a sliding partition into two areas, each with its own air-conditioning unit — which solves the classic problem of one thermostat for a family of four. The bathroom has a bath and a shower, and the balcony is large.

The category worth paying up for is the Family Room with private pool (40 m²), on the ground floor, with a small individual-use pool and sea views beyond it. It works just as well for two adults who want a private plunge as it does for a family with small swimmers.

Above that sit the JAZZI suites, all named for the outdoor heated whirlpool on the terrace. Junior Suite Sea View with Whirlpool (35 m²) has a separate living area, a Nespresso machine, and two perks that matter: priority booking in the themed restaurants, and champagne and pastry-chef sweets delivered to the room each evening. That priority booking is genuinely useful given the once-per-week à la carte cap. Family Suite Sea View with Whirlpool (37 m²) adds a living room with two sofa beds and terrace sunbeds. At the top, the Presidential Suite (70 m²) occupies the seventh floor with two balconies, a furnished terrace, king bed, two bathrooms, a kitchen, dining room and dressing room.

Our pick

For couples: the Junior Suite Sea View with Whirlpool. The restaurant priority alone changes how the week feels. For families: the Family Room with private pool — you get the partition layout and a private pool for less than a suite.

Food and Dining

The buffet

The Main Restaurant is the anchor: an indoor dining room plus a terrace with sea views, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner as extended buffets with show-cooking stations and rotating themed nights. It is competent, wide-ranging, and it is where you will eat most meals.

One detail to plan around: the drinks poured at the buffet are beer, wine, soft drinks, water and a range of juices. Spirits and cocktails are a bar matter, not a table matter. That is standard for Greek all-inclusive but it surprises Americans who expect a margarita with dinner — worth reading our guide to what all-inclusive alcohol actually includes before you go.

À la carte restaurants

Three proper reservation restaurants, all included, all subject to the same rule: each one can be booked once per week of stay, reservations required and subject to availability, with an “island chic” dress code at dinner and no beachwear.

• Ellinadiko — the Greek à la carte. Slow-cooked local dishes, herbs, olive oil, the honest end of Greek cooking rather than the tourist end. Open for lunch (12:30-15:00) and dinner (19:00-22:00).
• The Italian — poolside, with antipasti and regional mains, wood-fired pizzas made on site by the pizzaiolos, and espresso to finish. Lunch and dinner.
• The Pan-Asian — dinner only (19:00-22:00), a fusion menu that ranges from Japan to Vietnam across starters, salads, mains and desserts.

Then there is Ouzeri, which serves an adults-only à la carte brunch from 08:30 to 11:30 — eggs Benedict, pancakes, omelettes, made to order. On a family holiday, a grown-up brunch you can actually linger over is a genuinely thoughtful piece of design.

Snacks and casual eating

This is where Alila earns the “ultra” label. Pizza on the Beach bakes fresh pizza next to the beach bar. The American Food Truck, parked alongside it, does burgers, fries and hot dogs. Tex-Mex Grab & Go handles tacos, burritos and fajitas. Wok & Go does made-to-order stir-fries. The Creperie runs from morning until very late with homemade sweets, sweet and savory crepes, waffles, ice cream and Nespresso. Pitta Corner covers the Greek fast-food staples. And Tea Time (17:00-19:00) serves an afternoon tea with pastry-chef sweets at the indoor pool.

Bars

Six of them. The All Day Bar near the lobby runs 08:30 to 00:30 with branded spirits, hot drinks and aperitifs. The Pool Bar sits by the main pool with wait-service cocktails and pre-dinner aperitifs, with the live band on stage in the evening. The Beach Bar does drinks, beers, wines, coffee, ice cream and seasonal fruit all day at the seafront. The Night Bar runs 18:00 to 02:00 (last order 01:30) with a live music stage.

The two adults-only bars are the reason couples can happily book a family hotel here. The Wine Bar pours Greek varietals alongside international bottles in a quiet room; the Champagne Bar next door does champagne by the glass, champagne cocktails, Asti and sparkling wine under candlelight. Neither is an upsell — both are inside the all-inclusive.

Food quality verdict

For a 313-room resort, the sheer breadth is the story: thirteen outlets means you are not eating the same buffet twice a day for a week. The three à la cartes are the strongest part of the offer, and the once-per-week cap is the most annoying part — on a seven-night stay you get exactly three included à la carte dinners plus one brunch, and the rest of your evenings are buffet. Book a Junior Suite and the priority reservations quietly fix that problem.

Beach and Pools

The beach

Alila is directly on the beach — Mitsis publishes it plainly as “hotel is on the beach”, with sunbeds and umbrellas provided. This is the east coast of Rhodes between Faliraki and Rhodes Town, so expect the Aegean rather than a sheltered lagoon: clear water, real waves on breezy days, and the sort of afternoon meltemi wind that Rhodes is famous for. Beach gazebos are available at extra charge if you want shade with a bit of ceremony, and the water sports centre on the sand runs motorized sports (jet ski, flyboard) as paid extras alongside included beach volleyball.

The beach also functions as a departure point: Faliraki harbour, 4 km away, is where the day boats to Lindos, Symi and the Antony Quinn / Ladiko / Afandou bays leave from.

Pools

Four bodies of water, and the distinctions matter:

• Main outdoor pool — freshwater, over 150 m², the social center of the resort, with the pool bar attached.
• Adults-only outdoor pool — freshwater, heated in low season. This is the quiet one, and it is the reason couples don’t feel outnumbered.
• Children’s pool — freshwater, heated in low season, open 08:00 to 20:00, with kids’ waterslides.
• Indoor pool — heated, and here is the catch: it is adults-only and carries an additional charge, as does the indoor heated whirlpool. For a resort selling a 24-hour ultra all-inclusive, charging for the indoor pool is the single oddest line in the fine print, and it is worth knowing on a shoulder-season booking when the weather turns.

Activities and Entertainment

Daytime

Alila runs three separate multilingual recreation teams — one for sports, one for events, one for kids — which is more staffing than most resorts this size commit to. Daytime activity is fitness-with-fun: aqua gym, beach volleyball, water sports, table tennis, darts. The padel court is free of charge (reservation required), which is unusual and genuinely good; so is the gym. Cycling service is available, and horse riding, scuba diving and boat rental can be arranged nearby at extra cost.

The one to watch is the games area — air hockey, billiards, pool table, arcade — which is charged extra. On a windy Rhodes afternoon with teenagers, that adds up.

Evening

Live music every evening on the Night Bar stage, professional DJs on rotation, dancing shows, cocktail nights, magician nights, special international theme days and local community events. It is polished resort entertainment rather than anything edgy, and it winds down properly at the Night Bar, which serves until 2am.

If you want the other kind of night out, Faliraki’s bar strip is 4 km down the road — close enough for a taxi, far enough that none of it reaches your balcony.

Kids

There is a dedicated kids’ recreation team (Mitsis does not publish a branded club name for Alila), a playground, the heated children’s pool with waterslides, and a full set of infant facilities on request: cot, high chair, baby bath, baby monitor, bottle warmer, changing pillow, buggy, and high chairs in the restaurants. Babysitting is bookable at extra charge. For a broader comparison of what family resorts get right and wrong, see our best all-inclusive resorts for families guide.

Spa and Wellness

“My Spa” is Alila’s wellness centre, and it operates on an additional-charge basis. The facilities list is unusually deep for a Greek beach resort: hammam, sauna, salt room, ice fountain, lifestyle shower, indoor heated whirlpool and the indoor pool, plus body and facial treatments using Ligne St. Barth, Phytomer and Born Majesty products. Treatments run from a Hydra Beauty facial to multi-stage journeys combining hydrotherapy pool time, exfoliation, full-body massage and mini facial, and there is even a sleep-focused programme built around pranayama breathing and sound healing. Manicure, pedicure and hairdressing are on site.

The gym is free. Everything else in the spa, including the indoor pool, is billed — and, again, restricted to adults.

What’s Included vs Extra

Included in the rate	Costs extra
24-hour ultra all-inclusive food service	Indoor pool and indoor heated whirlpool (adults only)
All 13 dining outlets, incl. 3 à la carte restaurants	Extra à la carte visits beyond one per restaurant per week
Adults-only Ouzeri brunch (08:30-11:30)	Spa treatments, hammam, sauna, salt room, hairdresser
All six bars, incl. Wine Bar and Champagne Bar	Games area (billiards, air hockey, arcade)
Branded international spirits at the bars	Motorized water sports, scuba diving, boat rental
Buffet drinks: beer, wine, soft drinks, water, juices	Beach gazebos, nests, private lounge beds, daybeds for two
Main, adults-only and children’s outdoor pools	Babysitting, laundry, late check-out
Kids’ waterslides, playground, kids’ recreation team	Excursions, private tours, scooter/quad/buggy rental
Gym, padel court, beach volleyball, table tennis, darts	Candlelit dinners, floating trays, personal training
Daily and nightly entertainment, live band, DJs	Airport transfer (unless booked direct — see below)
Sunbeds and umbrellas on the beach and at the pools	City tax, payable locally

Two things to note. First, book direct on mitsis.com and the return Rhodes airport transfer — worth at least €90 — is free. That is a real saving against OTA rates and it is exclusive to direct bookings. Second, the à la carte restaurants require reservations and enforce an island-chic dress code at dinner: no beachwear, no swimwear. On tipping, Greek resorts are relaxed and service is included; our all-inclusive tipping guide covers what is actually customary.

Pricing and How to Book

Alila is a seasonal resort — it operates through the Greek summer and closes over winter. Mitsis publishes its 2026 seven-night packages for travel between 11 June and 31 October, which is a good proxy for the core season; confirm exact opening and closing dates for the shoulder months before you book flights.

Season	Typical nightly rate (2 adults, all-inclusive)	Notes
Late April – May	$210-260	Cheapest, pools heated, sea still cool
June	$250-310	The sweet spot — hot, not yet peak-priced
July – August	$320-450	Peak. School holidays, full occupancy, à la carte hardest to book
September	$260-330	Warmest sea of the year, thinner crowds
October	$210-270	Excellent value; some outlets reduce hours late in the month

Rates change with season and availability — confirm the current rate and exactly what’s included before you book.

Best time to book

For July and August, book by January. Alila is a staple of the UK and German summer programmes and the sea-view categories go first. For June and September — the two best months on the island by a distance — you can usually book three to four months out and still get a Junior Suite. Our guide to the best time to visit Greece for all-inclusive breaks the season down month by month.

Where to book

Compare the direct rate on mitsis.com against the OTAs, and factor in the free return airport transfer, which is a direct-only perk worth at least €90 per booking. The seven-night Honeymoon, Couple’s Getaway and Family Escapes packages — all direct-only — bundle that transfer with a welcome offer, premium room types and one extra à la carte dinner, which is the cleanest way around the once-per-week restaurant cap.

Compared to Nearby Resorts

Lindos Grand Resort & Spa is the adults-only alternative on the other side of the island, above Vlicha Bay near Lindos. It is the more romantic address — dramatic bay, no children anywhere, a stronger fine-dining offer — and it prices accordingly, from around $260. Choose Lindos Grand if you are a couple who wants scenery and silence. Choose Alila if you want more restaurants, a flatter walk to the sand and a better airport run.

Ella Elissa, formerly Aldemar Paradise Village sits on the west coast near Ialyssos, with a private beach, a Michelin-chef dining programme and a wine cellar, from around $223. It is the food-first option and a strong family resort in its own right. The trade-off is the west coast: breezier, better for windsurfing, less good for lazy swimming. Alila’s east-coast position is calmer more days than not.

Against both, Alila’s edge is the genuine 24-hour service and the sheer number of eating options. Its weakness is that it is the biggest of the three and feels it in August. For the full island picture, see our best all-inclusive resorts in Greece guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mitsis Alila adults-only?

No. This is a persistent misconception, and some listings still get it wrong. Mitsis Selection Alila is a family resort with family rooms, family suites, a children’s pool with waterslides, a playground, infant facilities and babysitting. What it does have is a set of adults-only spaces inside the resort: a separate outdoor pool, the Wine Bar, the Champagne Bar, the Ouzeri brunch, and the indoor pool and whirlpool. If you want a truly child-free week in Rhodes, book Lindos Grand instead.

Is Mitsis Alila genuinely all-inclusive?

Yes — and unusually so. Mitsis sells Alila on a 24-hour ultra all-inclusive basis, included in the room rate rather than as an optional package. Food and drink service runs around the clock, all thirteen outlets are covered, all six bars including the Wine Bar and Champagne Bar are included, and branded international spirits are poured at the bars. The exceptions are the indoor pool and whirlpool, spa treatments, the games area and motorized water sports, all of which are charged.

How far is the resort from Rhodes airport and Rhodes Town?

Rhodes International Airport “Diagoras” is 20 km away — a straightforward drive of roughly 30 minutes. Rhodes Town is 8 km, the port is 9 km, and Faliraki centre is 4 km. Book direct with Mitsis and the return airport transfer, worth at least €90, is included free.

Do I have to pay extra to eat at the à la carte restaurants?

No, but there is a limit. Ellinadiko (Greek), the Italian and the Pan-Asian are all included, as is the adults-only Ouzeri brunch — but each venue can only be reserved once per week of stay, and reservations are required and subject to availability. On a seven-night stay that means three included à la carte dinners. Junior Suite guests get priority bookings, and the direct-booking Honeymoon, Couple’s Getaway and Family Escapes packages each add one extra à la carte dinner.

What is the dress code?

Island chic at dinner in all restaurants — no beachwear, no swimwear. During the day it is a normal beach resort. It is not a jacket-and-tie property, but pack one collared shirt or a summer dress per person for the à la carte evenings.

When is Mitsis Alila open?

It is a seasonal Greek resort that closes over winter. Mitsis publishes its 2026 seven-night packages for travel between 11 June and 31 October, and the resort typically operates from spring through late October. Confirm the exact opening and closing dates directly with the hotel before booking shoulder-season flights, because they move year to year.

Final Verdict: 8.3 out of 10

Mitsis Selection Alila is the safest big-resort booking on the Faliraki coast, and the 24-hour ultra all-inclusive plan is not marketing language — it is a real service level that very few Greek hotels actually deliver. Thirteen eating outlets across 313 rooms, three included à la carte restaurants, an adults-only pool and two adults-only bars inside a family hotel, a free padel court, a beachfront position 20 km from the airport, and a free return transfer if you book direct: that is a lot of holiday for $210-380 a night.

It loses points for a specific and irritating set of exclusions. Charging extra for the indoor pool — and restricting it to adults — in a resort marketed as “ultra all-inclusive” is hard to defend, and it bites exactly when you need it most, on a wet or windy shoulder-season day. Capping each à la carte restaurant at one visit per week is standard for the Greek market but still means four buffet dinners out of seven. And the 4 km gap to Faliraki means this is a stay-put holiday whether you planned one or not.

Book it if you want a full-service beach week with genuine dining variety, you are travelling as a family or as a couple who doesn’t mind children being around, and you value being 20 minutes from the airport and 8 km from Rhodes Old Town. Skip it if you want adults-only, walkable nightlife, or an indoor pool you don’t have to pay for. Start with our Rhodes resort comparison and the wider Greece all-inclusive hub to see how it stacks up against the island’s other options.