Myself and my girlfriend stayed here in September for 4 nights during a two week trip to Crete and had an amazing time, if you're looking for a nice quiet get away from the busy cities this is it! The apartment was very clean and modern with a well furnished kitchen including a Nescafe coffee machine, panini grill, kettle, fridge, microwave etc.
We made sure to make good use of the large front terrace with a great view of the large hill at the end of the beach (great view at sunset here if you walk along the cliff to two large coves that look out to the beach).
There's lots to do in Plakias if you're the outdoors sort including hiking trails, a great snorkeling spot where we saw lots of fish and of course the beach. we also made use of the three pools inside the resort which were vary rarely busy but this may well be season dependent.
We had a choice of supermarkets a few minutes walk from us to make our own food or a selection of restaurants right by us as well.
Overall i would highly recommend staying here. The host was very friendly and accommodating, even picking us up from the bus stop on our first day to check in.