Kinga Roberts
I recently stayed at this hotel and had an overall pleasant experience.
Pros:
- The hotel is clean and boasts a large outdoor swimming pool.
- The pool is advertised as heated, which led me to expect a warm dip, but I was disappointed to find it quite cold.
- The hotel has direct access to a sandy and clean beach, perfect for relaxing by the sea.
- There is a bus stop conveniently located next to the hotel, making it easy to explore the nearby old town and Manavgat.
- The hotel features three amazing restaurants, each offering delicious food.
Cons:
- The heated pool was colder than expected.
Overall, I would recommend this hotel for its cleanliness, beach access, convenient location, and excellent dining options.
Milan Milicevic
Side Star Resort Hotel – Vacation at the Beginning of May
For anyone wondering – it’s more than pleasant this time of year. The water can be a bit chilly, but with temperatures around 24°C and plenty of sunshine, it's very enjoyable to be outside. The temperature difference between sea water and outside is minimal so you will not be cold :).
Hotel
Let’s start with the room. You’ll find everything you need: a comfortable bed, toiletries, and a minibar that is, of course, free of charge and replenished daily. The minibar is much better stocked than what we’re used to in other all-inclusive hotels (in Turkey or Egypt).
The room is cleaned daily and is always spotless.
The only downside is that the storage space (closet) is a bit limited.
Food
Fresh and plentiful – there's something for every taste. Breakfast does repeat somewhat, but there's enough variety, including a good selection of fruit and pastries for each meal.
Dinner is mostly themed (by country), but also includes many classic dishes that appeal to everyone.
We didn’t eat lunch at the main restaurant, but rather at the beach and pool bars – and it was excellent.
Pool & Beach
The pool looks nice and clean, although we didn’t use it.
The walk to the beach isn’t long – you go through a beautiful garden and enjoy a sea view while going down the slope.
The beach is sandy with some small rocks at the entry, but overall it’s clean, spacious, and very pleasant.
While the sunbeds are a bit closer together than we’d prefer, the beach was always half-empty during our stay, so we could choose our spot freely.
Bars & Drinks
The beach bar doesn’t serve cocktails, but it does offer soft drinks, beer, coffee, as well as food and sweets during lunchtime.
Efendy Bar serves all kinds of drinks, including a variety of cocktails, cold coffees, and Turkish coffee.
The staff is super friendly – many of them even learned our drink preferences and had them ready when they saw us approaching.
Entertainment
The live acoustic evening was perfect, and the orange party was a lot of fun.
All in all, it’s everything you’d expect from a 5-star all-inclusive hotel.
Krzysztof Nowak
It is sad that the German community is treated much better here than the other guests of this hotel. This could be seen after a week's stay in this hotel. I don't know why this is happening. Not to mention how badly the Germans can't behave. Their culture leaves much to be desired. I am not a xenophobe, I am just expressing my opinion. Because if someone, for example, in the lobby takes off their socks and puts their feet on the table, it is not normal and is even sad. While other tables wait for 20 minutes for a waiter to come over, the table with the Germans is served immediately. The hotel itself is not bad, it has a wonderful location on the Mediterranean Sea, although I was very disgusted by the fact that I described above.
Stephanie Kelly
Food absolutely shocking, cold, tasteless.
Entertainment pretty much non existent or poor, as evening shows last approx an hour and thats it done.
There is a disco which they dont promote, so when we went there were 4 other people in it.
Poolside ... music so low could hardly hear it, and on 2 or 3 hrs a day.
Asked staff why .... reply was the Toffs complain so management said very little music to be on.
Staff lovely, hotel lovely, but 14 days of awful awful food and entertainment ruined our holiday.
Waited a full year to go and was desperate to get home after a few days, never felt so trapped on a holiday, ever.
Jonathan Nixon
Lovely hotel, excellent food and good service. The hotel is spotlessly clean with good sized rooms. We had meals in all three bookable restaurants which were fabulous, food was excellent and the staff were great. Good choice of drinks with a range of premium spirits. In April, the evenings can be a little chilly, the hotel should invest in some patio heaters so more guests can sit outside in the evening. To summarise, a great hotel in a good location which we have booked again for next Easter already. 5 ⭐
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