ADALYA ART SIDE HOTEL

This was our second stay at The Adalya and it was just as brilliant as the first time if not better. I’ll always do an honest review, please go back through to last year and read the previous one if you wish! Check in was easy- front of house staff are amazing, nothing is ever too much trouble. Prior to our arrival I emailed and requested a room in the same area as last year - we arrived and this request was met - very impressed, thank you for being so accommodating! Room - spacious, clean and a room with a pool view - perfect! Cleaned daily, towels and bedding replaced daily and the maid was very helpful when our daughter was poorly (she swallowed too much sea water!No fault of the hotel!) mini bar topped up regularity and fresh bottled water always available in the room or around the hotel. Food - we always found something to eat in the buffet - there were various themes running through the week, the Chinese theme was delicious! The pool snack bar always had food available throughout the day, the pizza is delicious! We never made it down for breakfast but I have no doubt there would have been equally a good choice of food! We arrived after midnight and were able to find food in the buffet area to eat. We booked into the Italian restaurant during our stay, you can book one restaurant if staying for a 10 night stay and two restaurants for a 14 night stay. Let’s say the Italian food was not at all what I thought it would be BUT it turned out to be very tasty and went down well with all of us! Pool - yes, irritating as it was, the loungers were reserved at a ridiculous hour and often loungers not occupied for hours, this is often a standard holiday trait in most countries, irritating however when you have you lounger, go into the pool for a cool down and the staff decide to take your parasol to give to someone else…. Let’s say I chased him down and told him to return it!! The pool was cleaned every night, always immaculate around the pool area and it’s huge!! Plenty of space for everyone with their inflatables! The slapping of the pool noodles during aqua gym is annoying when you’re trying to relax but not half as annoying as the instructor blowing her whistle every second… no need!! Kids club/mini disco- we travelled with our six year old daughter, very shy and reserved…. Kids club staff were amazing, Michaela from Hydrotour, you were our very own super hero taking great care of Olivia and being able to communicate with her freely with English. We don’t speak Turkish or German so the language barrier with staff not speaking great English was always going to be there but the effort and care from the kids club staff was great! If I had to make a negative comment it would be the ‘boss’ of kids club… a little too bossy with the staff and definitely keen to show she was in charge! (Blonde hair, always on her phone, keen to dictate what everyone should be doing yet not taking part herself and always wearing something incredibly short and not overly practical in my opinion for kids club!) mini disco was great and enjoyed by all, the science show was also good. Entertainment - We never stayed to watch the entertainment after mini disco purely because the amphitheatre was so hot! I understand the shows were good however. Evening entertainment around the pool area… some live singers left a lot to be desired with their singing but maybe it just wasn’t our cup of tea! Beach area- beautiful!!! The sea was warm and clean - No complaints! Local area - we ventured down to the shopping area and felt able to look around confidently without being hassled! Yes you can haggle and if they don’t like your price just walk away, they’ll soon make you a new offer! Would we stay again for a third time? Absolutely! A special thanks to the front of house staff, buffet and bar staff for feeding us and keeping us well ‘hydrated’ and Kids club, mainly Michaela! You are all amazing!!

An 100% honest review for a 5 star rated hotel. This hotel is not for English. It is German centred from its food choices, the staff only speaking German, the difference in how staff treat German guests compared to other nationalities and the entertainment is all catered for Germans. The day time entertainment for children is only advertised for German children. The pool entertainment was not for children at all! However we saw German children taking part! The German children run around the lobby/ reception area at night and scream till their hearts content without any staff telling them to be considerate to sleeping guests. The shops inside the hotel have people coming around the sunbeds daily, bothering you and trying to sell their products. Their products are priced according to your nationality. The ‘professional’ photographers are the most UNprofessional business I have ever come across. One of the photographers would walk past us daily and make comments to our family. Insinuating my husband was cheating by saying “where is your man, I saw him go into someone else room”, he would then would past multiple times waving and winking at him saying “Daddy”. Very strange behaviour! We complained to him and his manager came over. His manager said “very sorry, he is young” he then went on to ask if I was jealous of the attention. So not so professional. We changed rooms after 2 nights as the scraping of chairs above us was relentless. Placing a family room underneath a noisy bar is a really bad design. A bird had pooed all over the balcony of our second room and it was not cleaned by the cleaners for 4 days. The food at times was inedible, the same, boring, bland food day after day, mostly catered for Germans! Very rude guests compromising of Germans and Turkish Germans, pushing past you and your children to get in and out of the lifts, for food, for drinks. 2 lifts in the main building is not enough. The shower goes from hot to cold in no time at all and is quite annoying when trying to shower a family of 5. The family room size is good, with a double bed and single bed in each with a connecting walk way and 2 balconies. Plenty of storage and a mini bar, that doesn’t stay very cold. 1 restaurant staff member was very good, very polite. Very helpful, and friendly! 1 staff member in 2 weeks. The buses outside the hotel are very handy, you can get to Manavgat and the market on a Monday and Thursday. The Novamall if you’re tired of the fake shops, Side is another short distance away and very easy to get to on the Evrenski buses. Over all 2 weeks is too long in this 2 star hotel. Where they got the other 3 stars from, we will never know.

Disappointed !! Air conditioning not working properly have to ask them to fix it every days because they’re refuse to change our room .room clean every day but not properly. Not stock up minibar and not make bed like it was on your first day. All the cushions been left on the floor they only changed bed and pillows cases. Some staff are friendly and some are rude!!! My 7 years old boy went to toilet and slipped on pool of water on the floor in toilet and banged his head , we reported to the hotel manager, all they’re said is take him to hospital , we took him to hospital and spent €1200 for the scan . come back to the hotel. Not even hear anyone say apologies or asking how he is . The food is ok . Don’t buy anything from shops at hotel they are rip off and rude if you not buy things from them . 90 % can’t speak English. My childrens didn’t join the activities because of the language, they’re just feel left out. We will not going back to this hotel again !!!!!

Lovely hotel, friendly staff especially Barman Deniz from the pool bar. Really nice and experienced. He is very polite and hard working lovely guy. He made the best drinks in the world. We love you Deniz ❤️🤗😍 Karolina, Kasia, Lidia and Kamil

Nice, clean hotel. Germancentric hotel. The staff tend to speak German and prioritise their German visitors. Food was decent but relatively repetitive. Facilties great and lots of amazing shopping near by. Definitely worth day tripping on the bus to Side Greek ruins. Some spot.