LARA BARUT COLLECTION

This was our 9th stay at this hotel. A wonderful family holiday for us, celebrating many years of marriage. Special thanks to Amigo in the Animation Team at the archery. He was fantastic - great teacher, good fun, very patient and very good at interacting with the guests. A mention also to Pescan who remembered me from our visit here last year and also to Sultan in the main restaurant who is excellent and always smiling. We had a day in a pavillion and Nusrat who was an excellent host. Finally, to Selvar in reception who was especially welcoming and professional. The food was a amazing, clean facilities, great housekeeping, good entertainment as always, and almost without exception, all of the staff we met were welcoming and smiling! Although it's full of useful information about what's on etc, the only slight disappointment was the Barut Lara app when trying to book a la carte restaurants. We'll be back again for our 10th visit one day!

I come to this hotel every time I go away. I absolutely love it. I love the people and how welcoming they are. Guest relations go above and beyond to help you. The receptionists are great the fact they recognised we are returning guests was nice 😊 and asked if there was anything we needed. The bellboy’s are fantastic and helpful. In the restaurant fantastic so pleasant, my little girl burnt herself and the lad behind the bar in the restaurant got her some ice Another occasion we came again in October and it was chilly in the evening. One of the bar staff offered my 9 year old his jacket. How lovely is that !! My kids love it here, it’s our home from home and we feel safe here. All of you need a mention in guest relations who you what’s app for anything. I mostly spoken to yadigar thank you 🙏 I will say this time we stayed in the swim up rooms we usually stay in the main hotel. Never had an issue before. My 6 and 9 year old are very well behaved just normal children. The morning after we go there in the afternoon we was sat outside. This was 3.30 pm ish or after and we had been outside for 20 minutes and the neighbour stood and popped her head over my balcony and asked could we keep it down. Shocked was understatement we wasn’t loud. Kids was playing we was in the water of course a swim up room !! Kids play in water unfortunately and laugh. I said we are quiet she said oh do you 💭 think I said yes we are. I asked did she have a baby sleeping. Then I’d of understood of course. She said no we are on holiday. I said so are we and my kids will play. That’s not good. Not the hotels fault but it made me paranoid and was telling the kids to not play !! Another time kids laughing and playing someone sunbathing in the lagoon area not in her room. Told the kids to be quiet 🤫 my son was crying this is dreadful in my eyes. I know reading this you may think her kids just have been loud. I promise you they wasn’t and just playing. I think in the swim ups your expected to be quiet as it’s not like the main pool area. It ruined my experience on egg shells. Paying extra for a swim up room and to be told to be quiet is not nice. We have never had this in the main area. But I love this place because of the staff and the way they all treat you thank You 🙏

My wife and I had the best time at Lara Barut. Not sure where to start because it was all perfect. The staff are all so friendly. Everywhere is so clean and tidy. The grounds are so well kept there were always staff tidying and keeping everywhere clean. We did a walk every morning after breakfast up to the beach and it was so quiet and peaceful. We had a swim up room on the lagoon and we were so lucky we got a corner room so the decking offered a little more privacy. Although all the swim up rooms looked great. When it came to booking a swim up room we couldn’t decide between the lagoon and a garden ones. But we felt we made the right choice when there as the lagoon is more private whereas some of the garden ones face the main building and pool. The lagoon pool wasn’t heated and it was freezing 😂 but we didn’t mind that as one of the main pools and indoor pool where both heated at this time of year (9th Nov). The water slides were all open and good fun. As it’s kind of off season some of the restaurants were closed, but there were still plenty to choose from. Although I’d ask on check in how to book the a la cartes as we were a bit slow so only managed to book for a few nights of our stay. But it didn’t matter as the buffet is really nice, the food is good, staff are great and they had a different theme for each night. (Italian, Asian, international, etc) A special thanks to Anna and Alper :) I was unable to make one reservation and they helped me to rebook on another day. They were both so helpful. And I apologise as we didn’t get her name. But the waitress who works on the pool bar and delivers the drinks on roller blades is brilliant. We saw her every day and she was always so happy and chatty. I would definitely recommend staying here! We will definitely be going back! :)

Amazing hotel, fantastic weather at end of October. Everything was spot on food, drinks, entertainment, pools and staff. We had so much fun all day thanks to Pekcan, Sultan, Amigo and all other Animation team. Great buffet restaurant, amazing choice. We did try a few of the a la carte restaurants and they didn't disappoint! We'll be back

I have stayed at the Akra Barut and Hemera Barut previously and loved both. The Lara Barut has been on my list for a while and I got a great deal with Jet2 this year. It’s usually very easy for me to find fault in hotels but the Lara Barut made it hard. They have managed to almost perfect the concept of luxury, tranquility and opulence. I stayed from 8-15th November with my elderly parents. We shared a garden facing room and I had exchanged emails with Burak from reception regarding the type of room I required. Quiet, private balcony, upper floor and he managed to locate me perfectly. All the hotels I have been to in Türkiye (and I have come twice a year for the past 6 years) are booming with music (except for the Akra Barut, now Akra Hotel). The Lara Barut is another exception. It is the perfect place to take elderly parents and young children as there seems to be no rowdy, drunk crowd. The grounds are HUGE and it feels the hotel is set in a park which has been maintained immaculately. The staff maintain the luxury theme by always greeting you and making sure every request my is never too much trouble. The food is varied and they have a different theme most nights. The ala carte restaurants, of which there are about 7 or more are all inclusive in the room price but we chose to eat at the buffet due to the vast choice available. This is the only hotel which served sujuk, halloumi and baked beans for breakfast everyday. They have a bakery on site and the simit and pastries are delectable. The best bits were the hand made viral Dubai choc which were served the first night we got there, and the beetroot cake served every morning. Again the only hotel which also includes freshly squeezed orange juice with breakfast free. The tap water is drinkable (although as precaution I wouldn’t). You get a free beach bag, you can have a yoga mat etc ordered to the room, there is a shuttle service from the hotel to the beach regularly or it’s a 5 mins walk through the gardens. The cleaning ladies are joyful and the mini bar guys love to chat with you. The only suggestions I would have is even though they have tried their hardest to separate the smoking and non smoking dining areas…the smoke still ruins the dining experience in certain outside dining areas. Also if you have a smoker on the balcony in a room near you…it can flood your room as ours was one day and we were woken up with clogged throats as our balcony window was open. Last one…more choc and nuts in the mini bar and start to provide non boycott list drinks. I haven’t actually asked but if they sorted the smoking issue out and also had a daily shuttle to and fro antalya city centre…I think you could call this the perfect hotel. On that note please do not ever hail a taxi outside the hotel. I was told by one it’s fixed price 1200TL one way when Uber told me it’s 700TL max. Take an Uber as they use the meter and Uber tells you how much it will roughly cost beforehand. Obviously MUCH cheaper to get a bus which is available outside the hotel. I used the Roamless app for data and it’s brilliant. The Akra and Barut chains for me are the best so far in Türkiye.