Hotel in zona Emirhan Sport Center, Ilica Mahallesi

This is a 2-3* hotel at best. Slightly better than travelodge. Aircon only working in the lobby and the rest of the hotel was really hot. We managed with the aircon in the room just. Shower hook was broken. Water filled up daily. Breakfast was poor. As other reviews, it was cheese, kids cereals and not much else. We ate lunch on the beach which as o.k on certain days. All the same pretty much. Lady who makes the savoury pancakes every day was great. They ran out of beer on a couple of days and the soft drinks machine broke down. Saw turtles from the bridge, so good place to swim. Changing and showers very basic. Shower barely working. Guests were mainly German, but the whole of Side is catered for Germans who have migrated from the French and Italian riviera. All the shop keepers speak to you in German. Bargain hard..don't be afraid to offend... Couple of mins on the golf buggy, which was fine. Dinner was the same pretty much every night and very average on most days. Staff were fine with us, but you could sense most were not into it. Good location for travel. Buses are wonderful. Just outside the door and arrive in a couple of minutes. 25TL to Side and Manavgat. Did the mixed tour which was well worthwhile. Side at night was just too busy. Would not return to this hotel, but if you are on a tight budget and out of mid summer, it could be o.k. take nibbles to the airport on return as they charge a fortune. 13Euro for a burger and 8 Euro for crisps. Luckily we did.

This was our second time visiting Türkiye, having previously been in October 2015. This time we went with our 6 year old son his first holiday abroad. We arrived at the hotel at approximately 2pm we were greeted by a very friendly reception team, unfortunately can’t recall any of their names but they were all very friendly and welcoming. We was provided our wrist bands and told to go and grab lunch while they dealt with checkin which we thought was a nice touch. We had a quick look but decided we weren’t all that hungry having eaten on the plane. We returned to reception where our room cards and towel cards were ready for us. We had a room on the ground floor (4108). It was relatively quiet and tucked out the way which was nice. The room could have done with a little lick of paint maybe. But otherwise in good order. The housekeeping team were amazing always keeping the room clean and restocking the inclusive mini bar (soft drinks). We had a very big double bed and a single ‘put up’ bed for our 6 year old. All comfortable. My only real criticism would be the air con which was locked to 24 degrees. Having said that we never felt the need to raise it with reception so couldn’t have been to bed. All the team here, from waiting staff to bar staff couldn’t do enough for you all very friendly and helpful. I’ve seen some comments about the English not receiving good service, I’m not sure how people can come to that conclusion. You have to remember you’re in a foreign country where the native language obviously isn’t English. Perhaps make some effort to learn some basic Turkish instead of criticising the staff for not speaking perfect English. I want to give a special shout out to Ercan from the outside bar who was always exceptional in service and chats. Anther shout out to Sahadet from the inside bar again she was always exceptionally friendly and welcoming. Both of them made the best cocktails and deserve special mention a bonus for their service. Onto the waiting staff although all of them were exceptional a special mention must go to the very tall guy with glasses and his catchphrase‘you’re welcome’. I’m so sorry I didn’t make a note of your name. The food was always of good quality and an exceptional amount of choice each day. All cooked to good quality and plenty of it. It must be good as we’ve booked to come back next year.