Paloma Orenda

Fantastic holiday of 13 nights at the orenda. I previously stayed at the barut acanthus and cennet so was worried there would be a drop in quality but no! Everything was fantastic! Check in was simple and quick, with us being taken to our room by golf cart. We had a late arrival so went straight to bed. In the morning when I opened the curtains, well, wow! What a view! I had booked a garden view but got an amazing sea view room 1 min walk to the pool or beach. Facilities are great with archery, golf, darts and the aquapark to name a few. Animation were fantastic but special mention goes to Ismail who honestly made our holiday. So friendly and an absolute asset to Paloma hotels. Always friendly as was the whole animation team! Food was a worry I had after being used to barut hotels but it was honestly great. The a la carte, we used the quentine and wabi sabi were excellent. Quentine slightly edged ahead and we decided to visit it twice. The buffet was plentiful with lots of choice and always plenty of seating available. Waiters were very attentive. We usually ate at the beach bar for lunch which did great food, especially the pizzas. Drinks were really good quality. Thoroughly recommend the lavender berry, strawberry daiquiris and margaritas. Service from ferman was excellent too. The guy never stops working! The waterpark is incredible. If waterparks are your thing this is the hotel for you! The waterpark, pools and beach always had loungers available so no sunbed wars. It was my 40th birthday whilst there and the hotel was kind enough to send some gifts to the room. Really nice touch. All in all a wonderful stay and I would be happy to return.

We absolutely loved our stay at this hotel. There was A LOT of positives which I will list below: - hotel is exceptionally clean. The pool toilets were cleaned hourly and I was so impressed by the overall cleanliness. Similarly, the buffet was very clean and staff were very quick to clean plates away. - staff are friendly and very polite and attentive. There was a guy at the bistro who was amazing every single day. - animation team were friendly and lots of good activities put in everyday - rooms were lovely. Comfortable bed and very well presented - food is lovely. Something for everyone. Particularly liked the omelette station at breakfast. - lots to do nearby. We went down to Side Old Town to have a look at all the shops. This was honestly one of the best holidays we have ever been on and I can’t fault the hotel. However, in order to give an honest review I have to mention that we had £40 and €60 stolen from our bags in our room on the first day. My partner had stupidly left his bag on the table which was zipped up whilst we popped out. When we came back the bag had moved and money was gone. We hadn’t spent any money at this point so it was very obvious what had happened. We raised this with the management who came to our room and checked the key card access which showed only the maid and the mini bar staff had entered the room. They offered us free parasailing and free cabana for two days. We were accepting of this offer as we had planned to spend the stolen money on parasailing anyway. Lesson learnt - definitely use the safe or lock items away in your suitcase to avoid this. This experience was a shame as we absolutely loved the rest of the holiday. It was very unsettling to have money stolen but the hotel dealt with this well and amazingly this did not ruin the holiday.

Always go to Turkey every September for our last holiday. We are very picky with hotels and this one caught our eye. On arrival the hotel is very modern as you come into the grounds well kept ect. Friendly reception staff who told us everything about the hotel, then we went straight to the Bisto bar (24hrs food and drink) we arrived at 2:30am and ordered 2 hot sandwiches both were freshly cooked! Our room was better than we expected clean and modern cleaners do an excellent job! Overall our stay was faultless staff are all friendly and helpful even down to the cleaners who shook my hand before leaving and said good bye (never spoke to him)! Drinks are all decent and the blokes that run the swim up bar are friendly and a good laugh! Be warned they will double up your drinks when you get friendly . Also having access to the water park next door is a bonus. Evening entertainment is decent, live DJ down at the beach bar and entertainment at the theatre by the restaurant. Overall I would give this hotel a 9/10! One improvement would be the restaurant adding a kids section and also more for breakfast like turkey rashes ect like other hotels. Thanks again for a lovely holiday

We are s family of 4 (two teenage boys) just returned from what can only be described as a luxurious, relaxing sun filled holiday with amazing food, cocktails and drinks and the best service. Spotless modern rooms and beautiful grounds with plenty to do if you wish. Although hot weather, plenty of places to ‘cool ‘ down. We loved the ‘cool’ Bistro for cocktails in the evening – with professional, attentive, and genuine warmth from Merdan and Cemre who couldnt do enough for us all. We felt like Kings and Queens in their service – so thank you so much for all that you did for us. Also to Serhat in the main restaurant who again went ‘above and beyond’ in taking our dinner experience special and to Mehmet Ali for his friendly professional and attentive service at the amazing Beach Bar - one of our favorite places and always a warm smile with exceptional professionalism and super tasty food. The water park was fabulous and the entertainment / water polo and the evening shows was the highlights for our family. We believe we have finally managed to say ‘thank you’ in Turkish ( although we did get two Coke’s a few times in our pronunciation attempts of the word!) Diolch

What a superb hotel! Clean, classy, well designed with a lovely pool and excellent food. We had a great 10 day holiday here and having been to Turkey plenty of times in the past would put this hotel right at the top and thoroughly recommend it esp for families. Special mention to Katherin in guest relations who ensured our stay went smoothly, they really put the effort in to ensure you enjoy your holiday with them. Thank you and hope to come back one day!

Just had 2 weeks here at the start of July…..Wow, this is the cleanest, friendliest, well organised hotel we have stayed at. We thought that it was nice that the hotel had 10 blocks that were only 2 floors instead of other hotels that have many floors which look very big! The grounds were very well looked after and the hotel buildings looked modern. The pool was very clean and the sunbeds at the beach and pool were cleaned and swept by “mr sweepy” who was very friendly. We also found that it was easy to reserve a sunbed as were able to lie in as you should be able to in holiday… and many were still free to claim all day in the beach. However only thing that I thought was a disappointment was that the beach cabanas were so expensive(85€ a day)! They were mostly empty so perhaps a reduction in price would see a change in this and then this would give this beach area a real ‘vibe’! This meant that we didn’t reserve one but we still had a great time without it as we reserved s pool double bed at just 10€. The bistro bar was a great place to sit and cool down and have lovely drinks. Murdan in the bistro is so friendly and is a credit to your hotel! The A la carte restaurants were also very tasty but we found that WabiSabi was another level! The food was presented so well and it tasted sensational! Eyyup the waiter and his team were very friendly and the sushi was fab. Curio restaurant spoilt my daughter with a lovely birthday cake Each A la carte restaurants can be booked once a week. Big shout out to Negla the restaurant cleaner!… always smiling! The customer relations staff were very helpful , Kathrin especially. Thanks for a great holiday x