Royal Asarlik Beach

Its a lovely place to stay. We had a nice room with a beautiful view! The restaurant is on the top floor and has a perfect panoramic view. There was plenty of choice at the buffet. Gluten-free options was no problem. If you want something different, you can make a reservation at the à la cart restaurant. The hotel is centrally located and if you want to go to bodrum you can take easly the taxi. A special thank you for Ekin and chef Ibrahim.

We have just returned from 10 days here. We booked this as a last minute panic after the collapse of Thomas Cook and the loss of our original holiday and based our rushed choice of hotel on just the good reviews, perhaps in hindsight not the wisest move!! I would echo other reviews stating it's not a 5 star hotel and probably just scrapes a 3 star! The hotel is worn and tired and definitely in need of refurbishment and upgrade. We were allocated a garden view room on the ground floor. The room was clean when we arrived but obviously worn with wallpaper hanging off walls, paint flaking off the wall in the bathroom, a shower that flooded the bathroom on use and a couple of blown light bulbs that were not replaced during our stay. We didn;t use the safe as it was 'freestanding' and could've been carried away under your arm! In the 10 days we stayed, the houskeeping/cleaning was missed 3 times, twice in a row during the second week and we had to ask twice at reception for clean towels and toilet rolls. What other cleaning was carried out was quite poor and didn't make a lot of difference! The all-inclusive food was OK. Yes, it was very samey most days but there was enough to have a different main meal each day and the selection of desserts was good. The choice of alcohol available was limited to local spirits and one type of beer (Efes). Soft drinks and bottled water was readily available. Because we stayed towards the end of the season all the A-la-carte restaurants were shut. The pool areas were good and loungers were plentiful but I think that was mainly to do with our visit being towards the end of the season (they shut for the winter two days after we left!). The staff numbers dwindled daily and those left looked as tired as the hotel!!! All in all I wouldn't return here unless the hotel had a major overhaul and update during the closed season. The only saving grace for us during our stay was a couple of the very friendly barmen, Ihsan and Barras, at the Green Bar.

We’re laid around the pool as I write this.....& it seems like every member of staff is packing away for the end of season!! They are back & forth in front of us carrying/dragging all the sun loungers etc to put away. We feel as if we are in the way & shouldn’t be here, surely this could of all waited until the hotel is actually empty!! The food is not very good quality & everything is cold & the a la carte restaurants were all closed when we arrived. There is no entertainment or pool activities only the marina bar on a night with a DJ that likes to blast out the same tunes over & over! The hotel itself is a bit of a strange layout with the relaxing pool set apart from the hotel with private accommodation in between but when you do find it there are 2 small pools but it is quite nice. On a plus side the staff are friendly & the Turkish spa is worth a visit. I understand that the season is closing but surely the hotel has a responsibility to all guests whatever time of year they stay to make their holiday as enjoyable as possible! I’m sorry to say but I would not recommend this hotel & we feel as if we’ve been short changed!