Imbat Hotel

Arived later than planned at hotel imbat, due to a delay with the flights. We walked up the path with the bell boy who was carrying our things. Everything looked promosing the garden was beautiful , the reception was very nice (the staff where very helpfull) and the scenery was gorgeous! then came the room. We went in to find there where only 2 beds there (there was 4 of us in 1 room). The beds had been said to have been deliverd before our arrival, but obviously not. With two children, being through delays and traveling was bad enough. We all needed a rest but that was hard with no beds. Next came a tiny woman (our cleaner, lovely lady) with two heavy zed beds on her own. So we obviously got up and helped her out. The room on a whole was ok but the bathroom could have been cleaner but hey, it was a holiday. We didnt spend much time in the room anyway. Thee pool was a deathtrap! umbrellas( with big metal stabalisers) falling, the most demented minded chap must have chosen the floor! it was so slippy i fell over atleast 6 times! I know what your thinking , monerr :-( but it was really dangerous. Some staff where so unbeliavably arrogant it was appalling but hey at least the weather was up to scratch and so much more :-) The restaurant was disgusting, not the food, no the bees and wasp and birds flying in your dinner. some people even let them :-o. we couldnt enjoy any meal without being bothred by the wasps. the birds are just as bad they like to sit in the food. Do you catch my drift yet about what we thought of the hotel. There was a few good things but... the sea gardan bar which is the most hospitable place ive ever been, the market which is on every wednesday. You need to get a taxi but tell them the market and dont use the meater, fix a price before you get in. we got there for 10 ytl ( £4) which is really good. Some taxis wanted 20 :-o.. One more thing if your looking for a social holiday this isnt one for you, no english speakin people at all apart from 1 little girl and her mum and a family of scotish people.if you want a peacefull 3 star you got it, its dirty, but its just that. i hope you have learned from this short recap on my holiday thankyou x

I had booked this hotel as it was advertised as a 5* All Inclusive. I was to be dissiapointed.We arrived there at mid morning, and walking into the reception i was already disapointed, in the receotion area lay a tatty, faded sofa, the reception looked like it had been there since the hotel was built which was well over 30 years ago. Positive thing the staff where fab, and helpful. The bell boy was great as well, good service. He showed us to the room, which again dissapointed me, the furniture, was old faded, chipped, scared. The t.v looked about 30 years old, the bedding was fadded, the carpets where frayed, the bathroom, was very old, but on the positive side it was clean and had a hairdryer, and little shower gels etc.Ok changed an down to the pool, no comaplints here, nothing special but clean, and somewhere to cool down. Plenty of sun beds. Lunch had finished so had snack, from snack bar. Normally in All Inclusive hotels they lay out chips, burgers, pasta etc on hot plates for you to help your self too, but here you ordered what you wanted, and most times you ended up waitin in a cue for them to be cooked etc, and the quality and choice was poor. Over all this was the food, at lunch, tea, breakfast, to quality was poor, and the choice for main meals was poor. If your a vegatarian, you'll be fine, they had plenty of salad stuff can't fault them on that, but i draw the line at 5 lots of hot veg, and only 1 or 2 hot plates of main corse. They had a gridle of meat, which most nights where ok, but some nights it was processed meat, not real meat. Breakfast, contained, salad stuff, eggs, omelate, and bread, bread and more bread. Which is fine for a 3* hotel but not 5*The alcohol is not like alcohol, it has no effect at all, not that i was going to get drunk, but atleast i enjoy that warm feeling it gives you, not here, i drank 5cocktails, 2lrg G&T's and 2 Irish Creams, an didn't even feel tipsy, or warm or anything. Same with the beer, it tasted like beer but no effect, i had one bottle of beer at a restaurant outside the hotel and i felt tipsy after finishin it, so gives you the idea, of the quality of the beer in the hotel. This hotel is not horrific, or disgusting, its just not a 5* its lke a 3* we made the most of it, and just excepeted we where on holiday, and we had a choice to go home or just try and enjoy our selves, but i would never go back, or recommened it to anyone else. So if you ain't booked yet, DON"T, or if you have booked, just don't have too high an expectation ;)

After reading the reviews that were available we booked for the Imbat what a mistake!! The food we were given was not cooked enough the chicken (of which there was a lot ) was still raw in the centre, the fish was the same and the salad was left open to the birds and flies, on the sweet table the birds used to sit pecking at the food. I personally ended up in hospital! Some of the waiters were rude, although in their defence they were understaffed and definitely overworked. Entertainment consisted of a Turkish Night once a week and a very loud disco which was over-run by children who were allowed to drink the wine and no-one stopped them. The sunbeds round the pool were always taken from about 5.30am.at times earlier, although there was a notice to say that towels would be removed if put on beds before 8.30am, the management did nothing to uphold this. I have been to a lot of all inclusive Holidays and this is the worst one i have ever had. I do not expect 5 star treatment from a 3 star hotel but i would only rate this as a 2 star. I can only say think twice before booking this hotel look at others first . Perhaps the guests that enjoyed the Imbat must have been staying at a different one to us.

We arrived about 05.30 and were welcomed with smiles from everyone. Our bags delivered, we opened the curtains of the air-conditioned room and stood on the balcony, to watch the sea gently lapping the shore of Ladies Beach and the sun about to rise. After a short sleep we had breakfast in the open-air restaurant with eggs being cooked to order. (for us 'Brits') We took in a Turkish Bath & Massage to get rid of the grime and ventured onto the beach which was only 50 steps away, found a sunbed of which there was ample, and roasted, dipping into the azure blue waters occasionally to cool down. We took lunch (& wine) in the 'Santi Beach Club' then continued with our sunbathing. A short stroll to Ladies Beach after dinner - taking in an 'Efes' in Sergents Bar relaxed us even more. We dropped into the Blue Bar for a nightcap where we met with 'like-minded' guests from many different countries. 'Imbat' is a short bus or taxi ride (take the bus - it's an experience 75p or 3 lira) from Kusadaki where you can buy genuine fake anything, but be prepared to haggle and if done in a nice way, with a smile, you can get some real bargains. Overall, our stay at 'Imbat' was wonderful and we will use our experience here as a 'Benchmark' for future holidays.

It's taken a while to get round to writing a review, but this review is mostly about our error of booking the last week of a hotel's season.... Part of the chance you take when you book a last minute holiday (in our case, the booking was made on the Wednesday for a Saturday departure) is not having enough time to find out about a particular destination. In this case, we knew that the third week of October was towards the end of the season in Turkey, but still pleasantly warm (temperature due to be in the early 20's). What we DIDN'T know was that it was the very end of the season for the Hotel Imbat. On arrival - early hours of the morning after a late evening flight - everything seemed and looked fine. The hotel itself was a very pleasant looking and well maintained building set in pretty grounds. Check-in was reasonably well organised for 3.30am, but our room (not huge, but clean and tidy) was only laid out to sleep 3 and not our family of 4. The concierge arrived only minutes later with our luggage and very quickly and efficiently organised the missing bed. Next morning brought to us that we had a lovely view over the sea and the pool area, a very nice surprise! We had booked the hotel as it is all-inclusive, partly because it's an easy way out with 2 children, and partly because the whole holiday had been done 'on a budget'. The dining area (only the main dining hall available at this point of the year) was comfortable and clean, and the waiting staff mostly very attentive and helpful. The food (at the beginning of our stay at least) was faultless - a good array of options, cooked fresh and most importantly served hot to avoid any tummy troubles. However, later in the week as various parties of different nationalities left and the hotel emptied out, 'recycling' became more and more evident. The all-inclusive is probably one of the most restricted I've ever come across in terms of alcohol - the options were beer, wine, raki or vodka. If your tipple is normally anything else, then you have to pay. The bar staff seemed to be very surly and unhelpful compared to the staff in the rest of the hotel. The pool area was, like the rest of the hotel, clean and reasonably well maintained (probably just showing the scars of a long hard season), with adequate numbers of sunbeds for the people who were left. I wouldn't like to visit when the hotel is at it's capacity, as there would be nowhere near enough! The sole downside was the hotel's resident 'animator' (whose name escapes me) - annoying doesn't describe the half of it. Boy, was there a loud cheer when a group of Germans had clearly had enough of him and chucked him fully clothed into the pool! There are a huge number of trips available around this very pretty and very historic part of the world, some of which are better value than others. We booked a trip to Ephesus (Greco-roman ruins) and a Jeep Safari up into the local mountains through a local travel firm about 200 yards away from the hotel. Very good value at less than half the price the rep wanted! We had been told partway through our stay that the hotel was closing for the season as we left. What we didn't realise was that it was LITERALLY as we left. On the last day, as we vacated various areas, chairs and tables were cleared away leaving few places to sit. It just made us feel very unwelcome and uncomfortable all of a sudden. All in all, the first half of the week would have earned a score of 4/5, but the last few days were only 2/5.

Sorry it's taken almost a year to write this review but i'm now in the process of booking to go back again in August. First experienced the Imbat in June 2005. I was travelling alone with my two teenage children and the staff were fantastic. Our room was newly decorated, spacious, bright and clean, not plush but certainly not STANDARD. The pool area was clean, well tended but had to be there early to get a sunbed. Entertainment by the pool during the day was very good involving children and adults. Drinks and food in abundance throughout the day with waitors so helpfull and friendly. Great variety of choice for the evening buffett and a fantastic view over the beach with the sun setting if you were lucky enought to be there at the right time, although at the beginning of June it was still a little chilly in the evenings. Evening entertainment was superb. Everything we could possibly have wished for in our holiday. Dont forget the watersports !!! We all loved it. I'm certain August will be just as memorial. Thank you Imbat. Ps. Just a small comment for any single parents thinking of taking their children. I was never alone. There were so many people alone with their children and everyone got along so well. Just wonderfull Lynn

Stayed here three times and i love it!! Really do!! Great family atmosphere!! Animation team are fantastic with the children!!! Food.. its good.. its always chicken but thats cos it cheap for them!! Staff... truely lovely!! hey Zafar you darlinG!! pool .. great... although the sunbed where taken alot..So i would advise more sunbeds!!! Entertainment.. at its best and the night club is excellent!!Air conditioned!!! I cant really put into words how much i personally love this hotel!!Its a shame we will not be going this year because of the bird flu!!But please try it!! Its great!! Familys with children.. students.. its for all ages!! Great place! Beach is small but its big enough!!!!! santi bar is great.. love the food there!! I like the way you sit over the sea on a night time!!! Really lovely and when you watch the sun go down as you eat your meal.. it soo romantic!! you can also see the whole of ladies beach!!! The animation team are great!!! They have entertainment for ALL the family.. day and night!! marina and ana your both darlings and dasha... keep texting me!! (if u ever read this i hope you know we love you to pieces) The pool dance is just great! Thats such a memory of your holiday!! Were a very picky family and well we love it here!!! Its a shame we wont be going due to the bird flu but please if that isn't putting you off.. GO TO IMBAT HOTEL!!YOU'LL LOVE IT!!! XAnadaX

This was BY FAR, THE worst hotel i have ever EVER stayed in. DO NOT GO, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS - we looked up the two reviews on trip advisor which said 'excellent' - as u can see, and decided to go. If you want a holiday from hell, this is the place to go. We wrote immediately a letter of complaint to the tour operator, and demanded compensation. We are not fussy people, and are young so not particularly demanding, but this was just out of order. I will list the problems we encountered: 1) air conditioning never worked, or at least in our room, despite changing rooms. Several older couples told us theirs was on 24 hours a day, which sounded incredibly suspicious seeing as the reception told us ALL units were broken and the electricity to them was not working?! The rooms had seperate units, they were not all part of one system, so obviously the hotel had lied to us, and decided to select which guests to put it on for, to save their bills. We had a week of very hot nights and no sleep. 2) The food IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. I dont know HOW the people who wrote the reviews below accepted it - the lunchtime menu is the worst, with burgers and pizza, all microwaved, with the burgers being one millimetre thick and u had to chew for hours, and so hard and obviously old. The pizza is a microwaved sqaure, plastic cheese and made my waitors who clear plates, stratch their heads and then put them in the microwave and on the plates with their hands. Dinner is better, but seriosuly mundane - plain wet rice with a bit of salad and fish which is chewy and with thousands of bones. We had to eat out EVERY night, as did the other couples we met, which meant we had to spend so much money. And in actual fact, only a few resturants we went to were better than the hotel food itself 3) the Drinks are awful - made with powder, and the coke which they claim is pepsi cant be becasue they make it with powder. The wine, even white, is kept in huge vats for weeks, and tastes like vinegar, - you cant drink it. The only drinks available during the day are water and squash made with powder 4) The staff are so seriously rude, uninformed and unhelpful, we asked to change rooms and had to ask 4 times before we got a response. When finally we asked to speak to the manager they seemed to deny all knowledge, shrug their shoulders and justsay 'i dont know'. how can ALL members of staff NOT KNOW where, who or when the manager was available??? Crazy. 5) I went with my boyfriend, and all through the stay I felt too uneasy to go up to the bar or walk round by myself, becasue the waitors and staff were too pervy. They stared at my breasts, stroked my stomach, blew me kisses when he wasnt watching, and i was disgusted. We reported this to the reception, but it continued til the last hour of our stay. 6) We paid for a return but it never turned up, apparently the hotel had cancelled by mistake - we had to pay an extra 100 lire to get travel independent from the hotel 7) Wrong information is constantly given out. On one night you are allowed to eat at the a la carte resturant, and on the infomation sheet you receive when you arrivem it says it is open from 8 -10pm. On the night we were supposed to go, I called up reception and said could we go down at 9. They said yes. We got their at 9, and the staff told us we were late, and said they were closed. We then went to the reception and complained that wed been given the wrong infomation on the sheet and on the phone, and the reponse was that the man leaned over the counter, and literally shouted in my boyfriends face. I wanted to cry, we had to walk away. We had to then pay again to eat out because the standard resturant had closed at 9. Yet more money spent becasue of the hotel defiencies. 8) The hassle you receive is ridiculous - as soon as u step outside the hotel (which u will need to every day), there are turks despereately trying to sell you something and they WILL NOT leave you alone. One of them literally physically dragged my boyfriend into his resturant by his arm, we got very angry as this is not acceptable. Please please everybody, DO NOT GO. It is rated 4 and a half star - HOW??!!! It is a horrible hotel, not very nice people, and the area around is seriously boring. I would only say if youve already booked just hire a car, we had to to get out, and we went to the national park which is really nice. Also went to ephessus which is beautiful but seriously overcrowded, so not really worth it. I would not reccomend turkey to anyone, but ESPECIALLY this hotel - the star ratings are different to england, i would say this would be a one star in england, NOWHERE NEAR AT ALL a four star. If you are going to turkey DO NOT STAY IN AN ALL INCLUSIVE, it is an absolute waste of money. I would reccomend hiring a car and getting a self catered apartment. Even then, you could find better and cheaper in a different country. Good luck with finding somewhere else!

It 's already a few years ago we went there, but we still remember it as a great holiday. Also because of this great hotel. The rooms were decent. The food was really good + a lot of choice.... The thing we will always remember is having dinner on the great big terrace with lovely sea-sight. It was not so close to the city centre of kusadasi, but still the area was nice. Some other members of our family went there (on our advice) one year later, and they loved it too.

Hi We have just returned from a week in the Imbat Hotel. We enjoyed the wide variety of Turkish food as did my 9 year old son, he tried everything. We did not experience any bad meals or stomach-upsets. The room was basic but with clean sheet and daily maid service, who were very happy to change bed linen or towels. Our biggest annoyance was the inability to obtain a sunbed by the pool(trivial I know, but our son was keen to try it after days on the beach) due to the very early morning risers, I'd say around 4 or 5 in the morning because if you appeared at 08.30 the official claiming time there was not a sunbed to be had. When we achieved this magnificent accomplishment on our one day i watched the poolside events. A group of 6 adults appeared at 2.30pm to check their sunbeds were still secure after a morning shop in the town (laden down with bags). Also a few people had beds at the beach and the poolside, we could not get over such selfish actions. Despite this we had a great week the staff were very friendly and helpful.