Garden of Sun Hotel

4 readers found this review helpful

Have just returned from an 11 night stay at the Garden of Sun. This was my 1st experience of Turkey and I don't think I'll go back. The hotel is kept clean and tidy but is spoilt by some very silly rules that are not needed. No food or drink, including water is supposed to be taken to your room, you are supposed to use the minibar provided at extortionate rates! While we were there several guests were stopped from taking water to their room even from the hotel shop! However this did not happen to us. The maids are the freindliest workers there with everyone else treating you as second class citizens. while we were there some of the advertised facilities were unavailable due to a large timeshare group doing taster days for the Turks, they were given priority everywhere, snack bar, drinks bar. The sales reps even waited for people to go to lunch then removed towels etc from sunbeds for them, when challenged they simply replied they had priority. Reception did not want to know if you complained about them. beware if your wristband snaps, make sure you take it to reception or they charge you for a new one. The food was ok but nothing special as were the drinks although a very small selection is included. On the whole was a little disappointed and the hotel is in nedd of a refurb, bits fell of balconies from 3rd floor onto terrace while we were there. All shops just selling cheap fake goods, nothing authentic in local area.

6 readers found this review helpful

Stayed at GARDEN OF SUN hotel recently....totally fab, would recommend it! The staff were friendly, helpful and eaasy on the eye.
When we arrived ALI on reception told us everything we needed to know to make our stay enjoyable and easy. He was a cheery and friendly face throughout our stay.
The meals suited us down to the ground, great variety,well presented thanks to the scintillating JJ (commis chef) and the rest of the dining room staff.
We have to say,though, the best bit about the dining experience was the chance to drool over the restaurant manager who was a DANIEL Craig/Leonardo lookalike.....but much,much sexier! mmm mmm! Oh and he was also very efficient and good at his job.
The outdoor area is fabulous....great pool and as many drinks as you require. If you want a lovely souvenir of your time here we'd recommend you seek out ABIDIN, top photographer who will snap you and make you look fantastic.
The hotel has a spa,gym,turkish nightetc all of which we loved. There are also a couple of shops on site. Check out the jeweller's rocks.......
We often visited Santa Clara bar at back of hotel for karaoke, dancing. Try it and look out for top dancers Romeo and Ian as well as Jo and the lovely Mathematicianxxxxxx.
Fun Fun Fun holiday at Garden of Sun......get yourself out there....would go back again. Top holiday.Top marks.

8 readers found this review helpful

we have just returned from a holiday in the garden of sun a family group of 9 adults and 2 children. This was the best holiday we had been on bering in mind it was my inlaws second time to the garden of sun in 2 years. food amazing rooms amazing staff amazing everything about this hotel was out of this world.before |I went on this holiday I was one of them who beleived every review and was worried about it but what we got from the moment we arrived till the time we left was extremly good. we stayed in the hotel every night thu turkish night had itailian night on a tuesday and they really go all out on special nights and on normakl nights food was always good and plently of it.I would go back and would really recomend it to any one. I have never written a review about a holiday but this is my reason because i believed all those people who just try find fault with someting so good and people like that should just stay at home. hope you enjoy your holiday in the garden of sun well if you go I know you will....

4 readers found this review helpful

Well, i should have wrote this review about a year ago when myself and my partner got back from Garden Of Sun, This was our 1st holiday together and we enjoyed every minute, to be honest when was on the coach on the way at about 11pm after a very long day the road didnt look very promising, althought we kept clear heads and gave it a chance!!!, very glad we didnt judge straight away because it turned out to be BRILLIANT, the room was HUUUUGE!!!!, we had a double bed which was nice bot having to push 2small ones together and then a ind bed to put our suite cases on, the bathroom was clean with a HOT power shower always clean and fresh towels and loo roll everyday!
I really get annoyed when i read some reviews were people complaint about every small detail just for the sake of it!, the food was very good i am a picky eater when it comes to been abroad and i had no problems, and althought my partner can eat anything he agreed it was to a very good standard we both agreed that about 3days before we was due to leave the food was gettin abit repetative!, but what do you exspect?
i dont know what some people exspect? If you was at home you wouldnt eat Steak everynite would u???????????
Breakfast was fresh the usual, fruit, cerials, cooked breakfast, hot and cold drinks all to a high standard, Dinner consisted of, Pasta's, Rice's, Meats, Chips, Soups, Breads ALL SORTS!
And if you was still abit peckish the pool side bar open at 2pm, that was our favourite good old British food hehe, burger, chips, n home made Pizza,ice cream, variety of drinks.
And all thru the day DRINKS, DRINKS, and more DRINKS!!!!!!!!!
The pool was a touch cold but for me thats what i want if ive been in the scorching sun all day i was cool down n trust me it did!, my partner is abit of a fish n spent the genaration of the 2weeks in the pool!
We did various trips to name a few, 4x4, Old Town, Boat Trips, well we did 3 boat trips they were fantastic, in english was about £8 for all day 9-5 with AI food and Drink ! BARGIN !
The only downfall was Thomas Cook let us down becuase we booked the water park straight away and the nite before we was due to go they posted a letter threw our door saying "Sorry not enough people booked so you cant go", Rubbish i no but thats Thomas Cockup no Garden Of Sun's Fault.
To wrap it up, myself and my partner are looking to return in a few years when the area is compleatly finished, but even now an up and coming area i would still advise people to go, Old, Yound, Couples, Families, This is any1's piece of cake.
We paid £620.00 All in for 2weeks AI im not sure what more we could have asked for.
Also a big thanks to all the entertainment staff !!
We originally booked Olu Dinez but Thomas cook cocked that up to and overbooked the room so we was sent here would have changed that even if we could had a brilliant time!

We arived at this Okai hotel around 5:00 am
when we arrived we got shown to our room with a help with our bags
The room was nothing speical verry basic and small our balcony had a rubish view looking over a buliding site accros the road
the food was okai the usal chips salads pasta ect. there was a pool bar that opend from 2:00 - 4:00 and you could get pizza burgers chips and more wich i would say was better than the evening meal! kids could get ice-cream around 2:00 and wasnt opend for very long as all the kids were quing up and they ran out very quickly
Allinclusive drinks stoped around 11 witch the not so very good entertainment had just finished and was about 5 lira for a beer
The pool was allways very clean and kids slides were opend 2 times a day witch were dangerous when not opend as kids climbed up and down and one girl sliped and her tooth came out !
kids club was Ok the 1st week was ok the second week was so much better as an english girl called toni came in to work for six months and did much more with the kids like mini compitiitions and got lotsof kids together and made u the show for the night !
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1 reader found this review helpful

do not listen to the good reviews this place was awful, the hotel was very nice and clean i couldnt fault that but the food was outrageous! after being there for 3 days i was struck by the worst stomach cramps i had ever experienced! i thought i may be an exemption until i spoke to about thirty other guests suffering the same cramps and sickness, i had to be taken to the doctors and put on a drip for two hours!! when i arrived the nurses asked where i was staying and when i replied they looked completely shocked and said "not another one" they had around 75 people just that week from our hotel with food poisoning. you will no what i mean when u see the chef with his rotting teeth and roaving eye. the drinks were all watered down and after 11 my friend paid £13 quid for a black russian!! i got locked out of my room and went for a key but a porter said he had one and would let me in, he then proceeded to tell me that he was not going to help me unless i kissed him first!
outside is lovely and the people are really friendly and not pushy at all, the galaxy bar is particulary good and there is one waiter at the penguin bar who is unbelievably gorgeous but i declined his offer for dinner ha ha!!

3 readers found this review helpful

The hotel its self is very nice and clean, the staff were not that friendly, we stayed for a week the weather was georgous. The food was o.k. The pool is deep all the way round, there is a kids pool and some slides which are great fun, there is also a childerns park which is very good, because the kids club was shut. There is water polo is the aftenoon but no more activities in the day. So its preety much make your own entertainment. There was one night of entertainment which was a Turkish night, with belly dancing. The beach is very near where you can go on a speed boat, banana boat and pedelo's. It was the first time I went to Turkey and would go back, but a different area.

2 readers found this review helpful

we stayed in this hotel for one week and after reading some of the other comments i was not looking forward to staying there.
we arrived at 7am in the morning after a night flight very tired and went straight to bed. the room was clean bright and modern with all expected facilites, my only gripe with the room it was on the 5th floor and i dont like heights.
the food was good and a more than expected array of different of choices , the food dishes where different everyday . the drinks where fine and the only thing i noticed which was watered down was the brandy, so we stuck with the wines and vodka and during the day the lager which was fine. the entertainment is what you would expect from a family hotel and the kids are not let down in the activites .
the staff where all friendly and couldnt do enough for you and the first choice rep Judith was more than helpful spending over three hours a day in the hotel making sure everyone was fine.
my only whinge would be the few holiday makers who whinged all the time about the food etc , there is no sausage and chips was the usual moan ,you go to visit turkey
so enjoy the place its not England

3 readers found this review helpful

i am back from turkey about 7 weeks now and loved it !!!!!!!!!!!
before we went we read the reviews and people were saying they hated in but actually there was nothing wrong with it thats just people being so fussy! .
the hotel was clean, the bedrooms were cleaned every day beds were changed and towels were changed, air conditioning worked which was a bonus as the heat was unbearable. at the end of every landing though there is a big window which is always left open so dont let little kids run around the landings as the window is really dangerous. theyre could have been alot more for younger kids ages 2 & up but other than that it was great. and on turkish nights which are thursdays they had a little market around the pool inside the hotel.
Food:
the food was fine theyre was stuff for everyone to eat theyre was chips rice and turkish kebabs which were beautiful, but the kebabs are only served on turkish nights which were every thursday night.
Drink:
the drinks were watered down but they didnt have get the party steaming. they done coke, sprite, fanta and orange juice and stuff like diluting juice.
Facilities:
the facilities were excellent the pool was great it was cleaned every night and every morning before it was opened at 10. the pool closed at 7 every night. the turkish baths were great aswell. but watch because when you go to use the internet and the pool tables they charge you but we never knew that before we went.
The resort itself was great you could just hop on the dolmus bus and you only paid like 1 lira 50 each to get into the the main beach and the town were the biggest majority of the shops and nightclubs there.
Bars & Nightclubs in the town are amazing but some of them can rip u off with there prices. the staff in there are amazing they are always up dancing and doing little performances for you and encouraging people to get up and join in.
Shops in the town they are well resonably priced we got 5 lacoste t-shirts each for £5 which was a bargain :), the locals that own the shops are really nice but you get the odd cheeky one. they will do you any kind of deal just to get you to buy what theyre trying to sell you or youll get the odd ones who wont do you a good deal.
Market is good you can get the dolmus bus theyre aswell every saturday its on until 8pm, its about 20 minutes from the hotel. and the locals on the stalls try and have great laughs with you and watch out because as soon as you get off the bus youve got a wee guy that wonders around tryen to get you to buy cigarettes and if you do he will still follow you around all day, trying to get you to buy more.
Overall there was 11 of us that went and we all had a great time and would go back there and we would go back to turkey again its great and really cheap, so some of the things people put on are way over the top but yet again TURKEY is what you make it yourself.

2 readers found this review helpful

We travelled with Thomas Cook which rated GOS as 3 star plus, and found the hotel really nice and clean. The food was very local and consisted of kebab, vegetables, salad, spag bol, chips and other meat and fish. Some people didn't like it because it was not english food, but i thought it best to remember we are not in the uk and not to expect the same, but i really enjoyed it! The pool was very big, but a little too deep, i'm 5'6 and it came up to my neck throughout the pool. but it was clean and nice. The drinks were good, beer, raki, gin, vodka and pepsi as well as other soft drinks. It was limited to two at a time, which did not concern us as we were a couple and got drinks either two at a time together or for each other. Drinks finished at 11pm, whcih we knew prior to booking, which was not a problem to us, but was to some. The entertainment was virtually non-existant, most evenings were spent in one of the hotels two bars, but the 4 late teen, early twenty something entertainement team were nice people, just badly managed? We felt more could have been done, especially for an all inclusive. but we were in another country and their standards are not the same as uk I would give this hotel an overall 7 out of 10