Sunrise Manavgat Resort Hotel

I thought overall the hotel was good. The staff were fun and very effective. A perfect family atmosphere, the pools were exellent and extremely clean. The food was the same every night but we always found something to try. The only downside we found was the air conditioning, it was not very good in the apartment and we couuld have done with a unit in each room but apart from that we enjoyed our stay.

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the food was cold all the time if u want to be sitting on the toilet most of your holiday this is the hotel for u staff not helpful wast of money

I stayed in this hotel with my Turkish partner. The food was fantastic and to a very high standard. The cleanliness was excellent. The waiters and staff were all very professional and couldn't do enough to help. The big downside was the Russians - they really are like pigs and waste such lovely food with their greed. We actually ate out a couple of nights as they made me feel sick to watch them. Being very aware that Turkey is a poor country I felt disgusted that people could waste so much food. The Turkish staff think the Russians are animals.
There was a gozlemer tent - which was a traditional Turkish lady making pastries under the sun with meat or cheese fillings - a traditional Turkish dish and very nice as a snack for lunch by the pool. I was thinking to return to this resort, but having read the comments regarding the Russians I am thinking twice as with 2 children I don't think I would want to expose them to such bad manners. I actually had an argument by the pool one day as they had all the sun beds and wouldn't even share an ashtray - greedy people.
Luckily we met some English and Turkish people and laughed at the way the Russians were behaving. I believe the hotel is owned by a Russian - hence the number of Russian guests.
The hotel is lovely - if you can tolerate the Russians.

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Hotel is approx 1 hour away from Antalya airport. On arrival the reception staff were pleasant and curteous.
The room was for 3 adults and was very nice but short of storage space for clothes and our rooms faced next doors hotel disco which was very LOUD and only finished at 2am.
The resort was kept immaculately clean and tidy at all times with beautiful gardens and clean pool areas. It is a large complex with 10 pools including a water park but still a shortage of sunbeds everywhere.
This hotel and complex has predominantly Russian guests when we were there it was full with 4000 guests and only 162 of them were British. Meal times with the Russians is not a pretty sight and more like a rugby scrum.
They are greedy, rude, ignorant and obnoxious to put it politely, this is not just a few of them it is the majority. They pile food up all over their tables and then stuff it into carrier bags to eat later, push into queues and I have seen them push children out of the way to get what they want.
First it was funny to watch, then after a week it got very tedious and annoying.
The food was good but repetitive and sometimes bland. Watching the Russians balancing water melon on their plates became a pastime. The Moscow state circus would have been proud.
The main restaurants were affectionately known as the "pig pens" or "the circus" due to the cheek-by-jowl eating or the Moscow circus style stacking of food.
It is easy to pick fault, I think I may have. It’s a lovely complex, the weather was superb, and the pool barstools were deep enough to keep you cool while you quaffed your 12 am beer.
There are 8 "themed" restaurants, 2 of which are free. We made use of the French, Mongolian, Mediterranean, and Turkish. The latter two are free and are pretty much what you would expect. The French restaurant was very good at 12 Euros a head.
The Mongolian consisted of vast selections of raw meat and fish, vegetables and sauces, which you pile on your plate in a haphazard way and hand to the chef to cook, great fun.
The alcohol served here is VERY strong and the only people we saw get rude and abusive because of drink were, you guessed it, Russians. One day the entertainment was watching security staff try to drag a very plastered Russian away from the pool area, but he was well greased with suntan oil and kept slipping out of their grasp, best entertainment we had in 2 weeks.
The shows were good but again geared towards the majority of Russian speaking guests.
However we had 2 teenage girls with our party and they had a fantastic time, partying in the disco, foam parties, beach parties. They need another holiday to get over this one.
They really enjoyed themselves and can now sing in Russian... heh
The complex is a bit way out with a small shopping complex nearby and a weekly market at Manavgat.
Unlike further north in Turkey the preferred currency is the Euro, they will take UK £ but under protest. So take Euros with you.
We went on a couple of boat trips and went to Side which is a lovely place, the temple of Apollo is there and lots of shops of course, Remember to haggle with the shopkeepers though, make them work for their Euros.
All in all we had a good holiday, there were 8 of us, and we made the most of it. I will not go back to this part of Turkey again; we will be going back to Olu Deniz next year in my opinion the nicest resort in Turkey.
I can't help feeling that for a little more thought and attention to detail, this could be so much better. I read that the average 2 week holidaymaker wants to come home about 9.4 days into their holiday. It never got that bad, but I did not feel the need to stay 2 weeks+ 1 day!