Is this Turkey hotel worth it — food, beach, and rooms review?

Compared to last year, food quality has dropped: fewer fruit and meat/fish varieties, and by 8pm many dishes (fish, rolls, breaded chicken) run out — arrive by 7pm for full choice. The Turkish night theme dinner is also less lavish than before.

The lobby bar is good, but the pool bar is disappointing — cocktails there are poor quality, better to walk to the lobby bar instead.

This year they removed the open-top truck that used to shuttle guests to the beach — now a closed minibus runs instead, but its schedule is irregular and unpredictable.

The sea is clean in the morning, but by midday small debris and dark foam patches sometimes appear on the water.

The foam party has been moved from evening to daytime, now starting around 4pm, which is inconvenient due to the intense midday heat.

There's a little-known disco in a separate building behind the coffee house — it used to be a popular hangout spot, but now few people know about it and it's mostly empty.

No hookah at the hotel itself, but there's a cafe across the road open late where you can smoke hookah; also available at a 2nd-floor cafe between the Royal and Resort blocks. Hotel juices are diluted/from cartons — better to buy from the store across the road.

Other downsides: no irons in rooms, beach sunbeds are placed too close together with a lot of smoking around, ice cream isn't always available (but is served at lunch and dinner), queues for flatbread and pizza, no cherries or strawberries, and no red fish (salmon) at breakfast.

Good value if you didn't overpay. Beach and pools are excellent — pools are cleaned after every closing. Food is decent but not impressive. Fruit quality is disappointing, but pastries and desserts are plentiful and tasty. For toddlers there's fruit puree and boiled vegetables, though the selection is limited. Rooms are stylish; the 'Comfort' block is furthest from the sea — expect around 10,000 steps a day with kids.

From late June to early July the variety of dishes and salads noticeably improved. The hotel was filling up fast — from around 30 guests at end of June to 80+ by July 2nd, making the dining room quite crowded. Expect queues if you visit in peak season.

The beach is a 5-minute leisurely walk away. New sun loungers were added this year. There's a snack bar on the beach for light bites. To the left of the main beach is a sheltered cove where you can swim even in rough weather.

Entertainment and animation program is mediocre — don't expect a lively activities schedule. Food and fruit are plentiful and no food safety issues reported. The sea was still cool in late June.