Side Royal Palace

Clean modern hotel food was outstanding friendly service part from the people at reception wasn’t fluent Speaking English at hotel would help more overall it was lovely ❤️Room service was excellent. Hotel view was out standaing near wear more hotel shops Walmart was near was helpful you can shop around the bazaars

Location: Location is in a decent enough location only a short walk to the beach but a shuttle bus comes every 30 minute and your around a 15 minute drive to old town( €15 ) and an hour to Land of legends and land around hotel is reasonably flat. Outside the hotel is just an abundance of clothing shops selling the same thing broken up by the odd pharmacy or spice/tea shop. From what I can see it's not as packed with bars as Marmaris etc and seem to be a lot less pushy. Food: The food in the hotel is hit or miss in honesty with the best meal being the al a carte meal we had (around the world) this was exceptional and our host was fantastic. The snacks bar was also pretty good selling burgers chips etc and chicken kebabs. Food in honesty across breakfast, lunch and dinner where not what I would expect in a 5 star hotel there seemed to be more of a focus on how it looked that how it tasted and food catered more for the German guests which was the majority in fairness. Ice cream also only available in a 2 hour window which I found bizarre. All inclusive bar served branded spirits but these where on request at no extra charge, a decent cocktail menu also but pretty heavy on the alcohol (pro or con depends who you ask). We stayed in swim up rooms on the opposite side from the main pool and really enjoyed it although there is no sun after 15:00 on this side. Need to be up before the roosters to get a sun Lounger by the pool (I swear people must have camped out). Fridge always restocked with beer, variety of soft drinks and water and the cleaners done an outstanding job. Never used the spa etc but you need to see the massage guy to get your towel anyway and he will no doubt ask. Weirdly there are tattoo reps hounding you to get tattoos (seem to have a partnership with the hotel) bit random but the grind never stops. Staff are 50/50 some are outstanding some couldn't be more uninterested but we all have days like this. The area surrounding is trading mostly in euros which is isn't ideal . Overall a good stay but a few things could improve we would stay again but as a Brit we felt out of place in the area but that's not the hotels fault it's just the resort

We had a lovely time at the Side Royal Palace. The rooms were spacious, bed pretty comfortable. Everyone with very friendly, not sure why some of the reviews are a bit negative around this. We met a lovely German family and spent a lot of time hanging out with them. We also met some Romanians who shared with plum vodka with us... not for the faint hearted. The food was pretty good for mass catering, we felt the buffet restaurants in the main hotel and on the beach were best. A la carte wasn't to our taste. The entertainment was really good. At the beach and by the pool we never had any issues getting a sun bed. We didn't go any of the organised tours, we just used the taxi's and they were fine. Side Old Town has a nice vibe even though it is a it expensive. Was nice to see the ampitheatre and the Temple of Apollo, the sun set was also fab. We also went to the Thursday market but then we realised that the shops near the hotel were actually cheaper! so be warned! Overall we had a wonderful time. This was our first time in Turkey and we will definitely be back.