Olu Deniz, Olu Deniz Resort Hotel

Location is very good, hotel good quality, staff very helpful, food through out the day, the maid who looked after out part of the hotel, she was excellent in job. The entertainment team did there very best, but it wasn't always good enough. The DJ was a great bloke. The weather was very hot. Our rooms were very nice.

The weather was fantastic. Having been to this hotel on 2 previous occasions 2003/2004 the quality and variety of food in the restuarant I believe has gone down.The food was very repetetive (chicken kebabs, grilled turkey meat, grilled chicken) most days. Other years there have been things like lamb chops & theme nights.

Nice to go into the town & be greeted by Turkish folk like shopkeepers who still remember us from the previous years.

Just hope overall quality improves that little more especially entertainment because in previous years that was always very good. Generally we would go back maybe even next year.

The Olu Deniz Resort Hotel in Turkey was nice and clean. The entertainment staff were absolutely brilliant.

I would recommend this holiday to anyone with families, or for a week or two away with friends!!

Olu Deniz Resort Hotel is an all round great holiday!!!

If you go you have to go see spice boy just round the corner.

In the hotel the staff are excellent

Olu Deniz Resort Hotel

ROOMS

We had the sea-view rooms, which are I think larger than the standard rooms (mind you I don't see the need for large rooms, all you do is sleep, wash & change in them on holiday). They are up a very steep sloop, to the side of the hotel (not on the main grounds). I would say they are unsuitable for young children, the elderly or anyone with any type of mobility problems. If however you can cope with the climb, you get a room, a great view, a quieter area & a small pool & bar area just for the sea-view rooms (this area also has a great sea view). The rooms were very well kept (our chambermaid did a fantastic job) & had all you needed. A hairdryer in the bathroom, a bathroom which was of a decent size to & not pokey. Fridge for cold drinks & TV (if you're really boring!)

Storage space for clothing was OK as well. Small terrace outside room.

RESTAURANT

Clean & airy and some tables available outside on the terrace overlooking the pool.

Great food, huge choice, at breakfast there was always a chef cooking something fresh to order, omelettes, eggs & German sausages or pancakes. Very soft fresh breads, toast, boiled eggs (3 or 5 mins) coffee, tea, fresh fruits whole - (apples, oranges, ECT) fresh fruits chopped - (melon, grapefruit, ECT) yoghurt, cornflakes, oats, dried fruits - (apricots, sultanas, ECT) Cheese, cucumber & all that foreign stuff!!! Orange juice wasn't great, my only breakfast complaint.

Lunch, fresh breads, fantastic salad bar, soup (I think?) hot buffet, array of fresh chopped & whole fruits and ice-cream.

Dinner, again fresh breads, salad bar, soups, hot dishes, out-of-this-world desserts, array of fresh chopped & whole fruits and ice-cream.

Tea & coffee after dinner cannot be taken in the restaurant; you have to go to the "olive grove"

Restaurant staff were as all the staff, fantastic. It was our first time all-inclusive & I can't imagine they make much in tips; however the standard of service would make you think they were!

GENERAL

Hotel was super clean & grounds were amazing, like a garden centre & really well kept. Staff were very friendly & couldn't do enough for you! Pool area was very busy with children, but there is a bus in the morning & after lunch to the lagoon, where there is a small section of course sand beach with sunbeds for guests at this hotel. Water was beautiful like a huge warm bath, hardly a ripple in it. There is also a section at the main beach for hotel guests, but it is stony & shingled & hard to get out of the water because of a steep slope over stones (you need plastic shoes for this one). Choice at the all inclusive bar was limited to red/white wine, lager, vodka (& a couple of other sprits) fizzy mixers and soft drinks. However not being a big drinker this didn't bother me. There was a large patio area called the "olive grove", here you could get tea/coffee, soft drinks, burger, chips, cheese salad rolls ect & ice-cream and fresh fruit.

Entertainment every evening, can't comment on this as we never stayed to watch it, go out for a wander, and entertainment staff who organised children's games during the day as well.

TURKISH BATH - HOTEL SPA

It was our first time to Turkey & we wanted a Turkish bath, we knew you had to have them before sunbathing so we booked in first thing. The hotel next door seems of a similar standard (The Belcekiz Beach Hotel) we had an all over body massage & foot reflexology for (£10 & £5) £15 for both on our last day. However they also do Turkish baths for £10. However on our first day we were not aware of this place & used the spa downstairs in the Olu Deniz Resort Hotel & paid double that! Also when we went for the massage they sent us into the Turkish bath for 10 minutes to open up the pores & the actual room was much grander & more authentic. They also gave us free tea. So go to the one next door.

DAY TRIPS

Went on a jeep safari with "bloody gorgeous", paid £17 & that included lunch. Great day, great fun. Wear your oldest dark clothes & expect to get filthy. Would not recommend this trip for the elderly or young children, as you will be climbing in & out of jeeps, in the freezing cold gorge & wallowing in mud.

Also booked the 12 islands boat trip, was a choppy day & don't think boat had any stabilisers. Ended up paying a speedboat (shared cost with a Swedish woman & her daughter, they also felt ill) to take us back to shore. Many people on the boat didn't seem to be enjoying it & some children were getting sick. DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY GOOD ON BOATS, I thought I was OK, till that trip.

Also Fetiyeah has a big market on Tuesday (you can get the Dolmus (small minibus) there very cheaply. Great for belts, bags, t-shirts, spices, teas ECT.

ALL IN ALL

I was surprised a how clean & friendly it was, I was really impressed with all-inclusive. I was very impressed with the hotel.

I would like to return to Turkey, I would like to return to Olu Deniz as I can't imagine Turkey has any prettier places & if I was to I couldn't stay anywhere else as I can't imagine anywhere else measuring up to The Olu Deniz Resort Hotel.

WHITE DOLPHIN

Went here one night as it has rave reviews, found the drinks very expensive, the food quite expensive. The tables & benches more RUSTIC than I would have expected at these prices. The tacky dolphin salt n pepper pots more suited to a pound shop. The lack of menus puzzling? You have to go up and read off a blackboard near the front door & pick your fish from a display chiller. The service OK. The food good (but not amazing). I ordered a coffee & was given a huge mug more suited to a greasy spoon. The free pick up & return is a nice service & great as it's up a hill. The sunset & views are FANTASTIC & TO DIE FOR. However it's on a cliff edge & very green and as the sun sets, the mozzies and insects come out. We didn't get bit, but felt as though we were being eaten alive. For this reason I wouldn't go there after dark again. They do spray Olu Deniz with mozzie spray, might be a good idea if this restaurant paid them to spray up here also. Would also be a good idea if they trimmed bushes/trees/greenery over hanging tables as it feels very over grown & "things" did drop on out table. As darkness falls it isn't well lit and you don't know if "things" are dropping in your food & you are eating them.