Ephesia Holiday Beach Club

“Amazing chilled 10 days at this hotel”

What a fabulous 10 days I had here. 100% i recommend and would come back here. We went as a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 kids 16 and 4. -Overall review of hotel Laid out really well and kept to a high standard. Grounds looked fab. Rooms spacious we had a sea view room 7206 and was a great view… more

What a fabulous 10 days I had here. 100% i recommend and would come back here. We went as a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 kids 16 and 4. -Overall review of hotel Laid out really well and kept to a high standard. Grounds looked fab. Rooms spacious we had a sea view room 7206 and was a great view of pool area and sea behind it. We did have some noise a few nights but not enough to keep us up all night so not a major issue and that’s not the hotels fault It’s just other people We were there during a period with limited English there and felt it was a lot of Turkish but the staff there always made effort to translate to English or involve us in things which was fine Sea area is great and the way the hotel is laid out is all fine with lots of pools to visit. Slides are great with a great mix and all kept really clean. Reception area is modern and very clean. We didn’t keep room on at end as was €50 and instead used the area in reception. I was pleasantly surprised it was gone out really nice with lots of room and very clean/modern. Save yourself the money and use it for something else -Location Hotel is on a beach so has water sports centres attached to the hotel and a beach area across the whole front of the hotel. Around 10-15 min to the Kusadasi town which was €12 from taxi outside hotel. They said we needed two taxi for the 7 of us. But when we came back from the town there was a 8 seater we got back for the same price The marina is nice and lots of shops and bars in the local town Outside hotel turn right and. You can walk down to the beach. Not a lot down there really but was a nice walk down the front - Food & Drink The food here is really great. I had different food every day and had some wonderful plates of food while there. Having all the hot cooking food on the left hand of the restaurant does cause major queues and makes it look really crowded so they could do with splitting the hot food out to each side to help with this. The kebab night was a nightmare as so much crowded on the left I couldn’t even be bothered. They really need to figure a way to use the layout a bit better to spread out the queues as this will make a huge difference Sitting outside is great and the sunset views while eating your tea is perfect. The young lad I think his name was Aradi was so helpful and always helping us sort a table and provide drinks Recommendation- sort the toaster out. You can put it through 3 times and it’s still like bread. This needs to be fixed. Lunch bar food was so good, wraps, fresh pizza burgers, chicken nuggets all tasted great and was really well made. The wraps and pizza were stand outs and so nice Alacarte was amazing we had Turkish and Italian. When you are out on the terrace it’s such a great view of the sea and really relaxing the food comes out with choices of different types for the food you had chosen. We tried lots of new things and it was just a nice evening. Service was spot on. Drinks: cocktails and spirits on all inclusive. Cocktails were decent and although not the best I have had, I enjoyed them all week. I did spend most of holiday on vodka &Coke with vanilla syrup which was really nice. Pinapple juice in morning and lots of locations for free water -Entertainment Entertainment team work really hard and a fab bunch. A lot of the hotel visitors got involved which was good to see. Barney was a stand out. Always stopped and shouted out and was a real great asset to the hotel. Evening shows were really good and the amphitheatre was great. They could do with opening up the bridge near that to help getting to it without having to walk past the restaurant or around the front and this would make a big difference to getting to it and back to the other area. Magic show, entertainment team dance show, afrika show all were really great. On top of that they have entertainment in the main other area with live music. The one day with bingo was a let down and they use the smaller stage for the mini disco which just isn’t suitable and ruins it for that evening. I do feel with how many people get involved at this hotel they could do something to get the crowd more involved with a quiz or show of some kind. But overall I enjoyed all entertainment and they made the effort with it all. Sponge bob and especially minion work so hard at mini disco and are great so massive shout out to them Recommendation- bingo / karaoke night needs some improvement as just not very good and takes away from the rest of the really good week - Excursions and extras Day trips: For excursions we checked with Jet2 but then walked out the hotel turn right and you wil have a shop just down on the left hand side calls New days travel. They were great here Ozzy dealt with us and we it was a huge amount cheaper than what was offered in hotels. We used them for a boat trip but the jeep and other excursions all looked great Onsite water sports: Hotel water sports dolphin water sports. Great bunch of guys. Gino was amazing all holiday always stopping to come chat and always helps us with a great deal. Highly recommend the fastest jet ski (if really is fast) also had a go in the car which was a great experience. You can also pay a little extra for insta360 footage from them which was well worth the extra. Can’t rate Gino highly enough really nice guy who made us feel so welcome even when we were not buying more water spots things Photos: All the photos team were great and always said hi and chatter. Hugo a was awesome and so friendly I often spoke to him. Sunset photos are a must as it’s such a perfect location. You can choose how many you want but can work out around €7 per photo. We had 4 different ones from the holiday and were great. Never pushy and really friendly bunch Overall I cant fault anything that would take any stars off. I had such a great time there and felt so welcome with so much to do on the complex it really is a great time away and I would love to come back here at some point. The staff make you feel so welcome which a great thing

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