Ephesia Holiday Beach Club

Nicola

The hotel is in a good location. The swim up room was great. The problem was the food. Within 24 hrs of landing back in the UK I was really ill. In fact I was ill for 2 weeks with Salmonella. On my last afternoon I ate kebab/meatballs and rice. I left one of the meatballs because it didn't look cooked properly. The holiday was booked through Jet2 and on contacting them I was disappointed with their response. They said their hotels follow guidelines etc.. Well if that was the case I wouldn't have been ill, I have travelled to Turkey with Jet2 previously and had amazing holidays. This was the first time at this hotel and never again. I would not recommend going to this hotel at all.

Sarka Kelly

I have to say the resort of this hotel is great, spacious, the pools are great with plenty of activities for children. We had family room in the older part which was a bit outdated but clean and big enough for family of 4, only thing is there is s street with private houses very close and it can be noisy, obviously that is not the hotel fault. The great benefit was on the bottom floor we had lovely outdoor areas with sun loungers and it was close to the pool but still had kind of privacy and green around. The new part is nicer and more modern, my sister had room there, they are smaller a bit but still spacious enough. There is always free beds later around the pools and at the beach too. Food was very good, breakfast, lunch, dinner always plenty of choices and always found something everyone liked (even the fussy ones😅) A la carte is we had was in Turkish restaurant and it was great too. The staff everywhere is friendly and helpful, specially reception, they are very nice and nothing is a problem. Rooms are cleaned every day apart from Sunday I think, we didn't need it to be done every day but always changed towels for us and took the bins. It is close to Kusadasi maybe 15 mins in the car (taxi) and it was 10 euro. There is great market 2 mins from the hotel for shopping. And a few other shops around including pharmacy. We had brilliant 10 days and would definitely come back. Thank you Ephesia Holiday beach club for our holiday full of amazing memories and for the most beautiful sunsets and views to see every day.

Mr Weeks

My family and I have recently returned from this fantastic hotel. We spent 2 weeks there and the staff couldn't have been more helpful, they are a credit to you, especially Hakan and Cheylin from reception, Habib in the lobby bar and Ibrahim in the a la carte Italian. There are plenty of activities to do during the day, the pools are spotless and well supervised by the life guards so we always felt that our children were safe. The food choices throughout the day were always excellent with plenty of choice for all. We will definitely return in the future.

Gilly Fleur

Just back home from a wonderful week at Ephesia and missing it already! 6 of us went, 3 adults, 3 children aged 15, 10 & 6 years. So many positives to write about, just a couple of things that weren't so positive so I'll get them out of the way first. Dining hall ... Always really busy and very hot. There are a couple of A/C units, but unless you are directly underneath them or by the open doors looking out to the sea, you didn't feel the benefit, that being said we did choose to go in August and experienced very high temperatures. Most staff are very hard working and try to clear tables quickly. Special thanks to 'DLake' from the kitchen who brought us our favourite chocolate pannacotta upon request! There was a grumpy one who objected to us pushing tables together to fit all 6 of us, but DLake's happy attitude outshone that small detail. Good - Lots of food variety everyday, all 6 of us with various tastes enjoyed the meals. Even the snack bar meals were great, especially the salad bar and freshly cooked pizza from the outdoor pizza oven. Drinks were great, but like others have said, the paper cups go soggy. The coffee cups are very small so I used 2 of the larger cups from the bar and doubled up to stop the burn/sogginess and managed to fit 3 coffees in ... Win win! Always cold bottled water available at every station. We mainly used the Sunny Bar, the staff there are wonderful! So friendly. No queues. Location - On the beach! The beach is small and not very clean, could do with a rake every morning. The rest of the grounds and gardens are immaculate. The grounds staff are extremely hard working. Right, onto the best bits ... Our room (2304 - the new part) very spacious, tastefully furnished and very clean. Cleaned everyday and given fresh bedding/towels. Fabulous A/C, great monsoon shower, free safe, fridge and huge comfortable beds and pillows. Great view of the lazy pool, the sea, sunset and mountains. Double sliding doors with insect net which was great it you wanted to sleep with the doors open. A large walled TV which we didn't use. The pool - Our favourite was the fresh water infinity pool which benefited from the sea breeze. The entertainment team put on lots of water activities such as aerobics and polo. Also liked the lazy pool but this is salt water and the kids weren't too keen. Lots of beds and always got good spots easily at both pools. At the other side of the complex is the water park with some great slides and lots of attentive attendants. Although this had been the pull factor in us choosing Ephesia, we only went a couple of times. It was really busy and finding 6 beds together was difficult, but we enjoyed the infinity pool so much that it didn't affect our holiday. We had a wonderful Turkish bath/scrub/massage onsite at really reasonable prices. There is also a small shopping complex onsite selling essentials/gifts, again at reasonable prices. Saving the best until last - The entertainment - fantastic! A great bunch of caring, hard working, wonderful people who made our holiday. They immediately remembered our names and made us feel really special all holiday. We had so many laughs playing shooting, dancing and darts everyday - Thank you Ronie, Rio, Sourinho, Diego, Burak, Casper, Twety, Poto, Eto, Niloy, Barnie, Limz & Nazli-Memet. The night entertainment was very impressive in the outdoor amphitheatre with special acts and prior to the show is a kids mini disco. The fabulous entertainment team mentioned above were still working during the nighttime shows, they never stop! We loved this holiday and will definitely be returning. Highly recommeded!!

Trisha Watson

The place is nice enough, but the bedding is faded and worn in places. The workers were nice enough but mostly spoke to each other and just wanted to get their job done, the cleaning lady was very polite, the beaches are disgusting, fag ends cups and bottle caps everywhere. Streets are littered with empty bottles. Food was ok at the hotel, about 95% was the same every day, and one thing changed so kofte or fish, or liver from the outdoor grill. Ice lollys only available 230-4 and only 3 choice. No British type cereals so breakfast was quite hard for little one. Snack bars were lovely. Entertainment was not good at all. Beer after midnight is 270lira for a half pint. Or it's 60 lira at the market over the road for a 50cl