Cook's Club Alanya - Adult Only 12

Great chilled venue. Great customer service. This place has all the facilities I needed without the hassle. Staff are lovely and friendly. I loved the fact that this place is lovely and chilled…just right for a November getaway. I imagine summer must be crazy. On half board package the evening menu was a bit limited, I would have preferred more Turkish mezze style food on offer. Other than that I would love to come back maybe when weather is a bit more promising! Good for walks to the castle is recommended, the views at the top are spectacular. Cable car also available.

Having unfortunately read some of the less praisworthly reviews before embarking I wondered what to expect. I'll have to stop doing that? As you'll see the majority of the TripAdvisor reviews are very favourable, and for good reason, it's a great place to stay. I was looking for an holiday just chilling, sunbathing and perhaps some dancing, I'm not one for doing the touristy things trips etc, they're overpriced and it's too hot inland. But a couple I met did like getting around and did the harbour, cable car trip which they said was reasonably priced at about 14Euro for a couple return, and they said the restaurant at the top was good. They hired a scooter and headed for the hills, getting out of town. It's a nice morning/evening stroll, turning right as you hit the street, coming from the beach side, and turning onto the beach until you come back to the main road and the cable car station, passing the lovely garden, fountain area with the great swing seats and the fountains look spectacular at night when lit up. Arrived at the hotel after 10pm, when the restaurant Cantina officially closed but this didn't make any difference to okam who provided a full meal, with a smile. And that's how I found him all week, breezing a long with a read smile/laugh always helpful, the sort of guy that makes a restaurant tick, and you wonder how they'd manage without him. Throughout the week I enjoyed th e variety & quality of food. It was buffet style for the first half of the week & suddenly changed to a set menu for the other half, but I enjoyed both, maybe winding down for the season, but there wasn't many staying for the set menu when I was there. The British people that booked in the hotel at the same time as me opted for just bed & breakfast, the cheaper option, as they thought the other options expensive & they found plenty of good restaurants close bye, but I like the conveince of hotel restaurant meals. Plenty of choices for breakfast, usual what you'd expect, & it was lovely sat outside alongside the main pool, which is a none smoking area unlike Cantina itself. Spent most of the days sunbathing at the beach, beach towels are free, and there's no charge for the sunbeds. A quick mention for Irem on reception who does a Stirling job and privided me with a coffee while I wanted for my transfer home