Royal Dragon Hotel

Date of Trip - 9th July 2025. To begin, we booked this hotel as it looked very much like Royal Wings Hotel (Lara beach) which we stayed in 6 years ago. We loved the Royal Wings, but this hotel is nowhere near as good. Everyone speaks German. We have come to expect this in Türkiye. However, all entertainment is in German, 80% of the staff cannot speak English, only German. We went with 2 children [7 & 4] and they couldn't do any of the evening entertainment as they couldn't understand it. Further to this, if you have children the entertainment is a no go. It is all on far too late. e.g. 2130hrs for a show was not pheasable so we missed all evening entertainment. The hotel itself. The lobby is beautiful. However, the rest of the hotel is very dated. We did expect this as it is a themed hotel so it may not be to everyone's taste. All in all it was clean where it mattered and the housekeeping ladies were lovely. the spa is a no go. We used the shower there and it was essentially falling apart. The indoor pool was so incredibly cold you couldn't use it and had no lighting so you couldn't actually see. The main pool area was lovely and we really enjoyed this. What ruined the pool experience was (as expected) nowhere near enough sun loungers and these were all taken by 0800hrs every day. Further to this, you have a constant flow of hotel staff trying to sell you tack e.g. personalised t shirts, bingo tickets , massages the list is endless and it ruins your relaxation time by the pool. Food - consistently cold, poor quality ingredients and bland. Absolutely NO FOOD OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN. (unless they like completely plain pasta. How hard is it to put on chicken nuggets etc ? To add to this, the air con in the restaurant is poor, leaks on the table and leaves everyone uncomfortable. The floor in and around the pool is a serious HAZARD. We lost count of how many people fell and seriously hurt themselves. The cleaning staff do try and negate this by mopping but it does almost zero to fix the issue and the material they have paved the floor in is the danger. So many little ones were hurt as well as fully grown adults. KEEP HOLD OF YOUR CHILDS HAND AT ALL TIMES. Cocktails. TERRIBLE. They have a menu but not a single bar staff member knows what they are making and they al taste awful. The ingredients are never what they should be and they essentially end up being alcohol and grenadine 50% of the time. if you have booked already and cant avoid the hotel, go with a pina colada as this seemed to be the only thing they didn't completely butcher. Hotel Occupancy - DO NOT GO IN THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. we went the week before the summer holidays and the hotel was a nice level of busy. However as we were on our last few days the INFLUX of new guests (who have booked for the summer holiday dates) WAS CRAZY! For example, dinner opens at 1900. the first 3 nights it was us and 5 or 6 other families waiting for the doors to open. on the last few nights there

Great experience, clean hotel, lots of food options. As for special diets, there is a small corner for diet food (that's what it says), another for vegan, but not more specific than that. Sandy beach, bars at the pool and at the beach, you can eat something at any time of the day and night. Would definitely recommend!

We have just returned from this hotel on 10/6/25. We first visited the royal dragon 16years ago and then it was one of the best hotels in Side. Now it is probably the worst, please believe all of the negative reviews that people are writing. When we checked in the reception staff could not understand English, we had to repeat over and over to book in. This was the theme all through this holiday, repeat,repeat,repeat. When staff could not understand what you were saying they would storm off and on one occasion actually swore, funnily that was in English.Rooms were not being cleaned properly,non of the entertainment was in English, entertainment team was the worst we have ever seen. You have to pay 20 euro’s for the alacarte restaurants, which tour operators do not tell you.Cannot get a table to eat your meals that is if you can find something to eat, evening meal supposed to finish 21.30 but in fact nothing left to eat by 20.30.The patisserie is a joke there is a standard push button coffee machine which you use yourself along with a few cakes left over from meal times.This is not anywhere near a 5 star, we have stayed in better 3 star hotels in Benidorm. Try to complain to guest relations and guess what they don’t speak English.The complaints concerning this place goes on and on. If you need any advice concerning this hotel then please ask.last words Keep clear of this hotel, go to Lara beach area hotels where you are wanted.