Rixos Premium Tekirova

I have just returned from a 2 week holiday here. On the whole, it's a fabulous place for children. The hotel feels luxurious and I have no doubts it is 5 star, as stated. It felt like a 5 star hotel. Special mention to the highlights bar staff (behind the bar and those on roller skates). They were amazing and we really wanted to leave them a tip but an incident with our little one distracted us on our last day and we ran out of time to go and get some cash out. They were fantastic though and are a real credit to the hotel. A little bit of Turkish goes a long way; the staff really appreciate a 'thank you' or 'please' in Turkish. The manager provided us with the Italian restaurant free of charge (normally €10 or €15 pp i think) due to a small communication issue and the food there was divine. I was really impressed with their customer service. The water park is only open certain times of the day. But our 2 year old was in his element!! There are so many positives that it would take too long to write. I would say that the only things preventing a 5 star rating from me are as follows: The food is catered to the Russian palette and so us English didn't have a huge selection. The food in the turquoise restaurant was 7/10. Sometimes it was amazing (the garlic King prawns) and other times it was lacking, hence the 7 on average. The food in the good Court was nicer and I would give that 8/10. There is less to choose from but burger and chips and kebab eith salad are always a hit! Having said all of this, there is such a variety you will find something you like and worst case, there is an abundance of fruit so most lunchtimes I ended up just eating salad or fruit, which isn't a bad thing. The standard room is far too small for 3 people (2 adults and a toddler). We wanted to upgrade but felt it wasn't worth the money for a deluxe. The suites looked amazing and it's such a shame we didn't look into upgrading before we arrived because there are better deals to be had online. I would have benefited from some timetable or material showing which restaurants are open at which times and what times the water park/lazy river is open. I presume this is covid restricted but maybe something on the wall in reception that we could take a picture of (I did this for the kids club timetable). It would have been helpful to know what room service entailed too. Again, a menu cannot be provided but some alternative would have been useful. Maybe something online? Or an App people could use? On the whole I would definitely return.

Rixos was lovely from all regards, food, sea, views, tennis - all is just perfect. I would especially like to thank Da Sport: they offer great private tennis lessons, with a convenient booking system. You can ask at the reception or will see one their representatives straight on the beach.