Sunis Evren Beach Resort Hotel & Spa

Where to start.. After a so-so vacation in Antalya last year, we gave the Turkish Riviera another try. This time at Sunis Evren Beach Resort & Spa near Side. It was the best choice we ever made!It's a beautiful 5-star hotel (albeit in need of some renovations). Not too big, but big enough to give the guests enough space to enjoy themselves. The staff is mostly very friendly (a few exceptions sadly). We were welcomed with cocktails and sweets and got checked in, in a knick of time. The rooms (we had a family room) are good but need some attention (door of the bathroom with some water damage underneath). Airconditioning works perfectly and keeps the room very cool (if you want to). The mini bar gets refilled daily (softdrinks, water and beer). There's ample storage space for your clothes and also a safe for your valuables. They're a bit noisy though. You could hear... "sounds" from other rooms. A family we met had quite a few sleepless nights due to a baby crying all night long while her parents were fighting all through the night. Not really relaxing. We were lucky though to have nice and quiet neighbors. Loved the food! The buffet restaurant offers great and varied food catering to the tastes of the different visiting nationalities. Never had a bad meal there. We tried the Mexican and Italian a la carte and the BBQ dinner. Food is abundant with 5 courses to choose from. We couldn't finish all the courses so we limited our order to 4 courses. The BBQ wat our favorite though! Each table gets one BBQ with is ready to go when you arrive. Great selection of meats and chicken. Great side dishes. When we managed to finish the meat, the waiter offered to put another plate of meat for us! Talk about service! The beach is nice with warm waters (in August) but the sands get HOT from midday on. There are a lot of lounges underneath sunshades. The beach bar is also very good and offers drinks and food, so you don't have to walk back to the hotel for lunch. The pool area is very nice with a lot of palmtrees around. Due to the free form, there one area where the animation team does its stuff without the rest of the pool being bothered by the waterplay or music. The team of very friendly and do great stuff with the kids. But they're not abundantly present and aren't pushy for you to participate. Our kids enjoyed the 5 waterslides and played there daily. The lifeguards should do a better job at guiding people when going off the larger slides. I've seen many incidents where little kids got hit by others coming down the slide (from up in the tower you can't really see if the pool area in the "landing zone" has been cleared). There isn't a run on the lounge chairs but some people do reserve chairs by the pool (at around 6:30 am) although it isn't allowed. But you could still get good lounges after 9 o clock in the morning. The bars offer great cocktails, ice coffee (coffee with ice cream), tea, alcohol-free cocktails for the kids. Good service. The pool restaurant offers hamburgers, hotdogs, pizza, half chickens, baked potatoes and salads for lunch. And you can also get Turkish style pizza and pancakes with your choice of filling. The lobby bar is opened 24 hours a day. There's a huge lounge area around it and it's nicely crowded in the evening. There are some shops which sell fake namebrand clothing and accessories. And a shop which sells beach stuff, snacks, souvenirs and fake electronics. The only thing we didn't like, was the photographer walking around the pool and pushing his services. He had a monkey with which you could pose but he treated him quite roughly. There were enough people annoyed by this. But hey if you like badly photoshopped vacation pictures, go ahead.... The crowd is mostly German, Russian/Eastern bloc and Dutch. Staff speaks Turkish, German and Russian and some English. The surrounding area consists of bazaars where all articles are fake. Over and over the same fake brands. The same shops with Turkish delights and spices. And everywhere pushy shop owners. All in all it was the best vacation we had as a family. We'll definitely return next year for another two weeks!

It’s suitable for families have children and elderly people. Because places in the hotel is very accessible and close to each other. Beach is full-sand, clean and safe. We didn’t get in pool but it was looking quite clean. The hotel was offering wide selection of food. You can find food anytime and wherever you are in the hotel. We visited Fish Restaurant for a dinner. It was cosy and has high quality of both service and food. Most of the guests were from Germany and Russia. Hotel staff has good skills of language. However some of them, especially in the main restaurant were unnecessarily sincere. We thank Ramazan Arslan and Ibrahim Yildiz for their kind service at restaurants. Beach bar service is excellent but lobby bar is weak. Rooms are well-furnished and clean. We stayed sea view room with one double and one single bed. The room was small with 3 people. Night shows weren’t “entertaining”. Maybe due to the date of stay. Thank You Sunis Family for unforgettable vacation.

It is a quiet hotel. Very good rooms, culinary art in restaurants. Cleaning in the daily room. Very clean beach, restaurant and beach bar. Near the bazaar. The very good animation team, good shows every night at the amphitheater. I highly recommend this hotel for peace and quality of service!