Elysee Rive Hotel

Stayed at the Elysee Rive for a week on an All Inclusive basis in October. Booked via On The Beach for £440 pp inc flights and a 20kg case each. Hotel is located 3 hrs from Antalya airport which isn’t great but just about doable. It is also located about 1 mile from Alanya town centre - a lovely beach front location and walk into town. Hotel has been recently renovated and looks great. Two pools with plenty of loungers and seating. Gym - not all equipment was working. Spa room at extra cost. The all inclusive food was where my wife and I differed. I loved the food, she didn’t. The main issue is that, unless you take the grill option (usually fish) the hotel only provided one serving of its dishes at lunch and dinner. We found the restaurant was full within 15-20 mins of opening and as we like to eat late then if we didn’t have the grilled dishes the food was at best lukewarm - a microwave to heat the food would be welcomed. I love fish and the range of fish dishes was great. Not much authentic Turkish meat dishes provide. But the range of salads and other dishes was great. Breakfast was good for both of us, great range of dishes inc lots and lots of fruit. No full English but not an issue for us. Drinks were ok. Plenty of soft drinks and tea and coffee. Two bottle of water provided in your room every day, and loads available to grab and go. Only one beer - Efes, which was okay. Vodka was good - lots of Russians in the hotel. Strangely no dark or white rum. Cocktails were good if made by one barman but rank if by another. Room perfect. Huge bed and a spare bed. Walk in shower. Sea view from a balcony with table and chairs. Lastly the staff - great bunch of people. My wife was ill a couple of days and Hunta befriended me and kept me company each morning - he was a really friendly fella. 4 stars reflects my wife being disappointed with the food.

Lovely rooms but wouldn't be back due to the food & drink. Food is more or less the same every single lunch and dinner each day, pizzas and burgers and odd kebab. There's only around 10 hot choices, (half of them veg). Hotel would be better suited if you just went self catering. The alcoholic drinks were horrid, cocktails were just a burning alcohol taste, beer was like water, and they never give you a full glass, even with the juice... which I thought was weird. Only one bar open as well for the whole week so if you just fancy a drink at the bar when dinner is on, you'll be waiting a while as you have to que for your drinks at breakfast, lunch and dinner (there's no table service). The snack bar was the worst, everyday just burgers, maybe plain pasta and chips. Which were always cold. The rooms were perfect, spacious, think all come with double bed and single bed. The view from the room is just beautiful. Good area as well, local to everything. Wouldn't say much about the staff as they don't engage with you, or smile. Especially the female staff... Best staff members were the ones on reception- especially the male on late shifts - very helpful! Would overall give it 3 star

the hotel looks nice after renovation, but you can see that they were in a hurry to complete the renovation. We had a hole in the bathroom... Also the cleaning was very poor after renovation. Well the food... lunch: Same every day pasta, chicken, fish, cold potato.. thats all. If you are going to stay in this hotel eat as much as you can on breakfast otherwise you will be hungry all day.. but be carefull sometimes are eggs raw in morning. The stuff: first days the waiters didn't serve quest, so you have to go for a drink by yourself. Then when the main manager come to the hotel, well thats was a completely different story. Waiters starts to serve guest and asking for a drink. Around the hotel are cats, well they were until the day they catch a cat and throw it in a box and in a plastic bag (in the picture) than the trash man came and they throw it in a trash van. For a prize because they complete the task the waiter gave they drink through the fence. How can you be that kind of person? The pool: they need to clean it and add some chlorine in it, because the pool is slippery at the bottom and on sides. Gross. Ou yeah i almost forgot, i hope you know how to swim because rescue from the water sleep all day, hidding in the chair. The beach: just soft drinks are in allin concept. Beer is around 4euros. Beach is sandy with little rocks, but when you are trying to get in the sea, huh rocks, big rocks, slippery.. i do not recommend to use this beach. Rather take bus nr1 and go on Kleopatra beach (10min away) bus costs 30lira per person. 2sunbeds and umbrella cost 6euro per day. It is not allowed to bring food and drink from outside..they just wanna make more money. You have a lot of restaurants and market all around. Do i recommend this hotel? NO, even it was for free, no never again.

I came with my friend to alanya for first time. This hotel really excellent. Very clean rooms and very good service. Kind staff thank you to everybody. O will come back here I hope . Sea is not far to hotel only only road. Everybody must go and must eat this delicious food

Hello. We two girls came to this hotel The hotel has been completely renovated and has a very modern appearance. I definitely recommend you to drink coffee by the fireplace in the book reading section. You should experience and see that this beautiful and new hotel has nothing to do with its previous state. Thank you to all employees.

Fantastic hotel. The rooms are spacious and the hotel is really clean. It has 2 pools and looks directly on to the beach which has a beach bar. The shops and harbour are within walking distance, so great location. A taxi to the harbour is only €5. We thought the food was delicious and there was plenty of choice, desserts are very sweet. Lovely cocktails in the evening and the bar staff and restaurant staff were great . Special thanks to Siyar who went above and beyond to make our stay memorable. We are already looking to book for next year again. I would not book any trips with the holiday reps again as they are really expensive compared to organising them independently.