Seaden De Mar Resort & SPA

Well. Where do I start. We were apprehensive about our holiday due to mixed reviews. Mostly because of teething problems due to it being a brand new hotel. We arrived late at night and were literally wowed when we pulled up in coach. We were very warmly welcomed. Shown to our swim up room with pool view. Woke up in the morning to an absolute beautiful site. Pool areas gardens beach water park. Restaurants and snack bars in abundance with staff absolutely amazing and they literally don't want you to do anything but relax and enjoy yourself. The food options throughout the day and 24 hr Restaurant absolutely unbelievable food. Drinks choices are fantastic with real mixologists doing all sorts of cocktails with attention to detail. The local area has quite a few local shops and a bazaar and pharmacy within 5 minutes walk and a further 10 minutes walk a massive selection of bars Restaurants and shops. Buses stop 2 minutes away for around £5 return for 2 people to manavgat and side which is absolutely stunning. The local people are so friendly. The only downside for us was there wasn't many English channels on TV but certainly not a game changer as its only really later at night you spend in the room. Even the private beach and warm sea is amazing. The staff are always cleaning and smiling. My special mention would go to our friend at breakfast and lunch. Utku. Simply a wonderful young man who works (like all staff) tiresally to make your holiday special. We have never returned to the same hotel twice and hadn't been away together for 10 years due to my wife not leaving our dog with anyone so after losing our girl we decided to try going abroad and can honestly say we should have booked more than a week as we now gutted to be home and wish to return so looking to rebook ASAP. A huge thank you to everyone at The seaden de mar resort and spa for a fantastic holiday. Finally the big downside is I don't ever think anywhere would live up to this magical place. Kevin and Donna Howe

The hotel looks good although there are signs it has been rushed to be finished. Rooms are very nice but maid service was not the best. Dirty floors and minibars not restocked. Most of the staff are friendly. Not all staff speak English and at times in the restaurant, it was apparent not all have been trained well. Table service was hit and miss. Food is very good with lots of choice but as it is a family hotel, every mealtime was met with children and babies screaming and crying. A adults only area would be a good addition. The Al A carte restaurants are excellent and the waiters there have obviously been well trained and are very professional. The pool areas are nice but busy and noisy. The poolside bar staff very friendly and work hard. Snack bar gets busy but we always found a seat. The food is fast food but tasty. The beach is basic as no music or bar but kept immaculate due to a very hard working man who is very helpful and prides himself in his work. Waiter service on the beach is non existent as there are not enough waiters. Toilets in all areas of the hotel are all kept very clean including the beach. When the beach bar is built this will be a big improvement. The beach is perfect if you want to get away from the noisy, busy pool areas. You will need shoes to enter the sea. The stones are extremely painful to walk on coming in and out of the sea. The night time entertainment is very good. The lobby bars could benefit from some music, as they look nice but there is no atmosphere on an evening and the lighting is very bright. The cocktails and wine are very good. We enjoyed our holiday but thought it’s not the 5* experience we were hoping for. Ideal for families but not for couples or anyone wanting a luxury 5* relaxing break. We have been to many other hotels in Turkey and this isn’t quite there. I wouldn’t return but we did enjoy we stay.

I've spent 1 week at the end of August with my grown up kids and wife. In overall it was acceptable but here are few things you need to know before visiting this hotel. 1.) As there is a Aquapark and chldrens theme park used together with the neighbor Seaden Seaworld Hotel - there will be a bunch of kids everywhere. At the dining rooms you couldn't find a spot where there wasn't any kids crying or just shouting around during every ocasion - which was very disturbing for us. 2.) The west side of the building is totally not suitable for having a rest - and here is why: It is looking on another Hotel the Asteria Bloom Side. They have freaking loud industrial AC vents on this side of the hotel wich have constant sound - so you can not open your terrace door. The other main problem was every single night at 02:30 AM a garbage truck arrived and collected the garbage bins from this hotel for aprox. 30 minutes which sounded like an earthquake every single night! All rooms arr side sea view, which is true but we could only see a small bit of the sea. 3.) Hygenic problems - 1st day we had to ask for an extra cleaning because the floor in our room was very dirty. In the main restaurant I found several inproperly washed forks and knives - I had to ask for new ones several times. At the pool bars the plastic glasses are extra dirty and discusting - I do not recomend to drink from them. I found several times dried fruit bits sticked in the inside of them left behind from an earlier drink or cocktail and they look awfully dirty even if they were only 1 month old. Once we asked for 1 glass of water and we received warm tap water so be carefull! I recomend to only drink the bottled water and the canned softdrinks from the minibar in your room. 3.) The food - the main restaurant is too small for such a big Hotel, the variety of food is not enough. The fruits were not enough for me and they tasted even worse, especially the peaches and apples were uneatable and several times the warm dishes were cold already. 4.) The beach was also dissapointing. It was very difficult to go in the water barefoot because of the small rocks on shore and the water gets deep very fast, in 4meters aprox. you have to swim. 5.) As the hotel was opened only in July they are still working on the parks gardening, in some places it was very disssapointing - like missing grass, etc. So in overall I can give max. 4 points of 5.