Blue Bay Platinum

Good firm king size mattress but pillows were overstuffed & hard. Only 1 tiny circular drawer in the single bedside table & only 1 bedside light. Square arch of LED lights round bed head were not bright enough to read by. A small room with no drawers for clothes storage can never be graded 5*. Dining room was good & all-you-can-carry food was excellent. Self-serve salads were truly magnificent, as were the free ice creams. We didn’t indulge in the unlimited free alcohol available. The biggest bugbear was the all-encompassing music. Reveille (yes a bugle call) at 10.00 & then continuous over-loud music until 23.00. We played a game of ‘hunt the loudspeaker’ to try to find the quietest location. If you want a quiet peaceful holiday then look elsewhere, Blue Bay Platinum is not for you. We complained to TUI UK & we’re told that the hotel is described as ‘lively’. This is obviously TUIspeak for deafening.

On our last evening here. We've had a fantastic 6 nights. Weather has been awesome only one cloudy day which we used for shopping in marmaris and I got my hair done at the hotels on site hairdresser. Chris and his team have done an amazing job and half the price of my hairdresser at home. Might even squeeze in my nails before I fly home. There's a tattoo shop and spa on site too but I didn't visit. The room is lovely, massive shower, water in fridge every day, clean and comfortable. You can pay a supplement if you want English TV but we didn't spend much time in our room. Supplement for in room safe too. Forgot my toothbrush but was able to quickly get one at the on site supermarket. The supermarket down the road is cheaper but for convenience the one in the hotel is great for snacks and essentials. We had an overnight flight and delayed 2 hours but were greeted here at 7am with smiles and a porter to take us to our room for a nap or we could have gone straight to breakfast. The driver from our TUI transfer mini bus offered us cold refreshments at Dalaman for the journey and Turkish delight. After 90mins napping on the bus I had forgotten all about it until he chased us into the hotel lobby demanding £4 for the refreshments. I was so tired and dopey i should have realised there would be a charge. The hotel food is good enough. Very repetitive after a week. Definitely couldn't do another week on the same food. Mexican night and Chinese night were my favourite. In the day the pizza and ice cream and patisserie were to die for. Also the iced coffee mid morning was perfect before having alcohol. There was never a fight for sunbeds. 90% of guests were British and it's not peak season yet so we never had to get up early. They don't really condone reserving sunbeds before 7am here. Not much to do here compared to other destinations I've been to. We took the excursion to Rhodes for a day to break up our week. Ive also been to hotels with a more varied entertainment programme. There's a few animation team members trying to organise darts and pool in the day and evening entertainment is 9.30-11pm which was mainly dance shows and karaoke one night. All in all a fantastic week considering we only booked 10 days ago. Next time I wouldn't bother exchanging to Lire as everything is in pounds or euros anyway. Even the shops along the road advertise in pounds.

The restaurant staff were great .. the entertainment staff didn’t approach us until day 10 of our two week stay .. the noise from the Sun Bay hotel next door was horrendous and we might as well as had the windows open .. food was repetitive and lukewarm warm although we didn’t starve .. although we were all ill during the holiday … the pools were overcrowded and everyone was rammed in like sardines .. Alex at the adults pool was amazing .. the Tui rep was very knowledgeable .. we wouldn’t go back and wouldn’t recommend

Visited last week of season which we didn’t realise when we booked. Over week numbers dwindled as did supplies, drinks ran out and food was repetitive. There was always something to eat , and we enjoyed it but the most basic buffet in all inclusives I have seen. Drinks are cheap, no fizzy wine no baileys and nasty pre-made cocktails. Entertainment was limited but they really tried their best at Halloween with loads of decorations and acts . I wouldn’t recommend this week as all the shops and restaurants are also closing. We ate at the Greek restaurant al a carte was v nice but limited menu again. Worth it for £15/21 The hotel is tired, seats are threadbare and splitting, bathrooms are bit stained but it’s all v clean. Pools are surrounded with high rise so pools are not in sun all day . No problem with getting beds as hotel was empty. The decor inside is v odd with weird mannequins in reception. But around the pool was attractive. Relax pool was nice and quiet, small bar there too but had unpleasant rotting smell in the last few days probably waste not being collected . Sea was beautiful, short walk over wasteland no drinks there could take one in paper cup. We walked along front lots of people trying to get you in restaurant bit ott and off putting.The town is a holiday resort getting older lots of tacky shops and bars, the location is lovely but the town is Blackpool in Turkey. It was cheap and cheerful winter sunshine for us but it’s not platinum and we won’t be back to this hotel or Marmaris.

Hotel itself is big, clean and well run. The food at best was warm, very varied and catered for every need but all the hot food was luke warm. The drinks were served in seconds, even cocktails all in plastic tumblers, some of which were warmer than the meals, every mixer I tried was flat. We went to beach loads of free sunbeds and brollys, however, you are told before you go that you have to pay for drinks on the beach, two beers, four strawberry dakaries and one mojito 80 euros for seven drinks. We only went once. It was lovely and lively down there. Such a shame we all felt like we had been ripped off so we did not return. We all made the best of our week despite the above grumbles. Alex's relax bar was brilliant.

Very good hotel excellent all inclusive only downside is noise from rooms being woken every morning at 8 by cleaners who had no consideration for guests not a problem for some but I like a little lie especially when getting in late ideal location very close to beach and amenities overall very good