Royal Dragon Hotel

I loved this hotel. It was so beautiful and the decor was amazing. Side note: (We went Aug 2023 not Sept. Wrote review late and Aug 2023 was not showing for me to select). The pool was great. It was like a curvy lagoon shape all throughout. There are plenty of sunbeds and plenty on the beach when you get to the top. A waterpark and fairground on site. Our kids loved this. Ages 4, 13, and 18. We did not use kids' clubs, our choice. We never do going abroad. There was also music, pool arobics which I really enjoyed, one day there was a huge party with a dj and a white party which was on a Wednesday. This I read in someone's elses review, which I'm glad I did otherwise I would not have known. The white part was amazing. They went all out. The setup was pretty cool. The lunchtime buffet had a good variety, and the evening food was so well presented and lots to choose from. Mcdonlads was a walk down the road, lots of shops and little bars, etc. We booked a pirate adventure cruise when we were out in the evening. Little stands with booklets to choose what you want to do. On the cruise, we had food included. You do have to pay for drinks and ice cream. They came around with a beautiful, kind parrot and took pics of us all. We bought them all and on printed plates too. Music throughout and a foam party, too. I think they were very entertaining. We did stop off at a sandy area where you can jetski, £20 pp for half hr. You could ride a camel, too. The hotel was offering jetski experience at £90 pp for half hr. We definitely got our moneys worth doing this trip. You go past the side ruins, than you park up, and you can jump off in the sea and swim. If you want to see a little video of the hotel see my tiktok page: sj_mummamoo

Basically this is a very average Turkish hotel, have stayed in many in the Antalya area this is the worst.. 1: Drinks are terrible apart from the beer which is Effes can't go wrong with that, if you like a good vodka, Gin, jack Daniels etc bring your own as these are cheap and not cheerful. 2: Staff generally grumpy or do not understand what you want, ask for red wine get white, ask for vodka tonic get sprite etc... 3: pools are too crowded, feels very crammed with sunbeds, get up early if you want to claim one as people were up at 6 am claiming them which is annoying but you can deal with it. Tiles are so slippery and boiling hot ridiculous choice for around the pool. 4: Food is pretty good but it is literally the same thing everyday but all inclusive so expect that. Al la carte are empty as they charge far too much so never bothered. 5: Beware of very rude Russians the hotel is full of them, what a horrible nation they are yet to meet a decent one!!!! Would not return here and would definitely not recommend. Plus side the slides are good, beach is pretty good plenty of loungers beware of the hottest sand in the world though

Arrived with 2 friends for 1 week (last week). First impressions are that the hotel looks nice, however that’s where it ends. Alcohol is not branded - you ask for Bacardi and you get cheap white rum. Staff are rude - they pick who they want to serve based on who gives them tips. Got food poisoning on the 2nd day - ruined the whole holiday (it’s a stretch to call it a holiday at this point)! And I’m talking the worst food poisoning EVER! Couldn’t leave the room from then until the end of the holiday when it was time to go home. Literally can’t eat or drink even a few mouthfuls without having the worst diarrhoea imaginable. Been back 2 days now and still the same - an entire 7 days of 💩💩💩 now! Will never return!!

Hotel size is huge and no chance off getting a sunbed as they are gone by 7.30am. Lots of food choice but restaurants very big and hard to find each other. The kids club is awful as no ones looks after kids properly and cannot speak English. My child went there and was struggling to get on slides so I helped her, the gate was left open so kids could out so No Safety at all. One kid was hurt and lots of blood everywhere he was taken to hospital for stitches, took my child out after 30 minutes and no one called to see where she was or we had collected. Lots of noise in bedroom every night which was never resolved so hardly slept all week. complain to staff who say they will sort and then you never see them again. Would not go back.

This hotel is made to be a great 5* resort where I disagree. 3* would sound about right. Upon arrival you will be very happy with the service as your cases are taken to your room and the service seems good. The rooms are lovely and very clean and I can not fault them in anyway. It then goes down hill from there. Lifeguards- Love to sit there and not care for all customers safety. A little child came down on of the adults slides with arm bands and couldn’t swim when he got to the bottom as the arm bands came off. His mother came down after him and quickly held him up. Meanwhile the lifeguard sat doing nothing! Food- The food here is AWFUL! Breakfast, lunch and dinner, it is all the same. Never everything new or different on each night. Typical boring and not much choice. They have x3 Al-carte restaurants on site where you aren’t told you have to pay the extra for these and need to book in advance. Also open only on certain nights. Service- Sitting around in the bar areas you can tell that staff like to ONLY care for the customers who they want to look after. We sat in the bar area for 6 hours on night and not once did a member of staff come over to offer us a drink, meanwhile everyone around us were getting drinks brought to their table every 10 minutes. (You can tell they pick and choose who they look after, or who gives tips) . On from this, all other tables were offered crisps and snacks with their drinks while we were offered nothing. Staff also are VERY RUDE! If they don’t get or understand what you are asking, they can be very abrupt which is not nice! Rooms- As I have said rooms and nice and clean, however we had x2 problems where our room door didn’t lock! Please look out for this as you won’t notice until you check to make sure it is locked! When talking to reception, they weren’t sorry about this matter at all, and didn’t seem to care! With this happening x2 times you would expect something or a sorry but nothing. Again, this is very POOR and needs looking into! If you are booking, please read all reviews! This hotel sells a load of lies and is not all truth to what they sell!

Hotel facilities were lovely, however food was not good, too much on offer and nothing done well. Attitude of staff was disgraceful, especially at the pool bars, just slammed drinks onto counter and no conversation, like they didn’t want to be there. No properly run Kids club, inappropriate behaviour form a lifeguard witnessed on tick-tock (pulled a young boys shorts down and exposed his privates), didn’t feel safe letting children wonder around unattended, no rules with sun loungers, 3 times out towels were taken / moved and had to complaint o reception, they just bring out new beds and don’t deal with the perpetrators, terrible WiFi, not worth the money paid. TUI also terrible, I was advised as the hotel were meeting their service levels, they wouldn’t offer any form of compensation. I’m obviously not the only one that’s had a bad experience. Spend your money else where, I’ve heard about so many nicer hotels in Turkey.