Ephesia Holiday Beach Club

Just back home from a wonderful week at Ephesia and missing it already!

6 of us went, 3 adults, 3 children aged 15, 10 & 6 years.

So many positives to write about, just a couple of things that weren't so positive so I'll get them out of the way first.

Dining hall ... Always really busy and very hot. There are a couple of A/C units, but unless you are directly underneath them or by the open doors looking out to the sea, you didn't feel the benefit, that being said we did choose to go in August and experienced very high temperatures. Most staff are very hard working and try to clear tables quickly. Special thanks to 'DLake' from the kitchen who brought us our favourite chocolate pannacotta upon request! There was a grumpy one who objected to us pushing tables together to fit all 6 of us, but DLake's happy attitude outshone that small detail.

Good - Lots of food variety everyday, all 6 of us with various tastes enjoyed the meals. Even the snack bar meals were great, especially the salad bar and freshly cooked pizza from the outdoor pizza oven. Drinks were great, but like others have said, the paper cups go soggy. The coffee cups are very small so I used 2 of the larger cups from the bar and doubled up to stop the burn/sogginess and managed to fit 3 coffees in ... Win win! Always cold bottled water available at every station. We mainly used the Sunny Bar, the staff there are wonderful! So friendly. No queues.

Location - On the beach! The beach is small and not very clean, could do with a rake every morning. The rest of the grounds and gardens are immaculate. The grounds staff are extremely hard working.

Right, onto the best bits ...
Our room (2304 - the new part) very spacious, tastefully furnished and very clean. Cleaned everyday and given fresh bedding/towels. Fabulous A/C, great monsoon shower, free safe, fridge and huge comfortable beds and pillows. Great view of the lazy pool, the sea, sunset and mountains. Double sliding doors with insect net which was great it you wanted to sleep with the doors open. A large walled TV which we didn't use.

The pool - Our favourite was the fresh water infinity pool which benefited from the sea breeze. The entertainment team put on lots of water activities such as aerobics and polo. Also liked the lazy pool but this is salt water and the kids weren't too keen. Lots of beds and always got good spots easily at both pools. At the other side of the complex is the water park with some great slides and lots of attentive attendants. Although this had been the pull factor in us choosing Ephesia, we only went a couple of times. It was really busy and finding 6 beds together was difficult, but we enjoyed the infinity pool so much that it didn't affect our holiday.

We had a wonderful Turkish bath/scrub/massage onsite at really reasonable prices. There is also a small shopping complex onsite selling essentials/gifts, again at reasonable prices.

Saving the best until last -
The entertainment - fantastic!
A great bunch of caring, hard working, wonderful people who made our holiday. They immediately remembered our names and made us feel really special all holiday. We had so many laughs playing shooting, dancing and darts everyday - Thank you Ronie, Rio, Sourinho, Diego, Burak, Casper, Twety, Poto, Eto, Niloy, Barnie, Limz & Nazli-Memet.

The night entertainment was very impressive in the outdoor amphitheatre with special acts and prior to the show is a kids mini disco. The fabulous entertainment team mentioned above were still working during the nighttime shows, they never stop!

We loved this holiday and will definitely be returning. Highly recommeded!!

My family and I have recently returned from this fantastic hotel. We spent 2 weeks there and the staff couldn't have been more helpful, they are a credit to you, especially Hakan and Cheylin from reception, Habib in the lobby bar and Ibrahim in the a la carte Italian. There are plenty of activities to do during the day, the pools are spotless and well supervised by the life guards so we always felt that our children were safe. The food choices throughout the day were always excellent with plenty of choice for all. We will definitely return in the future.

Great place for families with kids but also for couples of all ages. Divided in 3 man accomodation areas, each having large pool just at the doorstep.
Nice and well equiped waterpark with slides for toddlers and teenagers too.
Just beside is probably the nicest beach in the area, equiped with parasols and comfy sunbeds.
Nice animation programme for kids and adults too.
It is possible to take bus and in 20 minutes be in the Kusadasi historic town centre full of restaurants and bars and shops.
Or you can just walk outside the hotel, and there is a seaside village with some shops, bazaar and few restaurants too and also a nice seaside walk.

Large central restaurant with wide selection of great food. (I missed wider selection of fish and seafood, but Turkish cuisine is probably not about fish that much).
Another 3 bars and 2 finger food spots beside the pools.
Beer was good but the quality of wine and others alcohol drinks was way under avarege.

The family apartments are spacious, with nice view on the sea and pools. The ground-floor rooms have their own water brambles for kids and direct access to the pool. The isolation on main room door should be better.

All in all it is a great place to spend a week with family. Well worth the extra travel from the airport.

I have to say the resort of this hotel is great, spacious, the pools are great with plenty of activities for children. We had family room in the older part which was a bit outdated but clean and big enough for family of 4, only thing is there is s street with private houses very close and it can be noisy, obviously that is not the hotel fault. The great benefit was on the bottom floor we had lovely outdoor areas with sun loungers and it was close to the pool but still had kind of privacy and green around. The new part is nicer and more modern, my sister had room there, they are smaller a bit but still spacious enough. There is always free beds later around the pools and at the beach too. Food was very good, breakfast, lunch, dinner always plenty of choices and always found something everyone liked (even the fussy ones😅) A la carte is we had was in Turkish restaurant and it was great too. The staff everywhere is friendly and helpful, specially reception, they are very nice and nothing is a problem. Rooms are cleaned every day apart from Sunday I think, we didn't need it to be done every day but always changed towels for us and took the bins. It is close to Kusadasi maybe 15 mins in the car (taxi) and it was 10 euro. There is great market 2 mins from the hotel for shopping. And a few other shops around including pharmacy. We had brilliant 10 days and would definitely come back. Thank you Ephesia Holiday beach club for our holiday full of amazing memories and for the most beautiful sunsets and views to see every day.

This is the best place for a holiday. The hotel is spectecular, the rooms are very tidy and spacious, providing all essentials for a short or long stay. The staff is extremely polite and they will do anything for the guests to be happy. Also, the hotel provides entertainment for all age groups. There are 5 separate pools, including many fun parts for children as well. Food was various and super delicious, showing the best of the Turskish cuisine.

Overall, we are very delighted that we chose Ephesia for our holiday and we would definitely choose it for out next holiday in Turkey.

Me and wife enjoyed the facility on a day pass ticket, 1300 tl, it was beyond our expectations, food good, snacks good and price awsome…not fancy though but what would you expect with 40 usd all inclusive…

Nice little resort overall but does show signs of ware and tare in places. Staff are mainly young adults but are friendly enough. Restaurant was the usual foods you find in these types of Turkish resorts and was ok. The gym definitely needs some tlc as some of the running machines were poorly maintained along with the exercise bikes. Evening entertainment wasn't great but was good enough for the kids. The location is great and has a small bazaar about 300 metres up the road. Being my first time in Kusadasi I was pleasantly surprised with the shop owners/merchants as there was no constant pestering/hard selling which I really liked (when compared to Antayla). Overall good resort for the price and Kusadasi is a great area to visit.

The room was clean ,decent hotel , language barrier wasn't great , Food was horrible the plates weren't clean and not a lot of food option , entertainment was mainly the same but it was quite good . In general the whole experience was a 7/10 if the food was abit better would be 10/10 but I would recommend.