Pasa Beach Hotel

Just back from a 2 week stay at Pasha beach hotel. Travelled as a couple.

Check in was hassell free and the bell boy was very helpful, took our cases and showed us to our room. We were on the 3rd floor with a view of the other side of the hotel looking down on the entrance of the hotel, this wasn't any issue as we have never minded really what view we have.
Room itself was clean, had 3 beds which for us was a waste of space but no issue, however the lack of storage which was an issue could of been resolved by getting rid of the single bed. Kettle in the room, small fridge, and nice bathroom with a great shower. 1 usable plug socket which to me seemed wrong? My biggest gripe was paying for the use of a safe, which intermittently broke. We both thought that charging for a safe was wiped out years ago, how wrong were we, 1,000 lira for the stay. Room cleaned daily, kind of, the cleaners we could see had their job cut out for them, most days our room wasn't touched until 3.30 -4 pm bearing in mind we left the room around 9-10ish and they were hard at it then. If we had returned to our room before it had been cleaned it didn't get touched and when we asked for extra toilet paper I thought we were going to get thrown out. The lady who cleaned our room was lovely but others were just cross about everything. It appeared there were just too many rooms and not enough cleaners.

Hotel facilities were adequate. Really poor WiFi which was neither here nor there as we don't tend to use our phones on holiday, however when we did require wifi it just dropped out. In house spa was beautiful and staff were friendly and welcoming. Would recommend. In house shop and barbers great too, again staff were lovely. 2 pools, one with slides which we didn't actually use, and another pool close to the main bar. Neither were big at all and sun beds were pushed together to maximise space. Everyone was on top of each other. The beach was OK, Couldn't always garauntee a sun bed as towels were out early doors. We saw, on a daily basis people on the beach using the beds for less than an hour yet leaving their towels from 7am to 7pm. The life guards were helpful and friendly.
The hotel staff excluding the animation staff were not particularly friendly at all. Everything seemed too much of an effort for them, there was no personal touches with any of them, the bar and restaurant staff made no effort in customer relations at all, despite our best efforts.They had a job to do and that was that. Massively disappointing as between us we had never experienced this before. No one appeared happy. No greetings or eye contact, or friendly banter. There was a luggage room where you could leave your cases on the last day, this wasn't locked and anyone and everyone could walk in to it.
Food...this for us was the biggest letdown. The buffet restaurant was poor, the same stews and fried foods every night. Salad smelt like it had been washed in disinfectant and barely any choice. Breakfast was OK and they did have a huge bread selection. We discovered the hotels Al la Carte restaurant by mistake as unless you asked you would never of known, it is stiuated at the bottom of the steps before the beach on the left, even the waiter told us that many people only discovered them on their last night. We chose to have breakfast in there most mornings, which we didn't budget for however the food and drink were lovely. The staff were lovely and their freshly squeezed orange juice was heaven. I would highly recommend using them. The evening menu is great The steak mushroom burger was amazing.
We wouldn't come back to this hotel, it's so commercialised with no personal touches. That's not to say it's not a good hotel, it's clean and well situated. Just not a good hotel for us.
There seems to be a huge shift in Turkey, prices have increased, no haggling over prices and the bars and restaurants in the evening don't seem as busy. Not that many brits in marmaris which the shops and bars seemed to be suffering for.

Paşa Beach Hotel offers good food and has a nice beach with sufficient loungers. The rooms are spacious, and the staff is friendly and helpful. There is food available everywhere in the hotel. However, at the beach, there's no food service, only a bar, and payments are cash-only. The hotel is directly next to a shopping area and within walking distance to the promenade's center, though a dolmuş (minibus) is available right in front of the hotel. One downside is the poor internet connection.