Hillside Beach Club

Nikki Harding

What Hillside lacks in plush luxury, it makes up for in friendly hospitality and outrageous good food. The food is fresh and delicious at all times. So important when on a resort holiday. The rooms are a bit dated, but they are clean and offer all the comforts needed. Well equipped for babies. Thoughtfulness given to toiletries in room. Bring your own water bottle, as water is charged for if ordered on the beach, but a refill station is provided. Excellent facilities for children and entertainment. We thoroughly loved our stay and will be returning next year.

neinichtunurso

We spent the last days of our honeymoon at Hillside Beach Club and did not really know what to expect. The website does not really give you a picture of what you actually get. The room (we booked category C) was way nicer than the pictures of the website suggest. All four beaches are absolutely beautiful. Two of them are a bit secluded and adults only. There are sport courses all day (morning yoga with Merve at silent beach was our favourite) and tennis, padel and squash court free of charge (besides the rackets for tennis if you don’t bring your own). The room rates include full board plus which means you get amazing food at basically most times of the days. When we booked, we thought it only counts for the main restaurant but you also have free lunches at two of the beaches and the option to get dinner in two a la carte restaurants (for those dinner options you have to reserve a table max 3 days in advance and drinks are not included). In general, if you buy drinks apart from the complementary drinks in the main restaurant, prices are totally fair! The quality and variety of food is out of this world. We have never experienced something similar before. It’s like moving in to a Michelin star restaurant. One more thing to highlight is the staff. Everyone is extremely nice and helpful and welcomes you with a warm smile. And this does not only account for those who have frequent interactions with guests. A special thanks to Army, Lory and Evy for the nice sports tournaments and teaching us pickle ball. We will definitely come back :)

Vijay Jethwa

This is by far one of the best holidays I have ever experienced, and I have travelled much further afield to what people may cosnsider to be far more exotic locations. The hotel is in a beautiful setting and is a fantastically well thought out business, with its excellent people/emplyoyees at its main attribute who provide an outstanding service all around. All are great but in our experience a few were exceptional; these were as follows; Allatin, Recep, Dogan and Mustafa in the restaurant seating area - these gentleman looked after us phenomenally during the course of our stay and our 2 year old became good friends with them, as did we. Deniz, Ummu and Hilmi in other areas of the restaurant - just extremely warm people who always made an effort to acknowledge us. Mecit in the bar area, what a great soul he is. Mehmet the lift operator - a sweet man who made good friends with our little one and they had their never ending 'goodbye' rituals when we departed for the night which was a lovely touch to the end of each day. Anri the showman, this guy has skills. Mine in the kids room - always attentive to our little one. This was our first visit but most certainly wont be our last. we can understand why so many of the other guests we interacted with are repeat regulars - one man we spoke to had come every year with his family for the last 14 years... I can see us following the a similar path!

levi

This love story started some 15+ years ago. Nature, location, activities, entertainment, food... STAFF -> 10 stars! It was a paradise. And it is still a paradise.

Mimo Khashoggi

I spent one week (Sun-Sun) at HBC with my family (wife, 8-year old daughter and 5-year old son) in the second half of July. What a place! The beauty of the beach and its surrounding water, the clarity and temp of the water, the friendliness and attentiveness of the staff, the fun and friendliness of the activity team and their nightly performances, and the Food (ahhh the food!!). All were incredible, and at a very high level. With the crowning glory to the food we had throughout the day at the main restaurant. We had worried that we would get bored pretty quickly at 1 main restaurant and a buffet at that… but they proved us incorrect, and some time later, I find myself still longing for it. The quality of their produce was so high which all felt very local, and the preparation too. There had to be some negatives though, albeit relatively on the minor end. The rooms do feel a bit dated (one can say still rustic - but the beds were very comfy and rooms kept very clean) and i wasn’t a fan of the design of the family rooms having two separate rooms who shared a ‘outside bathroom’. No issues with an outdoor shower, but having an outdoor toilet in that heat was uncomfortable. Also wish the outdoor seating area had a fan. Other main negative was we found ourselves ending our nights very late due to the nightly events, and depending where you are you might hear loud noise then as well. Putting the kids to bed was more challenging in those circumstances. However, overall, a fantastic place, and we are already planning to come back next year!