Reviews of Lara Otel

Very nice 👌

The hotel has a beautiful view of the sea over the cliff, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from the window, the rooms are not quite modern, but the price-quality level is up to par

***Meat was good in everything 🙃 the reception staff were very friendly and attentive, thank you very much especially to Mr. Ramazan 😊 it is a hotel choice you will not regret.

It was clean and very comfortable. I advise

Great hotel…. Staff were lovely, pool loungers were the most comfortable, views are stunning, beds comfy, rooms a little dated but clean. Breakfast has good choice. WiFi was good.

It was a horrible experience!!! The hotel rooms were extremely outdated. It smelled damp & mildew. We felt extremely uncomfortable from the moment we walked in, but we tried to make it work. We went down to the front desk and asked for a corkscrew for our wine bottle. They recommended we just bring it down to the bar and have them open it, so we did once we got out there they opened it. We asked for glasses, the young lady put two glasses on our table and we ordered drinks from the bar. A waiter came over and told us it was forbidden to drink outside drinks, but apparently we could drink in our tight smelly room. We were unaware because all of the workers prior to him instructed us to go out to the bar and even gave us glasses. But we were okay with that. We corked our wine and waited for the drinks from the bar. A while later, the owner came over EXTREMELY HOSTILE and yelled. “We must take your bottle and give it to the front desk. You can get it when you go back to your room.” We didn’t understand because we weren’t drinking it anymore. But it made us extremely uncomfortable because of the way he was coming off. They took the wine and we weren’t interested in getting that back from hostile strangers. We did not even stay that night. We went to our room searched for a different place and went to THE AMAZING LIMAK LARA!! Coming from the USA this was not a safe or welcoming experience after traveling across the country. I would definitely NOT RECOMMEND!

Just come back from a week at Lara hotel, on entering the hotel it looked very nice but very disappointed with the room. It was very dated, the bathroom had a very bad odour coming from the drains. Had trouble sleeping due to a very noisy fridge and you could hear your neighbours talking in the next room. The breakfast was shockingly bad. The pool was very nice with lovely comfy sunbeds and the music they played in the bar area was fantastic excellent choice of music but unfortunately the prices they charge for drinks was way too much so many people were going to the local shop to bring there own drinks in. Location was good close to a nice park & waterfall.

The Rooms are old and tired and the walls are paper thin. The noise that you have to deal with all day and all night is unbearable. Reception team are unhelpful, and best of all the food and drink is massively over priced. What is not to love! Well all of it actually.

Terrible and noisy ,This hotel is on the flight path and flights go all day and night till midnight.There is music playing by the pool from 9am till midnight and the noise travels up the rooms and the windows dont Block out the noise.It is not a good place to relax . We left after one night.

As others have said the hotel is basic. The walls are thin and they are building next door so there is noise on and off all day but it’s bearable. The thing I want to warn others about is the clear minibar scam. They have a mixture of drinks and snacks in your room when you arrive. There is a menu but it doesn’t seem to match what is in the room. They check it each day and bill you for missing items. The problem is, unless you physically check the items with a staff member on arrival. You have no proof what was in the room to start with. On checkout someone scurried up to the room whilst I waited to see if I’d used the minibar on my last night. I hadn’t used any of it for the whole time. Yet the phone went and I was told I’d drank all the waters and 2 lots of spirits. I assured them I hadn’t as I don’t drink spirits and plain water isn’t my thing either. The receptionist got rather aggressive and said I had to pay almost 900 lira (£18) which isn’t earth shattering and if I’d used it I’d happily have paid,but I didn’t. I felt I had no choice but to pay as I needed to leave my suitcase there and was worried they’d do something to it. I spoke to several people afterwards and some had similar stories. Most just walked out and didn’t pay so it seems they try it to see who will pay! As a woman alone it was out of my comfort zone. I will never stay there again on principle now and will be booking another hotel for my return later in the year.

I understand this is a budget hotel, but that doesn’t warrant the rudeness and uncleanliness! As soon as I walked into the hotel I was, I wouldn’t even say greeted more like grunted at by a rude receptionist, walked into my room and was hit with the strongest smell of smoke and body odour it made me heave! I tried to make the best of a bad situation opened the doors sprayed around some perfume and deodorant and tried to overlook it, there is an ashtray left on the dressing table which implies that they allow smoking in the rooms which you’re of course not made aware of upon booking. As a female solo traveller I was quite nervous and generally not one to complain anyway so felt uncomfortable in doing so. There is a building site next door with constant noise all day long, and you can hear word for word what the people in the room next door were saying. So first night going to bed, bed is full of hairs obviously left by previous guests so bedding clearly not changed, this is when I did decide to go to reception and say something. They said they couldn’t do anything about it until tomorrow. My lovely neighbours were obviously having a great time with a little room party until around 3am. Again I thought overlook it there just having a nice time ect but the same happened the following night so after 2 nights no sleep, I went to reception and asked about changing rooms and they just stared at me and shrugged. The most interaction I got from any of the staff was being shouted at when I walked in with a bottle of water I’d brought from outside of the hotel. So after two days no sleep, still the same dirty bedding, and not wanting to be overly confrontational because I was on my own, I decided to check out and go elsewhere.

Basic but does the job, Rooms could do with an upgrade, New restaurant opened next door with good steaks, Breakfast could be better, Good for watching aircraft if that’s your Hobby., Note pool is closed in March, Walkway down to the beach, a water fall and coffee shops very nearby in the local park.

Hotel was like being at school. As you check in they have a notice on the desk top. No food or drink to be brought in from out side the hotel. You can get food drinks and snacks at the bar or restaurant 24/7. I couldn’t even get a coffee at 12 midday Husbands bag was taken from him when he walked in to the reception because he had just brought a bottle off water a can off monster and a pit off Pringles from over the road.

Lost for words to be honest and difficult to know where to start. This is a real holidays from hell experience with an active 16+ hour building site next door, £7-£10 for a 33cl bottle of beer and anything upto £22 for a spirit!! Food is also at a premium too and really wouldn't go there if you value your health for the duration of your stay. It is FORBIDDEN to bring any food or drink in from the outside and have heard from other guests that they have been having a tug o war with reception staff who try to enforce this. Breakfast is often shared with stray cats who jump up onto the tables to finish any left overs and as for having a hot shower prior to this, well, only once out of 6 days as water is barely warm and that's if you like the smell of sewage!! On mentioning this to staff, we were told, well, you had it yesterday 🤣🤣 Pure theatre!! The Manager doesn't have the balls to come out and face you to address any of the above issues and appears to be running some sort of dictatorship here. In a nutshell, don't do it folks and if on a dental package, double check where you a staying first as this s**te hole will ruin your holiday for sure!! It is quite a shock to see that this place still remains on various Hotel booking platforms and I would say best remove it soonest!!