Greenwood Kemer Resort

“Bar man mordo”

Lobby bar man mordo very friendly. General manager is the best and my room everytime the beds was made the staircases were clean the spar guy is brilliant and the restaurant is top class with a range of foods. The staff are all so nice and caring.

“Food is great with a wide variety for everyone. Pool is big and slides are amazing for all ages. Bars are great.”

Mordo very good at cocktails amazing customer service 5 star. All the staff amazing all welcoming and speak amazing languages. Rooms were in amazing condition I'd recommend to anyone coming with family, freinds. General manager is so friendly and is a great laugh. 7 days a week he has a smile on f… more

Mordo very good at cocktails amazing customer service 5 star. All the staff amazing all welcoming and speak amazing languages. Rooms were in amazing condition I'd recommend to anyone coming with family, freinds. General manager is so friendly and is a great laugh. 7 days a week he has a smile on face and will help anyone.

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“Great family holiday”

If you're wondering whether this hotel is for you then allow me to detail our stay and base it on facts rather than just opinions. It's a lengthy review based on our stay at this hotel and this room, but I hope it helps. 😁 Just for context: we are a family of 3 - 2 adults and a 9 year old. We… more

If you're wondering whether this hotel is for you then allow me to detail our stay and base it on facts rather than just opinions. It's a lengthy review based on our stay at this hotel and this room, but I hope it helps. 😁 Just for context: we are a family of 3 - 2 adults and a 9 year old. We usually visit Spanish islands and Canary Islands, this is our first time in Turkey. We travelled with Jet2 and booked this as a last minute holiday during October half term. Location : technically Goynuk rather than Kemer. If you are wanting more towards the marina in Kemer area this hotel may not be for you. However, there is a very regular bus service (dolmus) which is about a 10-15 min bus ride from this resort. The bus costs around 1-2€. Download the moovitt app to see the times. Also on Thursday there is a textile and clothing market which is very popular. The bus gets full quickly so an earlier time may be more beneficial if there is more than 2 of you. Busses are very regular (every ten minutes). Transfer time wise it took an hour rather than the 90 minutes originally quoted on the jet2 site. If you go out of the hotel and turn left you'll find some shops there. Continue a little further and turn left again and you will find a huge street of shops on both sides we visited most and all shop keepers had excellent manners and customer service. No shortage of shops despite not being in the center of Kemer. The hotel does have its own stretch of beach which across the road from the hotel itself. At the beach there are ample FREE sunbeds, their own toilets, showers, beach bar serving drinks and snack bar serving food. Currency: Turkish lira. I've seen on many Facebook pages that suggest the Turkish shops like £ however we found in this area that they prefer euros but lira will work out better for value to you. One shop keeper in particular said it cost him money to bank £ rather than € or lira. Hotel check in: We arrived at 2am Turkish time and was one of two families arriving at the same time. We were met with a warm smile and quick check in service. The entrance lobby is vast and beautifully decorated. It smelled lovely and has a cosy vibe. I asked if there was any family rooms to upgrade to and the gentleman behind the desk smiled and said we had been upgraded to a family room (not in the main building) free of charge. (see below for more info on rooms) I couldn't believe it but I was so happy it really made my evening after a long day of travelling. Once checked in, a wonderful gentleman collected our luggage and was great with our little one making her laugh. He showed us to our room, showed us how the air conditioning works and wished us a pleasant sleep. Room: We stayed in block 1, floor 3 - 2303. The family room we were given was light, airy and spacious and had a little divider between the master bed and the two singles which gave a little privacy however there is a mirror that acts as a blindspot and undid the purpose of the divider 😂. We still had to get changed in the bathroom otherwise our little one would have been able to see and vice-versa. Our side of room contained a huge kingsize bed with a very comfortable mattress. And one pillow each and two blue scatter cushions. Each side has a bedside table with a drawer, lamp and night light for reading. The little ones side of the room contained two single beds (actual beds rather than a fold out sofa bed) which made a pleasant change and for the first time in a long time, my child was happy to sleep in through the night due to its size and comfort. Between the two beds was a bedside table with drawer, lamp and night light. We all slept so well, that I even enquired about the mattresses. (they are Sabah mattresses). Our room contained a TV (shared between both sides of the divider, a kettle, coffee making facilities (no tea), a desk, two sided wardrobe, air-conditioning, safe and a mini fridge which got stocked daily with bottles water. The TV missed English channels. I managed to find one news type chanel. Even the children's TV channels were not English speaking or English subtitles. This didn't bother us as we were not there to watch TV but my little one liked the kids TV chanel as background noise at bedtime. The bathroom is well equipped with towels, toiletries (soap, shampoo, conditioner and body lotion), a hairdryer, toilet roll, shelving and a large well lit mirror. The shower is large enough for two people and the water was hot and powerful. There is a bin. Toilet has a bidet too. On our first night a plate of fruits and a large (1 litre ) bottle of red wine and two glasses appeared in our room as a complimentary gift! Thank you Greenwood! The only negative I think of for the bedroom is the beds came with a single sheet to sleep under for the single beds and a single waffle sheet for the double bed. That is all. There are no extra blankets or pillows. On one of the days the cleaner took the spare sheet that I had thankfully took off the spare bed and in short left us with one single sheet for my child and a single sized waffle sheet for myself and my husband to share? Not sure if that's how it was supposed to be but that's what we got. Luckily, I brought my large beach blanket so had to use that instead. I didn't see a cleaner at all whilst I was there but I heard them in rooms and saw trolleys in the hall. Our room was not cleaned once in the week we were there which matches what others are saying but housekeeping did top up the water in the mini fridge and emptied the bins. Staff: staff are friendly and helpful. Their English is limited but they really do try. They are such a great and happy bunch of people. Their uniform is smart and regardless of where you see them, they always smile. We did not have an issue with any rudeness or negativity. Extras: there is a spa here providing a variety of lovely treatments, sadly I got sun burned on my first day and didn't get to experience the spa but will do if we visit kemer again. A gentleman comes round and let's you know about the spa if you're sat by the pool and recommends that you book for treatments. He was always cheerful when walking past us. The hotel has an on site hair salon. I did not use it but it was open and always looked clean. There is also an in-house doctor. Again, clean and tidy. Photographer - there is a photographer here that comes round and with your permission takes photos with you holding their well trained parrots. All good fun and great photos. The parrot that played dead made me laugh. Very friendly guys! Drinking Water - there are fridges dotted about all over the place with access to fresh cool bottled water 24:7. Very handy and an excellent touch. Main Pool - always clean and tidy. At this time of year, the pools are cold but are fine once you're in (so I was told - I'm too chicken to get in 😂). The pool by the main building is vast and has a shallow area for the children. There are goals here for playing with a ball and inflatables are allowed. There is an on site shop available for this but of course the nearby shops are less expensive. Lots of sunbeds. No fighting over them. Patisserie - yes you read right! There is a patisserie serving scooped icecream (vanilla, strawberry and chocolate) available in corners or cups. They also have biscuits, hot drinks and cakes. Only open between 2-5pm. A la carte - there are two a la carte restaurants situated next to the patisserie. You have to book these in advance and are €20 per person. Main pool snack bar. - delicious chicken, lamb and chicken sausage wraps with salad available here and there's a bar too. Waves bar - serves drinks for most of the day and night. Again wonderful friendly and quick service. Cocktails are lovely - try the San fransisco and there is no extra charge for this. We had a rum and coke but didn't enjoy the flavour so avoided that. The lager is excellent. Hot tea and coffee is also served here. Aqua park - fantastic area with a beautiful garden, showers, toilets and a snack bar and drinks bar. The aquapark is split into two. One with small slides and water jets and the other with large slides. There is a life guard on hand too. Lots of sunbeds here too. No fighting for one. Plenty of parasols too. The jets and slides are turned off between 12-2 for lunch. They finish at 4pm for the night. Aquapark bar and snack bar. - serves hot food and cold salads. There is also a mini freezer serving the best flavour twister icecreams. Ones we do not get in the UK. Hot food you can expect to find plain spaghetti or pasta, bolognaise sauce, turkey steaks (my favourite), chips, burgers and fresh pizza. There is lots of variety for the salad bar too! There is plenty of comfy dining space for food as well as sunbeds. Kids club - friendly and secure kids club with a locked door and reception staff. My child loved it and made friends there. They have a ball pit, play area, gaming area, sleep area and painting and crafting area. The staff are very friendly and professional and provide fun entertainment for all ages and where you can relax too! It's situated next to the aquapark. Evening entertainment - absolutely great and wonderful acts on. We saw great acrobatic and circus acts. There was bingo, sport on TV, karaoke, great kids club (every night but sunday). They also have live bands on too! Our room had an excellent view of the stage so we relaxed on our balcony to watch it. Loved that! Food - okay so I guess this is more opinion based as opposed to facts but the facts are - the food is fresh and hot! What food there is, is cooked to perfection. The cooks are very hardworking and do a fantastic job of keeping food constantly filled up. There are chips at every meal - yes even breakfast. For us, being used to Spanish holidays we found the food a little unusual for the morning. Breakfast consisted of lots of salad and cheese, eggs, chicken sausage (not like British ones), no bacon/ham/ pork at all, chips are served at breakfast too. There are fruits, some cereals, porridge and freshly baked breads. Pancakes and jams and chocolate spread is available too. You will not find any pastries or sweet food aside from Turkish delight and biscuit waters. We had lunch at the snack and pool bars as preferred this to the lunch menu - it's very similar to the evening meal. The grilled chicken kebabs and salad are fantastic. Dinner most nights was a range of foods that was pretty similar most nights with only one or two dishes differing however the food was always tasty, hot and fresh. You could always find something to eat. One night they had seafood and deep fried spears. My little one loved these. My favourite dish was a creamy chicken style meal called elba chicken. Very tasty. Lots of squash based veggies and grilled med veggies always available. I didn't see a kids section with the typical stuff. There is plain boiled rice and chips. Plain mash too also plain boiled chicken. My little one loves chicken nuggets but didn't enjoy these here. Most nights I had fish with boiled rice and grilled veggies. There are eggs with spinach, salads, some fruits, mash, pizzas (very tasty) and boiled chicken and beef. Not spicy. Fruit juices, coffees and a bar is available at tea and lunch I saw meals with bulgar wheat too if that's your thing. Puddings - The deserts are hit and miss. I guess I'm used to British cake which is much sweeter of course. They do a cake which I called milk pudding. I think it was a caramel sponge,soaked in milk - very tastey. There's no ice cream at the evening meal either. Luckily my little one loves fruit for pudding. Overall this hotel is excellent. To summarise this is completely opinion based but I think important. Positives * staff - friendly, helpful and hardworking. A credit to the Sherwood company. * drinks - excellent non-watered down alcohol and includes a range of cocktails * beach - wonderful spot. No charge for sunbeds. Gorgeous view. Excellent facilities with toilets, showers and bar. The gozleme was amazing! You must try. * towels - I almost forgot to say. You get towels included free of charge from the hotel. They can be used poolside and on the beach so you don't need your own. * aquapark. - fabulous fun for adults and children. * snack bars - excellent! Food is amazing and drinks are great! I much preferred the lunch time snack bar to the restaurant. * hotel - lovely and clean in communal areas. Our room was spotless. * water fridges - very good idea and one we have never seen in our hotels before. Well done for setting a precident for others to follow! *mattresses - excellent mid to firm mattresses that did not sag at all! Hubby was able to get up to pee and didn't disturb me at all. * no sofa beds for the kids in family room. - thank you for putting proper beds in for the children to sleep on. Usually the children's sleeping area seems like an afterthought for hotels but this was great! * king sized beds - need I say anymore! Perfect touch. *air conditioning. - works great and is quiet! First time I've ever experienced that! * restaurant - quick staff, hot and fresh food. I have a poorly tummy so I'm wary of all foods I eat abroad incase is affects my stomach I can honestly say I had no issues whatsoever. If you're like me and worry about getting tummy issues when away, you are safe here! *room - family rooms are spacious and have good facilities. The products in the bathroom and inclusion of kettle and fridge is excellent thank you! Negatives. - I hate to say negatives because we had a fantastic stay but I feel these could have been improved on. * cleaning - our room was not cleaned once whilst we were there. Perhaps making it twice a week would be helpful. Bins and water were replenished daily though! * bedding - a single waffle sheet isn't enough for one person, nevermind two! Please consider blankets and a large sheet for king size beds. Or at least adding this to the wardrobe. *restaurant - please consider adding icecream and kids area to restaurant. I'd love to see pastry at breakfast so it's more of a continental breakfast. Aside from this I really cannot say a bad word against the hotel or staff. Thank you Greenwood for a very enjoyable and pleasant stay and for making our first holiday in Turkey one to remember! And finally - would you return to this hotel again? Yes! In a heartbeat.

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“Decent ”

Had a decent week, only a few niggles. Hotels location is great beach across the road and plenty of shops and restaurants nearby. We arrived at 1am and was checked in swiftly only given a piece of paper with times on and that was the only information we received all week, bell boy took us to our r… more

Had a decent week, only a few niggles. Hotels location is great beach across the road and plenty of shops and restaurants nearby. We arrived at 1am and was checked in swiftly only given a piece of paper with times on and that was the only information we received all week, bell boy took us to our room and although we said we have no money right now (genuinely didn't) he just stood there for a good 5 mins and I had to repeat again and again it was 1am I want to sleep . Room was OK, beds are comfy enough, and it was s decent size unfortunately they are very thin walls and you can hear noise from everyone in the surrounding rooms and I mean every noise this did disturb our sleep a number of times. Food was ok, the choice isn't as vast as in many other hotels and after day 3/4 it was getting boring, the lamb Wraps at the wave bar are delicious though and highly recommended, there is also a bar at the beach where you can get snacks and ice cream a nice lady making some bread thing on an old grill thing again they were delicious and better than the usual pizza, burger and chips. Twister lollys can be found at the beach bar and snack bar by the slides great addition for the kids on the all inclusive aswell as icecream in the patisserie. Only issue with the Beach Is all the hotels highly packing in their private bit and the whole beach is covered with umbrellas and they don't move so everyone is fighting over the bits of beach not under cover and actually in the sun. Entertainment wasn't great, football on most nights, bingo ome night (usually bingo is an add on to the main entertainment and not the only entertainment) not sure if this was because it is October and classed a coming to the end of the main season. Minor issues room wasn't cleaned once during our stay, pool water very cold could do with being heated just slightly, milk/cheese and butter all tasted abit off I'm assuming it's just what it tastes like here however I have been to turkey previously and i don't recall it tasting like that? Al a carte 20 euro per person which seems abit steep usually an Al a carte is free or at the most 5/10 euro supplement per person. And yeah just the noise from others thru the walls in the room. Otherwise a decent stay for a week not sure I'd do 2 weeks here, kids loved it ice cream, lollys and slides and what looks like a really decent kids club we didn't use it so I can't comment too much but it's one of the best I've seen facilities wise all in all a good week no major issues and if you've booked to come here you'll have a great time.

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