Labranda TMT Resort

We arrived very late at night and check in was very quick, they took us to our rooms which were very small with a balcony you couldn’t even sit on, the couple who were with us were on the floor below us and their room was terrible, it absolutely stunk of smoke and there was a cup full of dog ends on the table, they are both elderly and were extremely tired so decided they would deal with it the next morning. We ourselves went down to reception and said there was no way we were staying in that room, we upgraded at a cost of £160 to a ground floor across from the bar which I have to say was really lovely and worth every penny. The other couple had their room deep cleaned the next day and had no more problems. The mini bars in the rooms were excellent, they were full of water, sparkling water and cans of Coke, Sprite and Fanta and if you needed more you just let reception know. The air conditioner and the safe were free of charge. THE FOOD The food was very good and you could never go hungry, the restaurant was open for breakfast between 07:00 & 10:30, the beach bar and restaurant was open from 12:00 till 17:00 serving fresh food to order. There was a lady making Turkish Gozeme all day every day. The bar in reception was open 24 hours a day, the only problem I had was that the fizzy drinks were sometimes flat as they served from (named) bottles but left the lids off but this wasn’t really a problem as I just went to my room and got a can out of the fridge. Evening meals were served from 19:00 to 21:30 and late night snack from 23:00 to 00:30. We never found it to be repetitive with fresh fish, chicken and kebabs being served fresh to order, breakfast you could have fried eggs or omelette fresh to order too. You definitely couldn’t go hungry! THE ENTERTAINMENT The entertainment was absolutely terrible, they said it was because it was the end of the season but considering the hotel was full up until the last few days I don’t believe it! During the day all they did was a dart game, table tennis and aqua gym ( which was the worst aqua gym I’ve ever seen) and the afternoon a game of water polo sometimes! The evenings were terrible they did a kids disco at 21:00 and then at 21:45 they would either have a singer on which was the same one every time who sang exactly the same songs every time, one of their team playing music which they called a DJ set who played exactly the same music that was playing on loop all day every day around the pool or a game of bingo which was a poor man’s version of bongo bingo that started at 21:45 and finished at 23:45 for one game! And the prizes were terrible considering the ticket cost £10 a time! If you ask me the company are paying them for nothing considering there’s about eight of them and all they seem to do is walk around. CONCLUSION The hotel itself and the service in the bars and restaurants are excellent, all very friendly and helpful and work very hard, after the deep cleaning we never had an issue with cleanliness, the hotel is in prime location and ideal for families with water slides open every day all day, ice cream all day every day and a choice of swimming in the pool or the sea as they have sunbeds down by the sea and their own jetty. It’s just a 10 minute walk to Bodrum centre and a taxi stop outside which was only £5 if you couldn’t walk it. Just needs a few tweaks to be perfect. We would definitely return.