Sunis Evren Beach Resort Hotel & Spa

We have just returned from an amazing stay at the Sunis Evren Beach Hotel & Spa in Everenseki, Side. The hotel is one of the only hotels which we have stayed at in Turkey that accurately represents the official 5 Star Rating. TUI rate it as 4T Plus, we believe they should rate it as 5T. There are lots of bazaars, restaurants and shops a couple of minutes walk away. Again, it is a couple of minutes walk up to the main road to catch the number 3 dolmus into Kumkoy, Side and Side Old Town. Most establishments, including the dolmus advertise and tell you the price in euros, but will also accept sterling and lira. We arrived in the early hours of the morning, check in was quick and we were offered drinks and food and the drinks were brought over straight away. We were asked for a ‘Hotel Voucher’, all we had was the E-Ticket emailed by TUI so they photocopied this. The rooms are good with all of the amenities you would expect, plus tea & coffee and a free minibar which is restocked daily with 2 x Effes, 2 x water and 1 x 1L Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite. We had booked a standard twin room, but when we arrived and were shown to our room (3002), it was in fact a family room which had a twin bedroom, bathroom and a double bedroom. A plus was there was plenty of storage and coat hangers which many hotels lack. The rooms are cleaned daily and towels replaced when needed. You are given cards to get pool towels which can be exchanged daily. The only downside is the TV had no working English TV channels, this wasn’t a problem, it’s just nice having it on in the background when you are getting ready.The English channels were just a black screen. We did mention this to reception, but was not rectified. There are 4 bars one of which is 24/7. There is a wide selection of spirits, cocktails and Efes. All of which are good quality and are not watered down like in some hotels. They have a late night nightclub which was not open during our stay. There is also plenty of food to choose from 24/7. The main buffet restaurant opens for breakfast, lunch, dinner and nighttime snacks and had a wide selection of food including freshly prepared. You also have a choice of 4 a la carte restaurants (Turkish, fish, Italian or Mexican) which you can book 1 during a 7 night stay. You also have the snack bar by the pool which does ice cream and waffles in the afternoon, a bar doing freshly prepared pide and a snack bar on the beach with a wide selection. Downstairs there is also a patisserie serving a selection of cakes, drinks and ice cream. I cannot really comment on the sunbed situation as we did not sit around the pool or on the beach, but towels were down on some quite early. The entertainment is good and varied and is usually either by the pool bar or in the amphitheater. The Retro Party night by the pool was good and the night it was raining, everything was moved inside into the lobby bar. The hotel has it’s own shop, clothes shop, shoes and bag shop, silver and opti

Spent 8 nights here in December 2023. Strongly recommended - friendly & helpful staff, clean, superb cuisine (buffet) and comfortable. Really enjoyed it here and was able to relax. Staff works really hard to make every effort.

First time visiting Turkey holiday package purchased through Tui Uk, we are well travelled and very easy holiday makers. What we did not expect was to stay in a hotel that caters 95% German customer… On late arrival the receptionist guy asked 3 times for a tip for giving rooms together. The good Clean Lovely rooms Lovely food and lots of choice Great location Side a must Staff work tirelessly Bbq on beach fab Nice inside bar area Great value for money Fun to try and converse in English Negatives No representation from Tui only online Some staff quite hostile particularly in the main restaurant Entertainment centre around German guest Kids club only ever saw kids on an iPad Not so quiet at night Need to get up before 6am to get a bed!!! Tips Bring Euros Ask for room away from pool and high floors Learn some basic German or Turkish to order drinks! Love Turkey will return but to more diverse hotel. Tui need to be more honest about this one.