Hotel Zeytinada in Torba

We stayed at Hotel Zeytinada for two weeks at the end of August with our two young kids. The hotel itself is amazing, the pool is fantastic, the rooms are brilliant and all of the staff are very polite and helpful when needed!

We used the hotel as a base for visiting Pamukkale, Kos and the surrounding Bodrum area and then returning back to the luxurious pool and brilliant evening meal after long trips away.

During the days at the pool there was no fight for sunbeds, a good quiet atmosphere but one which also allowed for kids play, and a very chilled environment. The gym was great and I did some small runs in the hotel grounds to avoid any stray dogs further afield.

Breakfast was great, the omelette made to order was a highlight and the selection of food varied. Evening meals were fantastic, very varied, fresh and there was never a queue. In fact, it felt like the hotel was extremely quiet during our stay. There were probably around 60 tables set and we only ever saw ten maximum in use. It suited us great but anybody hoping for some nightlife and entertainment would not be suited to this hotel.

The only few bits of feedback I would give the hotel are as follows.

The drinks seemed unnecessarily expensive. Yes turkey is not cheap in general now, but if they were even 20% cheaper we would have been inclined to have more during the day or with our meal. It felt like everybody avoided the hotel bar and drinks with the evening meal as they were so costly.

Lack of water - there was a real lack of drinking water available. We relied on the shop over the road but a small drinks fountain or similar would have made life with two kids a lot easier

We felt pressured to leave the pool by 5.30/6pm most nights as they were clearing up and trying to set tables. It was still sunny and the sign at the pool actually said it closed at 7pm. After a long day out driving that extra hour would have been great. Also turning up for food after 8.30pm was a little awkward as the tables were clearing down and most people had left. The fantastic food and staff were still on hand however.

Finally, no ice cream for kids at the evening meal and really expensive for it during the day from the bar!

Overall we had a brilliant few weeks at the hotel, for the value we got we would 100% recommend it. The food was great, the staff brilliant and the pool was amazing. Feels like a few tweets and it could be incredible.

Thank you for having us!

Turkey has become very expensive, perhaps bodrum more so than most places. Maybe it’s inflation , maybe it’s greed , but tourists are deserting Turkey in droves to the cheaper resorts in Greece and elsewhere in Europe. We live in Kuşadası and spend a week in Bodrum most years and got an excellent deal at this lovely hotel . £600 for 4 nights for 4 people half board. The hotel is in Torba , about 15 minutes on a dolmuş from town . The beach at Torba is ok , nothing special , mainly sun beds on decking belonging to the seafront bars. However the pool at the hotel is beautiful so you don’t really need to go to the beach. The food is very good , staff great , rooms clean . The hotel is very popular with airline crews on their stopovers so you see lots of pilots and their crews coming and going. When we were there it was very much an adults hotel , very few children , which was great for us ( grown up kids) as there was no screaming around the pool .

A lovely peaceful hotel with delicious food. We stayed for 11 nights in a suite, the room was very clean and very comfortable for 2 adults and 2 children. All the staff were friendly and helpful. This is a quiet hotel which is perfect for a relaxing break. They had a band play once a week on a Thursday, if we could have changed anything it would have been nice to have a little more entertainment in the evenings. Bar prices were reasonable at the hotel and the lunch time menu was very good. We used the local bus to travel into Bodrum a few times. We also visited the local strip of bars and restaurants in Torba. There is very little public beach in Torba, however the local bars have sun loungers on decking and if you eat and drink there you can use the parasols and sun loungers. Overall this is a lovely hotel with great facilities and delicious food.

Hotel Zeytinada is stunning, with a charming style. The rooms are tastefully decorated with natural fabrics and light wood. The resort is nestled in an olive grove, accompanied by beautiful smooth jazz music from Stacey Kent in the background.You must take advantage of the spa services, and I recommend the Haman. The food is delicious. There is a bus stop to Bodrum right next to the resort, about a 15-minute ride for 1 euro. This resort is for people seeking peace and quiet. The nature around is wonderful.

Comfortably appointed rooms, very clean and housekeeping do excellent job. Good linens, but mattress on firm side (needed a mattress topper). Efficient air conditioning in room. Package tour companies are usually at back of the hotel and not overlooking the beautifully tended gardens and pool, unless an up-grade is offered. Building works ongoing on main road side adjacent to hotel, so early noise. Busy with airline personnel on short stop-overs representing a good percentage of their business. Lovely dining areas and really tasty Turkish meals both at breakfast and dinner. Well done the Chef(s)! Only drawback are nuisance feral cats, some even jumping up at the table and then fed by guests from the table. One customer badly scratched! Whilst sympathetic with the plight of stray animals, this should be discouraged within the dining areas, as it is potentially very serious if scratched or bitten. House white wine acceptable, but not truly dry - the red house wine, served cold and quite undrinkable, such a shame. Pity they don't deal with Kavak! Lunch menu very 'international' and NOT with a Turkish bias. Comfortable sun loungers and plentiful. Also a shame it lacks a help yourself chai station throughout the day - thought this was key to Turkish hospitality... Music played at acceptable volume around the pool, but on a continuous repetitive loop which can be tiresome. No sign of any transport to beach from hotel as advertised with Jet2, nor any entertainment whatsoever throughout the whole ten days in May. Some appropriate low-key live music would have been welcome, i.e. Saz or Guitar, or even basic cookery demonstrations. The pros are the colourful garden setting around the pool, the cons are the hugely inflated bar prices, which I suspect help subsidise the wonderful meals. Alcohol, when available, is and has always been, expensive in Turkey but £40.00+ for a bottle of undrinkable, high volume % 'Sherry'-like wine isn't acceptable. Their Rose looked like Ribena! No wonder the Belgians, Brits and Germans stick to the beers! It would have been perfect if the wine situation could have been sensibly resolved, which it wasn't. Migros over the road does a roaring trade with hotel guests! Overall, a lovely tranquil oasis, but needing just a few tweaks.

Beautiful hotel. Peaceful atmosphere, cosy rooms and delicious food. The staff were always friendly and accommodating. Great location with short and cheap bus ride into Bodrum leaving from right outside the hotel. Also restaurants and bars a short walk away in Torba. Would stay again and have recommended to friends and family.

I Have stayed at Zeytinada several times over the last few years with my family and have recommended to friends and family who have also stayed there. It is a really peaceful boutique hotel with beautiful pool area and gardens

The staff are always extremely polite and friendly and go above and beyond to make your stay memorable. A big thank you to Arjin who is one of the staff members I’m referring too for such great service

I’m sure we will be back

Fantastic boutique hotel in Torba Bay , 20 mins outside Bodrum We went half board and had lunch out most days on the beach Food in.hotel was lovely , pool great and a wonderful 300 year old olive tree in the middle of the pool, I think they built round it Bring mosquito repellent as they were quite active at night

The hotel is stunning, the staff are very nice, kindness itself (download translator app there is a little English spoken only) and housekeeping do whatever you ask, we just left a translated note and we left a small tip when making extra work out of kindness. The pools fabulous, an adequate gym and a spa. The food is a bit samey every day but delicious. The village is very quiet apart from a pontoon waterfront series of bars. The town however Bodrum is all hustle the beaches are gritty.(inexpensive boat trips are great) there is a large town centre shopping bazaar. Sadly the thing that let's it down once out of the hotel is the many unscrupulous bar, restaurant, owners that will basically charge crazy money literally £200 plus for a meal (pounds not lira)Be sure you ask the price up front. Or just stay in this fabulous hotel. You will run up a bar bill as there are no drinks at evening meal available but it's very reasonable. The spa allows you to shower there if you have a late flight out and have to be out of your room.
If i could drop this hotel and staff down elsewhere I would re visit but I would not return to Turkey.

Though not directly situated at the beachfront, this hotel offers good value-for-money with quality food and drinks. The staff are very forthcoming and helpful. Rooms are modernised, comfy, spacious and well designed. Beautiful outdoor spaces with a lot of green. Boasts a couple of huge olive trees, whose age (some more than 300 years old) has been printed on their barks.