Royal Taj Mahal - All Inclusive in Side

I would like to complement and recomend the hotel to anyone that is looking for a good place to stay in Side. I would like to start mentioning the staff. They are fantastic! The housekeeping, restaurants, cleaners, are outstanding. The reception could be more friendly, one or two of them are quite rude, however, just do your check in and go to see the others around the hotel, they are great! The team at the upstairs bar opposite the reception is Outstanding . Mecit and Melisa are the most friendly and helpful people ever. Mecit skills to do cocktails is AMAZING, he can make anything, and Melisa can speak a great English’s and can give you information and is super friendly, she makes sure that you get enough drink and is super helpful. I really enjoyed my evenings by this bar talking and being looked after them! Thank you! The hotel is huge, the bedrooms are maaaasssiive, with a very nice shower, big and comfortable bed, plenty of extras for you to use. The SPA is lovely, clean and the indoor swimming pool is warm and very clean. The outdoor area is amazing and just at the beach that you can walk all the way to the old Town if you have time and energy. Outside the hotel you can get a van that also can take you to the old town for €2.50, you don’t need to spend money on taxi, it is safe and quick! Plenty of shops around. The food is delicious and a great selection. I wish that I could mention all the names in here, as a lot of great staff that will remember your favorite drink and food from the first day! Have a fantastic stay!

Good people working there like Meet and Joy and Ariana. Great Lobby Bar Team and Animation. We had Fun and get to Know Nice people

The hotel is very beautiful, our family room was spacious with 2 persons bed, one person bed and one extra bed they brought. The room was facing the aqua park and mountains, very beautiful. The room has necessary facilities, toileterries. The hotel has several pools however majority of them are 140 deep which is not handy for small kids. Therefore we stayed most of the times by the aquapark where smaller pools are located. There are about 8 slides, one was closed during our stay and 2nd closed also the last days. Normally kids as of 10 can go on majority of slides, however if you sign a paper at reception that you take the responsibility, they will give another bracelet to your kids to be able to make all slides. My son of 6 did all the slides by himself. But of course kids must be able to swim, because you land in the pools of 140-180 deep. There are also 3 baby slides, which kids can enjoy. The lifeguards in the aquapark are super friendly and always having fun with you, which always adds on to your mood. The beach is just infront of the hotel, with real soft sand. There are enough chairs everywhere. Many people reserve chairs early, but even those coming at 10-11 always find a spot. At the beach you can enjoy water sports. They also make photos and videos of you when you do it, make sure to negotiate the price if you want to buy those photos/videos;-) if you have kids, there is kids club. Compared to other hotels, there were not much special activities in there and often you need to pay extra for example for a glitter tattoo. What’s nice is that some days you can have banana ride at the sea for 15€, therefore with 5€ discount. My kids of 6&8 had fun and did it twice. The ladies in kids club speak mostly German and Turkish. One lady speaks Russian. There is a promenade next to the beach where you can walk. If you go to the right from the hotel, till the bridge, you can spot sea turtles swimming under it. They are used that people come to feed them with eggs there:) The hotel has its own free of charge lunapark. Kids and even us enjoyed it every day. In the evening there are shows however compared to another hotels, the shows here were not so great, however if you are not traveling often, you might be happy with those. The spa at the hotel is twice more expensive than on the street, and eventhough I asked for soft massage, I still god very painful one and had to 100 times say that it’s too hard. So go on the street infron of the hotel, where shopping place is. There we paid 45€ for 2 persons full body massage of 1h. The shopping in front is open till 23:30, the quality of items is not that great compared to other places in turkey we’ve been, but prices are rather cheap and open for negotiation. There is other shopping area 15min further, with lower prices but also lower quality. The hotel has one buffet restaurant, we always found something to eat. There are several snack places open here and there but we didn’t eat there as it’s mostly fastfood

Just got home from our family holiday here and it was amazing. The hotel was stunning and so so clean. The staff are lovely. So many pools and my children loved the water slides. Great access to the beach.good was amazing. Felt very safe there and I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone

The hotel was amazing. We were a big group which called "Hatay team". We had the best of time in there. First of all, rooms are really clean, spacious and comfortable (big part of the reviews tell beds are rough but I think that was not a problem at all) Secondly, THE TEAM OF ENTERTAINMENT was absolutely unbelievably perfect. Even if it was a winter holiday they have figured out and found a way to make people cheery. And special thanks to ARDA, YAKUP, TUTKU and TOLGA. We all loved them so much, they made our experience better. If you ever get the chance to go there, definitely meet them. (For example the game Boccia, my very first advice to play) Finally, the restaurant's foods were really tasteful and various. I'm sure that you will be satisfied with all your experience.

Is a great hotel with UAI, a lot of pools, bars and a great animation team. Food was very much and a lot of meals on the court. The staff was very helpful and they make me fell very well. Overall the hotel was 70% full but still I can found places at the beach or at the pool.

Royal Taj Mahal is a very good hotel situated right at the seaside with a private beach. There is a sufficient number of sunbeds, we never had any problems. Room was quite spacious, with a balcony. The seating outside was a bit delapidated. Food was great in the main restaurant. The chef was very very helpful when helping me and my kids with gluten free foods. The food in at the pools wasn´t so good (kebab, hamburgers), which is ununderstandable. You can get something to eat throughout the whole day. The drinks in the bars were tasty, I would say better than other hotels in this area. The beach was sandy and shallow for about 10-15 metres, depending the time of the day. This hotel is for German tourists, so everyone spekas German. There is a shopping mall right outside the hotel.