Barut Goia

Fantastic First time in Turkey and will be back. Side harbour is beautiful. Hotel is excellent. All staff we came across were great. Read a couple of negative reviews before we came - just to correct these - All spirits we had were branded, jack daniels, Gordon’s gin, etc only thing non branded we had was the Baileys but was still drinkable. Someone mentioned about the buffet breakfast not having fresh salmon every day like last year - Again I had fresh salmon every day with excellent omelettes. Never had to queue for anything. Room cleaned every day and fresh towels when we requested. It’s 11 am now and sunbeds still available by the busy pool. Always beds available anytime of the day at the quiet pool. People, (including myself) do reserve early for specific areas but you don’t really need too. I just like a couple of hours before the sun comes over the hotel at about 9. Life guards and slides are really good. Enjoyed the Micheal Jackson and Kids circus shows, other shows not our type of thing but doesn’t mean they weren’t good. We preferred the buffet to sit down restaurants so didn’t take up our option to use them but booking is easy with a watts app message at 9am to book. Had a couple of cocktails that weren’t on menu so worth asking. 10€ taxi into harbour, well worth a visit. Didn’t eat there as expensive when food is really good at the hotel. Great hotel, will be looking to return next year.

I had an excellent time with my kids here. It is a genuine 5 ⭐ resort with amazing facilities and good food. Angel from entertainment was awesome. Enjoyed every single minute of the yoga classes. Same as yami, jazmine from kids club, absolutely fantastic. Fatma from food as well. The only complain i have is quite a number of houseflies in the buffet restaurant. Investing in electric fly catchers shouldnt be that difficult.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely fantastic experience at Fely Restaurant! We had such a wonderful time at Fely Restaurant in Turkey. The food was delicious, but what really made our visit special was the outstanding service from the two brothers, Ismail and Sahin Soyalp. ❤️ They were both incredibly friendly, welcoming and attentive from the moment we arrived. Nothing was too much trouble, and they genuinely made us feel like valued guests. Their hospitality was second to none — you can really tell they take pride in what they do. Ismail and Sahin, you are the best! 👏🏼 Thank you for making our evening so enjoyable and memorable. . We will definitely be coming back! 🇹🇷❤️ 10/10 from us! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

At most this is a 4* Writing this review I am really confused how there are so many positive reviews about the Goia. I guess we had higher expectations having been to the Arum Barut, we expected the Goia to run similar, however it couldn’t have been more different. You can’t help but compare when it’s the same brand of hotels, and really you shouldn’t need to as certain basics should be similar e.g. service levels across the brand. We were meant to be at the Lara Barut which we also understand is amazing but unfortunately it got cancelled a week before coming (another story in itself but do not ever book with AGODA) so this was a last minute booking. The main issue for us was the entertainment - especially for children, that age from 6-11 where they’re too old for mini club and too young for teen activities. Aside from the pool party on a Friday, there was nothing else exciting for the children. At the Arum they have pool games consistently every day, water inflatables, entertainment team doing simple activities like basketball / water polo / pool diving etc all aimed for younger children. The entertainment here was the same every day and aimed for adults / older teenagers. Also the evening entertainment isn’t great, and all inside where it’s very hot. Getting a seat is near impossible. The service is not great, queuing for drinks constantly, no one around to clear drinks during the day, no cocktail tastes the same from bar to bar. Although shout out to the lady on the sunset bar, her cocktails were great and she took the time to make sure they were good. However, most of the time she was on her own serving a whole bar in the evening! When you’re in the summer holidays with the peak amount of guests, who are also paying a premium to be there in the summer they need more staff! What we did love was the rooms - they’re very spacious, the garden suites are lovely. A great outdoor space. Plenty of storage and lovely layout. The room was one of the great features of the hotel. The food, nothing special, we didn’t rate the buffet, very repetitive and not a big selection. The à la cartes were nice but it was a pain to book them and you have to be on it at 10am when the booking opens. Have your message ready to hit send as soon as the time flicks over. I wish they’d just allocate you dining when you arrive so you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the holiday. We did have massages which were nice but we didn’t appreciate being pestered about buying a massage every time we went to swap towels. It is very crafty having the towel station at the spa and then making people feel uncomfortable that they need to book a massage. All the Goia need to do is drop the hotel rating to a 4* then I think they’d not have people feeling annoyed that it’s rated 5* when it falls short in too many areas. I’ve uploaded some menus and maps as the App was a bit hit and miss for what it would load for us so hopefully helps some people.

Came with my mother (64) and son (6) mid August 7 nights with Jet2 £2200 all inc. And I think we received what we paid for, we have all had a nice time. My son and I have stayed in another Barut (Anda collection) on a previous occasion and so expectations were high. This trip was approximately half the price of that trip, and I’d say that it was probably more than half as nice. Our room was very comfortable- the rooms are all like mini suites and I think this is great for families. Storage is excellent. Balconies are huge and most rooms have a sea view, and we were lucky enough to be able to see the amphitheater from our room. Compared to some other Barut properties this is a relatively small hotel, so there’s not as many choices for dining around/ bars/at the buffet, but that said we were well fed all week, and once we found the sunset bar where drinks are made very well in beautiful glassware in the evenings, and the proper coffee in the patisserie opposite the main buffet we felt well taken care off. If one assumes that the flights, Luggage, and transfers cost around £500 each then I have to say that this hotel presents great VFM for the price we paid. The grounds are very clean. Staff generally are very helpful, and nice, they seem to be working very very hard. The fresh food in particular (salads, Meze, fruit) at every meal was really very high quality. Turkish breads, pastries very good. Baklava pretty good. Hot food and deserts were ok to good, but again looking at the price I was favorably impressed. When we arrived (very late due to a delayed flight) there was a problem with our room, and so we didn’t end up in a hotel room until nearly 6am local time. The room we were given was in the “noisy” side - and we were woken up about 4hours later by very loud music and announcements so I was quite anxious about what the rest of the week would be like, but once we were moved to the room assigned in the quiet side, all was well. The quiet side was more our speed, young families and quite a gentle vibe. Didn’t try “noisy” side at all as it seemed too busy for our taste. There is pleasingly little smoking around the hotel - this was an issue I noticed at the other Barut property I’ve stayed at so I was pleased to see that smoking seemed to be restricted to very few areas. One issue that I do want to raise is that life guarding doesn’t seem to be taken seriously. At the Anda Barut Collection the LGs were *on* it. Here they seemed much less present, and on several occasions I saw them away from their post or on their iPhone not looking at the pool, or smoking. My son went to kids club for an hour one day so I could use the gym. He had a reasonable time, staff were nice and kind and he felt comfortable, but I think he was a bit bored and mainly watched TV (though crafting, and face painting, was on offer he didn’t join in) The gym is ok. Reasonable range of high quality equipment. However, I do have some serious safety concerns about the gym: It’s very hot, On one occasion several men were working out with no shirts, which I found uncomfortable and ultimately I left the gym because of this. Despite signs reminding guests not to take kids on three occasions I saw kids in the gym (with parents) including wearing unsuitable clothing (running on the treadmill in pool slides!) The mats in the main gym have no grip and one slipped out from under me, I fell to the floor and badly bruised myself - Fortunately avoiding falling into equipment. I would urge the property to get safe workout mats, and change the temperature of the aircon. Also it’s in the basement and has no windows. We wanted to use the hamam and steam Rooms, which should be part of the AI, but the man at the front of the spa seemed very pushy about massages to the point where I had to tell him to please stop and take no for an answer. We went to one show - the Mongolian acrobats. I’ve seen a few shows like this in the past and this one was fun and terrifying and impressive. The entertainment all happens inside which makes the main area of the hotel very noisy and busy in the evening, but not unpleasant. And there’s always Q bar in the quiet side. Small (expensive) mini market and some other more surprising (fur coat! Knock off shoes!) shops in the basement along with some games (table tennis, snooker, giant chess) and a games room. Kind of weird to have this underground mall but useful. Two kids play parks which were nice and very under used. Side old town was charming, mainly it is undergoing restoration but there is still plenty to see, plus many tourist shops, and a pleasant harbour. Very easy to get to from hotel. Didn’t love the beach - but it was clean and facilities were good. It’s not a bay, so the swells can be quite rough, and the water not clear because of churned sand. There are bays in this region but not here. That said plenty of people were enjoying it, but it just wasn’t right for us. All in all this was a nice family holiday and we found it to be very good value for money.