Liberty Lara

As usual, a wonderful stay for my 8th visit to Liberty Lara…still feels like home from home with some staff members feeling like extended family. Cabana hire on the pier was extra special and a perfect treat, thoroughly recommend. Food was excellent again…although choices at the evening Myra buffet felt less this year than in previous years. Balbura Snack /Lunch bar, pasta house and Pizza Hut were excellent, with the addition of fried chicken wings, wedges and chips a huge winner still. Patisserie was also lovely, especially ice cream and waffles. Pancake lady was also excellent. Italian à la carte was super as usual but Turkish à la carte felt less appetising compared to previous years. Didn’t enjoy the courses as much as before. Lukka cocktail bar was great for a sundowner, however service here felt slow and cocktails were inconsistent in taste. Could really do with employing some proper, enthusiastic mixologists here and waitresses could be friendlier and happier. On the subject of ‘service’, this is where we noticed a difference. We really missed Halil and Mehmet Ali…what a shame to lose such wonderful and attentive members of the team. Luckily, Ugur, Alican, Gozcan, Mehtap and Elvis were still around and looked after us so attentively, with a warm and friendly nature. These guys work so hard, with a smile, and are the epitome of great customer service. As for the rest of our service…it felt like food and beverage waiters/waitresses were understaffed and very often we had long waits in the morning for tea/ coffee and evening drinks in the lobby bar. Regarding entertainment, we loved the Michael Jackson show, karaoke nights and the Drifters, but we were disappointed that the Elvis show was cancelled and Mr/Mrs Liberty show is no longer. The team (Ferhad, Merve and Omer) were excellent…professional and always welcoming and fun. Again, a real credit to the Liberty Lara hotel. The rest unfortunately lacked a little presence and energy at times and didn’t interact aswell as other animation staff have in previous years. This might be because they are new and need more time/experience. We came back this year as we were excited at the prospect of newly renovated rooms, but sadly this was not the case. Although the rooms are satisfactorily comfortable they are a little dated, with air con being the poorest feature so they really could do with an upgrade soon (which I believe is now likely to happen in the 2027/28 winter period). That being said, our beds were comfortable, our bathrooms were clean and functional and the daily cleaning was excellent. We slept very well most nights. Finally, thanks and commendment are also steered towards your Guest Relations team, notably our dear friend Mustafa and his apprentice Rodney (aka Mustafa Junior) who welcomed and looked after our families perfectly. Thanks to them both once again for a warm and 5 star service. Overall we enjoyed a wonderful 10 nights at one of our favourite places - but standards in some areas have noticeably slipped a little (mainly waiting service being a little slower at times and some evening entertainment shows), hence our 4-star review compared to previous 5-star reviews. 5 stars still go to Mustafa, Rodney, Alican, Ugur, Gozcan (blue eyes), Elvis, Mehtap, Omer, Merve and Furhad, plus the chefs, pizza men and pancake lady.

We really have a good stay in this hotel. Everything we paid was worth it and the staff were accommodating and friendly. Nathan was able to gave us important information. Even the drinks are included with the payment. We are planning to come back here next time.

The hotel was good and magnificent! The food have a lot of options. We enjoyed our stay in totality. Thank you!

Great location! Excellent service. Wonderful staff. Very friendly. The food selection is amazing! Clean beaches.

Great people, great atmosphere. Food is very delicious.