Smart Stay Beach Bodrum

The hotel was generally fine. Check-in was quick, and the room was more spacious and airy than we expected. There was enough space for two people. The bathroom needed some maintenance, but it was clean. The food was varied and tasty. Sometimes there were issues with the temperature. It's within walking distance to the beach. There aren't many issues with sun loungers.

basic hotel drinks basic. food basic does not cater for english. rooms ok but basic no entertainment whole hotel need updating outside the hotel is dirty and the private beach is shocking and not clean staff are ok.1 staff member who deserves a medal AHMED he went above and beyond to make us feel welcome

Smart Stay Hotel should not be advertised as anything over a 2 star hotel. The walk to the 'private beach' is through a sewer smelling area and you need to ensure you don't step on dog poop. The Beach is littered with cigarette butts and empty bottles. The food at the hotel is beyond shocking. Practically the same food every day - a choice of some chicken dish or overly cooked fish which is obviously not fresh. Afternoon snack is overly cooked chicken nuggets with plain pasta - a snack for a toddler, not for an adult. After seeing the meals each day, I have chosen to go to an external restaurant. The one positive is the staff who are lovely.

It's a difficult review as there are good and bad about thus hotel. The staff are the best thing about this hotel. Very friendly and can't do enough for you. This is definitely not a four star hotel. It's clean. But there are cochroaches. My daughter had some in her room. The food was boring. Meat dry and over cooked Pasta daily and spagetti with no sauce. Salad I stop having as got an upset stomach and that helped. Drinks you can have when you want. Beach is disgusting It's really dirty. The sea is full of crap and I dare not set a foot on it because of the state of it. The bars shops and every business are scamming all the tourists to see how much they can rip you off. So be very careful. Some of the genuine locals are very upset about this as they think tourists will not come back. Cool Breeze is a great bar. Nice staff and they don't over charge. My older children really like cheeko the owner he made sure they were safe.

We are into our 2nd day here, defo not a 4 star hotel, maybe a 2 star, anyway rooms are clean and very dated, my ipad is almost the size of the flatscreen tv, bathroom clean but leaking from somewhere, aircon works a treat in the current 38° heat, drinks served from a poolside bar all night, never seen any other bar, food very basic, already skipped a few meals, few sunloungers available at pool area, the usual, folk lay out towls on beds all day and never use them, good thing they have a private section of beach with free sun loungers(far better for couples) anyway over all you get what you pay for i guess, not a big complainer as to get moved to another hotel, it is what it is as they say, there are plenty places to eat around town and met a nice guy on beach who said he can pick us up to go to his place for food which looks nice, no biggie, life goes on and folk are trying to make a few bucks