Titanic Deluxe Lara

We have just returned from a wonderful week at the Titanic Deluxe and can honestly say we had an exceptional stay. The hotel itself is absolutely beautiful, spotlessly clean and such a lovely place to spend a holiday. It is definitely up there with some of the best family hotels we have visited.

We stayed All Inclusive and were really impressed with the quality and variety of the food. Both breakfast and the evening buffet had an enormous amount of choice, with genuinely something for everyone. The restaurants do get extremely busy and, at times, seemed understaffed, although this was certainly no reflection on the staff themselves, who were always working incredibly hard and remained friendly and helpful.

The pool areas are also very busy, as you would expect from a large family resort, but we were pleasantly surprised that we could generally always find a sunbed. Of course, you still get the usual 6am sunbed campers securing their favourite spots! 😂

There was a great selection of drinks included, although we felt the cocktails could perhaps be improved slightly. The daytime food and snacks were brilliant – waffles, jacket potatoes and a HUGE selection of cakes and puddings available between 12–6pm. You certainly won’t go hungry here!

One of the highlights of our stay was eating at the à la carte restaurant, The Beef Grill. It was exceptional from start to finish – the food, drinks and service were all fantastic and it really felt like a special evening. A particular mention has to go to Mustafa, who looked after us on Monday 17th. You were amazing and made our evening even more enjoyable. We would absolutely recommend paying the extra and treating yourself to a meal here.

However, my absolute favourite part of the holiday was hiring one of the beach cabanas. They are outstanding! If you want a little escape from the hustle and bustle of the main pool areas, they are worth every penny. It was so peaceful and relaxing and the service was exceptional.

A huge thank you to Con (John), who looked after us at the cabanas. We visited more than once during our stay and he even remembered what we liked to drink from our previous visit! He was attentive, friendly and just an all-round great guy who really added something special to our experience.

We did hear quite a few little gripes from other guests during our stay – complaints about the food choice, drink selection, waiting for lifts and occasionally some of the staff seeming a little grumpy (which, to be fair, we did notice once or twice ourselves!). But honestly, you’re on holiday – nothing is ever going to be absolutely perfect! This is a huge, busy family resort with hundreds of guests, and sometimes you might have to wait a few minutes for a lift or not love every single thing on the buffet. For us, none of those little things came close to outweighing all the positives.

Go with realistic expectations, relax, enjoy your holiday and appreciate everything the hotel has to offer. We certainly did, and we’ve come away having had an absolutely fantastic week. Thank you, Titanic Deluxe! ❤️

Sunbeds - we were anxious reading the reviews prior to coming about the “sun bed wars” as getting up at the crack of dawn on holiday to reserve your beds is one of our pet peeves on holiday but on our first day after a long day of travelling the night before we slept in until 9am and came down to find there was still beds available. I think the popular spots are around the main pools and you may need to get up slightly earlier to reserve one of these but we were happy with the splash park beds as we had young kids so this was not an issue for us - thankfully!! I did see management take photos of the empty beds with towels on one morning but I don’t think the staff removing your towels is actually enforced as there was one family who reserved beds and didn’t come to sit on them until lunch time (why people do this I don’t know).

Food - the main buffet restaurant was probably my only negative. The food was lovely but unbelievably busy if you go at peak time for dinner (about 7-8pm), it actually made me dizzy walking around as there was just so many people queuing and barging past you that by the time we did sit down to eat I wasn’t hungry anymore. With that being said, we only ate there twice and the second time we ate about half 8/9pm and it was much quieter. The Yamas Greek restaurant started off strong with the starters on the table but the rest of the food was average. However, we booked this restaurant particularly for the sirtaki show which I believe they only do on Tuesdays and Saturdays and the show was incredible - we all had a great time! You can do this restaurant for free but it is without the show. The Italian was lovely too - we booked with Jet2 and with them you get a voucher with the option of two restaurants, we chose the Italian as the other was one seafood which a lot of our family is not keen on. For lunch we walked down to the beach restaurants every day and again the food here was really nice! The kids loved the waffles, patisseries and ice cream and they also do potatoes with toppings on which I tried one day and it was lovely. Kids club - absolutely fantastic. Not a bad word to say about it. Our kids used it in the evenings mostly and also for a couple of hours during the day towards the end of our holiday as the sun was getting too much for them. You can get wrist bands for them so they can’t leave without you collecting. Staff are in every room watching the kids and there’s plenty for them to do! (Lego rooms, soft play, outdoor park, art workshops, wood workshops and so much more). You can access their daily activities via the app which is so handy to see what’s on and ask the kids what they would like to do. The kids club has its own restaurant which again is fantastic. Hands down it is the best kids club I’ve ever seen - this hotel has it spot on. The only thing I would say is it’s very busy in the evenings and if we had younger kids I probably wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving them as there’s loads of people coming and going but our kids were a bit older so we made sure they stuck together and they knew to ask reception to phone us if they wanted to leave. They did kids fest Tuesday night which is quite possibly the best thing I’ve ever seen for kids - it’s like another world for them. Lifeguards and waiters around the pool are fantastic and on the ball and very good at their jobs! There is one life guard (unfortunately don’t know his name) who was particularly good and he was on it every time he was working - you could tell he cared about the kids and his job which was nice. Staff are lovely - didn’t encounter any rude staff. They will go above and beyond for you making sure you have everything you need. I will say a tip goes a very long way - you tip, you get looked after. We already knew this as family members in our group have been to Turkey many times before. You get looked after anyway but if you do tip - it’s the next level of service. The hotel is spotless - staff are always cleaning, no complaints there. Rooms were nice and spacious - we were a family of three and had plenty of room. Mini fridge in your room is restocked daily, too. The cabanas are 100% worth it, but we only got a cabana for one day as they are expensive but you do get what you pay for. Again the service on the cabanas was exceptional and the staff were very attentive - always checking if you need anything. Easy access to the beach too with lots going on (jet skis etc) but we’re not a fan on the sand (too hot and sticky) so we only visited once. The hotel has a shisha lounge, tattoo shop for kids (small charge) which we loved. There’s shops in the hotel should you need anything. More shops and restaurants located a short 15 minute walk round the corner too. One negative for us was how much late checkout was (€30 per hour!!!) daylight robbery but is what it is. We just used the lounge facilities which again were 10/10. I could go on and on but overall I’d say the hotel for us was a 9/10. We would definitely return and we all had a fantastic time.