Eftalia Downtown Hotel

We booked this hotel for a week from 12 July 2025 - all looked good on the booking site even though the hotel looked a little dated. Let’s face it we were going for the weather and things to do so as long as the room was clean with a private bathroom the decor is totally irrelevant. We did look at some reviews - food awful and no choice, beach bar food reheated from main dining room, staff rude and spoke German to everyone, risking your life crossing the busy main road to get to the beach, the ‘strip’ only offers burgers, nuggets etc no Turkish food. Mmmmmm……. Do people not do any research before booking. The whole of Alanya has the beach, the main road and then the hotels, bars, restaurants and shops - it is more than obvious just looking at photos. Anyway, we arrived and checked in. The dining room had closed so we walked out of the hotel, turned right and within a few yards reached ‘Bones Steak House’. The menu had a lot of Turkish food options - we ordered Turkish food and it was excellent. We ate there again and also at a little kebab house. There were plenty of restaurants offering Turkish food. During the week we used the hotel dining room and the beach bar. There was plenty of choice in the hotel and the food was all lovely. The staff spoke English to us and were all very friendly and helpful. The beach bar was great and the food in there was cooked at the time of ordering - we ate there a few times and again it was lovely food and the staff were all friendly and helpful. Outside the hotel is a zebra crossing- yes it is a main road but you don’t have to wait very long for a gap in the traffic, or the traffic stops for you, to be able to cross. We had a great week in a lovely, clean, friendly hotel. I really don’t understand some people and their complaints. Do your research before booking. This was an excellent hotel for a last minute holiday and we would happily stay again for longer. Thoroughly recommend it.