L Hotel Sarigerme

Review I've awarded 5 stars to The L Hotel, but to explain, this isn't a 5 star resort. I would say the hotel rating is probably 3-4. If you are looking for a luxury hotel, this probably wouldn't tick all the boxes. This review is based on 2 businesses, the L Hotel and the bar and restaurant which are run separately. The hotel: Location is great, 10 minutes up a slight hill to Sarigerme beach and 5 minutes sloping down in the other direction to a small but bustling strip of bars, restaurants, shops and amenities including pharmacy, doctors, barbers. Sarigerme is lovely. The people are lovely, of course they want you to spend your money but they're not overly pushy. Restaurants and menus are fairly similar, grilled meats and fish, fajitas, some currys, salads, burgers, etc. We particularly liked the Dolphin restaurant for food, the surf and turf was amazing. Beautiful steaks, plentiful portions. Street 61 was a family favourite, again good pub style food and a pool for the kids. The hotel is pretty, well looked after, we had a split room with bunk beds for the kids and balcony access to the pool. This was my favourite thing about the hotelm it allowed for some relaxation on a sun lounger while the kids were playing in the pool close enough to jump in but I had the ability to actually read my book! In the room, storage isn't the best, a smallish double wardrobe and a few drawers. The drawers in the bunk bed steps were a life saver for the kids toys and clothes. You get a mini bar (chargeable but not expensive) kettle and basic tea/coffee. Found myself having to top up at the cleaning cart regularly. Bring teaspoons. They only give you wooden stirrers. The air con is a bit sketchy. It seems to work lovely when you get in from being hot but it's difficult to get it right through the night. Especially as it's located above the bunk beds so you end up freezing the kids but it doesn't reach the adults in the double bed in the other room. Also take an old credit card or something to leave in the electric as you only get 1 key for the room. On the whole we were comfortable, had enough space for 4 and loved the swim up room. There are a family of cats living in the grounds, which my daughter loved to play with, but if you're not a cat lover may occasionally drive you mad. There's also a tortoise roaming the ground which is cool to see. The kids were able to feed him cucumber which they loved. The Bar and restaurant: This is run by 2 brothers Simon and Jimmy. These guys made our holiday. We had bed and breakfast. I felt for a continental breakfast it was quite an impressive variety. Always boiled eggs, breads, pastries, cheeses, ham, salami style meats, olives, yoghurt, honey, chocolate spread portions, cucumber. Then there were always some hot options, potato wedges, Turkish sausage, baked beans, mushrooms and on arrival you would be asked if you'd like any omelette or fried eggs which arrived promptly. Tea/coffee/juice etc. I wished for a bit more fresh fruit but was generally happy. The food at the hotel was excellent. Pizzas, fish, chicken wraps, club sandwich were all really lovely. And good value, sometimes a little cheaper than on the main strip. Cocktails half price most of the time. Jimmy tended to look after guests in the daytime and Simon in the evening. Simon's bingo is very amusing and the kids and adults both loved it. They are friendly and hard working and we felt we had become friends by the end of our break. They are the ones who would make us rebook to be honest. We loved our holiday, it was relaxing and friendly and fun. We had a 5 and a 10 year old. There weren't many older kids and a great deal for the 10 year old to do. Not much space to play football so this would be our only tricky thing for rebooking as to whether we booked somewhere with more activities as the kids get older but they loved the pool, the bingo, the sunshine, the animals and just having quality time with us so it was still a winner. We also did a jeep day trip with the 10 year old loved so he has come home having had a great time. I thoroughly recommend this as a relaxing family or couples holiday destination.