We have just got back from this establishment and found it to be clean, tidy and well maintained. Rooms were cleaned daily and towels also changed every day.
There is a very good pool including a children's area with slide and plenty of sunbeds to go round.
There was plenty going on at the bar in the evenings including a Turkish Night, magician and someone with a snake. I can't comment on the standard as we didn't attend any of them but there always seemed to be plenty of people there. Music could be quite loud until about midnight when it was generally turned down and I personally found this acceptable.
The hotel is only a five minute stroll from the main beach area where most of the restaurants are situated.
Bitez is much smaller and quieter than Bodrum and Gumbet. It has few (if any) bars but plenty of restaurants where they are happy to serve you just drinks. The standard of food in the restaurants is pretty good and service, as I have always found in Turkey, is excellent.
It is not a resort for anyone looking for wild nights but more for older travellers or those with children. It is easy to book boat trips or cultural visits at numerous agents along the beachfront.
I am not likely to visit the resort again but that is only because I like to go to different places but I would recommend it for a quieter holiday.

have been to the Makumba 3 times and have now brought an apartment in Btez.. So we went back to the Summer Gardens to stay as the apartment was not ready.
The resturant is turning a corner and getting much better. Daniel from Four Seasons is now th Food and Bev Manage and doing a stirlng job. the Head Chef is new to the hotel and the food was great. The Summer Garden special was yummy.

New bar staff- great fun
Lovery clean rooms- good Housekeeping team and Head Housekeeper says alot for a hotel.

Now they have massage by the pool.

Nothing was to much trouble for the hole team.

Cant wait to go back in September.

This is an oasis of a resort and a great complex to stay, spend as little or as much as you wish,you still get great value. A childrens paradise, safe and secure, and a genuine caring people who go out of their way to make you welcome. Weather fantastic, beach 2 minutes from apartments, on site facilties have everything, I confess to third visit, twice with grandaughter 5 who had to be prised away. John & Vicky Butterworth. Aylesbury. Bucks.

I returned from 14 days at the Makumba Summer Garden on 25th and I am afraid that my experience of the bar staff was totally different from Sydenydoodle's.
The premises themselves are very nice,convenient for the beach and on the Bodrum dolmus route.
The reception,maintenence and cleaning staff were all very nice and helpful.
The bar staff when I was there were the most appaling people I have ever met. They made a game of ignoring some residents, although if there was a large group of residents the bar staff were literally all over them.
They seemed intent in making individuals and couples feel uncomfortable.
I was pointedly ignored in the bar three times,once food I had ordered with my wife was left to cool on the cooking area counter while two barmen gossiped and presumably ignored me.
After the Turkish Night I found it impossible to get my bill from the staff and as a result I walked out of the bar area.
They soon noticed this and caught up with me waving a bill(the wrong one as it turned out)demanding payment.
I then involved reception staff and compained about the conduct of the bar staff.
This resulted in a written apology from the manager and a gift of fruit and wine.
It did nothing to improve the behaviour of the bar staff who appeared to be out of the control of management and did exactly as they pleased including playing their choice of music very,very loudly. This music was Turkish and seemed to be tribal drumming.
After 4 days of this I spent my time and money elsewhere.