We stayed at the Asteria for the third time now. It's a nice place to stay. The gardenarea and the restaurant are nice. The beach is great. The pools are clean. The staff is nice, although most of them don't speak english. A litlle bit of German goes a long way.
The rooms are clean.

The only problem we had there, was when the weather suddenly turned cold in the evening. Everybody wanted a table in the indoor restaurant..... and there weren't enough tables. That was really enoying. The next day the problem was fixed by opening up an extra room with tables, so everybody was able to have dinner without having to fight for a table.

Watch out for wet floors in the restaurant area. When we had only just arrived, my mom slipped and had to be taken to the doctor. The staff was really nice about it and not only escorted her to the doctors office, but stayed to make sure she was ok. The next day the waiter came by asking if she really was ok, and he kept checking up on us all through the vacation.

All towels were clean and none had holes in them (see another review about this hotel). The rooms where kept clean and we received extras like a bottle of wine, chocolates and fruit baskets. We didn't really need all the extras since there was so much (great) food and drinks to be had all over the resort.

The food is great, especially if you like turkish style food. Although you can also eat fish and chips or pizza italian style. The deserts are the best. Sometimes I dream about them.

I think this is a really nice hotel to stay with your (extended) family. The only "but" I can think of is that it really might be too busy in the summer season. We've allways stayed there in October and then the place is great. My children are aged 11, 14 and 18 years old and all three of them enjoyed their stay and are asking if we can go again next year. My mom and dad are in their seventies and they enjoy the place too. My husband and I are in our early fourties and we both like the place a lot.

Aug 2007, two weeks, family of 5, two rooms, "garden view".
Although minor structural work is required to freshen up the place (specifically the communal residential areas and the bathrooms), the gardens and general layout are very pleasant. With the place running at full capacity in the summer holidays, the service was totally overstretched and barely sufficient. Keep in mind that staff is very young and clearly inexperienced (3 trips to deliver 5 empty glasses and ... no water). Some serious managerial input on task re-distribution is required. At most meals, we struggled to find a table and felt sorry for the staff, with one busboy per 15, sometimes 20 tables. On some occasions we ended up with over a dozen plates on our table by the end of the meal, since none of them were ever removed. The food was plentiful but generally predictable, understandably under such conditions. The pools made us feel like sardines except late in the evening, but the beach does make a pleasant alternative and is well kept with plenty of room, as long as you are an early riser to beat the Dutch, Germans and Russians that constitute 95% of the customer base. Should have guessed that with "Club" written in the name, the place would have been noisy, but the pool area was dreadful for several hours a day. Should you consider going to the Club Asteria (Belek) I'd recommend the off-season, otherwise, a lot of better alternatives are available in this price range. Overall, three stars out of five.

very dissapointed with this holiday, rooms were clean but very small and basic, staff were ok but they found it hard at times to raise a smile let alone conversation, this is not a place for us brits as we were out numbered by about 10 to 1, mainly russians, germans and french, the hotel on the whole was very clean apart from some of the crockery at the pool bar that hadn't been washed properly and glasses at the bar that were cracked. The food was ok, most was cooked fresh in front of you in the main resteraunt , there was plenty of choice but it was nearly same every night, not much variation. this is a very busy hotel during the main school holidays with hundreds of kids everywhere, and to get a sun bed near one of the two main pools you need to be down with your towel before 7.30 am, i would go back in low season for a cheap last minute holiday but a week is long enough.

We stayed here in the first two weeks of July.
The hotel and staff were both great and the hotel was very clean. The pool is a no go area for anyone other than those wanting to get up at 5am on holiday but the beach was lovely, peaceful and never a fight for a lounger.
The hotel is fantastic for kids - which was proven by the seemingly hundreds that were there..... there is nothing to do on the evening if you are adult - we bought cards.
However, it was a very relaxing holiday with excellent facilities in the hotel including a good health suite.
Some points that you may be slightly mislead about :
1. the a la carte is only available for one visit per stay (not per week) and you only get to visit ONE of the restaurants.
2. booking the a la carte is a pain in the proverbial - if you have two rooms you have to book them seperately and then visit the restaurant to let them know you want to sit together. you also have to choose your food for the night - weird.
3. the kids club is in predominantly german - although I suppose a lot of kids don't worry about this