HI If you are thinking of going to Delphine Deluxe Resort then there are a few things you should no.
1st the hotel is 90 minutes away from the airport do not get confused with delphine palace this hotel is only 15 minutes from the airport and is in Lara.
when we arrived at the hotel bell boys came out and got our cases from the coach, and took them to our room.
the hotel is quite fantastic could not fault the hotel at all,
But the guest well we were the only English there for the 1st week until a couple arrived, that made just 5 of us, the rest were manly Germans and they are so RUDE walking around the pool with just a small pair of pants on????. and at dinner there manners were terrible piling so much food onto there plates and leaving most of it .
The food was very nice and you could eat 24 hours a day so much to choose from, so even if you are fussy what you eat you will find something there you like.
all the drinks searved at the bar are the real stuff like bells whiskey smernoff vodka baileys gordins gin ect all brands there.
all your cocktails are included as well, what was nice you are sitting round the pool and waiters come up to you and ask what you want to drink they will bring you any drink you want from tea to a cocktail so you just lay there and sunbath no need to go to the bar. this hotel needs more british to go there just so we can teach the germans some manners. but dont let that put you off the hotel is 1st class and the staff are very nice nothing is to much trouble for them.we will go back next year .
the beach is quite stoney but clean, the water is warm but be very careful coz you walk into the sea and the water is up to your knees take one more step and you can not touch the bottom.
flags fly on the beech red danger do not swim yellow be careful green safe , the hotel provides pool towels so no need to take your own. the hotel provides a free bus service to get you out and about one in the morning appx 0930 and comes back at 14 30 and in the evening it goes at 2000 comes back at midnight.
in the resort come out of the hotel and turn right 10 minutes up the road there are plenty of shops if you buy anything dont pay the 1st or 2nd price they give you keep on haggerling to get best deal.
back to the hotel it is very clean staff work so hard , they are always cleaning, in the food halls you will find that 1 is smoking and the other is the best its no smoking ,
those of you who like a smoke in the pool area at night they bring out water pipes for you to smoke, and its free.
the swimming pools there are two 1st one is where they do all the day time fun stuff music playing and games, the other pool round the other side is very quite so you can lay there in peace and quite, the depth of the pool is 1.5 meters all the way round no shallow or deep ends, and you dont have to get up early to get a sun bed there are plenty of them to go round.
well i hope you found this helpful.
tj1001

Just returned from the Delphin Delexe Resport, Turkey from an all inclusive family holiday last week. This review is based on an honest opinion as follows:

Hotel: Rated a 5 star hotel with excellent facilities which includes two huge swimming pools, lovely gardens and an expressive indoor entrance. We found the room quite basic for a five star hotel. Good facilities especially for the children due to a playground with a big wheel, bumper cards and train ride apart from the children's pool. Most of the hotel guests were Russian and German which did not bother us.

Staff: We observed that the staff seems to work hard to keep the hotel really clean. Most of them were helpful when asking for directions etc. although they cannot speak proper English except a waiter who kept asking us so many personal questions when dining in the Chinese resturant which exactly spoilt the meal!!

Location: The entrance at the front of the hotel is located on a long busy road alongside other hotels with a beach at the back. Somehow, we did not like the beach as it just consisted with pebbles instead of sand which would be more ideal. The hotel was located in a remote area with a ten minute walk to the nearest shops.

Food: Huge range in the buffet restaurant to include salads, meats and plentry of desserts to suit all tastes. We had difficulty in making telephone booking early in the morning to reserve a la carte resturants as they were already booked!

Overall: A good hotel especially the lovely weather. We would recommend that you take a mixture of Euros and Turkish Lira when shopping. I would advise to be careful when shopping in the markets as the people on the stalls do try and force their customers to buy items even when you try and bargain.

We went to this hotel actually by mistake. I didn't know there are two hotels named Delphin, and I wanted to go to Delphin Palace. When the travel agent told she found available places at Delphin Deluxe Resort, I thought her means Delphin Palace.
Then I was enchanted to see this hotel is rated first one in its area, and came here full of confidence. This was the second week in a two weeks vacation, with first week spent in Letoonia Golf Resort in Belek.
The hotel is very elegant, and the service was very good. Staff is very friendly. At reception I asked for a room close to the main lobby, and we got room at first floor, very close to the elevators, so a very well positioned room.
However, I have to say that we felt much better the first week, at Letoonia.
First, we were very disappointed by the beach. Even if this hotel is a beach hotel, its beach is simply useless. It is a very rocky beach, full of big rocks, so you really cannot enjoy a beach not even close to what you would expect from a beach hotel. Even in the water it is full of big rocks, and the water is getting deep very quickly, so at 5-6 m from the beach it’s already deeper then an adult.
Second, being with two kids (5 and 6 years old), we got a very nice and big room at Letoonia. When we moved to this hotel, the room here seems very small. As I understood from the reception, all rooms are the same size, so we couldn't get a bigger one anyway, but the first impression remained
The pools are not really catered for average kids. There were pools at 0.5 m, good for very small kids, but the rest were only constant depth, 1.4 - 1.5 m, too deep for kids between 5-8 years old. We had to go to pool quickly to get two beds in the first row, to be able to be very close to the place where girls were played, since the water being too deep for them.
The last thing we didn't liked too much was the kids club. The girls wanted to play there, but the staff was concentrated only on Germans and Russians. Our girls don't speak english either, but the staff made efforts close to nothing to integrate them in some games or such.
And there was a thing that was really offending. In last days the girls participated to the pool game where the entertainer thrown some toys on the pool, and kids jump and swim to bring them back. My girls participated too, and in the end they were told to come in the evening at kids club for the game certificate. In the evening, was that, they organized Gala Evening, and the kids who were at the kids club were participated to "Angels dance". My girls weren’t there at that time. Later on, when this finished, we went there to get the certificates for the pool game. The Women who seemed to be the leader of the kids club gave the diplomas to the girls participating to "Angels Dance". Even if she saw us, and she knew we are waiting for the diplomas for the pool game, she simply ignored us, and gave diplomas to every single other kid who were there, till we left alone there, only we and she. For "Angels dance" she gave beside the diploma, a small little box, filled with few candies (like M&M). However, in the end, even if she saw my girls saw every other single girl got such box, she didn't gave this to my girls too. When they asked me" Daddy, why we don't get this", she replied they were ONLY for "Angels Dance". In the end she took ONLY one from the drawer telling it's the last one. We felt like begging, and WE PAYED AND STAYED AT A 5* HOTEL!
The rating I give should be:
5* for the overall service
3* for the pool
1* for the attitude of the staff from Kids club
1* for the beach

We have stayed in this hotel last year abnd this year too and it is the best we have been stayed in the last 4 years. we spent every year 2-3 weeks in turkey, specially in Antalia but up to now this one is the most amaizing! Very good sevices, very, very good food, rooms are spacious and very, very clean. everywhere is clean and pleasant. the garden is well mentained and with beautiful flowers. security is wathching all the time but you are not bothered by them. staff shows profesionalism and are very kind all the time. i recommend this Hotel as THE BEST and worse staying there as much as you can! please enjoy it!