Nirvana Mediterranean Excellence

Family of 4 (2 adults, 1 teen, 1 11 year old) Lagoon Family Suite We stayed here for 10 nights. Naz from guest relations greeted us at check in, explained everything and set my phone up with the PA WhatsApp service. That evening we sent our first 7 days a la cart bookings over. The hotel then reply to confirm availability and bookings. Some dates may alter but all restaurants were booked. Our bedroom was a great set up. 1 front door then the room split left and right to additional front doors, with a bathroom, bedroom and balcony each. Breakfast in Samsara main restaurant was your typical buffet. Lots of bread, pastries, eggs, pancakes, fruit, meats, salad etc. Very easy to get sunbeds around the main pool and towels from the towel station. Lovely waiter wearing a Manchester United cap. Always friendly and attentive. Really good quality. Ask for a brand if that's what you would prefer, its on the menu and on display. Snack bars were best we've had. Noodle/Satay bar - grilled prawn skewers but ask and they do also do chicken and beef as well as noodles. Mexican - tacos or burrito chicken, beef or prawn as well as churros. Fried chicken very tasty. Gozleme - delicious always with the friendliest lady. Shawarma - really tasty and lovely man. Ice cream counter. Magnum style ice cream statok where the lady dips the ice cream into white or milk chocolate then a choice of sprinkles. Sea Club - husband and son ate here and said it was some of the best fish they'd had. You go up to choose your fish for cooking. Nice sea view as well. Myhn - Turkish - lovely tapas style with so many difference dips and dishes to try. Myhn also doubles up as the Aqua snack bar near the slides during the day. This is a sit down table service lunch if you don't want a takeaway style lunch. The jacket potato was really tasty. Welldone - steak house - super tasty. Choice of steaks served with 3 different sauces and broccoli, chips, asparagus. The pear creme brulee was very tasty. Gusto - Italians - you can see pasta being made fresh. Nice touch. We ordered a hot starter, main and a pasta and portions aren't massive. Arrincini, pasta, beef medallions and a dessert. Sounds a lot but a good amount. Blue Sky and Ginger sushi - we doned here altogether. 2 had sushi and 2 ate from the Blue Sky menu due to an allergy. Staff very accommodating. Lamb and beef dishes very nice. Nice view on the rooftop setting. Welldone - is also day time table service - we had burgers and steak ciabatta. Really tasty and cooked on the grill with that smokey flavour. Fellini - 24hour a la carte near reception and lobby bar. Good menu selection, salads, pizza, pasta, beef, chicken. Not busy at all and a great touch if you don't want to eat in the main buffet. Patisserie - handmade chocolates, delicate cakes, biscuits, ice creams, hot drinks. Lobby also has a Lavazzo coffee area. A Starbucks is outside of the main. Buffet as well as a Nespresso hut near the volleyball area. Corn on the cob is served on a wheeled trolley near the pier around 4pm daily. 2nd pier bar staff are great. Fantastic memories and remember your drink order day after day. We went to the pier around 4pm daily. 1.5km permiter walk around the site. It's nice to see other accommodating, all of which have smaller pool areas and pool bars. The fact the main pool is salt water is not an issue at all. Our lagoon pool bar was always quiet and drink quality was really good. We received a WhatsApp offering us the Cosmos boat trip. This was a small additional cost, less than external trips. The hotel provided transport to Nirvana Dolce Vita. We had a smaller boat take us onto the Cosmos, a large catamaran and our hotel all inclusive was part of this trip. We were picked up at 8am and returned around 3.30pm. Brunch, drinks, lunch and 1.5hrs time to jump off the boat and swim in the sea. Evening entertainment was OK. We had had better bur also had a lot worse. There are shows in the amphitheatre at 9.30pm then additional shows follow in the open air entertainment area. Kids club 'Crispy Kids' - my youngest son enjoyed 3pm volleyball each day and my husband and older son enjoyed air rifle and darts each day. Theres no pressure to join in. Scheduled activities are announced on the PA system around the main pool. There are a small number shops outside of the hotel and turn right. The whole place is beautiful and so scenic. I would definitely return.

We had a wonderful stay at the hotel. Food was great and the staff were there to help throughout our stay. Our room attendant ~Ebubekir was amazing and he looked after us and made sure we had everything that we needed every day. Would recommend to my friends and family.