La Blanche Resort & Spa

Excellent service, friendly staff, the restaurant service very good, friendly staff. The food is something always like. The management looks thoroughly in Charge. The hotel service excellent, all the staff very friendly, exceptionally Mrs. A, very helpful.

First impressions were excellent, rooms spacious, clean and perfectly adequate for a family holiday. The views are stunning and the choice of bars and places around the complex to relax was good, we particularly liked the outdoor lobby bar area looking out to the sea. The daytime entertainment was non existent! I have never seen a hotel with no activities to do in the daytime, the EasyJet website is misleading from this aspect. The swimming pool was the coldest pool I have ever experienced, so much so that it was painful to be in the water for longer than 2-3 minutes, this is a big let down as kids love being in the pool, and it seemed they all ended up frequenting the spa indoor pool, understandably. The sea was warm enough to swim in, and we saw various fish using snorkels. Some of the staff were helpful, friendly and polite, but the majority were snappy, ignorant or uninterested in helping you, this is unacceptable for what is rated as a five star hotel. Five star means you are treated well, I have to say from this aspect with the odd exception, we felt like we were in a 3 star hotel or worse. We tried and tried to be friendly with the staff, but mostly it was one sided. We thought the cleanliness was generally good, although there is a huge lack of bins to put rubbish in, which means empty cups get left everywhere. The bar area at night had the most disgusting smell of stale alcohol and vomit and given that all the entertainment was indoors, meant it was hot stuffy and extremely uncomfortable having so many people crammed in a small area. The drinks were OK, we have had worse, the EFES is good, the wine isn't bad and some of the spirits are average at best. The cocktails are terrible, and not at all like what they are supposed to be. Now I come to the food. The main restaurant is dreadful, everyone crammed into a 2 hour window for dinner to be served very similar food every day, which was luke warm. We never went hungry, but the quality was such that we had to go out and eat on three occasions, thank goodness for Salt and Uncles which were both excellent! However, when you book a 5 star holiday, at a combined cost for our family of nearly £6,000 you really don't expect to have to go out and pay for food elsewhere. The themed nights are terrible, on Asian Night we were in the restaurant for 7:30pm, by this time half the stuff had ran out and we were told it wouldn't be replenished. The A La Carte is a bit of a joke, you have to queue for nearly an hour to be told the restaurant you want is fully booked, or if you manage to get in its all a bit weird. The Turkish Restaurant we enjoyed the food but it's just put in front of you with no choice, and the Italian we walked out of as the menu didn't resemble Italian food in any way. The snack bar is pretty good as you can order a meal to your table and its presented nicely, although on numerous occasions we ended up ordering more than once as half the order was missing, some of

We had a lovely time in La Blanche. Reception staff made our holiday. We were greeted by a very helpful gentleman from dayshift, his name started with G (I'm really sorry that I forgot his name). He was able to check us in early and upgraded us. After a long night of flying with small children, he was our savior! Throughout our week, he was there to make our stay really pleasant. We mainly stayed at the main restaurant and were pleased with the food there. Staff there were very friendly and accompanying. They made sure our kids were always cared for. Our biggest thank you goes to the lovely girl from Kazakhstan who worked on the outside tables. While the hotel is not large in size, everything was good. The seaside and the swings were our favorite place. The only thing that didn't work our was the weather. As we were visiting during end of the season, we got a very windy and first chillier week. As the sea was getting colder, we were sad to find out that both the indoor pool and outdoor pools were unheated which meant my kids couldn't really swim. I visited hammam in the spa area as well and was very happy with the foam massage and the gentleman from the spa reception. Would highly recommend! Luckily when it got windier, we could enjoy the breathtaking view to the sea and close by islands. Thanks to the upgrade we were in spacious family rooms and couldn't be happier. Thank you!

We stayed in August 2024 with our family so two families of four, This resort really ticked every box and have got it right on so many levels. We both had rooms at the far end of the pool overlooking all the way to the sea. If you were being picky and I’m sure the hotel have it on their agenda, the rooms need a refresh as does the reception desk and maybe the floor below plus the main inside of the restaurant. Just looking a little dated but nevertheless spotlessly clean and didn’t affect our stay at all. What they should consider in the family rooms is to replace the rock hard sofa beds that are made into two singles into two proper single beds as there is space in room. The food was superb and we loved the way the hotel had built its own selection of restaurants by their own private beach. What was incredible was the night menu which runs from one of these from 10pm-7am which meant for the first time ever after arriving after the main restaurant had shut, we are offered a freshly cooked meal which was most welcome after a long day travelling. The swimming pool was lovely and warm. We did find the sun loungers too crammed in so spent all of our week based at the private beach and it was so relaxing and the water was warm and so incredibly calm. For us this was such a perfect spot. Little touches like the swings in the sea are lovely and bottles of water being available to just pick up when needed. Such a basic thing but missed by so many hotels. We loved the restaurant by the beach where we just ordered our lunch and it came freshly cooked. The waiters on rollerblades were cool. We never had to queue for drinks and we loved the bar where you could pick up a selection of fresh fruit/waffles, help yourself to ice lollies etc. The gozleme offering is lovely too. Staff are delightful and a special mention to ismail and Gulkan. Ismail spotted one evening as a family of 8 we had to sit separately and ensured the next night we had a table of 8! You can walk into the town centre in 10mins, it’s quite a dark and uneven path but easy enough and there were areas which were smart and a selection of shops. We took a private transfer to Bodrum and really enjoyed having a wander round the market and the main areas. This resort truly is All inclusive and we really loved our stay. They have got it right on so many levels. We would 100% stay again and all had such a lovely relaxing week, it was just so easy to just relax and have fun here

Nearing the end of our stay here at la Blanche resort. 2 family’s of 3 including a 7 and 13 year old. Disappointed in the hotel to be honest, definitely not 5 a star hotel - more like 3, and that’s not an exaggeration. Kids have been bored stiff, hero looks like he does his best but is obviously on his own with a hotel of kids. Night time entertainment is shocking. It’s Karaoke now and that’s it, all crammed inside directly outside the entrance to the main restaurant…. Rooms are large, aircon doesn’t work in everyone in the hotel I’ve spoke to, bathrooms and decor dated, all yellow lights. Room maid was lovely. Beach is nice and the view spectacular of a night. Pool looks ok however absolutely freezing, thought the indoor pool would be ok for the kids seeing as the time of the year, but that’s just as bad. Sea is warmer than both. Food is ok, snack bars are good. We would not have booked this hotel and feel like we was misled by the facilities and the rating. Games room closed. Have to pay for the pool tables and table tennis equipment…. The gym is old and battered. Had a great discounted massage in the spa today because it is finishing soon. All inclusive plus, what even is that because they clean the bars with most spirits they’re that bad.

Not a five star resort 3 star plus at the most Food cold , rooms not very clean, bathrooms full of mould and patch repaired tiles. Entertainment non existent and very poor at best. Dinner is at 7pm where all guests rush the main dining area .. this needs to be earlier opening times . Alcohol is of very poor standard and ran out constantly with it not being replaced. Bar staff moody and spoke very little English. Pool area was messy with spillages not cleaned up.