What is the food like at all-inclusive hotels in Side, Turkey?

Recent 2024–2025 reports say breakfast now includes fresh-squeezed orange juice, plus assorted carton juices. This conflicts with older reports that said no fresh juice was available.

Some guests report that the hotel has a dedicated diet section in addition to the regular buffet.

Next to the main restaurant, a separate sushi station operates from 19:00 in the evening: about 6 types are served, with soy sauce, wasabi, and ginger. On one day, guests also reported an Asian-themed dinner with rolls, ramen, and rice.

Newer reports link the seafood dinner to Wednesday rather than Thursday: shrimp, crayfish, squid, and other seafood are set out outside, suggesting the themed seafood night may have shifted.

According to recent reports, the pool snack bar stays open until 16:00; besides burgers, it also serves waffles and stuffed baked potatoes, along with sides, meat, fries, and fruit.

Breakfast includes salmon and around 4 types of salted fish, a wide variety of cheeses, pastries, and good ham. In a previous season, avocado, red fish, caprese salad, and eggs benedict were also served — but not from the start of breakfast, appearing later on a separate round table near the entrance.

Food is varied overall: meat (chicken, turkey, beef), side dishes (rice, bulgur, spaghetti), soups (lentil, tomato). Downsides: meat is heavily over-salted, and the breakfast rice porridge is tasteless. Fruits include watermelon, melon, banana, apple, pear, plum, and peach. Fruit juices are very good. The snack bar serves pizza and self-assembled burgers. Ayran is available. Desserts are plentiful but oddly served only at dinner.

A 24-hour café operates on site, useful if you miss the main lunch. Standout dishes there include a tuna salad and a flatbread with cheese. Desserts in the main restaurant are varied and well-regarded.

The grill zone is highlighted as one of the strongest parts of the food offering. Grilled fish and seafood are available daily, though red fish and large shrimp may appear only once in 10 days or on special occasions.

Cheeses and olives at breakfast are heavily over-salted. The children's dining area is an exception, serving unsalted cheese. Bar cocktails are diluted with powdered juice (Yupi) instead of real juice. Freshly squeezed juices are not available.

Gözleme (Turkish flatbread pancakes) are available at the Benjamin bar in the second building. The bar operates until 2 a.m. and serves ice cream in the evenings.

Thursday dinner turned out very seafood-heavy: grilled trout, large decorated whole fish, marinated anchovies, smoked trout, shrimp salad, squid salad, fried calamari rings, a shrimp terrine with a jelly topping, and seafood rice. A wide variety of seafood in multiple preparations.