Just got back from our first trip to burak,couldn't fault it,ignore the bad reviews, one of the cleanest hotels we've stayed in,rooms basic but most hotel rooms are, staff very friendly & location couldn't be better,will defininetly go back.

We have just returned from a fortnight at the Burak, we found it excellent value for money(for what we paid) and the location couldnt be better.

Hotel staff we're friendly enough the on;y complaint regarding the hotel was the prices for food and drink were over priced compared to the surrounding bars and resturants.

The staff we're friendly and althought the hotel was absic it was very clean and linen and towels changed oftern enough.

I would reccommend this hotel to other travellers.

We went to Turkey for he second time, but first time to Altinkum.
Turkey was experiencing a heat wave during the two weeks we were there so the Air conditioning was a God send! Not all roms have this so I would recommend you have it. The hotel is clean and over 4 flors witha spiral staircase and lift.
The female receptionist was very approachable and friendly but I found all the other staff male and intimidating. in the first week, a waiter would come and sit on my bed and ask if i wanted a massage. I would say no and he would start a neck massage!! My husband would always have just nipped up to the room or to the loo when this happened. It was awfull. He asked me also if i wanted to go to his room for a Turkish massage! Horrid

During the day the Bar man would play loud music and shout over the mirophone, not good if you want a relaxing holiday!
The Food was like microwaved quick serve food!

We liked Altinkum but not the Hotel.

Went alone for 2 weeks after having a bad year.
I was constantly harrased by the staff.
The girl on reception was really nice.
Found the men in the hotel especially the head bar man got a little aggresive when i turned him donw.
Would go back to the hotel, but not alone.

This was our 7th year in Altinkum but first at the Burak.

We would never stay again the breakfast was the worst. The rooms were normal for Altinkum the bed was so hard !!!

The hotel is in a great location on the main street just next to the beach.

The staff at the Burak were very pushy and did not like the fact that I knew what they were saying. We only went to the pool once it was very noisy and I hate being splashed with water when I'm just relaxing and lying in the sun.

We are going back to Altinkum this Summer 2007 but never again to the Burak. We just used it as a place to sleep !!

Don't think Altinkum is all the same this hotel is a bad example

We stayed in this hotel for the second time in 6 months.

The staff are very friendly.

The rooms are basic but very clean.

The pool area is small, but again is very clean and well kept.

Breakfast is ok, which is the traditional Turkish one. You can also buy a full English one, which just cost a couple of pounds. We had a couple of drinks in the bar, were the prices are not too bad.

You will be greeted by the staff as this is just how they are.

I have stayed here with my son and also my husband and feel very safe.

We really enjoyed our stay at the Burak, The rooms are basic but really clean. The staff were welcoming and friendly. The bar area was inviting and not too pricey. The location for the resort was excellent with good shops and restaurants right on the doorstep

We had the most brilliant fortnight here.

The hotel was immaculately clean; the staff very friendly; the location excellent - close to beach, bars, restaurants and shops, and dolmuses stop outside.

If you enjoy staying in the Ritz, then this not the hotel for you, but if you want clean simplicity and friendliness with excellent prices, then you will not fault this hotel.

If it were not for the fact that we want to see other areas of Turkey - just booked 3 weeks in Icmeler in May 2006 - we would have absolutely no hesitation in going back - which we will probably do in September 2006.

All in all, a totally great Hotel - if you go, give our love to Sue behind the bar, and tell her Anni & Jude will see her soon! And don't forget to eat at Nick's Place (just behind the Burak). The Testi Pot is thoroughly recommended, as is Betty's Hotpot!

The Burak hotel is a great hotel, its very clean and the staff are very friendly.

The hotel boasts great pool facillties and entertaiment and boasts a great situation for both younger and older generations.The environment is in a great location for the beach and for night entertainment.

The evening meals are very nice and the staff are very helpful.

The maids cleaned the rooms everday which was nice and hygenic for us.

The hotel was also very cheap and a very relaxing atmosphere.

We arrived at the hotel Burak in the early hours of the morning, and although advised by reception that the bar was open and we could get a drink, no bar stsff appeared and we eventually gave up and went up to our room.

This was VERY basic, hardly enough drawer/cupboard space, and although a double bed, only a bottom sheet. Pillows and a single-bed sized top cover were supplied. We had to ask for another so that both of us could be covered.

Although the maids made the beds every day, the towels were only changed twice a week. As we were showering every day, I had to wash and dry the towels on the balcony or else we would have been using very dirty linen.

The sheets were only changed twice in the two weeks we were there.It is enough to have to keep our own stuff clean, without doing the hotel's laundry too!

During the first day or two, we were constantly hassled by the waiters at breakfast to take half-board, and my disabled husband was constantly hassled when we were trying to relax at the pool.

One obnoxious waiter in particular, made some nasty comments in both English and Turkish, but as we have been visiting Turkey for years and have made a lot of effort to learn the language, my husband surprised him by understanding what he was saying. As our tempers were wearing rather thin, and to avoid any unpleasant incidents, we stopped going to breakfast and using the pool area. This was really no loss as the breakfast was the most basic we have come across in our many visits to Turkey.

We still got hassled every time we entered or left the hotel, and it became a real nightmare from which we just wanted to awake and find ourselves at home.

As the hotel is located close to the beach and centre, we used these facilities and spent as much time as possible away from the hotel. This was also due to the constant noise of the other guests on the floor, shouting, banging doors, running up and down the corridor, at all times of the day and night.

The staff at the Lobby bar and the reception were friendly enough when their regular visitors weren't around, but we just didn't feel we wanted to have more than the occasional nightcap in the hotel as the prices were cheaper and the staff friendlier in the other restaurants and bars in the resort.