Hotel in Izmir
5-Star Hotel
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About this hotel
Swissôtel Buyuk Efes Izmir is located in the heart of Izmir, overlooking the Aegean Sea. It offers rooms with LCD TVs, and has a spa with indoor and outdoor pools.
Amenities
Business facilities
Concierge services
Free WiFi/internet
Free Parking
Air conditioning
Pool
Non-smoking
Gym
Heating
Wheelchair accessible
Bar
Spa
Balcony/Terrace
WiFi/Internet
Hot tub/Jacuzzi
Shared living spaces
Garden
Laundry services
Sauna
Accessible Parking
Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Family friendly
Ironing facilities
Safe
Toilet with grab rails
Accessible by lift
Key access
Key card access
Contactless check-in/out
Housekeeping available
Fire alarm
Fire extinguisher
Cleaning products
Map of Izmir
Available Rooms
Ratings and reviews
100% verified reviews7 / 10Good·Nov 2026
We stayed at the Swissôtel Büyük Efes İzmir on the recommendation of a Turkish friend, who assured us it was the best hotel in Izmir. If that is indeed the case, I cannot help wondering what the others must be like.
To be fair, the hotel has a good location, an impressive lobby and perfectly adequate rooms. However, the rooms are essentially what I would expect from an average four-star hotel: neither particularly spacious nor small, neither shabby nor luxurious.
Unfortunately, a series of shortcomings, combined with management’s failure to resolve them, left us disappointed.
First, misleading room descriptions. We booked through Booking.com, where our rooms were described as having balconies. Neither room 2403 nor 2405 had a balcony, and the windows could not even be opened.
Second, the breakfast pricing. Our booking confirmation clearly stated that breakfast would cost €15 per person. In practice, we were charged twice that amount. I raised the discrepancy with management and was assured that it would be resolved. Unfortunately, nothing was done.
Third, attention to detail. The rooms had Nespresso machines but no capsules. Why provide a coffee machine without the coffee?
Fourth, housekeeping. On one day, our room was not serviced at all. We eventually had to call reception at 7 p.m. to request housekeeping.
Finally, noise. The windows provided inadequate sound insulation, and on Saturday night, traffic noise and loud music kept us awake until late.
I book approximately 200 hotel nights a year, so I have considerable experience of hotel standards. None of these issues is particularly dramatic in isolation, but together they reveal a lack of attention to detail and, more importantly, an unwillingness or inability to put things right.
My rating: 7/10. Not a bad hotel, but certainly not the five-star experience we expected. Most of these issues could easily be corrected if management paid more attention to the gap between what is advertised and what is actually delivered.
10 / 10Outstanding·Oct 2026
This is a magnificent hotel. Everything about is a properly 5-star. It has massive beautiful gardens and an enormous outdoor pool. The Turksih hammam massage guy does a superb job. I love this hotel. The spa is superb. Really helpful concierge who kindly printed some documents for me.
10 / 10Outstanding·Sep 2026
Awesome experience. When I arrived my room was not ready hence i’ve been upgraded to executive suit with sea view. What a room !
Nothing except being at the pricey side
5 / 10·Sep 2026
We had a garden room suite (bedroom with living room and 1.5 baths) and the rest of our party and two city view rooms. All the rooms were clean, spacious, and comfortable (except for the insane noise). We booked the garden view rooms on the false impression that it would be quiet. Alas, they have DJ parties on weekends that’s not disclosed anywhere. Instead the hotel website claims the rooms are soundproof.
We arrived on a Saturday evening, we walked into our allegedly “soundproof” suite and were greeted with the most annoying rave music with a hardcore bass beat that could not be drowned out by my excellent ear plugs. Imagine you’re in a club/rave party, that was the noise level in our room. This never ending bass beat went on until midnight. It was impossible to get any rest. We asked for a room change but the manager could not accommodate it (she did offer a regular room not facing the garden) —unbelievably irritating and there’s no compensation of any sort for this. No breakfast, no extra water, or even a beer. Cost of the room was almost $500/night, high for Izmir). We did not book this hotel to be hammered with a bass beat in our suite (a true wtf situation).
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"This is a magnificent hotel. Everything about is a properly 5-star. It has massive beautiful gardens and an enormous outdoor pool. The Turksih hammam massage guy does a superb job. I love this hotel. ..."
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