This was our 3rd stay at Alp Pasa the first two being in the summer, we usually stay bed and breakfast but on this occassion the package was half board, we did have 3 evening meals in the hotel but prefer to go out in the evening as there are some lovely local restaurants. The evening meals were ok but it was only dimly lit and it was difficult to see what was available. The surrounding area is really nice and it is good to walk around with lots to see.
Drinks are expensive in the hotel but we were prepared for this and made use of the 2 happy hours. l would always have a room upgrade as the basic rooms are very small, we did not find any problem with the hotel staff as some reviewers have in the past.

We had a great stay here, although our first night the room was noisy (the air conditioning machines were above our room - the Ismail Pasa - we even had ear plugs but the noise kept us awake). We were moved the next day to the room opposite and it was perfect. We loved the room. The breakfast is fantastic, a wonderful selection on offer. The hotel is well placed and we would recommend The Art / Cafe / Bar nearby for a brilliant evening of music and warmth. A great wekend.

I chose this hotel because of the average to good ratings it has on the different travel sites. Now, I don't know if anything changed with the hotel recently or whether I was simply unlucky, but I had an exceptionally bad experience.
Just to put it in context: I stayed in three hotels in Antalya during my trip. Two of them I can highly recommend, but the Alp Pasa was just terrible.

Let me start with a summary of the good. The hotel looks nice from outside, nestled into the charming neighborhood of Antalya's old town Kaleici. The breakfast was somewaht decent, though the breakfast in the other hotels was better, e.g. no fresh juices, almost no fresh fruits.

Now the really bad. First of all the room, I decided for a nicer "superior" room with a Jacuzzi for me and my girlfriend. But the room looked like a hostel room (very different from the rooms shown on the Alp Pasa webpage), with walls and cheap built-in closets painted in the same ugly greenish color. The combination with the tiled floor (and no carpets) gave the room a hospital-like feeling. The room had "garden-view", which translated to three small windows facing the hallway and there in particular a smoker's corner and a cutout box, both frequently visited (don't ask me what the stuff was doing in the cutout box). The bathroom had no windows at all, but the promised Jacuzzi: the smallest possible Jacuzzi tub fit under the slope of a staircase. I used it only for shower which I had to take sitting (due to the slope I couldn't stand), hearing the people walking up and down the staircase.
The room was clean besides the cockroach I killed in the first night.

As bad as the experience with the room was my experience with the stuff. I asked to change the room. The reply was that the only possibility is to take the (I-don't-remember-the-name)-suite for 500EUR/night. Perhaps at that point they were already mad with me because of my girlfriend. We originally wanted to meet in the Alp Pasa and I booked the room for both of us. But due to an medical emergency she eventually arrived three days later. At check-in I told the Alp Pasa about the change and we agreed verbally that I pay only the single-occupancy charge for these three days. Well, you can imagine what happened at check-out: suddenly nobody remembered the agreement.
Then there were also a few smaller things. For example I decided to join the Christmas eve buffet. I asked the waiter for the price, but on the final bill the price was five Lira higher.

I stayed in quite some hotels, but that was definitely one of my worst experiences. From my experience I can give the following advice: if you want to stay in Kaleici, go for a nice and cheap hotel; remembering the cheap price you can stand bad service (the Alp Pasa wasn't cheap, I chose it because I hoped to find something nice). Or go for one of the big hotels at the shore, at best one of the bigger chains. My experience is that they are perhaps not the cheapest, but they are accommodating and they have good service.

Stayed 7 nights over the new year period, booked through Thomas Cook. Been to Turkey many times in the past and so quite used to culture, money, food etc. The Hotel in my opinion is very well situated in the old town with it's maze of alleyways and narrow roads which I found to be wonderful (never came back the same twice). It was a little bit like living in a museum as the hotel is protected almost like our listed building status and therefore retained some great features that you just don't get with newer hotels.

Room was really nice, quite basic but had everything we needed ans don't read too much into the scare stories of you not being allowed your own food and drink in your room as we certainly did not witness this. The only recommendation I would make is that providing you are fit enough ask for a room on one of the top floors as our room was quite noisy at times with other guests traveling up and down the wooden staircases.

Food was on the whole very good, plenty of it (moist of the time) and a good selection. The only downside quite often mentioned already is the expensive drinks ...... please please be very careful our friends paid nearly £60.00 for a bottle of Red wine!!!!. There are cheaper bottles but I think the waiters are on commision to sell the more expensive bottles.

Hope this helps ...... Jon