We were booked into this hotel by a travel agent, and read the reviews from Trip Advisor while driving. We expected a very unfriendly and unwelcoming place. It turned out to be outstanding. Very high design with slick rooms, generous terrace/balconies, rooms located in small cottage like buildings strung along the property line. Drivers in golf carts will take you there. It's a half-hour out of Bodrum, but with a much better beach and amplel restaurant choices in its upscale neighborhood. We loved it, if only for a night. Bodrum was crowded and frenetic, but this area was swank.

The place is bad, not enough sunbeds at the so called beach, way to expensive for staff that they are offering. Food at the restaurant sucks, not tasty greasy and u have to wait long time. The entire place is for snobs only and its fa far far awey from enything else.
one more thing CREW DOESNT SPEAK ENGLISH!

If you´re up to chill in the sun and sea that´s perfect location.
Rooms are spacious and with wonderful views of Aegean Sea.
Only problem is the service, still struggling to comunicate and serve well.

We stayed at the Kuum Hotel for four nights recently in June 2010. The hotel's interior and exterior is gorgeous. The room overlooks the Aegean Sea with ceiling-floor windows, designed in rather cement-y tones like grey and slate; minimalist concept. We stayed in the small room but it was still huge. Bathroom has a rain shower, all round glass walls (perfect for a romantic getaway). The hotel is well spread with heaps of lush greenery. The sea is the pool, although there is another indoor pool in the spa.

The last review on this hotel was written in February. I am guessing they have made some improvements in the interim. A majority of the staff now speak fairly decent English. Sure there are some miscommunications and misunderstandings here and there, but in an area that hardly speaks English, they are doing pretty well. They are sincerely apologetic when they don't get you, and strive to help--all with a smile. You definitely do not need a manager to order a Coke anymore. Besides, they are overstaffed as the hotel is not very packed, which means that they tend to serve you a group (without being in your face). Surely one person in that group will understand. I wouldn't worry too much about the language barrier as highlighted in previous reviews.

However my only qualm with the hotel is that things are majorly overpriced, as noted in the previous reviews. The spa is fine, expect to find the same prices as in London. But, food is rather pricy. Not to worry though, as my partner and I managed to find two nearby towns with ample delicious Turkish food, for the price of one main course at the hotel. And it definitely tastes more authentic. It's about a 5-20 minute walk depending on which town you go to, with supermarkets and stuff so you can get your bottled water, etc. there.

All in all, it's a gorgeous place. Don't be put off by the service/language reviews as below as it seems that this has all changed. In any case, you'll probably be stuck in the beautiful room for most of the day and thus don't need to deal with anyone. And if you do go down to the sunbeds deck (which, again, I believe is due to a change of policy, there are no 'outsiders' sprawling around after a particular time, as mentioned in the previous reviews. There were heaps of sunbeds that were unoccupied), there are quite a lot of waiters/waitresses at the bar who can and do speak English.