We stayed at Julian Forest Suites for 2 weeks and were very impressed with what we saw.
The rooms were big and clean, unlike some 5 star hotels in Turkey, it actually had a plasma tv in the room (we previously stayed in a 5 star hotel in Bodrum that had a 14" CRT TV), nice comfortable furniture in the sitting room, a good sized bedroom and a very clean bathroom.

The bath itself was slightly small but most people only have showers in Turkey anyway (we had a bath and shower) and why should you waste time relaxing in the bath, when there's a brilliant bar and restaurant downstairs with staff that treat you like family.

One of the best features about this hotel is actually the amazing food, which was better than expected and is of a higher standard than the local restaurants, which are mostly overpriced anyway to cater for the tourists.
We literally ate like royalty at the hotel, we had 3-4 course meals in the evening with lots of choice in Mexican, Turkish, British, Indian, Italian, Chinese and fresh fish caught that very day and even steak offered as part of the all inclusive....I have never seen that at an all inclusive.

We went on a few excursions and people were complaining that their all inclusive 4 star hotels were offering terrible food with boiled eggs being runny, little choice in meals and they were complaining that the quality of the food was so bad, they've started eating out, which reassured me that we made the right choice with this hotel.
They also complained that the all inclusive local drinks DIDN'T include local drinks such as Efes, whereas this hotel does, as well as Brandy, Vodka, raki, beer, cocktails, liquers, wine, soft drinks etc.

Regarding the staff, well, what more could I say other than they were amazing, I even told them that if I ever decide to launch a hotel, I'm taking their staff with me haha.
Hakan is literally one of the nicest guys you will ever meet, this guy will do anything to make you happy and has very high standards in all aspects.
Vahit was unbelievable, he made sure we were always happy and even filleted our fish and cut the fishes head off personally because we couldn't face seeing the fishes face.
Mevlut was also helpful and made sure the staff that are on work experience were on top of their game, as the hotel has high standards to maintain.
Berrin gave us a lot of helpful tips on where to shop to snag some bargains and even asked the chefs and barstaff to make us food and drinks that wasn't on the menu to keep us happy.
There is a lot of other great staff too including Zek, Goktai, Arda, Emma (and others but I can't remember all there names right now but they all made a great impression) and we had to make a quick exit to make sure the goodbyes weren't too emotional.

We also made some friends with the other guests and whoever we spoke to said they can't wait to come back next year, some of them said they were even going to save up, so they can visit Julian Forests again during the same summer, while some other guests have said they've been coming every year and refuse to go elsewhere.

I always thought that was ridiculous, as there's a big world out there to see and I've never been to a hotel abroad at below 5 star status but I would honestly come here again and hope to see all the same faces.

In my opinion, this hotel should be the only choice if you're visiting Icmeler or Marmaris and even though we were only going near this area to visit Olu Deniz, we never quite made it there because we were too happy to be at this hotel.

We stayed here in Sept 2010 and was pleasently pleased with this hotel.We did not have any complaints except the price of the food and drink was expensive. The bar was only ever half full when the happy hour was on.

Also whislt staying in Sept we soon relised that this was the month the wasps/bees came down form the pine moutains to die so of course there was loads, plenty of people were stung. so if you travel in Sept i would recomend taking a fly squater!

You can get a dolimus straight from outside the hotel that takes you straight down to the front where all the main bars and resturants are.

All in all a very pleasent holiday and would go back but not in September.

We have just come back and have already booked again for next year! i really really cant fault this hotel or the staff in anyway whatsoever.
We arrived at midnight and they even kept the bar open for us and provided us with food even htough it was outseide of service times,.

all of the staff make you feel truely welcomed and at home and cant do enough for you, not once did we ever experience any rudeness or even see a grumpy face. we booked all inclusive and we loved the food as it is all served from the a la carte menu with an awful lot of choice, you do have to order fresh fish a day in advance though, hot and cold snacks, ice cream and high tea and pastries are all included as well and the portions are really generous too :-)

we had a wonderful 2 bedroom family suite with a massive balcony overlooking the pool, this is beautiful and airy, the masterbedroom also has a en suite full bathroom as well and there is no charge for air condiditoning either. the rooms were cleaned and towels replaced everyday and the hotel even provide free pool towels so no need to take your own,

this really is a beautiful hotel and the back drop of the mountains is just a perfect location and makes it feel very relaxed and eco-friendly, the dolmus terminus is just at the bottom of the road from the hotel so you can always get into the centre of icmeler easily and they run every 15 mins, the hotel also has its own courtesy bus to the beach.
the onsite mini market is handy for any essentials and to be honest the person that said it was too expensive really needs to get out a bit more! this is turkey nothign is expensive but just remeber they have a business to run also!
the card system is brilliant so you never need to carry any cash around the resort you just add credit to your wristband if you want anythign that isnt included on the All Inclusive concept (which isnt much)
woudld really like to say thank you to Deniz in particular for being an amazing host and running the hotel so beautifully and always having time to stop and chat, Emma, who does an amazing job of running the kids club - we loved the fact ( and the kids) that the kids club runs from 9pm-11pm also in the evening so you can enjoy a drink while the kids are occupied
hakan, vahit and mulvut who do a fantastic job at meal service and also kaddir and zek and alf who run the bar so well and again always have time to make you feel welcomed.

overall, if you like a hotel with lots of htings to do, nice decent quality food and things to do for the kids ( as well as the waterslides) but dont want the hassle of being in the centre with everything in your face this is perfect for you we loved it and we are going back again next year

i loved every minite of my stay at juian forist suites i would recomend it to anyone.

the staff are very helpfull and friendlly even deniz the assistant manager was helpfull and plessent and friendly and kind he should really be the manager he thought that me and my gran were husband and wife my gran had to explain that i was her grandson and we needed to single beds and not a double beds and as helpfull as ever he did it the food was exellent and lots of choice would go back again if i had a chance. All the staff in the restruant and in the bar and reception felt like famely to me and like id like i knowen them for years emma the person that works with kids over there didint want want me to leave as she liked me and kept me ammusee in the water aswell playing water polo and tresure hunts in the water my gran says it was the best holaday ever coz she got to rest but agrees with everything i have said and that more pepole should know about this hotel and go there for a holaday. Gran said that she gives it the highest marks ever so do what we did and book now don't wait

from derek