We came to this hotel for a friend's wedding. We found the staff to be very helpful, even if they didn't have great English (I am Canadian). We paid for half board, and they gave us a "room card" to charge our extras (beer, lunch etc) to. We really enjoyed hanging out on the platforms by the sea, and found the resort clean, and well taken care of. We found it a little difficult that they don't take credit cards, we had to pay in cash or wire transfer.

We hired Villa Ates at Club Hotel Barbarossa for two weeks with two other families. The villa has 4 rooms in the house and one below the pool. All had aircon, TV and ensuite and were spacious enough for one to have two extra beds and not feel too cramped. The villa was well furnished and the beds were very comfortable. There were a few issues with the aircon during our stay and the room under the pool was leaking when we left. It felt like there needs to be a big effort to keep on top of the maintenance. There were 12 of us in total and 5 adults and 7 children. There were a few problems when we arrived as there weren't enough beds and no outside chairs but this was soon put right by the staff. Previous reviewers are right that not all staff speak good english but some do and we managed to make ourself understood. The Villa was well equipped in general (no DVD player though) but we think that not many people actually self cater so there were a few things missing from our kitchen. Again we asked and they were provided. The bbq was fantastic and when the gas ran out it was replaced straight away. A real advantage of being attached to the hotel! The outside space at the villa is tight when the villa sleeps 12 and the pool wasn't enormous but we were 100m from the sea platforms and spent most of our time there. This leads us to our biggest gripe. The web-site quite clearly says villas had there own beach platform with kayak -something denied by staff and owner when we were there. The hotel platforms were fantastic but when it came to the busy holiday weekend at the end of Ramadam the hotel was busy and it would have been good to have our own space. We did talk to the hotel owner and again this was put right - we were allowed to use the hotel kayaks- but it became a bit waring to keep pointing out problems before they were put right. We were staying at the hotel during the wedding mentioned by a previous reviewer and were not happy to be offered the opportunity to buy half priced drinks as compensation for the whole beach area being taken over by the wedding party. As it happened it was one of the couples wedding anniversary the same day and we felt pushed out of our own space, Again after bringing this to the owners attention we were offer a free meal for all our party that night.
Overall we had a great holiday. The staff were friendly and unobtrusive. The beach platforms comfortable and the tea and cakes at 5pm a nice touch. We were given breakfast at the hotel because we payed in full before Christmas. The breakfast buffet was really good, as was the lunch buffet by the beach but the food was alot more expensive than in Kas. We took the Dolmus from the top of the hill into kas several nights and enjoyed eating out and shopping in the cool of the evening. We would all return to Villa Ates and it offers excellent value for 12 people. Being near the hotel was an advantage especially for the children who played table tennis there.
I would advise the owner to update the website so that there aren't any misunderstandings in the future.