Ложка дегтя в бочку меда! A fly in the ointment in a barrel of honey!

We recently returned from vacation, and, to be honest, the impressions about this hotel were not very good, although before the trip I read all the reviews, which, basically, were all good, I want to add a little fly in the ointment to sweet tales about this hotel. We have already been to Turkey many times, but in Bodrum for the first time, we went from the tour operator BiblioGlobus for 10 days, the host side Lemar. a long flight, as I had to listen to his speech in order to understand something from what was said. (I digress if your guide offers a review - it’s better not to go, they will only take you to the mills, to the afmitheater and to some other ruins, and then you will go shopping for two hours - a la Fur and leather tailoring of the 90s, gold from copper, and Turkish rags from China - what kind of survey is this)))) only kill time, it’s easier to go to the city by minibus to see all the sights of Bodrum, the city is very beautiful, with a claim to Greece... beautiful bays, the magnificent Aegean coast and neat white town houses, as if from Greek myths))) it’s better not to take excursions from a guide - everything is exorbitantly expensive, you can buy cheaper on the street)
We arrived at the hotel at 22.30, checked in quickly, within 20 minutes, gave a room, we went in and were stunned - the beds were crumpled, there was no TV, refrigerator, telephone and lazy people from the air conditioner, and at the same time, it smelled terribly of sewage . . to our questions, the attendant the hotel employee pretended not to understand us and just ran away, we didn’t check in and went back with our things, but at the reception they tried to make a straight face and like no one understands anything! (I want to warn everyone that the hotel has Russian-speaking and understanding staff there is only one female manager at the reception, who doesn’t come every day, the rest either don’t understand at all, or, most likely, they just ignore and pretend that they don’t understand, so it’s good if you know English and can speak it, but not only understand and know a couple of phrases, like us... it will be very difficult . . The hotel is designed for "their" vacationers, mostly Turks, there are 70 percent of them there, the rest are Finns, British, Austrians, Germans, and only 15 Russian man in each race! ) As a result, we were brought back to the same room and after 10 minutes they dragged the TV, which they tried to connect, but it did not work, and again we dragged ourselves to the reception with all the things. to settle in such a room is complete idiocy. At the reception, after my tears and my husband's attempts to explain why there was nothing in the room and such a stench, they gave us another room, a little better (at least without a smell, although there was a bad drain in the shower room - the water left badly, because of this water poured over the edge onto the floor, the toilet tank was leaking, but after all the ordeals and the long road, we were tired, we were happy about this - vacation)))) Animation in the hotel is all only for foreigners in English and Turkish, Russians were not even invited to participate in competitions, although we expressed a desire - it's a shame ((((There is no disco, only a competitive program from 22.00 to 23.00! In general, we had to entertain ourselves walking around Gumbet. The food is monotonous, a buffet consisting mainly of fast food: hamburgers, tortillas, barbecue and french fries, sausages and salads, seasoned with vinegar and soy sauce, in general, the table is oriented towards Europeans, despite the fact that they went in the season, there were only apples and oranges from fruits, twice for a "fight with dogs "they gave peaches and watermelons with unripe melons, about grapes, strawberries and so on, here, it seems, no one knows...
I will briefly say about the hotel itself - outwardly, everything is decent enough for a four, the hotel is beautiful: there are many flowers on the territory and it is made in a very original way - like a small city surrounded by palm trees and gardens, this captivates in pictures and photos,

BUT - the service and the staff leaves much to be desired and does not pull at all for 4: cigarette butts and plastic glasses are lying all over the territory, which they are in no hurry to clean up, the staff walks around the territory, lighting cigarettes where they rest, and immediately throw these same bulls , but I’m generally silent about cleaning the rooms, the towels are all gray and unwashed - on the second day they gave a “clean” towel with the imprint of someone’s heel, it’s a pity that I didn’t take a picture))))
During our stay, the lights and water were turned off twice in the evening for 2 hours.
We went together with my husband to relax and hang out, and on vacation the main thing is the mood, so with all the minuses of the hotel and the "cool" attitude of the staff towards the Russians, we did not lose heart))) - we made a bunch of those Russians who came with us to check-in and entertained themselves))) it was fun, but we won’t go there anymore... disappointed . . Have a good rest!