seduced by the reviews .... but in vain, not a restaurant, but some kind of continuous queue .....

Written: 12 september 2011
Travel time: 30 august — 9 september 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 5.0
Always before you go - I read the reviews of other tourists and fell for this hotel, to be honest, only because all the reviews are super positive. I do not know.....
I will try to objectively describe the "+" and "-" of this hotel from my own, of course, subjective point of view.
At the same time, please take into account that this is my first time in Turkey, before that I had been several times in Egypt
I'll start, of course, with the cons, as they say, it hurts:
1. rooms are no frills, everything is already old and shabby (there was no hot water on the first day of stay)
2. The declared free wi-fi in the rooms was absent at all throughout the hotel for several days, then it appeared in the lobby, but this miracle did not happen in the rooms, therefore, from the point of view of "working" during the holidays, the conditions are not quite comfortable

3. they cleaned the room even for the dollar left, most utterly. They just changed the sheets. Towels - until you throw them on the floor - did not bother to change.
The papers on the table weren't cleared at all.
4. now about the restaurant - to be honest, I've heard a lot about good and varied food, so I got a "culture" shock. The food is not only not tasty, but also monotonous. Fish (which, by the way, I got poisoned on the 2nd day of my stay at the hotel) were given 3 days in a row for lunch and dinner. From fruits - watermelon, melon for lunch, grapes - that's all. Sweets are not tasty ....and for all this food there are also solid queues. Dinner started at 19.30, so if you came at 19.35, then you won’t sit down at a table on the street, and if you came by 20.00, then you simply don’t know about half of the dishes, because they scattered everything in an instant and no longer reported. Several times I ate only bread for lunch, because everything else is just slop
5. beach .....there are 10 "trump" places with good umbrellas, the rest of the beach is more like the Crimean one ....So, in order to take the "trump" places, you had to get up at 7 in the morning and race with other vacationers to run and occupy these places.
The stairs to the beach are very steep and large, which personally pleased me, because at least some kind of exercise, but with children it was very tight ....
6. I want to say separately about the declared gym ......you know, this is not something that cannot be called a gym .....In general, there are 2 dusty simulators near the sauna in a dark corner ....
7. and the so-called "spa center" is very wet, so I didn’t even go to the Turkish bath, although I planned to be there every day
8. and they also give ice cream from 17 to 18 ......if you honestly stand in line for 40 minutes, and there is only one type of ice cream - vanilla-chocolate

And now for the pros : )

1. especially delighted with ala carte restaurants!! ! ! ! (although it is very problematic to sign up there - it was possible on the 3rd attempt, since again the notorious queues). But it's worth it - trust me. No steaming dishes, everything is decorous and noble, and most importantly - delicious
2. all inclusive - around the clock!!! ! ! ! you can always eat (burdu, of course), but you can
3.
in the bar they will make any cocktail according to your order and you can revel in it until 6 in the morning (except for the beach bar)
4. there is animation (I’m not fond of it, therefore, apart from the fact that it exists, I can’t say anything)
5. there is a disco on the beach every evening
6. Relatively close to the Kusadas embankment (minibus 5 runs every 10-15 minutes and you can get there for $ 1.5). Just remember that at 12 midnight minibuses stop running and taxis turn into 50 euros instead of the daily $ 10 fare. Therefore, like Cinderella, it’s better to get into the minibus before 12
7. wildly delighted with a trip to Pamukkale (however, they rented a car and did not use excursions). Drive about 3 hours. Roads in Turkey are something. Ours, even for Euro 2012, I think it will not be possible to build such
8. all rooms in the hotel - with a sea view, so the view is guaranteed
9. the sea is clean (in general)
10. you can ride a catamaran and canoe for free for 20 minutes from 10 to 12 and from 14 to 16
eleven.
the hotel staff is just super: they, unlike the Egyptians, are not seen or heard, and although they are full self-service, they quickly and pier take away the dirty half-dude
12. You don't have to pay everyone a dollar to be treated well, they don't have it in this hotel. It’s just that there are boxes everywhere and you can leave money there if you wish.

In general, my verdict is this: the hotel is actually very average 4. if you are satisfied with mediocre food and queues, then you can go ... .
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