Okaliptus

A cozy, bohemian hotel, with a beach almost right next to the hotel, free sunbeds, beautiful bohemian umbrellas on the beach, poufs, and loungers. Rooms have a fridge and kettle. Everything is very close, with a Migros store opposite the hotel, and buses to the city from the Migros store. A lovely promenade, the sea is spotlessly clean. The food is delicious. Free drinks with breakfast, juices, coffee, and tea. Free tea with dinner, but other drinks are available for a fee. Very friendly and helpful staff. The chill-out music on the beach is nice, not too loud. If you don't need marble and gold, this is a great hotel, and the location is perfect.

Great location by the beach. The hotel play very, very loud music on the beach, like being in a disco, so if you're looking for a peaceful day on the beach, give this hotel a miss. The bar prices are very expensive too. The breakfast cater for the Turkish guests, there's also cold chips and onion rings left over from the previous evening, some mornings not even a bpiled egg. Coffee machine but no English tea, better bring your own tea bags if you prefer a cup of tea in the morning The evening meal is almost the same each day, chicken thighs and wings, rice and occasionally potato wedges, the salads are the best meal, always fresh. The management aren't interested in the guests, they don't go out their way to speak or ask if everything's OK, they just aren't bothered.

We knew the hotel as we stayed along from it last time. Here's our feedback: PROs LOCATION: Beautiful vibe, set under Eucalyptus trees. Beach hotel. CLEANLINESS OUTSIDE: Great. Swept & reset for each new day ROOM: Decent double room with sofa area. Not luxury but was fine. ROOM CLEANING: Lovely team daily housekeeping couldn't fault them. BED: Huge bed, comfortable enough AC: Brilliant a/c much needed in 36 degrees STAFF: Really lovely bunch who looked after us. Very hard working FAVOURITES: Love that you can sit under trees for drinks & there is a bohemian lounging area by beach & the outdoor restaurant - all so lovely BEACH SET UP: Sunbeds literally on the shore, waiter-service for drinks, easy access to the sea. CONs FOOD: Overall it spoilt our holiday and turned our stomach. We had half-board breakfast & dinner (both buffets). First impressions it looks like a nice enough offering but it is not. BREAKFAST: Catering for Turkish tastes only: Coffee machine: average, weak machine coffee Juice: fake sweet orange drink from powder full of chemicals (tang?) Cold buffet options: olives, salad, spam, curdled yoghurt + 5 uncovered, catering bowls of honey & jams put back out each day (after they've fished the spam out that someone dropped in), processed cheese Hot buffet options: overcooked chips, hard boiled eggs (no option to have eggs cooked any other way), cold slices of omelette on occasion, spam chipolatas (on occasion). I did like: tomatoes with cheese on (served twice) & the sliced fresh cheese & the watermelon slices & dried fig. Also pancakes (served twice) DINNER: Yoghurt dips that were reserved every day and not made freshly. Couscous salad served twice, meaning they put it out at beginning of week and then end of week (same dish) I did like: Fresh tomatoes & cucumber salad We loved: their rice, every night a different type & it was really good. Hot buffet options: awful concoctions and we're not fussy eaters. Just a few options each evening such as: Left over poor quality meat mixed in with aubergine Chicken drumsticks in sauce that tasted unfresh DESSERTS You can't say they don't have a lot of variety here, they offer at least 10 different desserts. But it is basically Mum's gone to Iceland, pink icing type things for kids. SUMMARY Food isn't fresh (apart from salad which is lovely) They serve it until they then put it in a random dish Very few hot choices No hot choices for non-meat eaters No seafood or fish at all (they are running it on a very low food budget) We paid to eat out elsewhere a few nights. We also paid to upgrade to eat their sunday a la carte which was nice. We don't understand how they can get everything else so right but mess up the food so much. A little more budget and creativity and it could be ok.

Had the best holiday at okaliptus hotel, such friendly staff ,Huseyin and the team where amazing treated us like family. We will definitely go back next year. Rooms cleaned and towels changed every day. Amazing food at outside restaurant. Rick and Jane xx (Also known as Michael and Susan )

Hotel is right on the beach in a beautiful spot. The rooms are basic but adequate. Just a little bit of TLC required. Safe wasn’t working but was fixed immediately. Patio doors weren’t locking but again fixed right away. The food wasn’t up too much. Two hot options at breakfast and two at night. Basic things like chicken thighs and meatballs. Chefs standing watching everyone at night which was very off putting. Visited here 10 years ago and they served pancakes and omelettes made freshly. There was a large grill outside which was never used. So all in all I would say ideal spot but food badly letting them down. Chips at breakfast 🙄