Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
3.0
Service:
2.0
Cleanliness:
2.0
Food:
1.0
Amenities:
3.0
If you still decide to choose this hotel among the many more decent ones in Turkey, then immediately keep in mind that this is a weak “three point”, and not 4 stars, and if this is your first visit to Turkey, then it may even be the last, despite the fact that this establishment is completely indicative.
For starters, the entrance and reception: the entrance is located inside some kind of strange metal fence, and there are no stars at all in the logo or anywhere. The reception staff speaks good Russian and can check you in before 14:00 (check-in time) for $5.
Yes, the reception itself is small, a few nooks with sofas and a TV is the only place where free WiFi catches, but during peak hours, and they are almost always there, you can hardly even read mail, not to mention sending pictures (paid WiFi available, but the price tag is completely wild - 2 euros per hour).
The lobby bar operates on an unpredictable schedule and you can only treat yourself to soft drinks, tea and coffee.
When you were assigned a number, they give you a key ...ONE and invite a certain Kyrgyz to see you off (at the same time, he does not help convey things). A small lyrical digression: most of the attendants are Asians from central Russia, so you can forget about the well-known Turkish hospitality and smile: gloomy compatriots, such as street cleaners. Ok, let’s go through the territory, it’s very small, by the way, you won’t be able to fully walk around it, and therefore, count on going to the village, where every few steps you will be lured to buy Chinese consumer goods.
There are two buildings and both are three-story: one is near the pool and the animation stage, the second is a little further away. The buildings themselves are somewhat reminiscent of those in Soviet pioneer camps: long unlit corridors with a series of rooms.
The key to the desired door is in your hands, but you can’t open it the first time: the mechanism is loosened so that on the third day you had to call the master, who “fixed” the lock in ten minutes ...well, to open it the third time.
The room is a standard pencil case, inside there is a table, a refrigerator, a single and a double bed, a small LCD TV, air conditioning. Yes, glasses, no information about the hotel and services. The shower room is small, but everything you need is available: slightly shabby towels (2 small ones, 2 bath towels and 1 foot mat after the shower), two bottles of shower gel (they have never been updated in 6 days).
A tiny balcony with two plastic chairs and a table decorated with children's paints (apparently not washed) and a dryer.
The beds are not bad, moderately hard, there are enough pillows, but there are no blankets as a class: there are only thin waffle bedspreads (the receptionists are tactfully silent when asked “if it’s cool”).
The balcony overlooks two ping-pong tables, a children's house (children's animation) and several outdoor exercise equipment, which the hotel calls a fitness center (we chose it because of the availability of fitness, we were very disappointed).
On the territory called the tangerine grove, there really are several trees, the tangerines from which have long been peeled off by compatriots: still, there are almost no fruits on the restaurant menu - only grapefruits to decorate dishes and a couple of times there were melons (serving no more than three hard slices in one hand ).
The kitchen in general deserves special attention: for starters, the restaurant is one, not too big, which is why there is not always enough space for all visitors - you have to either wait or sit down with someone. The set of dishes in general is traditional for a three-star buffet, but with some exceptions: for lunch and dinner, there is only one main course, and then with a big stretch.
Soy patties for lunch are often taken apart before they can be cooked, and the meat stew is not renewed until the vegetables are taken apart, from which the starving vacationers have chosen all the pieces of beef. In the evening, sometimes there is fish killed by deep fat, and once there was even chicken shawarma, which, like melon, is given in very portions - so as not to overeat, apparently. In general, vegetable expanse and in such a hotel it is good in the post - there are almost no temptations.
Breakfasts are also familiar, they have a choice of sausages and cheese, but eggs every three to four days. There are no pastries and sweets for breakfast, but there are "donuts" - bast shoes fried in oil, for which a queue is built. There is only one intermediate meal - around 15:00 local time, different things are fried next to the bar: either pita bread with a drop of cheese, or dumplings without meat (local manti), or the same donuts. There is almost always a line in this case.
Yes, how to get around the bar and drinks?
The lobby bar has already been discussed, let's move on to the bar in the restaurant. A small counter at the back where you can either get sodas or local wine (red or white vinegar). There is no strong alcohol or beer here (although both the beer steering wheel and the set of glasses say that there was once everything). You can pour water, tea and coffee yourself, although not without a queue.
The pool bar works on a strange principle and does not look like an all-inclusive. Opening at 10:30, water, juices and tea are freely available, and beer and wine are the prerogative of the bartender, who can often leave the service. Beer is typical watery, no more than two 150 ml plastic cups in one hand, wine, like in a restaurant - vinegar. There can be no talk of any strong drinks until the evening, and for lunch and dinner the bartender goes to the restaurant: that is, for the main meal, only vinegar, sorry, wine.
In the evening, when strong drinks are still taken out of the cellars, local muck is added to wine and beer such as weak vodka, local tincture with the taste of medicine, from which the bartender tries for a long time to make cocktails (of course, the restriction is 2 glasses in one hand and the task is to pour as less alcohol per evening). Yes, the pool bar is ONLY open until 22:00 even though the entertainment is just starting at 21-22.
What else is on the territory that needs to be described? The pool is rectangular, a slide is directed into it, which turns on for about an hour after lunch and it is uncontrolled - there can be no question of any security: we did not notice a single life guard during our stay. Sometimes people are lured to play water polo, but in general everyone is lying around, sunbathing. Please note that “beach towels” are free, you can get them in the SPA area, but they can be replaced only three times a week (the rest of the time, dry in the room).
The SPA zone itself, declared as a free service, works for free only at lunchtime, from 12:30 to 14:00 - convenient, right?
Also on a tiny territory there is a nook with photo services, several souvenir shops, which, among other things, sell alcoholic beverages, a popcorn stand (for a fee) and a henna tattoo service.
As for our own beach, 700m from the hotel, don’t flatter yourself: you need to go there along the shops for a kilometer and a half, and the declared shuttle does not run on schedule and not everyone fits (fortunately, we like to walk and this aspect does not correspond to the declared benefits did not upset). The beach itself is a dedicated line from the city, on which broken sun loungers with wicker umbrellas are almost always occupied. The bar on the beach is a water cooler, there is no changing room, and the shower is a tiled wall from which plastic hoses stick out without a watering can and with cold water.
The beach is pebbly, pleasant, the sea is close and moderately transparent, not shallow.
The Goynuk village itself is touristy - it is clear that the locals are only busy to lure tourists to look at leather goods, sweets and other "necessities". However, there is nowhere to fully walk without fuss - either “come to us”, or unlit slums.
The day before departure, you can order a "dry ration" if the departure is earlier than breakfast, for which you will receive a dry sandwich wrapped in cling film, but in any case you will be glad that you are leaving Batont; )
P. S. Reading the reviews before leaving, they optimistically thought that the negative was written by perverted compatriots, but in fact everything turned out to be true - apparently the situation has worsened this year, but the laudatory reviews seem to have been written either much in advance, or hotel employees : )
For starters, the entrance and reception: the entrance is located inside some kind of strange metal fence, and there are no stars at all in the logo or anywhere. The reception staff speaks good Russian and can check you in before 14:00 (check-in time) for $5.
Yes, the reception itself is small, a few nooks with sofas and a TV is the only place where free WiFi catches, but during peak hours, and they are almost always there, you can hardly even read mail, not to mention sending pictures (paid WiFi available, but the price tag is completely wild - 2 euros per hour).
The lobby bar operates on an unpredictable schedule and you can only treat yourself to soft drinks, tea and coffee.
When you were assigned a number, they give you a key ...ONE and invite a certain Kyrgyz to see you off (at the same time, he does not help convey things). A small lyrical digression: most of the attendants are Asians from central Russia, so you can forget about the well-known Turkish hospitality and smile: gloomy compatriots, such as street cleaners. Ok, let’s go through the territory, it’s very small, by the way, you won’t be able to fully walk around it, and therefore, count on going to the village, where every few steps you will be lured to buy Chinese consumer goods.
There are two buildings and both are three-story: one is near the pool and the animation stage, the second is a little further away. The buildings themselves are somewhat reminiscent of those in Soviet pioneer camps: long unlit corridors with a series of rooms.
The key to the desired door is in your hands, but you can’t open it the first time: the mechanism is loosened so that on the third day you had to call the master, who “fixed” the lock in ten minutes ...well, to open it the third time.
The room is a standard pencil case, inside there is a table, a refrigerator, a single and a double bed, a small LCD TV, air conditioning. Yes, glasses, no information about the hotel and services. The shower room is small, but everything you need is available: slightly shabby towels (2 small ones, 2 bath towels and 1 foot mat after the shower), two bottles of shower gel (they have never been updated in 6 days).
A tiny balcony with two plastic chairs and a table decorated with children's paints (apparently not washed) and a dryer.
The beds are not bad, moderately hard, there are enough pillows, but there are no blankets as a class: there are only thin waffle bedspreads (the receptionists are tactfully silent when asked “if it’s cool”).
The balcony overlooks two ping-pong tables, a children's house (children's animation) and several outdoor exercise equipment, which the hotel calls a fitness center (we chose it because of the availability of fitness, we were very disappointed).
On the territory called the tangerine grove, there really are several trees, the tangerines from which have long been peeled off by compatriots: still, there are almost no fruits on the restaurant menu - only grapefruits to decorate dishes and a couple of times there were melons (serving no more than three hard slices in one hand ).
The kitchen in general deserves special attention: for starters, the restaurant is one, not too big, which is why there is not always enough space for all visitors - you have to either wait or sit down with someone. The set of dishes in general is traditional for a three-star buffet, but with some exceptions: for lunch and dinner, there is only one main course, and then with a big stretch.
Soy patties for lunch are often taken apart before they can be cooked, and the meat stew is not renewed until the vegetables are taken apart, from which the starving vacationers have chosen all the pieces of beef. In the evening, sometimes there is fish killed by deep fat, and once there was even chicken shawarma, which, like melon, is given in very portions - so as not to overeat, apparently. In general, vegetable expanse and in such a hotel it is good in the post - there are almost no temptations.
Breakfasts are also familiar, they have a choice of sausages and cheese, but eggs every three to four days. There are no pastries and sweets for breakfast, but there are "donuts" - bast shoes fried in oil, for which a queue is built. There is only one intermediate meal - around 15:00 local time, different things are fried next to the bar: either pita bread with a drop of cheese, or dumplings without meat (local manti), or the same donuts. There is almost always a line in this case.
Yes, how to get around the bar and drinks?
The lobby bar has already been discussed, let's move on to the bar in the restaurant. A small counter at the back where you can either get sodas or local wine (red or white vinegar). There is no strong alcohol or beer here (although both the beer steering wheel and the set of glasses say that there was once everything). You can pour water, tea and coffee yourself, although not without a queue.
The pool bar works on a strange principle and does not look like an all-inclusive. Opening at 10:30, water, juices and tea are freely available, and beer and wine are the prerogative of the bartender, who can often leave the service. Beer is typical watery, no more than two 150 ml plastic cups in one hand, wine, like in a restaurant - vinegar. There can be no talk of any strong drinks until the evening, and for lunch and dinner the bartender goes to the restaurant: that is, for the main meal, only vinegar, sorry, wine.
In the evening, when strong drinks are still taken out of the cellars, local muck is added to wine and beer such as weak vodka, local tincture with the taste of medicine, from which the bartender tries for a long time to make cocktails (of course, the restriction is 2 glasses in one hand and the task is to pour as less alcohol per evening). Yes, the pool bar is ONLY open until 22:00 even though the entertainment is just starting at 21-22.
What else is on the territory that needs to be described? The pool is rectangular, a slide is directed into it, which turns on for about an hour after lunch and it is uncontrolled - there can be no question of any security: we did not notice a single life guard during our stay. Sometimes people are lured to play water polo, but in general everyone is lying around, sunbathing. Please note that “beach towels” are free, you can get them in the SPA area, but they can be replaced only three times a week (the rest of the time, dry in the room).
The SPA zone itself, declared as a free service, works for free only at lunchtime, from 12:30 to 14:00 - convenient, right?
Also on a tiny territory there is a nook with photo services, several souvenir shops, which, among other things, sell alcoholic beverages, a popcorn stand (for a fee) and a henna tattoo service.
As for our own beach, 700m from the hotel, don’t flatter yourself: you need to go there along the shops for a kilometer and a half, and the declared shuttle does not run on schedule and not everyone fits (fortunately, we like to walk and this aspect does not correspond to the declared benefits did not upset). The beach itself is a dedicated line from the city, on which broken sun loungers with wicker umbrellas are almost always occupied. The bar on the beach is a water cooler, there is no changing room, and the shower is a tiled wall from which plastic hoses stick out without a watering can and with cold water.
The beach is pebbly, pleasant, the sea is close and moderately transparent, not shallow.
The Goynuk village itself is touristy - it is clear that the locals are only busy to lure tourists to look at leather goods, sweets and other "necessities". However, there is nowhere to fully walk without fuss - either “come to us”, or unlit slums.
The day before departure, you can order a "dry ration" if the departure is earlier than breakfast, for which you will receive a dry sandwich wrapped in cling film, but in any case you will be glad that you are leaving Batont; )
P. S. Reading the reviews before leaving, they optimistically thought that the negative was written by perverted compatriots, but in fact everything turned out to be true - apparently the situation has worsened this year, but the laudatory reviews seem to have been written either much in advance, or hotel employees : )
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