Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: blueclad on July 06, 2018, 09:18:55 AM
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Arrive at Gatwick @ 0530 am to catch the Thomas Cook 0710 am flight found complete madness at check in desks 7 flights departing within 2 hours of each other all using the same check in 6 desks took over 1. hour check in then a dash to boarding gate as far as the very far end of the south terminal.
boarded a 737 300 series plane standard seats had lots of leg room that surprized us ,smooth flight very good james martin brand breakfast yes it was very good indeed , 3 hrs 45 mins waited over 1 hr for bags at dalaman walked out to hot sunshine found fethiye airport driver plus 2 bottles of cold water who I must say was very good took his time along the roads, lots of tut tut from the driver as taxis driving like mad men overtook us many times, like wise a fethiye lovers transfer car going like a bat out of hell past us just past gochek up the hill,.
Arrived at the Oykun hotel [ our 14 th june visit year, greeted by goldie and the owners of the hotel as we stepped out of the car, bags up to our room by the waiter and found the aircon on so a nice cool room and our favourite room as requested , down to the bar for a beer and a welcome from memhet the head waiter who has been there for over 14 yrs, likewise most of the staff who have been there for years,
Pools and surroundings spotless as usual plus lots of new wooden sun beds round the big pool. hotel was fully booked but lots of room and spare sunbeds , many people there this year in june who were afraid to travel last year because of the so called troubles in turkey
When for a short stroll before evening dinner found a few changes, the B52 bar still as drab as ever , bring back the old post office bar / restaurant someone please, beach looking very good this year , met several CBF members along our stroll .and several Turkish shop / bar owners we know for many years
We had a great 2 weeks sad to come home once again, fethiye air port transfer came on time a excellent driver gave 2 very small bottles water [ which dalaman check in let through] asked if air con was ok would you like soft music put on and was very chatty,
Dalaman airport easy to get through security THEN all hell broke loose at the check in desk we were given a letter stating 5 hour delay plus its a smaller plane and you will be seated anywhere , plus we have spare seats on a luton plane going in 45 mins you can go on this and we will bus you down to Gatwick WHAT along the m25 and m23 in rush hour !!no way, we used the CIP lounge as comfort and boarded this A321 old plane almost 4 hrs delay, no food or drink offered after 2 hours as is passengers right only given out as we boarded the plane ,
seats so close that knees were on our chins no way could the table be used as no room to lower it cabin staff only checked rows 1 to 4 on departure and landing at Gatwick we were row 8 no safety checks pus the james martin meal well not fit for pigs , no one ate it as far as we could see .
All in all we had a great time except for the flight home , just waiting for the promised BACS money transfer into our bank with the promised 10 days plus they agreed to refund our CIP lounge costs all confirmed by 2 emails.
PART TWO Will be our bar / restaurant review AND our high lights and low lights of our holiday
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That flight sounds a nightmare! Agree about B52 - hardly ever see anyone in there and don't know how they stay open.
Looking forward to part 2
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Seems to be a number of issues with Thomas Cook this season. We saw no one in B52s either, and the Oceana Bar ( not sure new name) looked empty. Maybe both places hoping for an upturn in July/Aug.
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The shirtless staff on the door of B52 put me off years ago and never considered it since ;D
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Agree it is a pity something better is not done with the B52 it would make a lovely restaurant. Shame you had such a dreadful time at dalaman for your flight home, we suffered in the same way last year -it is not a comfortable airport to spend a lot of time in. We look forward to Part 2 !
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Seems to be a number of issues with Thomas Cook this season. We saw no one in B52s either, and the Oceana Bar ( not sure new name) looked empty. Maybe both places hoping for an upturn in July/Aug.
New name is Stardust - we never saw a customer in there.
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very good james martin brand breakfast yes it was very good indeed
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Couldn't agree more - standard meal was extremely tasty on both our flights. :)
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I will do part two at the weekend been very busy today wife sitting who is not well >:(
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We visited a number of restaurants and several bars during our recent visit this is OUR opinion of our findings in no particular order.
Marias , wife wanted a sunday roast beef not very nice microwave warmed up with deep fried roast potatoes gravey softened beef slices and watered down horseradish sauce , old black white tables / chairs gone ceiling fans gone drab bench type seats all mixed in with a travel agent booking office same staff doing both 3 out of 10 .
Brothers nothing special run of the mill food tined or frozen bland veg 5 out of 10.
Kermin waited 20 mins for a tasteless starter another 15 mins for main meals did not taste right complained and was told its looks ok to me , we paid for the drinks and walked out waier just said nothing 2 out of 10 come back George please.
Er oz both meals quite good no complaints other than people feeding stray dogs 7 out of 10 .
Georges meals looked nice and very good BUT only a bit of this and a bit of this with gaps around each item made to look like lots of the plates quite dear compared with some other places , the chicken casaerole had little chicken lots of onion and just a smidge of mushroom and lots of liquid to fill the dish 7 out of 10.
Obens very nice meals had to wait as it was busy but worth the wait and got mozzie bites 8 . 5 out of 10.
Lukka bar / restaurant [ opposite obens ]our first time to have a meal not a huge choice but very good indeed and cheaper than most along the front PLUS effes at only 9 TLR and even better bomonito beer less gas excellent beer cheapest in Calis we had several light lunches here as well plus a few beers . nice staff as well 9 out of 10 .
Gunisic was our favourite excellent hosts excellent chicken casserole full of meat and mushrooms topped with yummy cheese at only 28 TLR with home made chips nice fresh chopped up salad OR potatoes if wanted and a bottle of beer or a glass of wine MR SCUNNER note the wite wine is far better than last years and better than most bars we visited,,, take off the bottle of beer @ 12 TLR in almost all bars it only cost 16 TLR for a very good home cooked meal most other places a casserole was 30 - 38 TLR without a beer or a wine how they do it I do not know it was almost full most nights 9.5 out of 10.
Part three to follow some comments may shock some people but it is how we honestly saw things
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You can't any more than give an honest opinion - thanks Blueclad. I'm not shocked at any of your comments :)
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Informative post blueclad.We too paid a visit to the Lukka, it was one of these nights when neither of us knew what or where we wanted to eat, and to be honest we were a bit fed up of fancy food. We just went in for a drink till we made up our minds and ended up having egg an chips and it was bloody marvellous. We did go back again and had the Scampi which was very good. All in all good value for the money and as you said the staff are very nice, always looking to please.
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ALLY B now that we have used the Lukka for the first time we will use it again as it was so good
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This year is the first time we have used it for food and although you cant get all the fancy food that is served on the prom we feel it it good to have something plainer now and again.
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Just a few more things we noted during our recent holiday.
How to make 50 TlR in half hour !! while we were in a bar ,buy a 10 TLR kids fish net scoop up tiddlers by the sea wall in fethiye where the 3 giant turtles are put then on a tray and sale them @ 2 for 1 TLR for people looking at the brilliant big turtles to feed them one old ferry across the bay boatman was doing this.
Packs of dogs in calis 1 pack along the front ,the larger quite nasty pack around the charcoal place duck pond taxi rank areas, something needs to be done about this menace not fair to kids and everyone else, people along the front feeding the dogs whilst having dinner is a pain like wise the tipping of waste meals ect along the street just past the charcoal place restaurant, NOT the dustbin end but by an empty building I must add dogs fighting all the time for this food.
The Tuesday storm was something I have never seen in all my 73 yrs even local Turkish remarked how it just sheeted down flloding roads and properties , by evening it was gone and the sea was flat not a ripple at all PLUS we saw with others 3 dolphins just off the beach by the mutlu hotel .
The footways on the bridge have many broken boards and a trip hazard like wise the up and ocer bridge behind the mutlu hotel has missing / split boards caused my motor bikes and scooters getting caught on the humps.
Two / three seat three wheel scooters on the prom are a real danger it should be stopped asap ,Question is mete still the calis main man or has he given up re calis .
Our best place to have a quiet after dinner drink or two people watching was at the mutlu hotel bar along the front nice soft seats nice easy music and drinks cheaper than most bars , plus joesephs bar on the way to our beds.
Shame to see 3 young Turkish men and a young girl playing / singing real good Turkish music in a little bar they have taken over nice tables / chairs table candles with very few people there each night we went past going to our hotel , a real effort being made by them playing to just a few people, yes its not in the right place between the taxis rank and the oykun hotel on the corner but they were so very good to hear .
Well folks that's almost all Except to say walking down the road many mid afternoons between the golden moon hotel and the B 52 we saw meat being chopped up veg being chopped up by waiters or kitchen staff at the rear of the meeting point and new named summer breeze out in the blazing sun and dust and throwing scraps to dogs one we saw wee on a big sack of potatoes and a split sack of onions on the ground no way was this acceptable, I tried to take photos on my phone but had a onion thrown at me ;D to make me go away asap.. walk this way and see for yourself how scruffy this area is
OUR biggest highlight was when HIGHLANDER [ john ] came into the GUNISIC to hand them their certificate of joint third in the poll when my wife and I were there , to see their joy to get this award was just brilliant,,,, after highlander had left the owners and 4 other staff were hugging each other so humble to get another award they went on facebook and instagram to tell the world and got over 200 messages in 1 hour back from regulars far and wide of well done you all deserve it yet again
ill say no more thanks for reading three part reviews
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Great reviews blueclad! I'm in absolute awe of people who can recall all their highlights and lowlights during the holiday. I can't remember a damned thing once I get home, other than, once again, I've had a wonderful time in Calis! Time to start writing them down methinks! ;D
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Just for the record, Summer Breeze is on the prom (next door to the Nil) so I suspect you are actually referring to Summer Rose, which is on the main street & not far from B52
Would you please confirm that that is so?
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OOPPPS SO SORRY .a honest mistake .
I confirm that.
Its the newly named restaurant Summer Rose