Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Bar and Restaurant Questions and Discussions => Topic started by: tribalelder on July 03, 2011, 16:13:22 PM
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Not new and has been mentioned on this Forum before. It is on the waterfront in Fethiye up the Paspatur end. Went into today for lunch and sadly were the only customers up on the new terrace but that did not stop an impecable standard of service. The terrace is a lovely oasis of calm with excellent views and amazingly quiet. There is a very imaginative menu with substantial portions. I have to single out the French Onion soup served in a bowl nearly twice the normal size to be found over here....stuffed with onions and large croutons covered with melted cheese and caramelised onions on the top. That and a couple of beers is a filling meal in its own right :)
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One of our favourite places with the most wonderful setting and views.
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We'd the pleasure of lunch with Fi and Eric there during our last visit.
The food was delicious, perfect setting and great service too.
You must try the chicken shish with peanut sauce - to die for!!!
oh and great company too :)
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Had the chicken shish with a Thai curry.....scrumptious:D
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Aw thanks Anne you are as always right, the company was very good....lol
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We looked for this restaurant when we were over in June, is it along the front near the 'blue bus' bus stop ? It sounds very good hopefully we will be able to give it a try in September (if we can find it).
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It's down on the prom Christie not the main road.
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we had a nice meal there in may the weather was windy, but we wrapped up :)
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Just back from a visit following above recommendations and want to say thanks for the heads up - was really delicious as had the chicken shish with amazing peanut sauce as mentioned by Anne.
Should also mention the spicy Pate starter - blooming lovely !!
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Four of us had a meal on the terrace last night a beautiful setting, the food was very nice, I had Morrocan chicken two had the chicken shish, all very good, one of our party had steak which was ok but only thin and a little tough, but will certainly go again.
mark
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Six of us went last night the food was excellent a really nice place which deserves to do well
Mark
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Food is certainly nice and a bit different from the usual stuff here, the one problem I had was the staff didnt seem to know what they were doing, ordered water when 1st sat down while looking at menu Had to ask again after 10 mins, all apologetic but still didnt get a drink, had to remind them again when they wanderd over to take food order! was hot and very thirsty so it didnt give a good 1st impression to me. That said Yes the food is good but dont think I will rush back
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Linda and I went on Saturday night and I have to agree with your comment about the service. None of the staff seemed to know what they were doing which is such a shame as the food was really good and this place has so much potential. They could also do with a better wine list as there really isn't much choice. I would definitely go back but maybe for lunch rather than an evening meal.
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We were going to go in one night when we were over. The guy outside asked where we came from and when we said Scotland he went in to a market type spiel of " hey jimmy" etc etc so we decided just to keep on going.
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I have to say we went to this restaurant and had a dreadful experience. Poor service and poor food. Nicola, the Scottish waitress was too busy wittering on her mobile to serve us and had to be reminded 3 times that we asked for water and Effes! When the food eventully arrived, it was cold, the medium steaks were very well done, the baked potato was missing and one meal was whipped away - 'You didn't order this!', only to be brought back 5 minutes later, even colder than it was when it arrived!
When we complained Nicola laughed, rolled her eyes and said that there was nothing wrong with the meal or service. She said the manager was not available / didn't speak English/ was too busy to speak to us (delete as applicable, as we were told all 3 excuses).
Nicola the Scottish waitress (wait being the operative!) then told us she would call the Police if we refused to pay. Not knowing the law we paid and left.
Dreadful service, dreadful food. The only positive is the view. One to be avoilded at all costs!
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Seems like a tale of 2 pages here - the restaurant described on page 1 sounds to have little in common with that on page 2. Surely not another hugely promising start soon ending up disappearing down the tubes...
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Maybe you should've let her call as in all probability she is working there illegally. In future dont eat the food. Tell them you will pay for the drinks and them leave.
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LOL! We did say 'well call them' however after 10 minutes we got bored and wanted to leave. A Turkish friend said that it is up to the police what happens next. So as you say best to have a drink and not eat. Shame as it had potential!
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I think you are correct in your assumption Keith. When it 1st opened last winter, and through to the beginning of the summer, the food, prices and service were excellent. We were even told that the prices would not go up as the season went on. Since then we have been back on several occasions and slowly the prices have gone up, the food quality has worsened and the service has also got worse. The original manager, Matty (who was only there as a favour to the owner as he has his own business interests elswhere) left during the summer, as did most of the original staff. Since then it has rapidly gone downhill. We do not go there anymore, as you say a promising new establishment now going rapidly down the tubes.
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We found it to be great early summer but freinds have been since and all said it had really gone down hill, a shame because it had so much going for it.
Mark
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I also went there last month and have to say it was the worst dining experience I've ever had. Not necessarily the worst food but the problems with the food were compounded by the incredible rudeness, bad attitude and ineptitude of the (Scottish, I'm sad to say) waitress.
It's a shame really as the location & decor are lovely and I had high hopes that it might be somewhere that could become a regular haunt.
I only hope that the owner sees these comments and realises that she is a liability rather than an asset!
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Just updating on an old post.
Things don't appear to have got any better here since a good start last year. We ate there last night after enjoying our visit during our last hol. We won't be going again.
Staff rushing about but getting nowhere and the place wasn't busy. Drinks forgotten, food very average which appeared to be large plates full of "fluff" (ie lettuce, fancy cucumber,grated carrot) and little substance (actual dish ordered) so really not impressed. Shame as a beautiful setting and pleasant live music.
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sadly our last trip (last month) also proved disappointing. The place was really dirty - sticky tables and uncleared tables. Food left on the floor under the tables too. Really sad - it made such a promising start :0( perhaps we were just unlucky......