Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Bar and Restaurant Questions and Discussions => Topic started by: Liz 101 on November 22, 2011, 16:57:54 PM
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A group of us went to the (re)opening night at the Buffalo on Saturday & the place was heaving, although, when we arrived at 7:30 it was only around half full.
We ordered drinks, which were brought quite quickly but had virtually finished them before our food order was taken. Whilst waiting for the food to arrive, we ordered a 2nd round of drinks, these arrived on 3 seperate trays brought by 3 different waiters & the "large" draught beer was only 300ml, whereas the first round it had been 500ml :o
We watched as a number of tables that had arrived after us, were served bread & 4 pots of dips - but we had nothing. We watched as these same tables were served with their food - still nothing. We asked for bread on 3 occassions & were finally given 5 strips of bread between the 3 of us & no dips [:(!]
Just over 2 hours after ordering food it finally arrived. I have to say that the Lady steak was very good & cooked as requested (rare), however, having ordered chips I was given a jacket potato that was somewhat dry & the salad a meagre 1/4 tomato & a few strips of lettuce. Neither of my friends steaks were cooked as ordered & the T bone was particularly poor.
Meantime, the band appeared & although they were quite good, they were way too loud & we had to shout to have any conversation. The level remained after the band finished.
All in all not the best of nights & a shame, as we had been saying that it was the kind of place Fethiye needed, but spoilt by bad service, mediocre food & poor ambience
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I haven't been but was chatting to a friend who also went over the weekend, he thought it was a shambles from start to finish & has vowed not to return. Opening nights can be troublesome in any business but I believe the owner has a lot of experience in this type of venue so shouldn't wait that length of time for anything let alone sub standard offerings when they do finally arrive.
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Same owner?
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Yes
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Yes same owner as last time it was open
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In my opinion, ANYONE who waits anywher near 2 hours for a meal, is a fool, & deserves whatever is "chucked" in front of them.
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Thank you to Liz 101 for a detailed review, very helpful.
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Thats a shame. I know paul the owner personally and know he has very high standards so will pass this onto him so he can evaluate what went wrong. Yes its a great place and fethiye needs something like this. Lets see what happens over the coming weeks to see if there is improvement or not. My guess is there will be.
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Calis and Fethiye restaurant big opening nights are often a disaster in my experience and should never be attempted or attended.
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It won't stop me going there. In opening and closing nights, it may happen in any restaurant.
Buffalo is still my favourite.
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Where is this place ?
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I have to say this is the kind of service we recieved last time it was open and I posted on here before about it, sounds to me like nothings changed, guess it will close again if they continue with the poor food and service shame, as people say Fethiye could do with a place like this.But think I will give it a miss on my previous and others experience, a night out is a occassion that I would rather enjoy!:-\
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It's on the marina in Fethiye, just past Kismet Bar going away from Fethiye
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We went to Buffalo last night.
The service was good, the staff were friendly,our steaks were nicely cooked and well presented. Not a long wait to be served.
We will definitely go again.
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We went a week ago friday. Were there early and the service was exelent, food was good,entertainment exelent. Danced till midnight to live music.
Going on New Years eve and have booked.
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We went yesterday and had a great time.
Good food, warm and cosy atmosphere and friendly staff.
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Glad to see people have seen past the opening night. Well done to paul who has a great set up there.
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I totally agree with you.
It was quite crowded on Wednesday actually. But in a good way.
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Fethiye & Calis restaurant opening nights are a BAD idea - hopefully next year they will have learned that and not bother having one. I remember several in Calis where the usual freeloaders turn up expecting to be fed for nothing, then complain all over town to anyone who will listen about how long they had to wait for it.
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Anyone know what nights they have live music on?
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Firo
Every night , except Monday which is a Jam session for anyone who wants to sing or play
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is valentines night a set menu or can u choose from the normal menu?