Fun Pub coming to town

[Highlander]

A bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question stoop, but how do prices compare generally.

[mac2010]

If they sell a pint of the black stuff that would be fun enough.But dress the place with a touch of class,a dash of nice music for all not boom boom boom.No bamboo furniture,A small but descent menu styled towards modern tastes not the normal calis rice ,chips, with everything.If unsure of what to do pop to shaka or buffalos for some tips.I know its easy to say all these things but it comes down to costs and customers.Good luck with what ever opens fun or no fun....

[desmartinson]

Des, Can I add George's to your list of Waiter's that do change at night?  We always notice that the tee shirts and short of the day are replaced with smart shirts and trousers in the evening. Phil has remarked a few times at the creases they press in their trousers are the finishing touch... he notices these sort of things.    Also they always smell really good when I get my goodnight kiss    

Of course you can Jacqui, i should not have forgot george,s, as i first met Savas about 15 years ago and we are still good friends, and yes they are of good appearence in the evenings. cant comment on how they smell though as ive never had a goodnight kiss of them. lol.

[desmartinson]

The one place I can compare Calis to is Praia da Rocha on the Algarve.

We've owned our place in Calis ten years this autumn and have owned our timeshare in Portugal a year longer.

On the face of it Calis has changed the most. Infrastructure is totally different than it was back then and local wealth has obviously increased many fold.

However one thing that has hardly changed is eating out and drinking out on the front (apart from the cost).

I can honestly say that apart from one or two 'higher class' places such as Sat and Bella Mamas (there are one or two others as well) it's pretty much the same along the front. I include the choice if menu in this as well.

Businesses come and go in both places but we always go back hoping our favourites are still thriving and new places have opened to offer more choice. Sadly that's not always the case.

Praia da Rocha had a massive makeover on the beach a few years back. A long wooden walkway, stretching about a mile, was constructed with bars and restaurants every few hundred yards. This added choice as well as superb places to sit and enjoy your lunch or dinner. However the main 'strip' has altered very little. The good places have survived whilst others have disappeared.

In our part of Turkey, however, the only areas that have really changed and improved are Fethiye and Koca Calis. The latter now offering around 5 or 6 places to eat and drink compared with the solitary Birlik ten years ago!

Mostly I can't recognise the Calis of 1993 these days but along the front it's hardly changed. They do need to up their game a little and fresh ideas are needed if they want to get me and the wife back eating there regularly. At the moment only Guvens has that dubious pleasure   

Maybe one of the reasons for little change on the business front is that it's almost impossible for a foreigner to open (and survive) a business on his own - unlike Europe. Imagine the front with an array of Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Irish, Spanish, Italian, English, Portuguese, French, German, etc etc restaurants on the front. That's almost exactly what we find in Portugal. Plus an immaculate beach thrown in.

Still love both places though   

Is that Babylon night club still there Keith, allways remember the noise going on till about 5 in the morning when we were on holiday in Praia da rocha, did like the place though, loads of irish holiday makers when we went.

[stoop]

Price wise it's pretty similar. I was surprised last June in Portugal that you could get a pint of lager for 1 euro all day in some bars! Normally it's around 3.5 per pint. Similar to the UK.

Meal deals were plentiful at around 9 euros for three courses but, of course, you got what you paid for really.

The real beauty of the Algarve is the really good meals are excellent and are also not that expensive. Believe me we've had much better that the Sat at much less cost. I think Scunner might back me up on that.

A good sardine meal is about 6 -7 euros and worth every cent! The smell of them cooking is enough to send me into food ecstasy  

[stoop]

Des- yes it is and so are the Irish!

[amca]

Due to open first week in March, it seems.

[bewva]

I have just read on another forum  that Hisaronu is getting a "Super Pub" whatever that is. 

[davybill]

9pages, its been all  around europe  and the fun pub, probably turns out to be a OKEY bar,lol

[stoop]

Lol