Aydinbey Gold Dreams

"Rooms- Room was clean and well maintained, our balcony door could not close so was a bit worrying at night but we was in the 5th floor so not to inconvenient. The cleaners were absolutely lovely! A great asset to the hotel as a whole and very welcoming to us every time we saw them! Hotel- the hotel was big some areas needed maintenance but overall public areas were clean. Restaurant- this area was the biggest let down. The food was horrible and mainly catered towards Eastern Europeans, unfortunately couldn’t find any Turkish cuisine which was odd considering we’re in turkey! If you have an allergy then good luck as absolutely nothing was labelled and you had to ask staff what things were. This was difficult at times as a lot of staff did not understand English so could not tell us what each dish was! Food was jus horrendous, cold chips and dry fish everyday Staff- A big shoutout to the two entertainment girls Zeynep and Suheyla, you guys made our trip amazing and was the reason we didn’t change hotels! You’re the best!! However 90% of staff do not speak English so it was difficult to communicate on basic things sometimes. Pool - pools were big and sunbeds where plenty but the pool was unbearable cold that no one was in them. I asked the manager if it is usually this cold and he said yes, a big let down considering how big the pool is! The sunbed area was very filthy, you could not lie down for 3 minutes without a fly landing on you. They had empty plant pots beside each sunbed so people could put there cigarette ash and rubbish but they seemed to just attract more flies! Beach was fun the sea was warmer than the pool! Overall not the best atmosphere for a couple of colour as the hotel is mainly Eastern European, me and my partner often got rude looks and sometimes looked at like a lion in the middle of the city so be prepared. Would not stay again and wouldn’t recommend!"

"We just returned from our lovely 14-days vacation. Long story short, we enjoyed to stay here, but we would like to point a few things to owners / managers of this hotel. Below are some notes about our experience: 1. Foremost, we’d like to say a great THANKS to all staff in the hotel. You guys are amazing! Beach bar, pool bar, lobby bar, restaurants - you made our vacation really wonderful. Even though a lady or a guy does not speak English, they tried to understand us and help. Most of the staff speaks Russian which was good for me, but for my partner which is not Russian speaker, the English was a must. 2. Food / restaurants - We were not requesting something special, so we have good variety of food every main meal. Chicken, turkey, lamb, fishes, vegetables, and various side dishes. No major comments here, but I can understand why other people mentioned in their reviews about ‘not much variety’. From 5-star hotel I was expecting something ‘special’ at least 1-2 times, but no. As from ‘negative’ side, we’d like to say that a couple of times (sometimes twice a day), we have not fully ready / cooked meat from the grill zone (chicken, lamb). I believe, staff tried to be fast and unfortunately the food was not fully cooked and we need to returned plates to waiters (who need to throw all this to garbage). In addition, I’d like to mention a long line in grill zone.. Sometimes it was really annoying, but we changed our ‘eating’ time and tried to come after this ‘food fights’. 3. Bar - Local alcohol. Not that bad, especially a red wine. Of course, most of the customers asked for vodka or whiskey. We found a few nice cocktails (with / without alcohol). 4. Beach - To reach out to the beach you need to go through the tunnel (below the car road). The beach zone is kinda small if you see how many beds are there, you are close to each other, not much private space. We put our towels in early morning (before breakfast) to have 2 beds, a lot of people ‘booked’ 4-5 beds for 3 persons. I’d like to see there at least 1 more WC room for ladies. We had there a beach bar and some snacks starting 12:00(fast food / fried food). Overall, it is ok, but in a ‘hot’ season there will be a very crowded zone. Also, the beach is located near 2 others, so - more and more people near you. A few times people came from other hotels and stayed near us - no actions from staff. 5. Unfortunately, I’d like to start more about negative things. CLEANING. We’d like to add another feedback to the long list of the reviews regarding this topic. Thats the reason why I added 4 starts instead of 5 in this app (honestly, I’d add 3, but great staff made this review better). The rooms need a renovation, most of all in bathroom. To avoid some of the issues, cleaning ladies should clean this area before, not now when it is already destroyed. Besides that, I expect at least clean floors every day - I do not think that a simple vacuuming will be a big problem. As a gentle reminder, the hotel is positioning itself as a 5-star. For 11 days no one clean the table - i put my things aside to show ladies that it probably need to wipe with a dry rag - nothings. I added a photo to show how the table was cleaned. At least, towels were changed and additional blankets were got by the request the same evening. Also, WC near pools need to be renovated (same as in the beach). In ladies room, 1 toilet was broker a few days. I’d expect to close this hotel for deep cleaning and some small renovations which are really needed. 6. A lot of cats are leaving in the hotel zone. For us there was no problem, but I guess, people who have allergies on animals will be not happy to see cats in restaurants or lobby area. We really enjoyed our vacation here, but I do not think that we will return back in this place."

"Stayed at the hotel for 7 nights from 10 October. Arrived at the hotel at 0045am, check in was quick and we were ushered to our room 1226 on 2nd floor. We asked if there was any food left, fruit or cereal just to be able to take medication (after abt 6 and half hours travel)....and it just went downhill... ...the receptionist HASSAN told us that the kitchen/dining was closed at 1am and there was nothing he could do to help. Asked for fruit again, Hassan was adamant there was nothing he could do to help...very baffling especially when the hotel knew our ETA. Hassan became verbally aggressive suggesting we go onto the streets to look for food (at 1am😬) or if we were not happy, to contact our tour operator (On the Beach). It was only we demanded to speak to the manager that we were then called and led to the dining area...lo and behold food was plenty - cold but at least there was something. Asked Hassan what the fuss was about, he turned around and said 'I only speak Russian, don't understand English'!!! ... which is untrue! That was our welcome to celebrate my partner's birthday🤬. Now the hotel breakdown:- ROOM - small and tired, could do with a revamp. No bedding provided, we asked for duvet as it was chilly on which we were given worn out, smelling duvet with no covers. The hotel is near a main road, our room was above the kitchen, and also near the road.. so very noisy, very full of kitchen smells, then the bathroom drains smells as well....we spoke with guest services, requesting for a change of room and were told rooms were all booked. FOOD - A catastrophe waiting to happen. If you have any allergies, move around with your epipen ready because eating there is extremely dangerous. Food is unlabelled, mixed and when you ask what it is, most of the staff don't answer as they speak mostlty Turkish or Russian. The dining area is like a school canteen, you will be packed like sardines, everyone breathing in your face, cleaners constantly sweeping where you are eating. Not a good dining experience at all. No dress code, people just walk in wet, some men topless and women in bikinis coming from the pool to sit and eat. The diet is not varied, always chicken and grilled fish. Very repetitive dishes. AMBIENCE - nothing to write home about, the inside of the hotel is so tired, nowhere to sit and just relax. DRINKS - watered down drinks, you just have to order double to get the kick GARDENS - very beautiful and well maintained garden, beautiful sitting spots ❣️. The garderner was very lovely, chatty and friendly. BEACH - non existant, people are packed in a very tiny patch (pvt beach) and smoking in your faces. It was extremely filthy and we could not stomach lying on the dirty warn out loungers even for a minute. ENTERTAINMENT - ... a bloody joke ... This hotel is not 5 star at all, 2 star at best..Travelodge is way way nicer, at least you know you are going to a budget hotel. Lastly, look out for some guy who claims to be the British rep, seriously consider book your excursions online through the tour operator to avoid being scammed Overall, birthday week ruined, stayed for 7 days...if we had a choice or energy to chase On the beach we could have left earlier or asked if a hotel move was an option. If you respect yourself and/ your money...then avoid this place like a plague."