Golden Moon Apart Hotel

“Basic but clean, need more sunbeds!”

2 star so wasn't expecting an awful lot. The hotel was basic but clean. Room cleaned and towels changed every other day. We were on 6th floor and view to back of hotel. Large group(s) of Danish guests and literally took over the whole bar and pool area. So much so we had to pay for taxis to star be… more

2 star so wasn't expecting an awful lot. The hotel was basic but clean. Room cleaned and towels changed every other day. We were on 6th floor and view to back of hotel. Large group(s) of Danish guests and literally took over the whole bar and pool area. So much so we had to pay for taxis to star beach and use the sunbeds there every day.. Bar man and lads very nice. Owner and wife day in reception every day selling all the stuff that gets left as guests leave. Reception area could do with spruce up but owner not boredthered because he trying to sell the place. Had power cut in building one night after coming back from beach at 6pm, no shower as pumps to feed water didn't work or anything else. Was told would be back on within half hour but over hour later still not on again. Had to go out to eat grubby and sweaty from beach all day and return late to be told power didn't come back on til around 11pm! The hill down to the centrum was steep but OK going down but we didn't venture back up again, used taxi instead.

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“Clean but run down”

I was in 2 minds about writing this review as was made aware whilst there the owner is not bothered about bad reviews due to selling up after season for student accommodation. However here is my honest review: I am no stranger to cheap and cheerful hotels and do not let them ruin my holiday, to som… more

I was in 2 minds about writing this review as was made aware whilst there the owner is not bothered about bad reviews due to selling up after season for student accommodation. However here is my honest review: I am no stranger to cheap and cheerful hotels and do not let them ruin my holiday, to some extent you do get what you pay for, but some aspects of this hotel took the biscuit. The rooms are spacious and clean, however there are parts that make it look dirty as they are completely run down and in need of repair. The shower head was that rusty the head could not be moved and the water did not come out all the holes, the basin of the shower had at some point been painted to clean it up but has now started flaking away making it look gruby. The kitchen is not set up for self catering if you intend to cook and not eat out, there are only 2 full size plates and no proper cups (you are provided with a pack of paper cups). There is no toaster or sandwich maker,and the 2 ring cooker tripped our electrics which is when we noticed the wires of it had been cut in numerous places and taped back together (pics included). This hotel is frequented by regular customers consisting of large groups of Irish families. These families obviously have a relationship with the bar staff, and unless you intend to get up at 5am you will not get a sunbed. I witnessed one morning the bar staff doing it for them. What's more frustrating is these families are out till the early hours so only come down to the pool at earliest 3pm. When these families do come out they take over the whole pool and do not keep there teenage kids in check, they let their kids kick balls from one end of the pool to the other purposely aiming for peoples heads. I have kids myself so all for them having fun in the pool, but these were not pool balls they were heavy footballs and regularly hit or came close to hitting people, myself being one of them. There are not enough sunloungers for the hotel and half of what they do have are unusable due to having large cracks/holes down the middle. One thing that I have not had in any cheap and cheerful hotels before is they want to charge 30tl per person per day for the mats to put on the sun lounger, the pool table is 150tl per hour, the air hockey etc is also chargeable but unsure what the cost of that was. One thing I will say is the owners in particular the old lady seem to have bad reviews, this was not my experience. The old lady although speaks limited English greeted me with a smile and good morning every day, as did the lady on reception. The manager on reception although at times stern looking was very efficient, and helpful. We had a kettle full of limescale, he got us a new one straight away. We requested extra pillows which were given, and the bed sheet when we arrived was scratchy and stiff so we requested a cotton sheet instead, which we also got. The bar staff our polite but beyond that even though we tried they only interact with each other or the regular customers. We ate at the hotel a few times and the cost was reasonable. My partner said the breakfast was the best he had with proper sausages. The drinks at the bar are the same as when out and the alcohol content is good, if it isn't strong enough they are happy to put more in if you let them know. The annoying thing is nothing is on draught but that seemed to be the same in most places. So if you wanted a Malibu and coke, you are charged 180tl for the Malibu and 90tl for the can of coke. Same if you want a shandy you would get a bottle of whatever larger you ordered then have to pay for a can of sprite. Overall like I said this review is just for anyone looking last minute before they close, there are better cheap and cheerful hotels out there for instance we previously stayed at the Tuntas which could also do with modernising but the pool is bigger and equipped with enough sunloungers.

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“Great value”

Great value this holiday cost us less than two separate weekend breaks in the U.K.(without the sun).It was our second time at this hotel and we are considering it again for next May