Hotel Baba

I have stayed at this hotel many times in the past and it’s always been very basic yet clean and friendly with lots of atmosphere. This time we stayed, we found it to be quite poor, especially at breakfast in the morning. There was only ever water to drink at breakfast, during the full week there was only the first morning that there was a coffee or juice available….. the rest nothing. I also didn’t like how the hot food was left open all of the time, resulting in cold food and flies on it. When I did close one I used I was told they had to be kept open. The hot selection of food was very poor, but there was always chips for breakfast 🤣. Luckily, I like the Turkish breakfast as in the cheese and salami type meat and cucumber and tomato…. If you weren’t down there first thing for breakfast, there was no bread left.

The pool side was disgusting, it wasn’t cleaned, there was a clump of hair on the drain for the first few days we were there. Pool safety was not adeared to at all. The life ring from the wall was used as a toy to float on in the pool by a Turkish family who were on holiday. I brought this to the attention of staff and was told “ well, maybe they can’t swim” which I thought was a totally ridiculous statement. If someone got into trouble in that pool, there was nothing to save them. There was also no music around the pool, nor anyone visiting the pool area with menus or asking if we’d like drinks fetching as there isn’t a pool bar. You have to walk around the side of the hotel to the front where the beach is and go to the bar, personally I would rather tip a waiter to do this for me when I’m on holiday. We would’ve eaten several times by the pool and had many drinks if this option had been available, which obviously is custom for the hotel.

The rooms were clean (my cleaner was lovely and would speak when we passed in the hotel), they were cleaned daily and clean towels left. There is a fridge in some of the rooms, we had two rooms and only one had a fridge, only one had a safe which worked and only one had a key card which worked. The key card was sorted straight away and the mattress which you could feel the springs through was also changed straight away. We just used the working safe between the two rooms so that wasn’t an issue for us. Reception were always kind and courteous and spoke fantastic English…. Unlike the rest of the Hotel employees.
The room I was in took some getting used to because there was a noise, like a generator or something which was on the go all of the time. I like a bit of background noise when I sleep, but this was irritating.

Okay, so I just got back from what was supposed to be a relaxing getaway, but honestly, my stay at Hotel Baba was anything but. Right off the bat, the people at reception were just...rude. No smiles, no help, just a general vibe that they'd rather be anywhere else. And no matter what problem you had, they were completely useless. Needed extra towels? Tough luck. Question about the area? Blank stares.

The food? Let's just say I've had better meals on a plane. Everything tasted like it had been sitting out for days, and honestly, the whole place felt grimy. Like, actually dirty. I'm not usually one to complain, but seriously, do yourself a favor and book somewhere else. This place is a total waste of money and a major letdown. There’s a specific worker who worked at the reception desk who will make you want to leave as soon as you step a foot. I uploaded a photo of him as I assume he’s made other people also feel very unwelcomed and uncomfortable.