Lykia Botanika Beach Fun & Club - All Inclusive

Just returned from a week at this hotel and can honestly say I was relieved to come home.
I have been to many hotels in Turkey and always had a good time regardless of their star rating, but this was one was the exception.
Majority of the staff didn't speak English, which is not a problem as I am a visitor to their country, unfortunately many were very rude, with the exception of most of reception staff ( although the bell boy was incredibly rude.)
Advertised local and international drinks 24 hours a day. They had no whisky when we got there, bought one bottle around day 4, then a couple more on day 6. Ran out of vodka and lemonade on day 3, no tonic. Didn't see any international drinks. Pool bar often closed 5 - 20 minutes early so you had to wait until next bar opened for a drink.
Food was average but don't try the a la carte- you will be disappointed. They just put you in an outdoor area, while one chef cooks food in the snack bar.
Everywhere was dirty, tables and sunbed around pool were never cleaned. Pool towels were stained, as was some of the bedding.
Restaurant tables and coverings were dirty, regularly had to wait for cutlery and glasses to be washed before we could eat or get a drink.
Rooms weren't cleaned, cleaners would come in and make beds when they remembered- had to remind them twice. Mini bar never refilled, had to ask for fresh towels.
Lots of weird ledges at top of steps and in room doorways, so not great for anyone with mobility issues.
All the rooms are around the pool and this is where the bar and entertainment was. Three of the nights we were there, guests were incredibly noisy until 3 or 4 am and little was done about it.
Positive side was the pool and separate children's and splash pools with good sized slides. The beach area looked lovely and lively with own bar and food area.
Like other reviews have said, UK guests were pretty much ignored. I've never experienced this so overtly in Turkey.

This hotel was shockingly bad. It is advertised as a 4 star and I believe this needs to be altered as it would be generous to even give it a 3 star.

Upon arrival we walked into reception and noticed that there were guests already complaining about something in a foreign language. The receptionist was extremely rude to them and sent them away. This was already bad sign for us however we shrugged it off and looked forward. When checking in, the receptionist was constantly on her mobile phone and calling people whilst we were talking to her. We were then told to wait aside and someone will pick us up in a buggy and take us to our room. We were then met with the buggy driver who was also rude and simply came up to us and said “go now” and pointed at the buggy. He then drove us to our block of rooms. I could only describe his driving as mental, we were clipping curbs and getting thrown about. Instead of getting out and actually showing us where our room is he simply stayed on his phone, stopped on the pavement and shouted “OKAY”. We then took our bags and then he drove away recklessly.

We then eventually found our room and entered it and we were immediately taken away by how poor the room looked. It was extremely dated and dirty and furniture was falling off the walls. There was black mold growing in the bathroom. All metallic surfaces were coated in limescale and falling apart. The air con unit was filthy. There were mouldy lemons on the balcony and we were generally surprised by the state of the room. We had then immediately turned to the reviews to see if this was what was to be expected and it indeed was. It is also worth mentioning that the mini fridge was covered in mold too.

Once we had finished taking in how poor our room was we decided to go and get a drink to try and make it feel a bit better, we proceeded to the pool bar and was met with one of the many rude staff at the hotel. I was initially ignored multiple times and they spoke to people in Turkish, completely ignoring myself at the bar. It wasn’t until I actually had to shout “can I get a drink” to get any response. I was huffed at and the staff did not say anything.

We then went back to the room to get our own towels. When we left and were in the communal hallway my partner was assaulted by one of the cleaners. She grabbed and pushed my partner shouting “NO BEACH, NO BEACH” then continued shouting in Turkish of which we do not know. This continued until a staff member who also spoke no English came along and called reception for us so we could understand what they were saying. The cleaner was telling us we cannot take their towels to the beach. We were not going to the beach and they were our towels. We explained to the man at reception that the cleaner just assaulted my pregnant partner and they did not even acknowledge it let alone apologise for it.

We had then moved on and relaxed at the beach which was unusually nice considering our experience so far.

We had then gone to dinner which was absolutely awful. As a Brit, you will struggle eating here. The food was never cooked correctly and not labelled. The “chefs” speak no English and when you ask what it is they literally laugh. On many occasions the food was not cooked and still raw in the middle. This was the same for every dinner we had on our stay.

The entertainment was shocking and was only on for 2 of the 6 nights we stayed. Not impressed.

Overall, this hotel is dirty, old and rude. They clearly hate British people here. The staff are rude and inappropriate in a perverted way. I would not suggest this hotel to anyone and I struggled to relax at all merely due to this “hotel” I have attached pictures of the state of room and not everything has been pictured.

Rest assured, Turkey itself was lovely however next time I will be choosing a different hotel.

If I could rate this hotel 0 I would.
Rooms were extremely dirty and unsanitary and old. Mattress was lumpy. The bathroom reeked of urine and was moldy (see photo’s attached). Instead of bed linens and blankets we were given old dirty bath sheets with someone’s hair (see attached photos)
To top it off, 2 of my family members got food poisoning from the hotels food (it’s an all inclusive resort we didn’t leave the hotel prior to the food poisoning).
Service was horrible, manager was initially refusing to see us. We had to wait more than 30 minutes and asked multiple times to speak to him. The pancake lady was extremely rude and continuously served locals before us, although we were ahead in line.
I really DO NOT recommend anyone to stay at this hotel at all.

DO NOT EAT THE FOOD!! Booked for 10nights and on the second night a few of us got food poisoning. Couldn’t sleep as the walls are like cardboard so can hear everything. Had to move a bed for our son to be closer to us and under the bed was covered in dead flies, obviously has never been cleaned under. The room was dirty and never cleaned while I was there. It’s not secured at night so locals can come in and walk around. Not a safe place for family’s. I DO NOT recommend this hotel.

The worst hotel in my experience.
Discrimination by nation is what you get if you decide to have your vacation here. They asked me money for WI-FI, although the concept of the hotel clearly stated it was free ...it was FREE, but only for Russians, for Turkish people....sorry if you were born in other part of the world.
If you have a complain the reception doesn't talk to you....the answer is always Yes and Good....and that's the help you get...
About the room ...no window.... cleaned once in seven days...