Rich Melissa Hotel

The Rich Melissa is definitely not a 4 star hotel.

Myself and a friend stayed at this hotel at the beginning of June. We did see the reviews but as experienced previously reviews are a personal opinion and remained optimistic. Please don’t take this as a fully negative review the hotel was still adequate for the standard sleeping & showering.

I will start with rooms, the room we had was perfect for what we needed this for which was just sleeping and showering. However the shower itself was a little broken flying off mid shower the doors would leak out and flood the room and the head was dirty. However it did as intended and sprayed water. The beds were comfortable and the rooms was spacious for two people, an extra blanket and quilt was provided if you was cold. Unfortunately the major issue with the room was the house keeping. Our beds were not changed once and they forgot to provide new towels more than once and the soap wasn’t filled at all and remained empty until we left This was not just the case with us as a few other guests mentioned in conversation. We did still leave the room completely clean and all rubbish bagged up for the housekeeper just to be respectful.

Secondly, the facilities were okay. The pool was clean it opened at 10am to 6pm and the slide is off between 12pm & 3pm. There were literally 20 sun beds and 6 tables with 4 chairs to each by the pool. The lobby had a few sofas that I found quite comfortable. That’s really all there was, they had WiFi for €2 per day (but it’s cheaper in Lira same surrounding shops as I noticed), one bar and one ‘restaurant’ (where there’s no signal for the paid WiFi).

Thirdly, the all inclusive food and drinks were basic. Drink wise there was vodka, gin, raki, beer or wine there was no premium drinks or anything you could buy extra that’s all they had, mixers were cheap tasting but if that’s what you like (freeway cola from Lidl) it’s not bad. The food I’d suggest if you are picky do not stay here. I am a lover of trying new & unique foods, especially country specific foods however that’s all it was and they wasn’t great. Everyday for lunch and dinner it was rice with fish, chicken and a vegetable option. There were 4 hot items breakfast, lunch & dinner the rest was salads or the day before left overs made to look pretty with some sauce. The breakfast is like a salami sausage (cold), boiled eggs, potato wedges & a few cereals. Bread was also served with every meal. Lunch was salads with rice. Dinner was rice if lucky a beefy tasting pasta (no actual beef) salads again with the meat choice. The last day we were there was a kabab type that I very much enjoyed. Desserts were decent but mainly a neon coloured jelly, a cake and some fruit.

The local restaurants were very enjoyable and cheap and would definitely recommend eating out.

They also provide a free shuttle service to the beach which was okay. The bus itself was extremely hot but the beach was pretty and nice. It is a pebble beach as there is only one sand beach but that is a 25 minute walk away but definitely worth the visit. The bar on the beach is quite expensive so make sure to ask to pay as you buy and not all at the end.

Finally, the staff themselves were quite nice, however, do struggle to understand what you are saying if you are not Turkish. Luckily, this wasn’t a problem and we just used translate that worked perfectly. We were unlucky enough to be involved in the love holiday & FTI group insolvency but after the original document from staff it was all sorted with love holidays themself. I booked the boat trip through the REP there and it was a bit more expensive but worth it as I unfortunately lost my bag with all my money and wallet in on the trip but they was able to get it all back the next day! That was very much down to the reception staff who called and arranged everything.

Overall, I probably wouldn’t return but it is perfect for a cheap and unfussy person that just wants to sleep, shower and go out.