Golden Age Hotel Yalıkavak Bodrum

I don’t very often write reviews but I feel I need to after my 8 night stay here. We really didn’t pay a lot for the holiday so part of me thinks a negative review isn’t fair, but the more I think about it, a 4 star hotel should have some positives even if its a cheaper one and there are certain things you’d expect even in a very basic hotel. Firstly the positives, the pool area is really nice as is the beach … lots of sunbeds and shade. You can walk into town which is about a mile away and There is also a shuttle that goes every hour until midnight, there you’ll find a lovely harbour with bars and restaurants and a gorgeous sunset view. It is a bit more expensive than places I’ve been before in turkey but you’re paying for the Marina etc. Now the negatives! The hotel room was poor, very small with the most uncomfortable mattress which was like sleeping on a brick. There was no top sheet / cover when we arrived, we slept under a towel. We asked for one the next day and was given a duvet cover that covered only half the bed and a similar sized blanket thing (like a bed topper). We also stole one from the cleaner cupboard so had 3 separate covers to be fully able to cover the double bed. The balcony was tiny and pretty much open to next doors so really not useable to sit. The shower seal was totally gone so the shower flooded the bathroom every night and therefore smelt of damp all the time. The walls were unbelievable thin, we could literally hear next doors conversation and also them going to toilet (and i don’t mean the toilet flushing ) . We didn’t have the room cleaned, or towels / sheets changed the whole time we stayed (8 days), we had to ask for toilet paper which they did bring. The main restaurants food was the worst I’ve ever had in an all inclusive resort in any country. We had breakfast once, coffee in paper cups, no toaster for the bread and cold fried eggs (they came out of the kitchen baked and were literally freezing before they were put into the buffet server). Lunch and dinner was the same every night, every salad dish was identical. The soup was tasteless and barely luke warm. The buffet was the same fish daily (both lunch and dinner), then there was always a turkey dish , and 2 vegetable dishes (when I say vegetable dish I mean carrots on there own as a dish, or sauted spinach ). No meal was hot even when just put out . The snack bar was okay .. although the same daily, burgers, chips , chicken nuggets and onion rings. The main problem here was that it got cold very quickly and they didn’t cook any more until the previous lot had gone so pretty much it’s cold all day, The a la cartes close the 2nd week in sept for winter so I can’t comment on those. The drink … a really slim choice, the main bar is the pool bar (day and night), its wine (white rose or red), beer. (Bad pump efes), gin or vodka then juice / fizzy on the pump. All drinks are served in plastic cups all day / night or sometimes at night a