Yalikavak Homestays

Unforgettable stay. Great location a short trip from Yalikavak. The hotel is incredible; so peace, beautiful gardens, spa, gym, pool and jetty. The food was some of the best I’ve ever had for breakfast. Diara made us feel so special on our honeymoon. All the staff were so polite and friendly. Couldn’t recommend it more highly and would definitely return when next back in Turkey. Sad to be leaving! Thanks for everything

The Room size is big but the AC is not good enough. The bed was not comfortable and the pillows were not. I asked for an extra pillow but they didn't bring it. The room view in the booking was partially sea view while it wasn't and you needed to jump to see the sea. My room was in parking area, I don't recommend this floor for anyone. The breakfast was below average and didn't meet the 5 star standard. The beach wasn't clean with many sharp stones, and needed swimming shoes to get in. The indoor and outdoor pool water is cold without a heater and I wasn't able to swim there. No walking destination attraction area. We had to request a golf car every time we needed to go to beach and sometimes they are late in responding specially to go back from the beach. Some of the staff are trying to be friendly but the majority are not. I spent around $300 / night including brakfast and i believe it doesn't worth more than this value.

I have a couple of issues, but first of all I must say that the rooms at the Yalikavak Marina Boutique Hotel are spacious, comfortable, very well appointed, spotlessly clean and, in spite of the nearby construction sites (more of which later), are relatively quiet - so we slept well and had a comfortable stay. And my rating reflects this. My first issue relates to the fact that the Boutique Hotel is closely associated with - but physically separate from - the Yalikavak Marina. So, to claim that there is an on-site restaurant, an on-site bar, an on-site beauty centre and an on-site gym&spa - when in fact all of these facilities are at least 100m away within the Marina itself - is, in my opinion, stretching the definition of ‘on-site’ a bit too far. Of the 54 ‘management provided’ photographs on TA, I estimate that only 11 were actually taken within the hotel. My second issue is not with the Boutique Hotel itself, but with the fact that it is currently bordered on two sides by enormous construction sites. The one to the side of the hotel is so close it almost felt like we could touch the excavation machines! But my main problem is the fact that “The private beach area, with free parasols and sun loungers” mentioned in the TA hotel description/listing and featured in several reviews of the hotel as recently as October 2020, is in fact now in the middle of an even bigger building site, directly across the road from the hotel - see photos. Now, I fully accept that this construction work maybe beyond the control of the hotel, but it would have been nice to have been forewarned of this significant ‘inconvenience’. I would advise anyone considering booking the Yalikavak Boutique Marina Hotel in the near future to first establish the status of the ongoing construction work.