Balbey Family Apart

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : If youre looking for a budget stay thats close to everything and you want to feel like a local, this place is for you. The staff were super friendly, easy going and helpful and spoke decent English, so no language barriers at all. The bed was clean and really comfortable, so I slept like a baby. The air-con was a welcome relief during the night as it was really hot outside. The location may be up a little side street but its only 1 minute walk to the tram, shops and restaurants and only a 5 minute walk to the old town. Although the location is in a narrow street, I managed to park my hire car right outside the apartment. On one occasion there was no parking space, so I parked around the corner overnight for just 90p. There are many little cafes filled with locals close to the apartments and just across the road is a Turkish baths that will charge you 400 TL (19:00) for a scrub, wash, face mask and massage. I actually fell asleep during the massage and snored my head off aha I later paid 40 for the same experience at our hotel in Kemer. Overall, this is a great place to stay for a few days or as part of a layover so that you are closer to Antalya airport I would stay here again ))
  : When I first arrived at the apartments, I did judge this place with some criticism (in my head). Although in retrospect, I had been traveling through the night after a delayed flight, so I had been tired and grumpy. However, I did feel that the room was very basic and that the toilet could have been cleaner. *I came back to stay a week later and the room was spotless, so maybe my this was just a one off

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : + Ideal for individual travelling, high recommendation + All installations were in good condition and trustable + Climate conditioneer - very important!
  : All was good or even more ... Just a hint for other travellers: If you have any problems or questions, you should speak with owners - and you will get it solved. For owners: It is not forbidden to ask their guests if everything is okay :)

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location
  : not so clean and not comfortable there is only air conditioning in one room

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The rooms were spacious. This was really good as we were a family of 4. The toilet and bathrooms were also quite spacious. The staff tried their best to help us get comfortable.
  : The location was interesting, right in the middle of a busy market square. The facilities were quite poor standard. For example, the toilet commode was alway squeaking, the tap heads looked disgusting and the beds were very old and broken. You could tell that there has been an attempt to clean the room before we checked in, but you could see large wipe marks on the mirrors. We found properties of previous residents under the beds and inside drawers.At check in, the receptionist tried to take pictures of the information page of our passports. When we protested, he said it was common practice. We of course did not want him to do it. He promised to delete the pictures after checking us in. When we insisted he delete the one he already took, he opened his phone and I saw tons of other undeleted passport pictures. This was so strange, especially in this age of information security.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Only giving a five star because of the location since it was great. The only good thing about the place was its location. It is right in the middle of Kalechi so a walking distance away from the shopping street and a two minute walk from the tram station.
  : Had such a disappointing encounter with the owner. I had opted for payment by card on property but when we arrived our room was already given to someone else. He arranged another room for us but it was different than what we had made the reservation for. When I asked him the room only has beds enough for five and not six people, he told us one person could sleep on the sofa. However the original price included BEDS and not SOFAS for six people. When we asked the owner that we should not be charged the full amount agreed initially as it was a different apartment, without the full capacity or the kitchen, he told me he'd cancel our reservation and we can go somewhere else. He also made an extremely rude and insulting remark about the South Asian nationality - literally the only person in my entire trip of two weeks who did such a thing. Who does such a thing in this age and time? Extremely unprofessional and rude. We were tired and did not want to look anywhere else at night so had to stick to it. We stayed for two days and no one from housekeeping came over to clean the rooms. One of the bunker bed had no sheets or blanket on it. My original reservation also included breakfast but I think that is an error on Booking.com's end since there was no breakfast included and the app might have shown incorrectly.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : + Fantastic Location and near to Old Town and Mermerli Beach and so many restaurants and Cafs and shops. + Good AC. + Good WiFi in general. + Friendly staff. + Good security with cameras
  : - The cleaning could be improved.

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : 24/7 reception. Big shower. Free loafers. AC was good
  : Could be more forks, knifes and spoons.