Hotel Gulec

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The staff was friendly and helpful. The room had a simple style. The added value is provided by the inner garden, which is a great place to relax in peace after being immersed in the hustle and bustle of Bodrum.
  : The room had two single beds that were pushed together to form a double bed, which was fine, but the furniture wasn't positioned properly for a double bed setup, making it a bit uncomfortable. I ended up bumping my head against the shelf at least a couple of times.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location.
  : This is the third time that I rely on Booking.com high rating, book a place and regrate it. This was the last time that I booked with booking.com. I will never trust your ratings again and book a place through this site. All those people who gave high rating to this place, my question is how on earth? I can have an emotional response to events sometimes, my wife is usually is much more objective than I am and she thinks the same about this hotel. They serve breakfast at 8:30 in the morning. which is quite late in my opinion. We had to catch a ferry to Datca at 10:30 am but this ferry was cancelled and they put us to an earlier ferry at 9:00 am. I asked the reception if we could have our breakfast earlier because 8:30 would be late, he said it was not possible. So we didn't have our breakfast but we paid for it. As we were leaving the hotel owner told me that other guests were complaining about our children as we were up at 6 am, which was not true, we got up at 7 am. He said I quote, "I am selling sleep". Well if you are selling sleep, perhaps you should stop selling rooms to people with three children, because children are loud. Anyways, the place was so loud, people were talking and chatting outside the hotel whole night and I could not sleep till 4 am then the laud call for prayer started, which is quite close to the hotel, so I could not sleep the whole night myself. Place is way overrated for what it is. Rooms are relatively clean but really old looking, furniture is old. Beds are not very comfortable to sleep on. Bathroom is tiny that when you turn it on water goes everywhere. I did not feel so comfortable in this hotel. Stuff are polite but not really friendly or helpful. The owner is smiling but I found him to be extremely unfriendly. I've seen that this place has won wards from Trip advisor and recommended by New York Times. In my opinion, it is way over rated for what it is.

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Garden is quite beautiful
  : The hotel was very neglected. The room looked like it had been converted from a warehouse. There was no socket at the head of the bed. After searching for a socket for 5 minutes, I found a socket behind the head of the bed where my arm could hardly reach. The bathroom and toilet were a complete disappointment. Frankly, I booked the room because it had a high score. However, it is definitely not a place to stay especially as a family. What I am about to say has nothing to do with the hotel, but although its location was perfect, the street where it was located looked like a refugee camp.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The hotel is very close to the main road where you can find restaurants, shops, travel agencies & the Bodrum Bazaar, as well as it is located in a quiet area. I loved having the breakfast in the garden surronded by cats. I really enjoyed having the turkish breakfast during my stay (I was looking forward to having this experience). The air conditioning and shower (hot/cold water) worked well. The view from my room was amazing! Although one of the hosts did not speak English well, he was very friendly, and did his best to give me the necessary information.
  : One of the hosts did not speak English well. I missed not having extra switches in the room. There was one in the toilet, and an extension cord (close to the TV), which I used to recharge my external battery that was supported on the mirror's frame.

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Nothing but the 2 guys at the reception were nice and helpful even they dont speak English so the communication wasnt that smooth
  : Dirty room , they dont have cleaning staff The rooms smells bad

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The garden at the center of the hotel is stunning, as well as the view and the location, very close to the beaches in a very vibrant area of the city.
  : The room was so small that we had to fit the luggage in the wardrobe otherwise we would not be able to move around. There were no hangers for towels in the bathroom only 3 hooks in the whole room. There was no space to dry bathing suits (in many locations in the area there is some kind of balcony drying wire). There was no room cleaning for the entire stay (4 days and 3 nights). And the breakfast choices were very limited. If you wanna visit Bodrum for a weekend I guess it is ok, I would not recommend staying for longer periods.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The room was nice, clean, simple and reasonably sized. It looked out onto a lovely lush garden.The location was great, really close to main shopping and restaurants, 5 mins from beach. Not noisy.Delicious breakfast eaten in the leafy garden.
  : Nothing really.There was a problem with the payment amount but thankfully we noticed and it was able to be sorted out after some intensive explanations on our part. All good in the end.

Wonderful
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Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Breakfast was excellent. The staff very friendly and helpful