Stayed in Taskule for 7 nights, Sept 08.

Hotel rooms very nice, furnished to quite a high standard. Bathrooms well laid out, good size. Full shower cubicle with variable head and body jet shower. Unfortunately the pressure and temperature of the shower varied throughout the week from very good to pretty poor, but this may be a water problem in the area rather than a fault with the hotel ? Large beds, digital tv.

Small swimming pool, nice sun beds - a real sun trap , located between the accommodation block at the rear and the restaurant/balcony at the front which is situated right on the beachfront promenade, steps from the shingle beach with more beds, beanbags and in the evening dining tables.

Staff were nice although communication was a bit difficult due to the language barrier.

Breakfast was basic Turkish - cheeses,olives,boiled eggs, tomatoes,cucumber, bread,honey, tea,coffee,juice.

Good value for money and situated only 50 yards from the start of the main shopping lane in YK, with about 10-20 restaurants within a 50-100 yard distance

Only negatives were the very low powered air-con and the refusal of the receptionist to grant us a room to change on our day of departure. The hotel was at about 50% occupancy and we had a 7 hour period from checkout at 12 noon until evening airport transfer. A pity.

Paid £45 UK per night per room

I visited hotel taskule july 08 and was left very upset and disappointed with the hotel and it's owner.

I was travelling to Turkey by myself for the first time and wanted a decent hotel where I hoped I would feel welcome and safe.
After reading the positive reviews on trip advisor I decided Taskule was a good option.
I emailed the hotel with the details of my reservation request and had one of my best friends who speaks Turkish phone and tell them I was a female travelling by myself and reconfirm that the details in my email were ok.
I had informed them I would need to arrive at approximately 3-4am in the morning, due to a night flight, and would need to book a late check out from my room at about 5pm due to my return flight being at 11.45pm. All the details were confirmed over the phone and then confirmed to me via email by the owner, Hulya. I emailed once more just before i left to ensure the booking was still ok and Hulya reconfirmed they were expecting me and the details of my booking.

When i arrived at the hotel at 3.30am in the morning the hotel was locked up and all the lights were off. I was standing in the street in the dark banging on the door and ringing the hotel number for about ten minutes, with no response. I then saw a piece of paper stuck to one of the windows which had a phone number on it. I was starting to panic so i phoned the number and got a response. When the person came to open the front door there was no apology for leaving me there in the dark with no response, not even a hello. Clearly he was not happy that I had woken him up!!

The only good thing I have to say about my stay was that the rooms were very clean. The cleaner, Sultan, was the friendliest person at the hotel and she did her job extremely well.

The breakfast was disappointing and not worth getting out of bed for, so after the first day I didn't! Whenever i saw the owner she seemed extremely miserable, but I had no idea she would be as bad as she was on my final day.. On the final day, when I expected to be checking out at 5pm I was stopped by reception when I was on my way out at 11am and told I had to check out. I explained I had requested a late check out and had the email in the room to show this had been confirmed. The receptionist said I could not check out late as they had someone waiting for my room! I refused, explaining it had been agreed in writing and my flight was at 11.45pm, so i had no where to go all day if they made me leave now. Huyla was then phoned. She was in her room above the reception area, but did not bother to come down to speak to me. She was extremely rude and agressive and said she had someone waiting for the room and I was to leave. She would not even bother to come down to reception and after a few minutes of her being very rude I decided to leave as i did not want to be there with her acting like this.

I was disgusted by the treatment and would NEVER recommend anyone to visit this hotel. The owner, Huyla had no customer service skills whatsoever and was very uncompromising and rude. There are always going to be times when things go wrong, but it is the way hotels deal with the sutuation that seperates the decent places from the rubbish ones. Taskule is a decently located, clean hotel, but it is not a welcoming one and the service (from the owner) is enough to put anyone off.

We have been going to the Taskule Hotel for several years now and it is a gem of a hotel - the rooms are absolutely gorgeous and spotlessly clean (thanks to Sultan who is a little star). nothing is too much trouble and they always treat us like family when we come to stay. its in a great location with a lovely bar/restaurant at the front of it which we like to eat in and watch the sunset.

What a wonderful hotel! We stayed at the beginning of April and this was one of the few hotels in Yalikavak to have the swimming pool ready for use. Excellent, friendly service - nothing was too much trouble. Easy walking distance to village (2 mins if that!) and straight onto beach.

Spotlessly clean, beautifully decorated rooms - can't wait to go back.

Angela and Gareth