on arrival first impression looked good. the reception staff chewing gum and watching tv. The bedroom was clean, but the water supply for bathing and toilet was always off. Our first and last evening was very poor, birds were feeding off the bread baskets, and repeated at breakfast. Asked for wine with our meal and told to go and get it from the bar, only to be told they had run out.The smimming pool was a toal health hazard, the water was cloudy, never seen it cleaned, gratings off, tiles broken, and several children got ear infections. No one in mangagement to complain to ? Very glad to be home.

On arrival no on at hotel could speak any English ,though most of holidayers were british. we were shown to our room,whitch was adequate,and then went to see the facilities available to us.The pool seemed to be quite murky and several grids were missing around the pool edge,whitch was an hazard to those using the pool, and later weheard that several people using the pool had got a painful ear infect;ion. To summerise as time went by we found ;the food boring and inadequate;the water going off several times a day;running out of drinks at the pool bar on numerous accations:putting ice in drinks with their fingers,wiping glasses filthy towels and more interested downloading music than running the bar.advertised ameanaties not availiable ie.gym,sauna,jaccussi,tv in room only turkish,no snacks thru day for all inc.except for small cubes of cake and stale bread from breakfast;no entertainment ever,no manager to guide and supervise and general running of hotel,staff did as they liked and no one was at all interested in the people who had payed good money for a rubbish hotel ,please please please please DO NOT GO TO THIS HOTEL!!!!!!!

Whilst I enjoyed my stay at Nicholas Lodge, I can completely understand why others would not. I am not at all fussy, and I am OK with eating out sometimes and being served Turkish food in Turkey. Other people want English food - well stay in England then. I am going to give you a review of the hotel - not an opinion as these differ from person to person.

People: Staff are nice, little English spoken by most. Management is bad, NO English spoken WHATSOEVER.

Food: Turkish breakfast - consists of tea, coffee, salad, hard boiled eggs, ham, cheese, eggy bread, plain bread, small turkish frankfurter type sausages. Lunch - tea, coffee, soup, 1 or 2 mains with rice, or pasta, lots of bread and fresh salad available. Dinner - as lunch. The mains we were served in the whole 10 days were chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, kebab meat/burger type thing, kebab meat/burger type thing, kebab meat/burger type thing, chicken, kebab meat/burger type thing. Although it was always the same meat, it was in a different sauce every time. Once we had chicken soup for lunch, which was quite nice, then we had chicken in mushroom sauce for dinner. It would be a suprise if the dinner sauce was not the leftovers from lunchtime's soup - but in actual fact we all agreed it was very very nice and the best meal we had there in 10 days!

Rooms: Our shower door was not connected. So everytime we used it, we had to balance it. Our beds were made everyday, bins emptied, new toilet roll's left. The light in our corridor did not work for the whole 10 days we wre there. Other people also had this issue, asked for it to be sorted and it was, straight away. We didnt even bother to ask, a light out is not going to make any sort of difference to my holiday. We came to the conclusion that the hot water was heated by solar panels. In the morning, there was none. Daytime and early evening, we had hot water. A few people did tell us that one evening, around 7:30, the water ran out altogether. Not just the hot, literally no water coming from the taps. I can't verify this.

Hotel entertainment - There are about 3 bars in the hotel. The only one open was the pool bar. They only serve lager on tap, local vodka, local gin, some local wine. There are imported spirits avalable to buy. On the 1st night they ran out of vodka at 10pm. There was non available until 6pm the following day. Probably about 3 nights out of 10 you were given the opportunity to stay on at the pool bar after 11 and buy your drinks, at about 5 lira each. Music played was a mix of English and Turkish. The gym/sauna was not accessible. Even if it was, it only had about 4 pieces of equipment to use. The pool was clean, sunbeds widely available (it was September after all).

Locally - I have rated this hotel not suitable for older people. I more mean elderly or less mobile. This is only due to the hill which leads to the Hotel. If you are willing to pay 3-5 lira each way for a taxi everytime, then that's up to you. There is a shop at the bottom of the hill that does all sorts from cigarettes to water to fresh bread to hair gel. There are a couple of quiet bar/restaurants also. Further up there are lots more. A 45 minute walk to Hisaranu or 5-10 minutes on a bus. Very busy, loads of restaurants, bars, shops, beauty places. Fab town, can't wait to visit again!

Didn't visit the also nearby town called Fethiye. Never made it to the Monday market in Hisaranu or the Tuesday market to Fethiye.

Did not visit the private beach owned by the hotel. Although they pick you up and drop you off for free, we were told there is absolutely nothing there to even get a drink.

Visited Olu Deniz beach. Quite a few shops and restaurants to choose from. Do take 5 minutes to shop around - prices literally varied from 6 lira to 12 lira for a breakfast, and 3 lira to 8 lira for a beer. You wouldn't think so as it was such a small stretch, but really, they do. The beach is not very sandy. Invest in some jelly type shoes before going or pay 1/3 more at the beach shop. 6 lira for a sunbed on the beach, 4 for an umbrella.

If booking any days out such as boat trips or aqua parks, book with Carolyn Tae Fun in Hisaranu. Cheapest rates.

Top Tip:
Big Brother restaurant in Hisaranu - English and Turkish food, good prices, great food. The Terrace restaurant in Hisaranu is also a lovely place to eat, offering a full English breakfast for just 5 lira! Be cautious of Moonlight - very expensive and food not that great. Make sure you shop around.

I stayed at the Nicholas Lodge Hotel from the 24th Aug - 1st Sept 2010 with my mum and 2 of our friends.
The hotel was spotlessly clean, the rooms were a nice size and all rooms have a balcony (albeit a small one).
Every meal was edible, i have no idea why people are saying that the food wasn't very good as I am a very fussy eater and I didnt starve or go hungry at all! In fact their chicken curry was one of the nicest that i have ever had!
I have to agree that you feel like you are in the middle of nowhere but you can get their courtesy bus to Nicholas Beach which is amazing!!! Or a cab into the town costs about 15 lira (less than what you would pay at home for a cab!).
Unfortunately there was no entertainment in the evening but the bar staff (Afro and Justin) try their hardest to make sure that everyone has a fab night by dancing on the bar and setting fire to random things.
The pool has a great slide if you go with kids (which is also great fun for the bigger kids)!
The only thing that I would reccommend is that if you go to Nicholas beach that you get there before 11 as the bus gets very full!!!
Once at the beach the bit where you have to sit has a lovely guy called Alex who really looks after you and the food at his beach bar is reasonable and very tasty! You do have to pay for the sunbeds though but again not too expensive.
If you like to enjoy a holiday and not whinge about every little thing this is a fab hotel to go too! Some of the people who were there at the time that we were moaned about everything but had actually paid less than we had! Remember you get what you pay for and tif you want 5 star . . . pay for it!
I will certainly be going back to this hotel again!!!