Oh Dear-I have just got back from my 6th year in a row at the Bozbey Hotel-and I am feeling very, very sad indeed.I have always viewed the Bozbey as a home from home, but sadly things have gone rapidly downhill this year.
It seem the previous owners, Irene and Ali, have now departed-and how it showed!
To be fair, the hotel was fine-still clean, yet basic. The staff served breakfast in a reasonably friendly way, but it just did not have the extra " wow" factor and warm welcome I have become used to.
There were so many staff friends, mates, girlfriends, families runnng around and changing the music, turning it off, up or whatever that it seemed no consideration was given to what the customers-few as we were-seemed to want. As far as getting a drink or food, it was only that I knew a couple of staff from previous visits that I knew who to ask-as It was very rare that I was offered service without finding someone and asking for it!
In previous years I have probably taken my evening meal at the hotel about 5 nights out of a two week stay-this year, as we got dressed up to dine for the evening, we usually felt that that the place was either in darkness and silence, or the staffs girlfriends were choosing their favourite rap music and running around like kids! Therefore I ate out every evening.
My room was cleaned twice in the two weeks I was there-in previous years I could not keep the cleaners out of my room!
In summary, I still had a great holiday as I always do, but lots of it was spent scouting a hotel for next year.
The hotel is well positioned, and should be packed as it always was, but there was just something missing this year-maybe it was the sound of the pool and surrounding areas being scrubbed thoroughly each morning-but I was certainly not woken by that this year-is that a plus or minus? I certainly used to love walking out to a fresh, clean dining area-but this year everyone seemed more interested in chatting to their mates as their was no obvious managerial presence. I think I knew who the manager was-not because he ever introduced himself to me in the whole two weeks, but because he seemed to walk past us a lot always on his phone so he must have been important!
Will I return to Bozbey? Very, very possibly-but next time I wont be paying for the hotel up front.

We stayed at the Bozbey for a week this year on the spur of moment, having stayed with Irene Ali and Buster for the last five years at the Bozbey, we have all become firm friends....we were really sad to hear Irene and Ali were to be leaving the Bozbey, they ran the hotel so well unlike the new management who were absolutely clueless to our needs, however thankfully Irene stayed at the hotel for the duration of our stay and the other guests some who it was their first time at the Bozbey to help us with anything we needed..... we will not be stopping at the Bozbey for future holidays and it has not stopped us from returning to the area which is a fantastic place to go to lovely food, lovely people and plenty of things to do.
We are so grateful to Irene and Ali for all the hard work they have put in to running the Bozbey over the years and will no doubt see them in another hotel so watch this space.
Thank you irene for the fantastic boat trip you organised while we were with you this year, we met some really lovely people....Shona, Steve, Wendy, Brian, Anna, Dean, Izzy, Harry and Tracey, proper little community....see you all again soon.

Me and the wife have just come back from a ten day stay at the hotel bozbey and yes things are not the same .For a start ali and irene no longer manage the hotel they have put a 21 year old turkish guy in who i am afraid to say has not got a clew on running a hotel the staff have become lazy and yes i think they make up the prices as they go i have stayed at this hotel quite a few times with ali and irene and it as always been a fantastic holiday but this time there hands were tied as the hotel owners were refuseing to pay irene but she still stayed on just to look after us but as for the running of the hotel they had nothing to do with it.and if you wanted something to eat just dont exspect them to put the oven on.so i would say avoid this hotel now that ali and irene have gone it is not the same( HOTEL BOZBEY R.I.P )

We have just returned after spending 2 weeks at the Bozbey. Having been to Hisaronu many times this was our first at the Bozbey, booked based on the excellent reviews.

Our first day at breakfast we were greeted by Irene, who asked if transfers , room etc were ok only to find out that the hotel had been taken over by some Turkish people and she was no longer manager. Irene was there for our whole stay and made sure we had a pleasant stay, which included organising a private boat trip for a few of us, the new management couldn'y even say hello.

The hotel is in a brilliant location, basic but clean and we had no problems getting our room cleaned, just hand the key to the cleaners who are always about in the mornings. The hotel was not busy, and on occassion my husband and I had the pool area almost to ourselves.

The service under the new management is lacking the expertise the hotel had when Irene and Ali were running it. We asked to order chicken wraps one day for lunch only to be told the oven wasn't on, no pides either. The next day we tried again and were told it would be 1 hour, this was at 2pm, we got the impression they didn't care whether the guests were catered for or not, infact the oven was on twice in 2 weeks. So we went out to eat other guests followed suit.

At 6pm they started playing really loud music so tough if anyone like us goes for a nap before going out for the evening.
Last night we decided to eat at the hotel before leaving for the airport, low and behold the chef wasn't there!!! On our way out Irene let us know he had turned up, so we stayed, the meal was lovely but no way to run a business.

On several occassions when returning for the evening the bar area was in darkness. The new management are not interested in the customers and if they cannot provide facilities for guests to eat and drink at the hotel it will go even further down hill than it has in the short time since Irene ceased to manage it.

We met some lovely people while we were there, Hi to Debbie, Terry, Tracey, Anna, Dean, Izzy , Harry, Brian and Wendy. Irene, it was great to meet you and thanks again for making our holiday special, you continued to look after us even though it wasn't your responsibility anymore which shows the excellent customer care skills you have, its just a pity we didn't find this hotel before when you and Ali were in charge.
Hussain and Mustafa, thanks for my coffee every morning