georgiegirl58 wrote:We spent the last three years at Ekinci Palace and never had any bother about not eating in the restaurant. We only used it once each holiday

. Going to Senem Apartments this year so don't know what they will be like. We prefer to eat at a different place every day and only have a drink at the holiday apartment.

We've stayed at Ekinci several times, and going back in oct. We do eat there a couple of times because the food is good, but we don't get any hassle from the staff to go every night. They joke about us always being in another restaurant down the road every time they pass, but as one of them put it, it's our money and we can spend it wherever we like. They're just happy we spend some of it in their bar.
We stayed at small family run apartments a few years ago, very nice place, and we'd have been happy to return there time and again, but the owner nagged non stop about us always going out, and even told one of the restaurant car drivers who came to pick us up that he wasn't to come again as they were taking trade away from the apartments. We had words about that, and we told him he had lost what could have been 2 very regular customers. They don't seem to realise the more they go on, the less likelihood people will stay.