Hmmm....just got back on Monday from staying the Selen Apartments, with mixed feelings to be honest!
They are nice enough, basic but nice. The rooms are cleaned daily (at varying times though) not sure how often the towels were changed though. The decor could do with being changed, the kitchen units match the wardrobe! The bedroom itself was tiny. Enough for 2 single beds, a bedside cabinet and a wardrobe. We had a corner apartment so we had a HUGE balcony outside, but i did see that other balconies were very small as well.
The guy that runs the shop below the apartments was spot on and seem to be working from 7am until 3am! And as already stated will offer you a good exchange rate! However he did say his 19 year old cousin (or was it Nephew?) was coming to help him out this week!
My main complaint would be about the amount of noise outside our apartment. Some sort of structure was being built, not unlike a garage, right outside our window for the whole week we were there. This meant there was loads of sawing, tiles being cut, hammering. Then they started on a metal fence which needed welded, etc. I think they are creating some sort of Crazy Golf course opposite the apartments. Considering I though
Icmeler council want all construction to be finished before the start of the season, I though the amount of noise was beyond acceptable. I'm not one to complain though so we just lived with it. We werent in the apartment much anyway, but the noise would wake us in the morning.
I also didnt particularly like the service we got from the Selen
Hotel restaurant. We had to wait ages to be served...and even longer again for someone to walk past so we could ask for the bill. Needless to say I saw me sitting twice for over 10 minutes waiting on the bill appearing. there didnt seem to be any desire to build some rapport with us. Or maybe we were just spoiled last year by the friendliness of the staff at the Daystar who couldnt do enough for us and always sat down for a chat!
I cant comment on the food at night as we didnt eat there. We only had breakfasts, which for the money were so-so. We ate better breakfasts at Aysima in the town and for less YTL.
Service at the pool is top notch though...although there is no atmosphere. I found it very boring! The pool itself is nice enough although cold, but arent they all?
There is of course also the slide for the kids/wannabe kids
Asked if I would go back to the Selen Apartments...I would probably say no and find somewhere a little smaller, with its own pool, and with friendlier staff. But I would say that by no means are the apartments bad, they just werent what we were looking for!
Posted: 06 Jun 2008 19:28
