Vinifera Vineyards Hotel

Everything in this place is simply perfect: rooms, views, service, staff and… food is by far the best I had so far in my dear Turkey and probably one of the very best I had in my life at all. Incredible! This is one of those experiences where literally everything is just great and you feel yourself being carried through this experience with the Michelin star quality and care by everyone and everything involved. 10 stars out of 5 and a must for a visit if you are around.

Lovely small hotel out of noise of the city, 11 km from Kusadasi but easy to go by bus. Some small houses for 4 -6 rooms. You need to walk 3-4 minutes to the main building, but walking along the vines is nice ) Cosy clean rooms, with water, teapot. Good but standard breakfast, and perfect fine dining restaurant also here for the evening. In the restaurant there is a big window and see what is going on in the winery 7 Bilgeler, during vintage worked intensively every day...

We checked in on Friday evening. The dinner is not included to the room rate but it is fine we had a nice experience, the food was delicious. Our room was on where the pool was, and located on the upper floor. The room was clean. On Saturday morning we had breakfast and it was good as well. We found out that the hotel part is rented and operated by some other people. In the afternoon we had the wine tasting which was again enjoyable. During the tasting we saw a police car and then when we asked about the situation we were informed by the waiter that some afgan refugees were seen in hotel area where our room was located. This was not a nice feeling for us and we felt a bit uncomfortable but not so suprised because it is not a gated community. At night when we returned from dinner we entered our room and as soon as we turned on the lights we saw 3 bats. We went crazy! Called the reception asap but it took minutes for someone to come to check the room. And when he came in he has informed that bat was seen in another room before which is totally not my problem!!! Then we asked for another room and again it tooks minutes for him to find the lady who deals with the reservations. Then he told us that they can find a room in one of their hotels in Selcuk-İzmir. We did not accept it and we found a place for ourselves in DoubleTree Hilton. When we were checking out the lady asked us to pay for 2 nights (we were going to stay for 2 nights) and of course we did not accept it and paid only for 1 night and left! They did not even apologize for the situation! It was very unprofessional! I will never again stay in this hotel and will never recommend it to my friends! If you want to go and taste the wine and have dinner that’s OK because we were tokd that the real owners of the YediBilgeler are responsible for those services! It was again very rude of the lady who is at the reception to ask for 2 nights fare and not even apologize for once!

Yemek ve şarap deneyimi için tesis içerisindeki Mayadan restoran güzel. Ancak konaklama için aynı şeyi söyleyemem. Odalar çok bakımsız, konfordan uzak ve eski. İlk yerleştirildiğimiz -ana bina- alt kattaki odada keskin bir tuvalet kokusu vardı. Üst kat ile değiştirdik, evet koku gitti ancak odalarda değişen bir şey yok. Banyoyu kullanmanız imkansız. Duş aldığınızda tüm banyoyu su basıyor. İçerideki eşyalar kırık dökük, havlular delik, yırtık. Personel sayısı yetersiz. Bunu özellikle kahvaltı sırasında hissediyorsunuz. Belli bir saatten sonra çay içecek bardak/fincan bulamıyorsunuz. Konaklamamızın ikinci gününde iki farklı zamanda çalışanların kendi aralarında tartıştığına şahit olduk. Kahvaltının kendisi de özensiz. Bir bağ otelinden beklediğiniz herhangi bir konfor ve hizmeti alma şansınız yok. Tüm konaklama süresince “yok mu bu otelin bir sahibi, yazık olmuş koca tesise” dedik. Çünkü işlerin başında birilerinin olmadığı, ortaya çıkan özensizlikten belli. (Misafir otoparkında çalışanların kendi arabalarını köpüklü sularla yıkayıp ortalığı ve diğer arabaları çamur içinde bırakacak kadar özensizliği gibi)

Otel keyifli, çalışanlar güler yüzlü ve ilgili. Restoranın şıklığı oteli gölgede bırakıyor. Restoranda yemek yedikten sonra otelden, odalardan ve hizmetlerden beklentiniz artıyor ancak otel bunları pek sağlayamıyor. Odaların açıldığı yeşil alanda bulunmak hem gece hem de gündüz cok keyifli.

Otelin mimarisini, yerini, odalarımızı çok beğendik. Personel ilgili ve samimi. Civardaki barınaktaki köpekler etrafta dolaşıyor, ama ***et sakin ve dostaneler, kendilerini sevdiriyorlar. Restoranda yemekler lezzetli. Şaraplarını zaten çok beğeniyorduk. Beyazlarda favorimiz Vindemia Güz (Bornova Misketi), kırmızılarda Pythagoras (Cab. Sav. Merlot, Cab. Franc, Petit Verdot). Gönül rahatlığıyla tavsiye ederim.