Pinar Motel 2022-33-0198 in Pamukkale

Irrational owner and terrible experience here. I have been traveling for 10 years with the school and this was the worst. I would recommend this place to NO ONE and the below is why.

On our first day, we bought waters from outside because we are 41 altogether and the owner of the hotel told us to go refund these because they also sell waters. I asked if it is the same price and he said yes. But it turned out, it was not. He gave me a 500ml bottle and asked for 10 liras. The water we bought from outside was 23 liras and it was 5L bottle. I told him it is not the same price but he said it is the rule of the place that customers cannot bring any foods or beverages from outside. I told him I have never experienced these kind of hotels then he asked me if I have ever slept in 5 star hotel and they don’t allow customers to bring their drinks too. I told him yes, and they allow people to bring any drinks or beverages from outside. And they of course give out waters for free. On top of that, your hotel is not 5 star. Then he said he is going to let us bring waters from outside only this once. I was speechless.
That night around 11 pm when I was about to sleep, he texted me thru WhatsApp asking if we were 40 altogether. I said yes. Then he said because I told him we were 39, I had to pay for one extra person. I said I know I told him we were 39 but one more joined our group later that day. But I see no point of paying you extra because we have paid for 40 beds. Our rooms had beds for 40 people, so why do I have to pay for the extra person? I understand if it was a double room and we were 3 people. I know then we have to pay extra but if we have 40 beds and we are 40, we do not need to pay anymore. Then he said I am funny and I still need to pay for that person. I eventually said okay and paid him because I did not want to upset him in any ways.
As I wanted to do something for him more, I bought Pamukkale entrance tickets from him. But somehow things did not go well, so he refunded the money to me. I have no idea why but that was okay because we could easily buy tickets at the entrance until he gave me 900 dollars and the rest in Liras. I asked him because I paid him 1300 usd I want to have it that way but he said he doesn’t have all dollars that I paid him so I have to accept Liras. This was ridiculous but he kept saying the rate is correct.
On our last night, I bought 15 pides and brought it to our hotel. The owner saw this and yell at me saying “this is enough!”. I asked him what is wrong with this and he said do not eat outside food at the common room. I asked why he was so mad about this and he said he also sells drinks, foods but we never buy anything from him and this is why he is mad. So we had to eat it out at the park.
There are so much more than this but these are a few big things that happened to us in ONLY 3 DAYS OF OUR STAY.

I felt extremely uncomfortable during my stay because the host would give me disapproving looks if I didn’t pay for additional services beyond the accommodation fee. Even buying bottled water from a supermarket seemed to annoy them, while the water they sold was 2–3 times more expensive than at the store.
On top of that, the building was much more outdated than it appeared in the photos on Google, and both the air conditioner and refrigerator didn’t work, making it unbearably hot.

1. Outside food (water, drinks, snacks, fruit, etc.) is strictly prohibited. If you want to buy water inside the accommodation, it's five times more expensive than buying it at the supermarket outside. 2. The breakfast menu is becoming increasingly sparse. The last day's breakfast was worse than the first. 3. There's a swimming pool, but laundry is prohibited. 4. No matter what you do outside, they come out and watch you. It's very noticeable.

The gentleman in reception was really helpful but room was dirty