(Turkish Version Below)
What a scam! This place is run by uncivilized, barbaric, and very rude people. I am not surprised when I read all the 1-star reviews about this cafe because they are on point. Here is our story. We, a group of 4 adults (3 Turkish, 1 American), decided to rent bikes from their rental shop. After paying the rental cost for the first hour up front, we set out for the route. Within the first 10 minutes of our ride, our bikes started to malfunction. From horrible gear conditions, and broken saddles to safety-hazard brake calibrations, we could not even get a proper start. Frankly, our American friend fell off of his bike and nearly hit his head on concrete...Immediately after the near incident, we rode back to the shop and politely asked for a refund. In addition to calling us liars, the lady, who was managing the rentals at the time, started screaming and humiliating us in front of everyone. Before we had our chance to explain our reasoning behind our refund request, 5-6 men started to approach and formed a circle around us. They were clearly ready to use force against us if we kept talking. 3 of us were pulled aside by an old gentleman, who happen to be the owner of the cafe right next door, while my sister was left alone among 5-6 threatening men and the rude lady, defenseless and still arguing. The old gentlemen, verbatim, said these words to us, "Please do not argue any further. There are no cops around and I cant protect you guys from these men!." We at least got our receipt back and stopped by the police department to describe what happened. I like to point out that my sister was shaking in fear and was in shock when all of this happened. Later, we went back to the store with 2 policemen to resolve the conflict. However, even the policemen could not get a word through to these barbaric people, what a shame! Also, after looking at our receipt, we found out that they charged us for "ice-cream", rather than bike rentals, which is also a crime by itself. At the end, those barbaric people only got away with a warning and we could not get our money back. SO BEWARE AND NEVER EVER USE THEIR BIKES AND EAT AT THEIR CAFE!
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Medeniyetsizlik ve terbiyesizlik prensibleri altinda isletilen bir yer neresi var deseniz, size burayi tarif ederim. Umut bisikletci ve kafesi hakkindaki bir cok kisi tarafindan verilen 1 yildizli yorumlara hic sasirmadim. 4 kisilik grubumuz (3 turk, 1 amerikali) bisiklet kiralamak icin ugradik. Ilk 1 saatin parasinin on odemesini yaptiktan sonra yola koyulduk, fakat daha yolculugumuza 10 dakka bile gecmeden hepimizin bisikletinde sorunlar cikmaya basladi. Viteslerin her degismede atmasi, frenlerin tutmamasi, selelerin guvensizligi vs. Grubumuzdaki yabanci arkadasimizin bisiklet yuzunden yere dusup az daha kafasini betona carptigina sahit olduktan sonra hemen bisikletleri alip kafeye geri donduk. Bisikletlerin bozuklugu ve guvensizligi nedeniyle paramizi geri istememizi kibarca soyler soylemez, bisikletlere bakan bas kadin ortalikta isyan koparmaya basladi. Daha kendi gerekcemizi savunmaya kalmadan aninda 5-6 tane kabadayi kadinin etrafinda belirdi ve etrafimizi sardi. Kiz kardesim bas kadinla tartirisken, hemen yandaki baska bir kafenin sahibi biz 3 erkegi kenara cekip aynen su sozleri soyledi, "sakin daha fazla ugrasmayin, etrafta poliste yok size yardimci olamam, kaza cikabilir." Bu arada diger kabadayilar ve kadinin kardesime etmedigi kufur ve terbiyesizlik kalmadi tabi. Fisimizi zorla aldiktan sonra karakola gidip sorunumuzu bildirdik ve polisler ile geri donduk. Bize kotu bisiklet kiralamis olmayip, fisimizi "dondurma" olarak yazmislar... Fakat bu kafedeki calisanlarin sahtekarligi ve medeniyetsizleri polisleri bile sasirtti ve biz paramizi alamadan mekandan ayrildik. SAKIN BURDAN NE BISIKLET NE DE YEMEK ALIN. Hepsi uckayitci ve tehlikeli insanlar. Turistlere ve turk vatandaslarina uyari olsun. read more
