Eating food on the beach

stewilky


Joined: 13/07/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
17/08/2009 21:48

Hi

We have been studying the threads on the best beaches.(Kavan saray, Lara, Shayna etc)

If we use and pay for sunbeds, can we take our own food onto the beaches?

As we eat out every night of our holidays, eating out every lunch as well would be too expensive.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/08/2009 21:56

stewilky - this very much depends on the people running the beach/restaurant attached to the beach. The beach we mainly use (Golden Bay, Alsancak) do not mind in the least if we take our own food. We don't always do it and very often eat in the restaurant there; plus we tend to buy some drinks, coffee, etc.



HOWEVER - others do not take such a lenient stance and can get very 'iffy' about this.



Having said that, I would not take my own food/drink (with the exception of a couple of bottles of water, perhaps) to a place like Silver Rocks, who charge no admission, offer free sunbeds, etc.



Not much help, I'm afraid, but others will give you more details on individual beaches. I would not have thought Kervansaray would mind - it's council run - a very nice, too.



Jean

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
17/08/2009 21:59

We only go to 'free' beaches ie Alagadi where you can take whatever you want. We don't believe in paying to go on a beach then spending the whole day there just because you have paid for a lounger when generally you would be quite happy to go home after lunch because it is too hot!!

millzer


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 978

Message Posted:
18/08/2009 15:36

I thought all beaches were 'supposed' to be free anyway! I don't mind paying to go on a beach and use the facilities as long as its well maintained but i'm buggered if i'm being told what i can eat!



Would be interesting to see what happened if you happily paid your entrance fee but then refused to move if they try to stop you from consuming your own food. What would be the take of the local Police on this?



I seem to recall an organised protest made at the Acapulco a little while ago, what was the upshot of that? anyone know?

michelle3012


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 578

Message Posted:
18/08/2009 17:08

I have been on shanya beach and taken my own cold bag with goodies in, no one has challenged me yet, i think you pay for the sunbeds, so what if you take your own lunch!

chick123


Joined: 21/06/2008
Posts: 34

Message Posted:
18/08/2009 17:30

Escape beach won't allow your own fod.

stewilky


Joined: 13/07/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 13:59

Thanks for the replies.

As Kervan saray seems to get the biggest 'thumbs up' from C44 members, does anyone know if you can consume your own food there? After paying for the sunbeds of course.

Or can anyone suggest another ,quiet' beach with a few facilities that will allow you. We will have a hire car so travel not a problem.

griffin9870


Joined: 01/03/2009
Posts: 92

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 14:15

People were eating their own food on Lara beach and I did not see any one telling them they couldn't.

tulik


Joined: 14/07/2009
Posts: 220

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:09

I have been told not to eat on Lara beach. I spent the day there recently with my two young children. I had moved my sun lounger closer towards the sea for them to avoid the hot sand. As I was leaving the man that I paid for the sun lounger made a huge scene about this, pointing to a poster that was in Turkish. I was not too chuffed about this, don't think I will be rushing to go there again.

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 18:10

The old guy at Lara Beach had a sign last year which was a picture of a burger with a cross through it and was telling people that they couldn't bring their own food on the beach, signing that you had to buy at his bar.

Apparantly there was a big row about this and the police were involved. Result was that because Lara is a public beach then anyone was allowed to bring whatever they wanted and if they didn't choose to use a sunbed they did not even have to pay for entrance.

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 18:53

exactly right take your sarnies on any beach what can they do chuck you off if they do get your mobile out !

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 08:28

I was told off at Shayna for eating some fruit!! which they dont sell any way.