Moonlight Pension & Terrace

[Seanie Prawnie]

We travel to Kalkan in two weeks and we've booked the Moonlight Pension & Terrace for an evening meal as the reviews look great on TripAdvisor,  anyone been recently?

Linkback: https://www.enjoykalkan.com/forum/index.php?topic=11250.0

[tortoise lady]

Yes, we had a meal there one evening about a week ago.   First time, not sure why as it is very close to our villa.   Views are great, lights of Kalkan twinkling below.   We intend to go and have lunch there on our next visit in September as it is also a fantastic view over Kalkan and the bay during the day (we checked it out when we booked dinner).

The food was lovely and the service was good.   Couldn't find any fault.   It will now be on our list of favourite places (list does tend to grow).

I am sure you will enjoy your meal.   Just remember that if you want to choose from the a la carte you need to go in during the morning so the food can be purchased.    We found plenty to choose from on the ordinary menu.

[Bob & Jayne]

It is an amazing family run restaurant, with Osman's mum doing the cooking.  Such a wonderful family, and the view from the rooftop is one of the best, even though a bit higher up.  They can't do enough for you.  We have had fabulous food there and will definitely be revisiting in a few weeks time.

Jayne

[kalkan4eva]

Seanie Prawnie, may I be bold? May I suggest, as a first time visitor to Kalkan that you don't make any more restaurant bookings until you arrive? Moonlight Terrace is lovely but it might not be to your taste....you might not like the menu or the look of the place when you get there and even though others like it...you may not. I mentioned Small House the other day and what has happened to them has not been a good experience for the lovely people that run this restaurant, People were queuing up to book their balcony table after reading reviews before they'd even been to Kalkan, or if they had been to Kalkan before  had never eaten there....or even knew where it was. They had no idea what sort of place it was - traditional Turkish, no frills - and it resulted in the same people who had queued up to book there then queuing up to post bad reviews. Very sad.
Come to Kalkan, have a walk around, look at the menus have a drink in the bar areas of the restaurants and then compare the reviews of...lets face it, strangers...before you make your decision about eating in a particular place. There over 200 places to eat in Kalkan (allegedly) and they vary in price, standard and ambience. You will get to eat in all those you like the look of without booking too far in advance, believe me. I did not have a single bad meal in Kalkan on our recent trip so I think that indicates either very high standards or a very poor pallet... I'd like to think its the former
I hope you don't mind me saying this......it's just one man's meat is another man's poison. We have good friends who are regular visitors to Kalkan but we don't like all the same places....so just thought I'd throw in my tenpenneth
I'm sure you will love Kalkan and you will discover your own favourite restaurants....and karaoke

[Bob & Jayne]

Wise words K4E, I think everyone has their favourite restaurants, and we certainly do, but I think very good advice Seanie Prawnie, for your first time in Kalkan, enjoy wandering round the town and making up your own mind, but do let us know what your favourite restaurants are?

Jayne

[Potter]

Excellent comments K4E. Totally agree with you. Exploring what is on offer or available is all part of the holiday experience. Advice on places to go is good but it doesn't beat personal experiences. I do understand that anyone going somewhere for the first time would want to 'play it safe' by ensuring something is waiting on arrival.
So Seanie Prawnie, prepare to be amazed at what you will find.
 

[lurcherlou]

I too am looking forward to my first visit to Kalkan - 11 days to go!- and I posted a question recently about 'to book or not to book'. The replies from the kind folk on the forum said not to. We are going to follow their wise advice, we are looking forward to exploring Kalkan, looking at the restaurant menus, and deciding what we fancy on that particular day. This is our holiday and I am not going to start stressing myself out over whether I've booked the 'right' restaurants from the chilly UK 

[Seanie Prawnie]

Thanks for all the replies, i would much rather prefer to amble around to see what takes my fancy, however this one was highly recommended by friends that have visited Kalkan before so i thought i would take a punt!   

[Kajfish]

We had lunch at the Moonlight Pension/Terrace last week - fabulous food with stunning views.