Dalaman Airport

It's all been said before - extortionate pricing for food and drinks newspapers too. On the way in the visa official forgot my £10 change too. All rather sad really.

Just back from Turkey today and still reeling from the extortionate prices being charged at Dalaman Airport. What struck me is the stupidity and short sightedness of the management if they cut their prices by a third they would sell four times as much. Where else can you find McDonalds KFC and Burger King outlets without queues actually with the exception of the absolutely desperate no customers at all? The airlines must love it I have never seen so much food sold on a flight. Refusing to pay the bar prices we bought a nice bottle of red in the duty free shop (£8) and managed to persuade a bar tender to open it for us!

We were disgusted with the prices being charged for very mundane fast food. Whilst we looked at the menu we noticed that there was no queue (a first for MacDonalds) and a large number of people having seen the prices at the tills walked away. Finally the method of paying £10.00 in cash for a bit of paper stuck into our passport which purports to be a visa on arrival feels a bit like a bribe to let us in. If this really is a charge for a visa then add it to the ticket price. Also seriously consider whether young children should be subject to this charge.

There is a restriction on taking liquids through customs. This is when you go through passport control not when you first enter the airport and have to have your luggage scanned - you are fine to take liquids beyond that point just not through to the other side of passport control. Fine to take sandwiches etc just not drinks - so had to pay 5 lira for a 500 ml bottle of water. Noticed this time that there is even less seating than there was at the beginning of the season which means that if you want a seat you have to sit in the food court areas. We did this and kept getting asked if we were going to buy anything. Take something to eat with you but you just have to grin and bear it to pay the price for a drink if you are desperate.

Was there today and will never visit Turkey through this zoo of an airport again. Queue for this queue for that - surly staff and as for the lack of seating on the ground floor forcing you to the first floor to be faced with stupidly high prices for essential food and drink items. Managers of this facility hang your heads in shame!!

We just flew back from Dalaman airport and although we had 2 hours to kill we refused pay their ridiculously high prices for food and drink. There are several high street companies ie MDs Burger King but they all charge these high prices - it must be price fixing or bordering on some illegal practice. Coffee is around £4.50 and even a bottle of water will cost around £4. Very few people were buying and it's leave visitors with a bad feeling of the place so it makes you wonder what their game is.

Have been going to Turkey for 15 years and it's a shame that the last memory of a wonderful country is spoiled by such a rip off at the airport. Food and drink prices are sky high. My advice would be to take food and drink with you. There is no restriction in place at the moment for taking water etc through customs. There is plenty of seating in the food halls and I have never been had any problems when eating food not bought there. The airport is stuffy and dim and the public announcement system is impossible to understand.

Arrivals perfect but passport control were very rude - just throw your passport at you then take a tenner off you. Way home was horrendous we had about 1-2 hour delay we had to sit on the floor as poor seating. Everything there was a rip of didn't even bother going in the shops as read previous reviews saying rip off.

What an absolute disgrace! I got fleeced 40 lire (£18) for two beers and a small tin of pringles! Nowhere to sit poorly lit escalators designed to try and keep you spending (by being laid out the wrong way round) the whole place is a complete living nightmare made worst when you are delayed (which is a near certainty).

I agree with all the previous comments about the rip-off prices at this airport. Last year Burger King landside wanted TL28 for a bacon double cheeseburger - not the meal just the sandwich! This year (2009) that BK was closed. Airside the rip-off continues. A cheeseburger at McDonalds is around £10 and £40 for a family of four would be about average. The airport is new and clean. There is very little seating except in the food areas. It is easy to get to the food areas up an escalator but there is no "down" escalator nearby. to get back to the ground floor and the gates involves a long walk to the othere end of the terminal and back. Poor design!