A good hotel for your money, friendly staff. The rooms are simple. What you need to spend a few days in Istanbul and not overpay. I liked that it is close to Istiklal and many attractions.
I wanted a variety - I got it)
On the first trip, we rented a room in Airbanby, it was more cozy and the area was quieter.(there were all the appliances and supplies so that you could cook by yourself)
I have not been to the red light district, but there was a strong feeling and atmosphere that everything is there ... Everything
is simple and nothing superfluous in the room, a kettle, a TV and a kind of refrigerator.
There was a problem with the shower.
If the hunt for exotics and thrills is great ...)
I think that such hotels simply do not have the right to exist! I must say right away that the photos on the booking and here do not correspond to reality ... they were most likely taken a very, very long time ago and at the moment the condition of the rooms will shock you! I really regret that I did not remove all the horror that we saw there, but I will attach everything that is there.
As soon as you enter the "hotel" you will immediately feel the persistent smell of cigarettes, but we thought that maybe someone had recently smoked outside and the smoke just did not have time to escape from the microscopic reception, but as soon as we went up to the room we realized that absolutely everything stinks! Bed linen, curtains, towels, walls -everything is smoked and burned with cigarettes 🤦🏼♀️
In addition to the persistent smell of cigarettes in the room, you will be greeted by dirt, stains of unknown origin (on the walls, bed linen, towels, battery), other people's hair on the walls, torn furniture and a view from the window to the wall (possible only in our room).
Out of 7 days (which were paid in advance) we could only live for 4, we had to buy ourselves bed linen and a blanket, because it is impossible to sleep on that: stains, missing pillowcases and stink!We had a great desire to move out on the very first day, but no one would have returned the money to us, and it was quite problematic to find something for the New Year.
For the remaining days, accordingly, no one returned the money to us, the owner immediately began talking about all sorts of extortion on the part of the booking and the inability to return the funds to us. As soon as we left, the owner set the status: "no check-in", which deprived us of the opportunity to leave a truthful review on the booking!!!
The only plus of this hotel is its close proximity to the sights of Istanbul, but as we understood, this is the most dangerous area, but fortunately nothing bad happened to us 🙏🏼
When we walked around Istanbul, we found out that for the same money it was possible to rent a hotel with full meals, a swimming pool, a hammam, but we would have to drive to the center for 40 minutes.
Do not spare money for a hotel, quality sleep, warm shower, clean towels mean a lot, do not repeat our mistakes, never check into this hotel 🙏🏼