Four night stay during our city break in Istanbul. Good location, close to tram station and within walking distance from other central attractions. The staff was really helpful with all our inquiries, they really go out of their way to help you. For example, when I was trying to install the IstanbulKart app which wasn't working with my foreign phone number the person at the reception provided me with their own phone number to get the confirmation code. And when that didn't work they offered to lend us an IstanbulKart for public transport that they had at hand (but I had already bought one). Our room was a deluxe room on the top floor with a French balcony (they also have regular-sized balconies so be sure to ask for the one you desire). Clean, sufficiently spacious, sufficient wall sockets (but near the bed we had one European and one UK so either way one can't be used without an adapter). WiFi was a bit spotty about 25% of the time, but otherwise worked fine. Bed, sheets and pillows just ok. The negative aspects were the damp smell in the room, the water infiltrations in the ceiling and the both the entrance and the bathroom doors were creaking awfully. The bathroom had ventilation, and we loved the heated floor. We only received hair products (shampoo and conditioner). No toilet paper refills, we ended up buying our own (there are 2 supermarkets very close to the hotel). These last two aspects could have probably been easily solved by reporting them to the staff, but we often end up buying shower gel and TP ourselves and that's what we resorted to in this situation as well. The omnipresent issue of insufficient room for hanging towels. Shower pressure very weak and the water was running either piping hot or ice cold, couldn't combine the two. And, if you're not changing the towels, there's no point in just folding them just to mix them up (some people prefer not to exchange towels between them). At reception they also sell sims with local data plans, much more affordable than the ones at the airport. For example, during the period we stayed here, a 5-day unlimited data plan was around 600 ₺. Much better suited for a short stay when compared to a 40 GB data plan purchased at the airport for 950 ₺ which was valid for 1 month. However, note with the current economic situation in Turkey these tariffs can change almost on a daily basis (pretty much everywhere you'll see prices written with markers and updated as the needs dictate). In the end, you feel kind of bad leaving a 3-star review after all that politeness and hospitability (and that's a common occurrence in Turkey), but one must try to look beyond the 5 star staff (that kind of have to work with what they've got) and keep objective for any potential travelers that would read this. Feedback was requested and dutifully provided, remains to be seen what they do with it. Even with all the above though, I wouldn't say we don't recommend the hotel, we would stay here again for the location and val
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