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I did not enjoy my stay at this hotel at all. My personal opinion for hotels is that they need to be top service, at the very minimum. If I am paying for a 5 star hotel, it should be 5 star. It is the first thing the tourist experiences in your country and it should be the nicest and most pleasant experience. It seems as though 5 star is now like a 3 star hotel? This hotel wasn’t even good enough to be a 2 star. The most uncomfortable, noisy, rude stay I have ever experienced. I swore I’d write a detailed review, and here I am. I do not recommend anyone to stay at this hotel, so please read this review.
Let me begin by stating that it is NOT in Taksim. The hotel is far and on a busy main road, so you can forget about peaceful sleep. It’s in a bad neighbourhood, where no taxis even want to take you anywhere because of the traffic to get anywhere. The ‘Taksim Shuttle’ doesn’t drop you off anywhere near Taksim. My grandmother was with us, she can’t walk much and they told us this goes to Taksim.
We were three women staying in their average room, with 1 king bed and 1 sofa bed. The sofa bed was as hard as sleeping on the floor. The mattress was so thin.
Room service is NOT up to standard. The cleaning is not good. They do not clean the room properly. That sticker ‘your room has been cleaned and disinfected’ is a complete lie. I have plenty of photos showing layers of dust everywhere in the room.
I have a lot more to say….