stayed here for a month.
Positives:
- Great location in Russafa - easy to walk everywhere and close to bars and restaurants.
- Apartment was a good size and as pictured - not photoshopped to look bigger like I have found elsewhere. It has a lift and aircon was effective.
- Check-in was easy and I was able to leave my bags before the 3pm check-in time. And on departing, I was also able to leave my bags until 3pm so didn’t have to drag it around town before my flight. So that was helpful!
Negatives
- The kitchen facilities were disappointing especially for the price paid. You would think that charging such high prices they would adequately equip the kitchen with quality items - but rather it was cheap, end of life items that need to be replaced ASAP. Most of the plates were were chipped on the edge. There was only 2 tea spoons which meant I had to buy some from IKEA(took them home with me); corkscrews had rust over it; stained chopping board. The pots didn’t have lids which was interesting.
- Cleanliness - the shower in the en-suite was thickly encrusted with limescale and doesn’t seem to have been cleaned in ages. I walked around the apartment for 5 mins in my socks and got a thick layer of dust on my socks. So soon after I got in, I had to give the apartment a good clean. I was offered a mid week cleaning service, but didn’t take the offer up based on the poor cleaning job I experienced.
- Long stay. No extra bedding so Every Sunday I had to wash the bedding, wait for it to dry and then lay the bed. Would have been nice to have extra sheets to change it given it was a long stay.
- Quality - the bed in the second bedroom has seen better days. I noticed that the leather at back was ripped - could have been an easy repair or replacement as the bed looks cheaps.
Overall, I give this property 4 out of 5 for the above reasons and because I don’t think the apartment represents value for money and feel that for the price, it should be better equipped with quality stuff.