I'm honestly surprised by all the positive reviews. My wife & I spent 3 weeks in Turkey. We went from Istanbul all the way south to Oludeniz & back. During our travel, we have stayed in many rooms that were all booked through Airbnb. Most of them were great & we can easily say that this one was our least favorite.
We spent 3 nights at Racim's & here are our thoughts:
Cons:
- The room is VERY small. The pictures do a decent job at making it look bigger. Moreover, the host didn't give us the room that is shown in the pictures, which seemed a little bigger than the one we got, we could tell by the bathroom disposition which was different in the pictures.
- The bathroom was broken & hot water comes & goes. We often had to take cold showers. Also, it's so tiny that you'll keep bumping yourself against the walls, no kidding.
- Whenever you leave the room, electricity completely cuts off, they have a weird system where the key that opens the door also activates electricity in the room. Forget leaving your phones charging or refrigerator cold when you're out.
- The Wi-Fi is prety terrible. It's so bad that the host had to take 20 minutes to register our passports information once we arrived, exhausted, due to unresponsive web pages.
- The place is described as a "Hotel" (see title) but no hotel services are provided here. If you need toilet paper you have to ask the host, he'll give you 1 toilet paper roll & won't look thrilled about it. Towels will never be replaced during your stay.
- For some reason, we didn't feel welcome at Racim's place. The host simply doesn't seem hospitable. He has never once asked us if everything was fine during our stay. He did offer to give us a ride to the airport when we left though, which was really appreciated because we didn't want to look for Taxis but we still paid 200 TL ($30 US) for the ride.
Pros:
+ Great location! 10-15 minutes bus-ride away from central locations like Eminonu. It is also not as touristic if you're looking for a quiet place or want some contact with the locals.
+ Price is good but I recommend paying more & getting a bigger place with better amnesties.
I have left nothing but 5* reviews for all the places I have visited until this one. I personnaly cannot recommend unless you're a lone traveler that is not bothered by room-size, lacking services, terrible wi-fi & cold showers.