2/5
But before to judge the rating, hear me out.
📷 I will start from the good side: the location has a lot of potential, especially at nighttime. If you are a photographer - you may like the view from the window.
🛏 Also, the bed wasn't horrible. It was OK, but I will still mention it in minuses, so keep on reading.
It's also cheap compared to other places and the value of this stay for this price is very high.
But why is it still 2/5?
Well, let me start.
🚿 The location of the shower head is just horrible. It is placed right above the toilet seat, which makes showering a pure nightmare. Oh, and should I mention that if you forget to move the toilet paper, it gets instantly wet? Kind of weird concept overall.
🛏 Back to bed. There was no blanket, what was given could be hardly described as such. It was more like a towel, even size-wise. For the whole night I was struggling to stay covered.
🦟 Some reviewers mentioned mosquitoes. And I can confirm there are plenty of them. I don't know the reason, but there are more of them in the room than it is outside.
🙉 Noise. One of the most disappointing part of this experience. The noise isolation is... nonexistent! You hear every step, every voice, everything. And as the street life here is active - your sleep will be interrupted multiple times throughout the night.
🚬 Smoke. I don't smoke. But unfortunately, most of the people in Istanbul does. So for me, it is important to have at least a night in a place without smoke smell. Unfortunately, the windows here have the equivalently poor isolation. Workers in the host's office were smoking all night long, and I could smell it every time. Ugh...
😨 And here, on the bottom, I will place the most disappointing thing about this place. The cleanliness overall.
Through the piles of dirt and cracks I could see this place was like on pictures maybe two years ago. But now it is not the same. Broken floor and dirty walls. On a wall, I found dirty stains with my UV light. 🤢 I don't know what exactly it is, and I would like to keep it this way. Luckily, this stain was away from the bed. But it left an unfortunate expression.
✍️ In conclusion, I want to say that it is a good spot to stop if you are low on budget and need just one overnight.
I see the potential of this place. There isn't a lot the owner needs to do to improve.
Maybe they will, but until then, my rating stays the same: 2/5