Meddusa Hotel

The hotel is not clean . The room is very small. I advise you not to go there. It doesn't look like the photos. The staff are rude only the young man, Assadallah Who was professional and very helpful.

Having travelled a lot, including third world countries in Asia, this was the most unpleasant holiday accommodation I have ever experienced. The room was absolutely disgusting: - filthy/stained and smelly bedsheets with bits of dirt in the bed as well, I don't even wanted to know what that was. - black mold and stains on the bedroom ceiling and in the bathroom - bathroom and room size very small - bathroom glass panel door was jammed and falling over when trying to slide close - we could smell cigaret smoke all day, which we think is because the owner who was smoking on the terrace repeated times per day - the breakfast buffet was very bad quality (hardly any choice and the options that were there were not edible) hard dry bread, very pink and odd looking meat. we looked at the food and immediately decided to leave and eat elsewhere even though we'd paid for breakfast here at Meddusa. - the last point but not least: the owner or person in charge is very rude and arrogant. I had caught a cold in the hot air balloons in Cappadocia so asked this person if he had any paracetamol or something alike to reduce my fever and he abruptly said no. Usually hotels have first aid kits and basic medicines but that's understandable if they don't have it, it could have been said in a much more human and pleasant way. After that I asked him if there was any shop where I could get something from but he just ignored me. I wasn't feeling well and plus the unhygienic of the room really upset me to a point I just broke down and wanted to go home (which has never happened before). This is just an instance to give as an example but he was rude and arrogant in many more interactions which made us feel really unwelcome. The hotel made my overall experience of Istanbul very unpleasant. I was taken aback as we'd been to Cappadocia prior to coming to Istanbul. We loved Cappadocia, the people, hospitality and quality - everything was much better there. Accommodation can really make or break your trip, so it's not worth spending less money and making your overall experience not something you look back at positively. I wish I had done more research and booked a better hotel. DO NOT GO HERE! I can't discourage it enough.