Hamidiye Hotel

Only thing good about this property is it’s location which was also very hard to find at first if you are a first time traveller.

Staff will basically not do anything for you other than take the money. Didn’t even help with my luggage or hold the lift as I Manoeuvre my 4 bags inside. Worst thing was that They even charged my credit card even when I especially informed them that I will pay in cash and that my credit card charges me extra international transaction fee. They had my credit card number, expiry, and even cvv code on a printed paper which was weird for me to see as that’s all the info anyone needs to make a transaction :/ did booking.com give my credit card info to the 3rd party? Or is this normal?!??? The room is like a cubicle. Tiny!!! Literally can not move or place luggage while me and my wife were trying to move around. Thank god I just needed this place to spend 3-4 hours of night and catch my flight off to cappadocia or else my wife would have killed me for booking this hotel :p

I am so glad my stay at Hamidiye Hotel has come to an end. A huge disappointment. The images online and the hotel in reality are like night and day. It's 3-5 degrees in Istanbul and the heaters are not working. We had a water cut for a few hours one day without prior warning. And there was no hot water for a couple of hours the same day. Room service standard is so poor. I Google translated sentences ('wash bathroom', 'vacuum floor') and showed them to the reception even then little to nothing was done. The breakfast buffet was the exact same every single day. On a scale from 1-5, it would be a 1, being lowest. The booking confirmation says 'WiFi is available in all areas' what they don't tell you is that's it's only one or no bar! So if you are a work traveler, this is just not the hotel for you. Common areas were rarely cleaned. Carpets and cupboards smelled musty, the restaurant floor was sticky at times. The bathroom faucet was leaking. Plug points were unsteady and power cables were hanging around - safety hazards! By far the worst disappointment is the misrepresentation on booking.com. The images and reality are not the same.