Ilkbal Deluxe Hotel Istanbul

Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location was pretty reasonable
  : For the first night I was given a room which quite honestly was not even 1 star. Window view was literally of a brick wall and very poor quality, dated furnishings, with a completely substandard bathroom. The room was located right in front of the elevator with the door right next to the bed, you could therefore hear any guests going up and down in the lift.I asked for the room to be changed but they could only facilitate this the next day. The next room was slightly better with a much better city view from the Juliet balcony. However it was still a low-end 3* quality at best. The walls are super thin and so you can hear everything in the next room. The cleaners are extremely inconsiderate and will be shouting and talking loudly (including on their phone over loudspeaker) in the next room early morning, even if you have a do not disturb sign out.The basement swimming pool was off-putting enough for us to not dare enter and the gym was nothing like the photos, it was located on a store closet next to the pool and consisted of a broken multigym, 1 treadmill and 1 rowing machine (not sure if these work because I could not bring myself to even attempt a work out).The staff are not helpful at all and seem pretty clueless. They were unable to provide another room key for one of the room guests when the other was out in the town, which meant waiting for hours to get in to the room. Apparently this was due to hotel protocol and inability to create a further key card, which is bewildering. What if you lose your card?!All in all, this was one of the worst hotel experiences I have had and is absolutely not worth the relatively expensive cost. Either pay a bit more for a significantly better option or go for another alternative.

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : Hotel staff is very helpful, managed all our request in time.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Poor
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : The room size and hospitality was very accomodating. It was in an older part of town but great location for where we wanted to be with plenty to do around. Metro a short walk away.
  : Breakfast was a little basic.