Grafen Hotel — Hotel in Fatih

I'm an American, I stayed here for a night with my friend because it was nighttime and we just arrived and probably should've done research first, but I still might spend two nights here. Prices are negotiable and not as listed. Starting price was around $35, but Turkey is full of haggling and they expect you to haggle as well. Haggled the price down to around $21 a night for a room in the back.

Room was small and so was the bathroom, cigarette smell too but our stuff was secure, so it was good enough given our time constraints. It's right next to a lot of the tourist attractions so it's within walking distance/Uber of what you want to look at. Staff mostly spoke Turkish with a little English. No air conditioning, but free wifi and there was some heater and windows.

Edit: Upgraded our room to one of the main ones upstairs in the first building; it had a fridge, two beds, an electric tea pot, a propane gas "stove", a sink, and a small but somewhat decent bathroom, with air conditioning as well, and a TV. Our stuff was secure and I even left money on the nightstand that nobody took, so our room was secure. The cost of this place was around $37-38 a night in the middle of October; not cheap compared to rent prices, but good enough. They also accept credit cards.

Apparently the Galata area has a lot of better hotels but we didn't look at it because we didn't have much time to scope things out. Don't bring your kids here, though. This is more like for couples or friends or solo travelers. It's still a somewhat decent hotel if you need a place to crash for a couple nights or more. Apparently, based on space and how you reserve, you can book rooms here for up to a month, maybe longer. We stayed here for seven nights in total; they have laundry services, outlet plugs for Americans, and sim cards with phones for foreigners.

The hotel manager at the desk is a good guy, he speaks enough English that you can understand him and he can understand you. He's also very polite and laid back. Yeah, I'd...

One of the worst experiences I've had in my life. From the moment of arrival they do not accept electronic payment cards. We had to pay in cash. We also had to wait two hours for the room to be ready, even though they assured us that the room would be ready for early check-in via messages. The room is so small you can barely move in it. There is literally 30 cm between the bed and the wall. No bedside table to put your phone or water on. The table is broken. The bed is broken and not suitable for sleeping. The sheets were dirty and we asked to change them and they were replaced with more soiled sheets. The bed is dirty on its side with an ink pen. The door you could draw on it from the dust there. The doors are cracked and there are visible nails, which poses a danger to the occupants. There are exposed electrical wires in the bathroom. The tissue box in the bathroom falls by itself. Cup place is very damp and dirty. The air conditioner remote control is very dirty as well. The room was literally within the lobby, the sound of talking, laughing, discussions and any noise was heard strongly inside the room, the sound of the refrigerator was also terrifying and working non-stop. The worst is the curtains that do not isolate the light and make you feel as if you are in the day because of the very strong external lighting. Literally, my wife and I ran away from the room within only two hours of our arrival because the place is not suitable for accommodation and it poses a danger in terms of electricity and lack of space or in terms of hygiene. They contacted me after leaving the room and asked them to return the amount paid, and I did not receive a response from them. I will update the comment if there is anything...

This is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in in my life. From the moment we got to the room, I could see the floor was dirty leaving our feet black. The wardrobe had white powder inside it. The bathroom constantly had a sewer smell coming from it. The hair dryer didn't even work properly and on one of the days broke & starting melting (had to turn the hotel's electricity off even).||The day before we were checking out I was itching all night. Woke up in the morning to lots of bite marks and my daughter had the same. Blood stains on the bedsheets and I found a dead bedbug. Disgusting hotel. To this day they are still refusing to provide a refund & booking.com also not helping and refusing to pay refund even though all evidence was...