SAW is full of 1 stars eateries, and it’s difficult to find a 3 stars, not Michelin, I’m talking about Google reviews.
Anyway, I just want a POPYPE takeaway burger to bring to airport hotel, what can go wrong?
There is a self order panel but the card machine is broken. Therefore we screen shot the order and went to Popeye to order.
The staff there push us away and said it is not their product, it’s other eateries. So we went back and shot a full list of their products and showed them again it is POPEYE.
At this point, they can’t avoid to take our order, but they push us to buy the meal deal, which we insist ONLY ONE CHICKEN BURGER.
After waiting for a long time (luckily not one hour as in other reviews) , they gave us the burger but without the takeaway bag.
We asked for the takeaway bag. Guess what? the staff suddenly mocked us and laughing. They gave us the paper bag and suddenly take it away, repeating the act several times, like the Turkish ice cream man.
The staff in Popeye speaks ZERO English and are very rude.
I think there is a vibe in SAW eateries. We also ordered a sundae in Burger King. They give us a small size despite we paid for the larger size.
If you read the reviews you will suspect these staff are having a competition to humiliate tourists.
Then we want to buy a beer at the next shop, it asks for TL 450 (€10) for a bottle beer. The beer in Istanbul restaurants cost TL200, in supermarket TL90. It’s wonderful to restrain yourself to be alcohol free in SAW.
If you are still curious why other eateries got 1 star reviews, go to Macdonald, you will definitely have a good laugh.
After we went to the ISG hotel, there is no signage so we asked the information center. The staff there dropped words from his mouth,”go out, turn left”. When we asked him to clarify, he said “2 minutes”, as if he is talking to a begger.
Then we went out and only to find out the correct way is from the lower level. Mind you, in Turkey, you have to scan every luggage and even watches for entering each level. So we have to put all our luggage into the scan belt on the lower level again.
In lower level we finally find the ONE AND ONLY signage about ISG airport hotel, exit 2.
Guess what? When we arrive at the exit, the going up escalator is broken, only the downwards escalator is working. So we have to take all our luggage up a long flight of stairs.
When we arrived at the hotel, we see there is an easier way to go to the hotel. But there is no signage in the airport. You can only know after you had been to the hotel before.
The next day we catch our flight. No matter what, I will NEVER spend a dime or come back to SAW.
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