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Overall Rating
Travel Date: January 04
Submitted in October 2004 by: Alan - London (50s)
Operator: Other
My review is based on a one night stay at the Zurich, at the end of a business trip.
This hotel is truly awful. The location is in a busy shopping area, 15 minutes' walk from the Grand Bazaar, and more than half an hour from the Blue Mosque area. I...
My review is based on a one night stay at the Zurich, at the end of a business trip.
This hotel is truly awful. The location is in a busy shopping area, 15 minutes' walk from the Grand Bazaar, and more than half an hour from the Blue Mosque area. I felt a little bit intimidated walking around the surrounding badly-lit streets. So if it's the Blue Mosque area you want, this hotel is far from ideal.
When I arrived, the reception was manned by only one person, who dealt with my check-in inbetween sorting out problems for other guests. The receptionist ignored my request for a non-smoking room, but gave me (and I quote) ";a very nice room";. If this room was nice, I would hate to stay in any of the others. The room decor and furniture had a threadbare, 'worn' feel about it. This was the only time I have ever been in a hotel room and inspected the bed very carefully, in case I didn't want to sleep in it. The advertised BBC TV channel was a snowy fuzz, and could have been any channel in the world - the picture and sound was unintelligible.
The bathroom was worse than the room. Very small, with little space to hang anything or put anything down (not that you wanted to here). The wall tiles and mirror were marked, and I would not have wanted to sit in the bath. However, years of ingrained dirt at the bottom of the bath ensured that your feet had a good grip when showering.
There is a disco in the basement which thumps out loud music until well into the early hours. I woke up just after four am, and could still hear the thumping from the disco, even though I was on the second floor.
Good things about this hotel? Well, the room had air conditioning, although I was sure it was blowing out recirculated, smoke-laden air. The restaurant at street level was quite good, although I would have preferred to have finished my starter beofre the main course was served. Breakfast in the main 7th floor restaurant was average, with plenty of cereals, jams and salad, but nothing in the way of fruit.
Overall, if I had booked this hotel for any more than one night, I would have got out of there as fast as I could. Instead, I used the ear plugs in a vain attempt to try to blot out the disco noise, and spent the next morning looking around for a good hotel for my next visit.
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