Duck Hotel

Ok, so it’s not the worst hotel in the world, but tbh, it’s close. Don’t get me wrong the location is amazing, but my God, the hotel is not nice. It looks ok in the photos, but the bed is hard, the curtain fell off the wall, we could hear men talking so loudly outside the of our door all night till 4am, the room stunk of cigarette smoke, maybe someone was smoking in the room next to us? Honestly it was terrible, and the worst part, we found a used condom on the floor. We swiftly escaped. I know it’s very cheap, but honestly pay a little more and stay in a nice hotel, honestly you will thank me!

When I arrived at the Duck hotel I was very excited. Moda & Kadekoy where it's situated is an amazing area in Istanbul. However, my dream turned to dust and the list why is extensive: The AC automatically cuts out after an hour and at night when it's 20 degrees Celsius you need that AC to stay on! So had to keep getting up in the night to switch it back on. Also there was a stench from the bathroom of fetid drains which seeped into the bedroom. Next there was a number of unfinished building works in the room which made it look like the hotel didn't really care about how comfortable your stay was, from exposed wires to foam filler. Also there was a steady stream of indifferent young men manning the reception in the lobby (which also had a cafe where no-one seemed to go, I wonder why???). When I reported a broken shower holder which had meant the shower head fell onto my hand bruising my palm, I was assured it would be fixed. It never was and the particular young man I told avoided eye contact with me whenever I entered the building. To top it off the lift broke down twice and as we were on the 7th floor had to wait for it to be fixed rather than use the very steep and dangerous looking stairs (especially with luggage). So all in all if you want to stay in Moda or Kadekoy I wouldn't recommend staying here, unless you're ok with sweaty nights, disgusting stenches, shoddy workmanship and CBA service.

The staff is friendly and helpful. As for the hotel itself: -door key card stops working every other day -frequently out of hot water -constant sewage smell from the bathroom -missing lightbulbs in the room -the cleaning of the room is so so