I had the unfortunate experience of staying at the Radisson Blu Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul from 8th June 2024 to 11th June 2024.
I had originally stayed at this hotel in 2006 when it first opened, it was clean, functional, and a professional hotel establishment, in an excellent location on the Bosphorus. Now it has become a second-rate, decrepit hotel, which is falling apart, with demoralised staff trying to do their best. I have traveled widely around the world in the past 40-plus years and this certainly is one of my worst hotel experiences.
I have listed the things wrong with this establishment, and they are all to do with lack of care and spending of money on maintenance/refurbishment of a building located in the best part of Istanbul on the Bosphorus.
Problems with Radisson Blu Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul
Room keys not working, I had to go downstairs to the reception at least 6 times because they needed to charge up the room key!
When we arrived the sink in the bathroom was blocked.
When we arrived the tap in the sink was not working and had to be repaired.
Air-conditioning in rooms is completely useless, hardly cools and the control panels are not working properly.
The air conditioning in the hotel is not functioning properly so extremely humid and uncomfortable.
The bar area on the ground floor has no openable windows, so with a dysfunctional air conditioning system and no breeze coming in, no one uses it.
The furnishings should of been changed 10 years ag