Sirehan Hotel in Gaziantep

Uncomfortable
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We were very disappointed in the Sirehan. The antique building is interesting, but the rooms do not justify the high prices. As you can see in the pictures, the rooms are rundown, shabby and dirty looking (I forgot to take pix of the electrical outlets falling out of the wall). The slightly larger (but still cramped) upstairs rooms with windows on the street are very noisy during the day, and sound echoes around the stone walls inside the hotel too. You hear everything in the hallways and I imagine it would be cacophonous if there were an event (wedding, party) in the courtyard or the bar/lobby--thank god there weren't any during our two night stay. The lower floor rooms don't have outside windows and are gloomy. In fact all the rooms have a bit of a prison cell feeling to them. The TV remote was very hard to use (old, so the buttons didn't work well) and the battery compartments had no covers. That's not a killer fault, but is typical of the general lack of upkeep in the hotel. As one learns to expect in much of Türkiye, almost no one speaks English, so if you book here be sure to bring your phone with translation app. The hotel is next to the old town bazaar (hence the street noise) and the breakfast buffet was pretty good. That said, we would not stay in Sirehan again.

It can't get any worse than this! I got food poisoning as a consequence of eating the complimentary breakfast. The staff showed me nothing but complete contempt. Wouldn't help with a taxi. Offered no recommendations or advice. I spent two of my three days there violently ill. They acted as if it was my fault! LITERALLY ANY OTHER HOTEL IN GAZIANTEP WILL BE A BETTER CHOICE.