Reviews of Anzac Woodenhouse

19 January 2012

Liked: breakfasts only, cleaning 1 time. week - patology ! really weak and slow internet, in winter really cold inside, air conditioning was turn on all the time 24 h per hour and believe me, it was not perfect, bath terrible, small room nor enough shelfs wardrobes, i don't recommend

Disliked: ...

26 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: It showed available 2 nights on the website, but at the spot I was told it was only available for 1 night. The shower-toilet was so small, we had to leave without taking a shower.

10 November 2011 pawel would recommend this property

Liked: so.. i've got mixed feelings.. price was great, stuff was very friendly and helpful, great breakfast but...

Disliked: facilities on the bottom floor sucked - very small toilet combined with the shower; when there were no other guest we could use those on upper floors which were much better. internet connection - wifi did not reach my room, it was going up and down a lot.

17 October 2011 Kasper would recommend this property

Liked: central, easy going staff, lots of freedom, nice but small rooms

Disliked: rooms could be 1-2 m2 bigger to imo.

20 September 2011

Liked: none

Disliked: the lighting at corridor wasnt work. hot shower wasnt work. the window couldnt lock.

05 September 2011

Liked: Cheap, good location in the middle of Sultanahmed, close to the most important places

Disliked: Poor English communication with staff, very small, stuffy room, hot water finishes very fast, poor breakfasts

22 August 2011 Daniel would recommend this property

Liked: Fantastic - our room was nice and spacious, the location was very handy to all the attractions in the old city and bars, restaurants, shopping etc, and most importantly the hostel manager/owner Rashid was an incredible source of information and smilingly came to our rescue at 2am when we left our camera in a taxi.

Disliked: Nothing

19 August 2011

Liked: Honestly nothıng..ıt left a bıtter aftertaste ın our mouths for the next 3 weeks..

Disliked: Fırstly, don't fall ınto the same trap that we dıd. We booked our fırst 3 days ın Instnbul here due to theır acceptance our our 1am arrıval tıme. In realıty all of the hostels\hotels are pretty much 24hour so the arrıval tıme would not have been an ıssue anywhere. Neıther avaılabılıty would have been a problem as all of the hostels ın thıs area had vacancıes despıte us beıng there mıd august (we eventually ended up changıng hostel). Our fırst bad ımpressıon was (5mınuts after arrıvıng there) Rashıd's persıstance ın tryıng to sell the turkısh nıght and turkısh baths trıp. Then later tryıng to convınce us that ıf we dıdn't book our onward trıp to the Cappadocıa (through hıs frıends travel agency ofcourse) complete wıth all tours, hotels etc. all prepaıd, that we'd fınd ourselves completely stranded when we arrıve ın the Cappadocıa. Thıs ofcourse wasn't the case. We just dıdn,t lıke the fact of hım tryıng to profıt off of the ınsecurıty of travellers who don,t know the country and avaılabılıty etc. More specıfıc to our stay, our room was ın the 'new' adress 2 doors away whıch was the maın problem of our stay. Don,t get me wrong, ı saw some of the rooms ın the maın buıldıng whıch really dıd seem ok, however half of Anzac's 14 rooms or so are now ın the other structure whıch ıs really a completely dıfferent experıence. Fırstly our door wouldn't lock and secondly there was no lıght on the landıng (3rd floor) and when you left the room at nıght ıt was pıtch black, wıth no banıster to cover the starıcase. Our bathroom smelt badly of damp draıns. There was no aır con as stated and ıf you opened the wındow ıt swung open to occupy half of the bed. It was lıtterally lıke a sauna ın there. Plus the room was very small and the floor was covered ın paınt. The buıuldıng ın general felt lıke work ın progress. We reported the problems to Rashıd and he seemed concerned but stıll by the second day no actıon had been taken. After payıng our bıll, forget ıt..he made no more efforts to fıx the door or lıght. We decıded to stay 2 more days ın Instnbul ın a dıfferent place and ı must stay that for the same money, we were far far happıer. The locatıon ıs not bad but thıs place ıs on the outskırts of the area compared to all the other hostels so ıve marked ıt as average. We would tend to advıse on fındıng somethıng else Anzac set our ıstanbul experıence off on completely the wrong foot.

14 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Greatest Staff in all Turkey! You'll love hanging out with them on the roof! PEACE

Disliked: -

09 May 2011 Rebeca would recommend this property

Liked: It is near all touristic places in Istanbul, Rashid and his staff are very nice. The dorms are small but they are clean, have hot water. Istanbul is amazing, if I come back I will stay in this hostel.

Disliked: Nothing

05 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice staff, comfortable beds, excellent location, heating/air-conditioning works well, good breakfast and dinner, real turkish experiance...

Disliked: The bathroom was not the best, but this is the only bad comment I can make.

02 April 2011 Philip would recommend this property

Liked: This is a fantastic hostel and such good value for money BUT DO BOOK AHEAD. We tried rocking up for a night after a few days out and about in Turkey and we were told we had to pay 3 times the price we paid when we booked through hostelbookers.com. It has a brilliant kitchen, tea-making area with sofas and seats looking out over the bosphorus and the staff (paid staff, not owners - who were a bit sniffy) are fantastically helpful - even when we weren't their guests! Good breakfast too!

Disliked: Slightly small rooms and non-booked price

25 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: friendly stuff and good location

Disliked: it was a little bit cold in our room

25 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it was a few minutes walk away from the historical part of the city and the sea too

Disliked: once for an hour there wasn't any water

27 February 2011 Zuzana would recommend this property

Liked: Great place with a wonderful atmosphere, perfectly located in one of the quiet streets of the old Sultanahmed area just a few steps from the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofia. Beautiful view from the dining room, traditional Turkish breakfast and especially very helpful, friendly and always-smiling staff. Great value for the price, we would definitely stay again!

Disliked: Nothing

15 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very good for the price

Disliked: the room is quite small, but it was not a big prob

01 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: i booked a private room along with my partner and had quite a pleasant night at this hostel. Location is good (although a bit hard to find at first) in a nice neighborhood, the staff were super friendly, the room was clean and air conditioned, and their was a nice basic breakfast as well in the morning. Overall, very good value for money.

Disliked: nothing.

12 October 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: /

Disliked: too smoking in the restaurant

28 June 2010 Jeroen would recommend this property

Liked: The staff is really great

Disliked: We booked for a small room with a double bed, but were placed in "the big room"; actually a lesser small room with two bunk beds and one low bed so that that the room was totally filled as well. Anyway, with some complaint, the staff immediatly offered us another room.

26 February 2010 katerina would recommend this property

Liked: Just one small thing: in the two different rooms we were the windows didn't close !! so it could be easy for the thieves to reach the room....on one side from the roof and on other side from the emergency staircase.

Disliked: katerina left no negative feedback.

10 January 2010 PETIT-BARA would recommend this property

Liked: We like the staff of the hostel and the breakfast.Moreover the guesthouse is very good located just behind the Blue mosquee (5mins).We recommand it !Thibaut and Caroline

Disliked: PETIT-BARA left no negative feedback.

19 October 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great people, so friendly and a really chilled place - close enough to all the action and far enough away from the partying so you get a good nights sleep!

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

30 September 2009 Kate would recommend this property

Liked: Rashid the owner was amazing - very helpful and even taught us some card games. While the rooms were quite small and it is not the flashest hostel this place has a very relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. We would recommend this hostel to others!

Disliked: Kate left no negative feedback.

22 September 2009 Andrea would recommend this property

Liked: staff are super friendly and helpful!

Disliked: Andrea left no negative feedback.

15 September 2009 Mario would recommend this property

Liked: I really appreciated the friendly and helpful staff, though some of them hardly spoke english. yet it was fun with em. ^^facilities were simple but remember it's a low price!it couldn't be better located. next to blue mosque/aya sofia and still in a quiet corner.the latter was important to me.

Disliked: Mario left no negative feedback.