From parking crisis to restricted restaurant access it wasn't worth staying even one hour in this hotel. Merit Gardens and Merit Lefkoşa are both in the same low quality category for tourists in Trnc. I thought that my experience at Merit Gardens was bad because of the location so I decided to give Merit Lefkoşa a chance. It is impossible to even valet your car in front of the hotel entrance since it's on a main road and cars are already double-parked there. I drove to the backside parking and they said I am not allowed to park there, then again they shewed me off at the ****** parking. From this point on I didn't feel welcome. I was hungry so I went upstairs to the advertised 'Kebab Restaurant', the employee told me that I am not allowed to enter the restaurant without a reservation. Then when I said I am a guest in room 614 he said it doesn't matter if I am a guest or not. I couldn't even go into the restaurant to see what it looks like. When my Turkish friend came he complained to the reception and they allowed us to go upstairs and see the restaurant. Omg it was an absolute shack. The BBQ is located inside a very smokey and smelly (foot smell) dining area. It was very small and claustrophobic. You would think that a hotel like this would have a rooftop open air restaurant. The kebab house is the exact opposite, dark, smelly, smokey and dull. I'm glad they didn't let me in. The decor and furniture is outdated, looks like they just forgot about renovation or furniture repairs since the 90's. I went downstairs and got a nice bloody Mary at the lobby garden bar. Gökhan at the garden bar was a nice server. There is a pregnant cat and another cat who newly gave birth to kittens. I asked the servers why they don't have the cats sterilized and they said something like they don't believe in sterilization and it's up to God to decide. In the morning I called room service and they said room service doesn't work until 12:00 noon. I do not consider this a 5 star hotel and I do not recommend it for travelers period.
- Guest User
lovely hotel and lovely staff IThis is the second time I stay at this hotel ,apart from the ****** everything is Great! the negative thig is the smell from smoke is overwelming,still I have booked a non smoking from on the 5th Floor ,just remember if you book this hotel make sue it is a non smoking room, avoid the ****** very rude staff all over the place!
- Guest User