Far from the city center but next to the ODTU and Bilkent university campus buildings and teknoparks.
rates are convenient. Spacious, comfortable and clean rooms.

The hotel accomnmodations for our wedding extending for three day stay there at the Bilkent
Hotel was superb and could not have been better.Too me bottom line it (the Bilkent Hotel) represents the new Turkey as envisioined by the Great Leader of Modern Turkey "Ataturk". Having previously lived in Ankara in the 1960's
training the Turkish PTT on a USAID contract, I could not have imagined more positive attributes for the better. The barrios are gone ..The only thing that had not changed was Ataturk's Mausoleum, the rail tracks, Embassy Row and Gazi Osman Pasha Boulevard,.
I should have known that when a third night was requested but not availble that these accommodations were sought after. Though our extra night was equally pleasant at the Gordion Hotel off Buklum Sokak.

I recently stop by in this hotel for a meeting and after two days the overall impression was very positive. The hotel is nice and located in a quiet area. Staff is helpfull and smiling. The hotel's room are not so big but clean and with everything you may need during a stay. Breakfast was impressive with a great variety of food. If you are not looking for the top luxurious hotel but for a good hotel at a reasonable price, that's the place to pick.

On the positive, the new ‘Pub’ in the lobby area servers a great pint of Efes beer and the best steak (with mushroom sauce) I have had in a long time. Free wireless highspeed internet all over the hotel ... very handy.

Now unfortunately the negatives outweigh any positives. I’ve stayed in quite a few 4 and 5 star hotels while on business in Turkey (Istanbul / Izmir), but this was my first stay in Ankara. The hotel is located about 40 minutes drive from the airport (100 TRL taxi fare), and about 15 / 20 minutes drive from the city centre. There is nothing to do or see around the hotel, as it is so far out from the city centre, but it was close to Bilkent University which is where I was working.

On the first night I asked for an iron and ironing board to be delivered to my room, 15 minutes later I called to remind them, 15 minutes after that they arrived, and on opening the ironing board one of the legs fell off of it! I called again, and once again 15 minutes later the new ironing board turned up. So it took 45 minutes to get what I had requested, and no apology from reception. The reception desk had never heard of the phrase “service with a smile”, and seemed to be miserable each time I went down to ask about anything. Breakfast was a bit hit and miss, a couple of times they had run out of certain food at the buffet, and I had a rotten tomato in my salad!

My complementary water was not replaced after the first day, and as you cant drink water from the taps (it was brown!) I had to but small bottles from the mini bar for £2!!

On the last night I was there, they seemed to be full with some kind of company sports event (lots of people in tracksuits wondering around), I didnt sleep for most of the night due to noise in the corridor outside and the TV / chatting in the room next door.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this place just isn’t up to scratch, and is no way on a par with any of the other 4 or 5 star hotels I have stayed in. I wouldnt recommend this hotel, stay in the centre of Ankara for the same price and get a taxi outside the centre if thats where you need to go.... thats my plan for my next visit to Ankara in a couple of weeks.