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Sanayi Caddesi 5/B | Ulus, Ankara 06050, Turkey
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Cihan Palas (Yeni Hotel)
Ranked #63 of 122 hotels in Ankara
3.5 of 5 stars 3 Reviews
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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“Reasonable City hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2009

Ok Yeni means New in Turkish- but Yeni hotel is an old style 3*** turkish traditional hotel.

Hotel is located right in the busy old city center of Ulus. Ulus has a bad reputation, as you see real life here, the goods and the bads. I found it charming. Best of all- you are within walking distance to most of the sights. Metro 100 mtrs from hotel, supermarket right next to hotel, shops, marketplace and eateries right on the doorstep. Noisy area, remember ear plugs.

Rooms are on the dated side- just means that furniture are not the newest and colours from the 70´ties. Rooms are quite big, comfy beds, dated aircon, big bathroom, minbar, and sat.tv with news in many languages. And they all have WIFI!!!!

Breakfast could be improved- it consists of traditional turkish breakfast- bread, butter, jam, cheese, olives, honey, cucumber, tomatoes and cold cuts- nothing wrong there- but they use the same knife for meat and veggies- means that your cucumber and cheese tastes of meat. tes is served- and you have to order coffee (did not pay though)- but a simple thing as milk was not provided.
I was on a halfboard deal as I had to stay working at hotel a lot- paid EUR10 per day- quite a high price- and the food was not very good, and not homecooked.

Most staff at the Yeni are kind and hospittable- some are not. A few speak a little english, but again, a smile and respect will get you far. Old policies as no guests in room still extists here- meant it was hard to work with colleagues stopping by.

So, for the price I payed and the location plus the wifi I would certainly stay again. If you are at a stop over to see main sights of Ankara- which is a wonderful city by the way- The Yeni is a good choice. Just dont expect Radisson for EUR20 per night:-)

  • Stayed October 2009, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Atlanta, Georgia
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“Avoid like a plague”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 December 2008

I should have thought something was wrong when they informed me that I did not need a hotel reservation and a confirmation by credit card. I was concerned and worried. I did get decent responses from management through the period leading up to my travels to Turkey. When I arrived at the Otogar (bus terminal) I asked a cab driver to take me to this hotel and after several attempts of asking other taxi drivers, we were left with an address and that it was near the Statue in Ulus. We finally found the hotel and I checked in. The hotel reminds me of an old hotel that has not seen a remodeling. Also they showed me two rooms. Since I could not think of another place to stay, I agreed and decided to look around. There are tons of hotels in the area although seedy, It is not terrible and seemed apparently safe on the main roads. The Radisson was booked completely and that seemed very nice. I found another hotel that was quite clean and when I checked out management here was upset. They attempted to charge me 80 YTL and I said I would not pay more than 20 YTL for the 1 hour it took me to find another place. There were dust balls all over the room and a smell as if the seal on the door had not been opened for some time. The room just appeared as if it had not been used in a while. The hotel is quite large and seemed to be more of a boarding house than anything else.

  • Liked — it was cheap as it seemed on the internet 38 euros per night
  • Disliked — filthy
  • Stayed November 2008, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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“Cheap price nice hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 October 2007
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Witihin these prices hotel is very very logical. Rooms have own battubs, cable tv, refrigerator, air con, it is in the middle of the city. Close to metro, bus and central bus station. You can surf at the lobby, internet is free and at the lobby they have wireless zone.
İt is a nice 3 star hotel.

  • Liked — price and location
  • Disliked — terrace was not open.
  • Stayed September 2007, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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