Based on recommendations, we decided to make Sirince our home when in the Ephesus area. The town was supposed to be picturesque and the Kirkinca Hotel (actually three different houses spread around the town) to be a charming boutique place. But Sirince is incredibly commercial and touristy--kind of like the Grand Bazaar but here everybody is hawking sweet wine. Maybe if I'd never lived in a village before I would have found it quaint, but this place really turned me off.

We switched rooms after the first night, hoping to improve things, but no luck. Each room had it's own problems. Maybe that's supposed to happen in old houses, but some of the problems weren't to do with age, they were just bad management. For example, not changing a light bulb in the bathroom (the only bulb) in spite of several requests, no place to hang clothes in one of the rooms (they had wardrobes back in the day and in other rooms), no place to put toiletry items in the other room's bath (no shelf at all). Everything was kind of dusty. And in our first room, where they had splurged on a whirlpool tub, the shower head was useless--spraying everywhere except in front where the bather stands! These things could be taken care of if management cared.

They did have wifi, but it only worked when I was sitting in their office.

we had been told by our wonderful travel agent that we were getting a beautiful suite with 2 beds, justifying the 150 Euros charge for 1 night - instead we got 1 room with 1 large bed and a small fold-up bed in the corner - not a suite by any stretch of the imagination! we thought perhaps there had been a mistake in providing us what we'd paid for, but the hotel confirmed to our agent that they considered they had given us a suite and made no offer to reduce the very high charge

we realize that sirince has high prices since it's a bit isolated but the charm of the mountain village doesn't come close to making up for what we paid - other pensions and hotels in turkey will give you much more for your dollar/pound/euro!

Stayed there with my girlfriend in Asmali Oda of Erdem House. The room was nice and simple. The staff were friendly and the breakfast was nice. The room has a few small and ignorable problems, which I would like to note for the hotel owners to find solutions. For many people these may not be a problem at all

a. There is no door for the part where toilet and shower are located. Shower is not a problem, but one would like privacy when using the toilet, even when with wife or partner. There can be unpleasant sounds and odors :)
b. there is 1m distance between the mirror and the washbasin so it is difficult to have a shave :)
c. the shower was leaking to the room (not much)
d. the bed makes noice when used by a hot couple :))

In general the stay was quite pleasant thanks to the charming village and old/traditional decoration of the room.

We stayed for three nights in the Plum room, which is in the Erdem house rather than the main house. The room was supposedly 300 years old and was very unusual in terms of its decor. It was pretty basic for the price, but I guess the rate is all about location and period charm (?) . You have to adopt a very laid backl attiitude here - they will request you car key to re-arrange the vehicles and you will get it back eventually, but everyone works on a "it will all be OK in the end basis".

I have to agree with other reviewers that the information is not great - we did not realise that we could have breakfast in the courtyard underneath until the last day - and had been walking all the way to the main hotel. Having said that everyone was very helpful and friendly, we found the place enchanting and would probably stay there again if we ever went back.