Airport Black Sea Hotel & Restaurant

Good beach base, rough as an actual hotel. The location is the whole story here. You're right on the Black Sea beach, which is lovely, but despite the name it's NOT convenient to Istanbul Airport. It's about a 30-minute drive with several tolls to reach the actual terminal entrance. If all you want is somewhere to shower and crash after a beach day, it does the job. Beyond that, I'd look elsewhere. Check-in was a hassle. The room and shower were small but adequate on their own. The problem was there's almost no floor space beyond the bed. For two people, one of us had to climb over the other to get in and out. We travel light with just carry-ons, and even so there was barely room to stand once our bags were down. Cleanliness was hit or miss. Our room was moderately clean but we got only one towel and no cover on the bed. When we checked in at 5pm, the other rooms were mid-clean with mops and buckets everywhere. Ironic, given all the signs warning you not to track sand into the hotel. We ended up leaving for a place closer to the airport. Fine for a quick beach stopover, not for an actual stay.

The hotel is cheap and not too far from the airport (about 20 min in a taxi), right in front of it is the Black Sea. The issue was the room - it smelled horribly, most likely of sewage.

Great communications before my stay. I had requested a room with some sort of view of the airplanes landing or taking off , as this was my reason for staying here. The manager moved me to accommodate this, very thankful of that. The food in the restaurant was great. The manager himself, very friendly and helpful. I met which I assumed were his family, again very nice people including kids. There is a small shop next door, which I used a few times and I'm sure I over paid for items brought but whatever!! Hotel rooms have side entrance up stairs, 6 rooms in total. My bed was comfy, the shower was good. It's a place where you get what you pay for. A nice cheap stay if you want to plane spot or perfect if you have an early/ late flight. It's about 15/20 mins taxi from the airport. Can be noisy due to planes but obviously didnt bother me. Hotel right on the beach with bus stop opposite for local routes. Taxi was easy to sort via hotel or use uber via app. I had a great stay and would happily stay again. WiFi wasn't very reliable which was a shame as my phone wouldn't work without it.

Nice room with comfy beds, great view from window but bathroom has black mold on ceiling. I not think it's safe to breathe. We bought water from small store in same building and it has mold on it as well. I would stay away from this place.

Be careful of what you order to eat: they charged me appr $20 for a bowl of soup with bread, two eggs, coffee and bread.