Of the advantages:
Clean rooms, timely cleaning, and the fact that this is a chain hotel, which obliges them to keep the service.
There is a nice new embankment nearby.
Of the cons:
The gym is separate and you need to pay for it.
The pool is one for two hotels, small and closed, there is no terrace.
They speak English poorly, no one understands Russian at all (but we understand that this is optional).
The cafe bar is quite expensive, the dishes are not all fresh, my stomach hurt.
The breakfast is quite modest.
There is not much infrastructure around, it takes 10 minutes to walk to the metro, there is also a currency exchange and other necessary facilities.
Do not use a taxi near the hotel, you will be deceived.
It takes about an hour by taxi from the international airport and costs $ 40 (economy). It takes 2 hours by metro.
We were here for the first time, we will not come again.
I really don't understand why reviews are being rejected. Here the question is not about the hotel, but about the Yandex platform on which I booked it, since I was looking for a hotel with a pool, the platform is not perfect from the word at all, arriving at the hotel, it turned out that the pool is paid, not the most pleasant surprise.
According to the hotel, the metro is nearby, I have mastered it as a Moscow one, and I really like to go to the Aquafloria, there is a huge shopping center with expensive and not very shops, a beautiful embankment and a city beach, I recommend going on weekdays, since all locals go there on weekends.
The hotel does not provide balconies anywhere, you count on it, the pool is paid. I paid extra for breakfast, since the nearest food is far away and I don't want to go hunting in the morning. There is a local market behind the metro station, there are cafes, shops, pharmacies, mac and burger king. I never managed to change dollars there, banks are everywhere, but the exchangers are closed.
The sea is right in front of the hotel, but you can cross the road only in one place, from the hotel you go to the left and see the bridge, from this bridge you can get both to the embankment and to the neighboring quarter, where there will be many restaurants, a couple of boutiques and in this area there is a supermarket where you can buy vinishko, as well all products.
Breakfast at the hotel is normal, everything you need to eat. Coffee, eggs, sausages, sweets.
The food in the restaurant is expensive, and while it wasn't delicious for me, maybe I should try more. In general, Turks really like to justify the price of a dish by shoving French fries there for the most part.
The area is quite calm, since I spent the first three days on Taksim Square, I was a little tired of the hustle and bustle, according to this principle, the location is normal, it's not far to the center, and I liked the area of this Aquafloria by metro more.
the hotel is located in a new area, 8-10 minutes walk to the train, 15-25 $ taxi to the center; the beach is nearby but did not get to it; breakfast is standard for the ibis network; there is an aquarium not far away; in general, everything is fine