Toprak Hotel

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The rooms were clean. Water was always warm for the shower. Free tea in the lobby from 2pm to evening. Location is central close to the shops. Decent breakfast included every morning. Rooms were equipped with a small fridge. Staff speaking Persian, Turkish and English fluently, which is very helpful.
  : No air con and kettle in the rooms. Rooms on 5th floor get a lot of noise as early as 7 am from the breakfast area on sixth floor. Location is too central and noises from local shops can go on late in the night and with no air con you might need to leave the windows open, but you get used to it.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The manager was very friendly and helpful. He organised for us to join an Iranian tour of the upside down house, Akdamar Island and the Van Cat House at a really good price. He also helped to organise our bus tickets up to Dogubayazit.
  : The room was uncomfortably hot throughout the day and night. Unfortunately I didn't take note that there was no air conditioning in the rooms when making the booking... Just be warned if you are travelling here in summer. I did raise it with the manager and he offered that we can rent a fan for 200 Lira per day which we declined. The bathroom also had an unpleasant odour of mould (though I couldn't see any obvious mould growth). Unsure of the exact source - the drain maybe. The breakfast was very basic at best. Also when we got to the room there were no towels and no bathmat. There was also a tiny bit of toilet paper left with no spare roll. I had to ask reception twice before they finally brought said items to our room (after waiting probably an hour or so).

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The bed was extremely comfortable and warm. The hotel's owner is kindness personified, he really made our stay great

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children