Buğday Hotel

This is by far the worst hotel I’ve stayed at during my one month in Turkey. For a four-star hotel in the capital, the service and facilities don’t even come close to what I experienced in small-town hotels in the countryside of Turkey. Breakfast is supposed to be served until 10:30, and I walked into the restaurant at 10:10. There was only a waiter there, and as soon as he saw me sit down, he sighed loudly. Not long after I sat down, he started clearing all the food—before it was even 10:30—and didn’t bother to ask if I needed anything else. I was toasting some bread at the time and didn’t realize he’d already taken away all the hot dishes. When I went over and asked if there was any food left, he just pointed at the clock and muttered something. To make things worse, while there were still two tables of guests eating and watching TV, he walked over and unplugged the TV right in front of me. Yes, I admit I woke up late. But if I had missed the 10:30 cutoff, I wouldn’t have gone in and bothered anyone. I came in well within the designated time and was treated like this, without any explanation. The breakfast service was still supposed to be available, so I really don’t understand why I was treated this way. It made me feel like I was being discriminated against because of my race. The facilities in the hotel are also extremely outdated. The power card kept tripping all night, making loud clicking noises every few minutes. It was so disruptive that I had to take the card out completely to get some rest, but that meant no heating and no way to charge my phone. The toilet was another problem—it barely flushed and kept making a loud refilling noise. I ended up trying to fix it in the middle of the night just to make it stop. And the soundproofing? Absolutely terrible. This is a hotel right on a busy street, and the noise insulation was so bad. I could hear traffic all night long.

I recently stayed at Buğday Hotel in Ankara with my mother, and we had an absolutely wonderful experience. From the moment we arrived, the staff was incredibly welcoming and attentive. The rooms were clean, comfortable, and well-equipped, making our stay very relaxing. The hotel’s location is also convenient, close to many attractions and public transportation. We were particularly impressed by the delicious breakfast buffet, which offered a wide variety of options to suit all tastes. Overall, our stay was delightful, and I highly recommend Buğday Hotel to anyone visiting Ankara. Thank you for the excellent service! A guest from Taiwan 🇹🇼

I met friends who were flying thru Ankara and it was the perfect place! Clean comfortable rooms, amazing breakfast, walking distance from train station and the airport bus has a stop between the hotel and the train station! Thanks!!!!

 Very clean and in good condition. Doors are not very noise-proof. Excellent breakfast. Had a bit of trouble with checking out.

Really nice spacious room for good price. Best breakfast spread we had while in Turkey, big variety of foods, not just a traditional Turkish breakfast. Very accommodating when we unexpectedly had to park a car with them for one night of our stay. Location pretty good, not in a touristy part of town but safe, interesting, and close to the train station. Only thing to note was that there wasn’t a real shower stall, just a curtain.

Amazing place , very friendly, great staff . Having travelled to 50 counties we always prefer small family hotel's because they give you 7 star service When in Ankara next time I will definitely stay here Ash & Josephine Mahmood from UK Aug 24

The only nice thing was the clean room and that we had safe parking. We had a twin room, but there were only TWO power plugs for our devices. The doorman was the only friendly, helpful person at the hotel. The check-in manager, restaurant staff, etc. was not friendly or helpful at all. On our first day we went to tell them that the wifi did not work at all in our room and the channels listed in their book (English) were also not working. We had to also ask for a safe key, the safe is not even bolted to the wall so it's easy to just walk out with it. The issues we raised were never attended to and we had to use our own data to work and access the internet as the hotel's wifi in our room did not work once during our stay. When I again mentioned it at check-out, all I got was a "that is not right". The gym is also not a gym, it's a room in the BASEMENT with four pieces of equipment. There are staff offices next door and when we used the gym the one morning we were sneered at by the woman working next door, we did not use the gym again for this reason. The breakfast is not great, some of the items were stale and old. We were quite disappointed and won't recommend this hotel at this price, it's overpriced.||Upon contacting AGODA, they also did nothing to rectify our issue or at least have us get some sort of partial refund. This was our first time using AGODA and our experience was not great as they don't properly investigate and rules in favor of the hotel instead of a guest, who can provide proof. |Attached two images on separate times of checking the wifi, we tried everything and it still did not work.

Very good hotel, it is just 5 minutes walk both from Ulus or Ataturk Cultural Merkezi. The room is very clean, bed quality is nice. Bathroom always has hot water but there's no hand shower but only ceiling one. Breakfast has a rich variety and has hot soup. The only problem is that in the night time there are very few shops open around this area, the nearest Sok Supermarket is 10 minutes away up the steep slope and small shops will be closed before 8 PM or so.