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Reviews of L'Agora Old Town Hotel & Bazaar

L'Agora Old Town Hotel & Bazaar
Havra Sokagi No: 10/C, Konak, Izmir

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 74 out of 170 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 63 out of 170 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 170 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 170 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 170 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Cathy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The L’Agora is a nice hotel in the middle of a chaotic and kaleidoscopic area. We packed the mile from the train station and made our way through the fishmarket, and suddenly there was a little entrance to a cool courtyard with cafe tables and dining service. It was so unusual. The area around the hotel is a bazaar, but the hotel property feels safe and is a pleasant place for a beer or glass of wine outside your room. Checkin and check out are easy. The room is nice, and it is clean. There is sound coming from the courtyard, but we were not bothered by that. We had an ill advised ekmek in the market, do we did not try the restaurant food. I really liked the atmosphere and I liked the energy of the surroundings, but I admit it is not for everyone
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For a hotel in the midst of the old town bazaar area this is tops. The hotel is charming, first-class in service and amenities, with an excellent restaurant (and bar). The staff are totally committed to making your experience the best. We loved it.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming traditional Turkish style friendly and helpful staff good restaurant
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nesat, Tampa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a pleasure stay.Staf very helpfull and friendly . Food tasty and fresh .Room great antic walls clean and comfy.By the way breakfast has tans of options .
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

SIAMAK

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carmen Franchi de

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
20 characters is not enough! Excellent staff, hotel, restaurant and ambiance. Truly the highlight of our trip to Izmir.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Suheyla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are very clean and restaurant has decent food. It’s inside of the kemeralti market - so don’t be alarmed when you see that you have to walk through the market to get there/ your cab will likely take you from behind the building.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not a great night sleep
Hotel was fine. Although we are hotels.com VIP we neither got an upgrade *not always available i know) not a bottle of wine. The room for a family of 4 was not great. There was a sofa bed and it was very small for the two children. They did not sleep well. There was also a band that played late into the night, we were told on arrival but at that point there was nothing we could do about it. There was work going on it the attic over our room, this was very disconcerting.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice staff and can help you with anything you need. Except for breakfast, all the services at the restaurant level will be at an extra charge but the price is all reasonable.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel in the heart of bazaar
Unique courtyard hotel in the main bazaar of the old town. Lively cafe in the courtyard. Room luxurious.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Veronica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent accomodation , very clean and staff very friendly and helpfull
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Josayne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed it. Awesome place. The only thing I would say that if you are someone that likes quiet nights, then this may not be a good place for you. Because it is very lively and the restaurants open late so you will hear a lot of noise.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning historic hotel
Unique hotel conveniently situated to walk around Konak. Very comfortable room, good linen and super shower all very clean. We really liked the balcony to sit and overlook the courtyard.Live music every evening. The staff were very attentive and friendly.We had a most enjoyable 5 night stay and would definately return when we are in ızmir again.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Farzad

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
10 nights stay in December 2022 Location: In heart of a busy bazaar and adjacent to a fish market. Check-in: Smooth Room: Quiet at nights, comfortable bed, and clean sheets, however, no safe box and no window to natural light. Most rooms’ windows opens to hotel’s so-called open-air central restaurant. Its ceiling is tightly covered and has limited ventilation while smoking is allowed. So if you open your room’s window, you may get bothered by heavy smoking smell. Breakfast: Basic menu. Nothing hot, no toaster, no sausages or hot eggs and milk, and no juices on the tables. They bring you coffee or tea. You may ask for omelet if you know it in advance.. Check-out: Waited for about 15 minutes because of their own registration mistake. Afterward, they tried to charge me a fee for breakfast’s coffee, tea and omelet but I told them I should have been notified in advance for the charges. Eventually, they did not charge me. Issues: 1- Loose wall lamp over a bedside table. They did not fix it and just said, “Don’t worry, it won’t fall!” 2- Horrible squeak of bathroom door’s hinge. Partially fixed after a few times of speaking with reception. 3- Toilet flusher malfunction. I had to hold it for half a minute. Not fixed. 4- Hot water shut off one night around 4 am. Found out when I could not sleep and went for a shower. The next morning, I asked reception for an explanation. They simply said, “You can take shower now.” 5- Not replying my email sent one week before arriving at the hotel

6/10 Okay

Paul, Bullard

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice food in the restaurant. But they had a loud band with drums playing until about 11pm, and I wanted to sleep at 9:30. Very inconsiderate. Staff were nice and friendly. In old market area.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Jananeh

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Washington

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was excellent! However, it pretty much is surrounded by either a bazaar or fish market.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022
Response from L’Agora Old Town Hotel and Bazaar. on 20 Sept 2022
Dear Robert Atcheson,Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.Best Regards.L’Agora Old Town Hotel and Bazaar.

6/10 Okay

Khoulah, Ballwin

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room olds and need remodeling,the water in bathroom was the weak
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from L’Agora Old Town Hotel and Bazaar on 20 Sept 2022
Dear Khoulah Sheikh Salem,I apologize for any inconvenience this caused you. we take all reviews seriously and will use them in our continuous improvement efforts!Best Regards.L’Agora Old Town Hotel and Bazaar.

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Muna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming hotel with spacious clean rooms live night entertainment. friendly staff and receptionist. Only negative aspect is the access to the hotel. If you are driving, you have to leave your car at private parking lot and walk 10 minutes through old dirty side streets. The view from the Tom’s was not great as well.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel, fantastic staff
Super hotel with lovely staff. Would easily recommend this hotel to anyone. Please note that in the description the rooms are listed as soundproof ..... they are not but this would not out us off staying again
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

6/10 Okay

John and Judi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Immersive
If you like to immerse yourself gently into the environment, this hotel is great. Friendly and attentive staff. Hard to get to with a van...you'll walk a little or a lot, depending on your driver, as it's truly in the heart of the market. The open-air atrium is open for business, including loud music, until about 11pm daily. The wedding party Saturday played until 11:30pm, so loudly we could not hear our TV at full volume in our room! And there is a LOT of smoking in Anatolia, which you're aware of immediately outside your room and in the entire atrium area. A/C was super strong, bed was firm, room bottled water was replaced daily. Some mechanical maintenance shortfalls (bidet knob broken, 2 inop minor light switches), but again, if you're staying here, you want something a little less chic. Breakfast was passable, although you have to hunt for serving utensils...again, part of the experience.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

sarah

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Nicholas

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is very old and rundown, smelly and gross area, very rundown back streets and smelly. Staff was ok, but nosy. Not professional.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

STEPHANIE BLAIR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was excellent! The hotel property was beautiful and my room spectacular. They have a good Turkish breakfast for their guests. Staff were very attentive and ready to help meet any of your requests. The only critique I have is that it can be a bit noisy at night due to its location in the middle of the bazaar and from restaurant guests, but I enjoyed my stay very much and would highly recommend it to others.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Juliet

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was stunning and one of a kind. It transports you back in time with a modern twist. The staff was wonderful, very helpful and friendly. I just didn’t realize it’s location when I booked. It is in the middle of the old bazaar. I also didn’t know how bad smoking was until I got there. Guests would sit outside their rooms on the terrace and smoke. The fumes always entered our room and bothered me. The staff spoke English which is a plus. I would recommend this place if you like old world style
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Momen

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

lucas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet haven in central Izmir
Remarquably well-renovated and maintained Han in the heart of Kemeraltı, a peaceful and quiet halt in a buzzing city. Extremely friendly and dedicated personnel. Rooms are vast, well decorated and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from ışıl on 27 Mar 2021
Hi Lucas, we appreciate from your kind comments. thank you so much best regards L'Agora Oldtown Hotel Front Office

10/10 Excellent

Elin, Denver, USA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our 3 night stay at L'agora Hotel. It was a privilege to get to stay in such a beautiful and historic building and the staff treated us like family. Thank you so much for your fantastic recommendations and warm hospitality. Additionally, we were blown away by how clean the hotel was and greatly appreciated the plastic wrapped towels and tv remote; every hotel should do this! Excellent location inside the bazaar but the streets were deserted and very dark in the evenings.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from Doancan on 19 Oct 2020
Dear happy guest... Thanks a lot for giving us a perfect raiting and recommending our hotel to other travelers. We are always trying to do our best for our guests and we really see you, guests, as a family. We enjoyed during your stay in here. Hope to see you again. L'Agora Old Town Hotel Doancan Front Office

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The beautiful L'Agora
It is the best location in Izmir and a beautiful hotel. Their restaurant in the courtyard was fabulous and there is a lovely atmosphere created by the surrounding market. The staff were friendly and helpful. The breakfast was a bit disappointing. Although all the usual jams and cheeses and spreads were laid out, there was only instant coffee on offer, no juice or yogurts. There were no warm eggs offered, or option for scrambled or the lovely "menemen" dish you would expect from such a hotel, only cold boiled eggs and also cold chips. The warmer drawers for the chips and eggs were open and not sufficient.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Turker Candemir on 23 Feb 2020
Dear Guest, Thank you so much for spending your time on writing a review about us. We will be very happy to see you here back again. Best Regards. Guest Relations Team

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Guest Relations Team on 25 Feb 2020
Dear Guest, Thank you for 10/10 :) Turker Candemir

8/10 Good

rozeela, kuala lumpur

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i like it because it is situated at the old city and near the metro station and its in the middle of the market centre. the building is old and the emenities too. but perhaps they could do some deep cleaning of the moss at the toilet surrounding. overall, its a nice stay and their restaurant is in the centre courtyard.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Guest Relations Team on 23 Feb 2020
Dear Rozeela, Thank you so much for your beautiful words. Turker Candemir

10/10 Excellent

Babis, Leros

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stunning internal yard, wonderful multilingual people, spacious room . Definitely going back.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from L'agora Old Town Hotel Reception on 21 Nov 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much. We proud of your dear opinions. That will be nice to see you again in our hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from ALİ HOTEL MANAGER on 3 Oct 2019
DEĞERLİ MİSAFİRİMİZ ÇOK TEŞEKKÜR EDERİZ. EN KISA ZAMANDA TEKRAR GÖRÜŞEBİLMEK DİLEĞİYLE.

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall a great boutique hotel with classic looks but modern amenities. A bit far from the night life but still walking distance. What keeps it from a perfect rating is the utter lack of parking. It took us 30-40 minutes to find a spot in a garage several blocks away.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from LAGORA on 6 Sept 2019
DEAR GUEST WE ARE TOO HAPPY TO HOST YOU. WE WANT SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR RECCOMEND.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and kind staff , In the middle of the market , easy access. Not recommended to those who needs a parking spot. Other than that , highly recommended, we’ll stay there next year again for sure :)
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from LAGORA on 7 Sept 2019
DEAR GUEST WE ARE TOO HAPPY TO HOST YOU. WE WANT SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR RECCOMEND.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Property is very good and staff were very helpful the room was very spacious and a very nice breakfast,, yes i would stay here again , but they need to sort out the stray dogs as they are barking out side the hotel room windows throughout the night , if you are a light sleeper
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from ALİ on 6 Jul 2019
THANKS DEAR GUEST WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HOST YOU AND WAITING YOUR NEXT COMING SOON PLEASE, LOOKING FORWARD YOU. SEE YOU SOON.

6/10 Okay

Tri

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Receptionist insisted for car rental
Upon checking in, the receptionist offered us a car rental with driver, knowing we had plans to visit Ephesus, Sirince, and Pamukkale. I said I don't need a car, since we would go by public transport, which I had done a research before. But he keep insisting us to rent a car, and say it would take a long time to get to those places by public transport. I found him annoying. Made us uncomfortable. He should've known that guests comfot is crucial. And we made it to those places by public transport without problems, eventually.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from MANAGER on 1 Aug 2019
SORRY ABOUT THAT DEAR GUEST HE WANTS TO HELP YOU. NEXT TIME IT WOULD NOT BE, BE SURE. SORRY ABOUT THAT AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD to YOUR NEXT COMING.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from ALİ on 30 Apr 2019
GÖRDÜĞÜNÜZ EKSİKLERİMİZİ ANINDA BİLEBİLSEYDİK SİZİ MUTLU ETMEK VE EKSİKLERİMİZİ TAMAMLAYABİLMEK İÇİN İMKANLARIMIZ DOĞRULTUSUNDA NE YAPABİLİYORSAK HEMEN YAPABİLMEK VE OTELİMİZDEN MUTLU AYRILMANIZI SAĞLAMAK İSTERDİK. EN KISA ZAMANDA EKSİKLERİMİZİ GİDERMİŞ BİR BİÇİMDE SİZİ TEKRAR AĞIRLAMAKTAN MUTLULUK DUYACAĞIMIZI BİLMENİZİ İSTERİZ. ALİ BAĞCI HOTEL MANAGER

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from lagora hotel on 7 Jan 2019
thank you,see you, I hope

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Skip the restaurant. Worst service in Izmir.
Hotel is new. Was very nice. Very clean. Room was beautifully decorated and extremely comfortable. Breakfast was an average Turkish breakfast. It had all the essentials, and was filling. But, was the same as you would get from any Turkish hotel. It was not of the same quality tier as the hotel. Restaurant menu was mediocre. Pretty much nothing but “bar food.” As for the quality of bar food, I couldn’t tell you. The first night (Sunday) was quite crowded, but there were a few open tables. We asked to see a menu. As we were reading it we decided we’d eat elsewhere since the cigarette smoke in the restaurant area was so thick there was no way we (or our 2 month old) would have been able to breath. (During breakfast there was a fair amount of cigarette smoke as well, but certainly less than at dinner.) On Monday night, we sat down at a table in the middle of the room near the reception area. There were maybe 4 other tables with people at them, but no ,ore than about 15 people total. We waited 15 minutes. We were seen multiple times by the manager, bartender, and waiter. No one ever acknowledge our presence. No one gave us menus or greeted us or took an order from us. I would recommend the hotel, but unless the restaurant and staff changes, I wouldn’t waste my time or money there.
Response from LAGORA OLD TOWN HOTEL on 16 May 2018
Hello there your comments are important to us grateful to you we wait for you again all deficiencies will be corrected

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. Not, however, a good place to visit with a rental car.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
Response from lagora on 24 Jan 2018
thank you park problem will be resolved as soon as possible

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will officially open in December
The hotel is not fully functional will only officially open in Dec. when fully opened the ambience and atmosphere will be great the rooms have been excellently decorated and staff are very friendly
thank you for choosing our hotel we wait for our hotel again

6/10 Okay

Zekiye

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ein schöner Innenhof mit Restaurant und dadurch leider auch sehr laut bis spät in die Nacht.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice surroundings
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Gizem

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024