Sahil Inn Baku Hotel Formula 1 View

We arrived late due to visa problems and were keen for a bed little did we know we had booked into the little house of horrors. Managed by a rude and slightly dangerous man whose main aim is to rip off the punter. Breakfast was poor and repetitive.

The hotel is not 4* and I do not know the explanation for the 9.2 rating. The positive is its location: everything can be reached with a short walk, and the metro is very close. As I read on other sites, they use the same trick not only with us, but also with other guests. They give you an extremely low-quality, small, hot, dirty, dilapidated room, and when you protest and try to change, the receptionist tells you that you can only pay in cash, and "helpfully" cancels the Booking reservation (as if you only stayed there for one day). , and gives a better room. In the "better room" at least the mattress is comfortable and the bed linen is clean. The equipment is very poor. The one armchair is so dirty that I only dared to sit on it while covering it with a towel. The "terrace" is a joke: a very dirty concrete cube, without any furniture (we could sit on a T-shirt spread on the ground), a bleak concrete staircase leads from it to the shabby miserable backyard. The shower hose and hand shower are missing in the shower. There is no refrigerator. The breakfast is the same every day, very poor, served by 2 reluctant cooks from 8:30 to 9:30. The door of the hotel is a worn iron door of an apartment building, through which you enter a dirty, dark stairwell. The entrance to the hotel is one and a half floors up. Behind him at the reception sits a tired, listless man who practically lives in the hotel. He is on duty 24/7, eats at the kitchen ladies' spot, and sleeps on the sofa in the "lobby-breakfast room" and watches TV there. If you're looking for a centrally located penny hostel, this is the place to be. If you choose the **** hotel shown in the pictures, you will be very disappointed.

What a great little place! Such friendly people, so helpful and loving towards my kids. I would totally recommend this place for your stay in Baku. A great price for the location. Its very central and everything is easily walking distance. My kids were able to walk everywhere - Fountain Square, Nizami (shopping) Street, the promenade, the Old City, the Fenucular (train) to see the views… the list goes on. The room is basic but we didn't need to spend much time there as we were out exploring everyday. The breakfast is plentiful, we enjoyed the black tea with cloves. We had options such as french toast, a soft fresh cake, boiled or fried eggs, omelette, toast etc. They will arrange a return taxi airport for a great price too, makes it so convenient. Emil and Mourad were fantastic hosts, very friendly and helpful. Always asked if there was anything we needed. Just genuinely nice people. We loved our 5 night stay in Baku. Beautiful city, but what makes it truly great are the beautiful people. Thank you for having us and we look forward to staying here again sometime in the future. (THANK YOU again Emil for helping me with getting my phone to me. I left my phone in the taxi on the way to the airport - such a stressful hour - they helped me get my phone to me. It meant so much... Thank you. I am so grateful 🙏 💛)

Very disappointing experience. The location is great. The facility is not well maintained. The breakfast is so poor. The management is not trustworthy. Credit cards are not accepted, even though the hotel claims that credit cards are accepted. The rooms are noisy. The bed and pillows are uncomfortable. The sheets are too small for the mattress. The staff tries to overcompensate for the hotel shortcomings by being friendly.

Nice, helpful staff, very-very good location, good-sized, nicely decorated, clean room, comfortable beds, great value for money, but definitely not a 4 star hotel. Fridge would be good in the room, and the bathroom would need a bit of work: repainting, changing the taps, and putting up hangers for the towels. We had a room facing to the courtyard which was full of AC outside units they were very noisy, we could hear them through the closed windows. Dont take cards, so you have to pay in cash.

Staff and owner was super friendly and helped us in an emergency, even though we did not stay at that hotel at the time, next time I'm in Baku, I will definitely stay at this fine establishment. Most serviceminded staff in the City! I have been to 26 countries around the world (I'm 19 at the time of writing) and I have never encountered more friendly and serviceminded staff.