We pre-booked a room at this "boutique hotel" and upon arrival were so disappointed that we did not stay there. Ephesus is a 20 minute drive away; the reference to Epheusus is a stretch. It is located in a very remote, tiny village which was not at all interesting.

The hotel did not have a restaurant, and the village resturants did not appear to be appetizing for a number of reasons. We did not find this to be a reasonable situation. One does have to eat.

And given the price and lack of amenities, this hotel was significantly over priced particularly for the local market.

We cannot speak to the quality of service not having stayed there. The room was lovely, but bottom line, the remoteness of the hotel and lack of amenities compelled us to seek other lodging options.

We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel near Ephesus. The hospitality and warmth made us wish we had longer than a weekend to spend there. After seeing Izmir and Kusadasi we were so happy that we had selected to stay here. I highly reccomend this hotel if you're going to Turkey to explore the Agean sites.

After a glorious 2 weeks traveling through Turkey, we have very good things to say about everything but inspired to write only about one - Ephesus Boutique Hotel. The hotel sits at the edge of a small town with immediate access to mountain trails and a countryside reminiscent of Tuscany. In the lovely dining room, we were treated to a wide array of small Turkish plates - 6 varieties of local cheese, fresh olives, local bread, dried apricots, fresh vegetables...and we haven't even mentioned the mains. In spring/summer, you can have your meals in the adjoining garden. Owner Mustafa has instilled his hotel with a generous and warm feel and after just a few hours (he drove us from the airport and had lunch with us), we felt like old friends. We booked the hotel for proximity to Ephesus though now wish we had extended our stay at the hotel for its own enjoyment and to explore more fully the immediate vicinity. If you contact Mustafa, you will find him a prompt communicator and lovely, honest chap. His English is superb (5 years in England) and hands down, the most reliable person we dealt with in Turkey.

We were so fortunate to have found this charming, warm, and welcoming hotel - it seemed as if fate had led us to it. Really it was just a Google search.

We had spent a few days in Istanbul, and Moustafa, a business partner at the hotel, escorted us on our commercial flight to Izmir and arranged all tours and transportation for the next three days.

We learned so much not only at the main attractions - Ephesus and Mary's House - but also at Priene and the Turkish towns in the area. It was an indescribably amazing experience, and our local guides were professorial in their knowledge and enthusiasm, especially Heddia. It was admittedly expensive, but without any doubt worth every penny to have a personal tour guide and driver for just myself and my husband. I highly recommend arranging your tours through the hotel proprietors.

As for the hotel itself, it was simply the most calm, peaceful, modern, and welcoming facility we could have imagined. We were treated to homemade breakfast in the morning, local wines and authentic cuisine for dinner at night. I don’t know for sure, but I feel confident that if the wine was local, the ingredients for the meals were local in origin too.

We could not have been happier with our overall experience, which, given that everything had been arranged over a series of emails, could have had a very different outcome. Once we had moved on to the Greece segment of our trip, my husband and I both wished we hadn’t left the Ephesus Boutique Hotel quite so quickly.