Not so pleasant experiences in Istanbul
I was in Istanbul recently for 4 days. I relied on information posted on this forum, mainly on: Bacardi, Serenda and Irmak.
Serenda: The hotel is located in not such a nice area. It is designed for purely mongering stays. The club gets busy around 11 with a fairly good selection of girls. All from Maldova and Romania. The asking price was $200 for 2 hours. I picked a Maldovan who was in her late 20s and proceeded to get a room. As soon as we enter the room, I was surprised that she refused to do BJ, even CBJ. I had to decline and she went back to the disco. Maybe my mistake, I should have negotiated the details earlier. Serenda is an o.k. place without the rip-off and harassment that is pervasive in Istanbul once they know you are a foreigner.
I went to the Irmak area at around 12 midnight but was quickly mobbed by these local guys trying to get me into their restaurants. It was an unpleasant experience.
Irmak: I went to Irmak the following day at around 4 pm. Apparently the Restaurant is divided into three separate areas to maximize the income in the sense you can only invite ladies who are present in your section. I invited a Moldovan girl out of maybe 4 in that section. We went to Orange for 2 hours and paid her $100. The girl seemed very nice, pretty face, with nice body, tall and big boobs. As soon as she took her clothes off, MY GOD, major scars on one of her boobs and belly as a result of burning. The girl was disfigured. What do I do? I felt sorry for her and pretended that it is O.K. I could not proceed and I barely had it up for a BBBJ. It was a terrible experience.
Bacardi: They had a nice selection of ladies but it was crowded. Took a drink. Few minutes later I picked a girl to my table. Another Moldovan who seemed nice with a very nice body. She was I think in her late 20s. I paid the bill: 70 YTL. The waiters asked for tips, so I paid 10 + 10 YTL in tips. Taxi to Koza (10 for taxi + 70 for the Hotel). The girl asked for $200 and did not go down. She was very good in bed, excellent BBBJ. She wanted to leave after the second round though. Overall, nice girl but expensive and too many tips which made the total bill to almost $350!!
The funny (or sad) thing with the Bacardi experience (taking into account my Irmak experience) this girl had a boob job and the Turkish Doctors, as she told me, inserted her implants by making a long vertical incision from her nipple all the way down (instead of making a small incision at the bottom of the boob) and the scars showed. Talking about rip-offs in Turkey!!!
I think Serenda has the least rip off feel but still not that great. Overall, I think that mongering in Turkey is exaggerated and the rip-off effect is so profound and is everywhere (Hotels, Rest. taxis ... etc.) which ruins the mood. I personally would not repeat it in Turkey.