I was in the area on a business trip and stayed at this hotel for 4 nights. I enjoyed my stay very much. I am familiar with the area and have stayed at similar hotels before and this one was a very pleasant experience. The staff at this hotel are very friendly. The view is great, especially from the restaurant. The food is amazing and really good value (I think it was $12 per person for a 3 or 4 course meal) so it is worth staying in for dinner at least a couple of nights during your stay. You need to book this with reception during the day though. The rooms were exceptionally cold (colder than any other cave room I have ever been in) so it might be a good idea to bring a cardigan with you even in the summer. They do offer a discount for cash payments upon checkout so it might be worth asking when you book.

Just back and love, loved this hotel!! It was so beautiful, amazing room, and views and the BEST dinners we had during 2 1/2 weeks in Turkey (and $12 for 5 courses!) There are many cave hotels to chose from but we chose this one as it's at the highest point in Urgup and has the best views from the lawn-covered rooftop. We were graciously given the Honeymoon suite with private grape -covered terrace. Staff was amazing - when we commented on how much we enjoyed the music during dinner Hasan had a copy of the cd burned for us. The steep walk down the hill was not as bad as most people post, depending upon your ability. I would recommend this hotel to everyone. My only regret is that we did not adopt one of the stray puppies living in the empty lot - very difficult to watch young puppies living under a tree and eating the hotel's garbage while the two young dogs who live at the hotel enjoyed a pretty great life.

My husband and I spent a couple of nights at this hotel this last July and we were absolutely fascinated with it !! Our room was really a cave room and while we had 38C outside it, inside was always confortable and cool. We had a jacuzzi room but in fact the jacuzzi is for only one person so we thought it was not worthy. The breakfast and dinner were a great surprise, delicious food, great music and a FANTASTIC landscape since the hotel is on the top of a small hill you can see everything from above! The owners and the girl at the reception desk were so friendly and arranged all our transfers, ballon ride, special tours. We certainly would come back to Elkep Evi!!

Despite many years of marriage, my husband and I were told that we were being given the “Honeymoon room” at Elkep Evi and it did not disappoint. We had a beautiful outside sitting room and the cave room itself was well decorated with lovely rugs, a day bed, and a large bathroom with tile mosaics. There was a jacuzzi, although it was really only large enough for one person without some serious discomfort or creativity. The mattress on the king-sized bed was the most comfortable we had in all of our tour around Turkey. The room didn’t have AC, but despite the intense heat at the time we visited, the room generally stayed cool enough. It was, however, at times a little noisy with the windows open. The restaurant was stunning, set in a garden on the “roof.” The breakfast was wonderful, but we found dinner to be mediocre and not vegetarian friendly. Nonetheless, we were thrilled with this hotel and found it a very good value.