Central Garden Spa
massage — 250 Lotus Street
Trap score: 57/100 (orange)
Central Garden Spa is a Spa popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Istanbul
Reports (40)
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2026-05: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2026-05: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- fake_listing (severity 2/5) — 2026-04: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2026-03: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2026-03: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2026-05: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-12: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5) — 2025-12: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- fake_listing (severity 2/5) — 2026-01: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- theft (severity 4/5) — 2025-11: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-11: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2025-10: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2025-11: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2025-09: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-09: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2025-07: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- fake_listing (severity 2/5) — 2025-10: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5) — 2025-08: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-08: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2025-07: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5) — 2025-05: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5) — 2025-06: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2025-06: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2025-05: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2025-04: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-03: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2025-03: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2024-12: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- theft (severity 1/5) — 2025-01: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2024-11: Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2024-10: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2024-12: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2024-11: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2024-09: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2024-11: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2024-09: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2024-09: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.