Midnight at the Pera Palace

A joyful surprise and a pleasant show filled with real history facts.

A good alternative to English and American series with this time travel experience.

The Pera Palace truly existed and welcomed guests as famous as Ernest Hemingway or Josephine Baker. Agatha Christie wrote her novel "Crime on the Orient-Express" at this hotel.

Love the story & setting. Beautifully filmed!!! A serious subject matter, and the moments of comedy, very well timed. It does help to know a little history to follow this series. Stay alert & focus because the back and forth through portal of time can get confusing. NOT A COPY of Outlander! Give this a chance. The styling and hair for Hazal Kaya, is not so good, took away from her acting, so distracting. I know the role is a young, mess of a woman, yet the styling still fails her. We can give her a break. Male lead, perfect, and the hotel manager fantastic. Turkish film making is fantastic, stories and everything else! Why do people compare this to shows like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, they are totally different, and depends what kind of movies you like. It is not a fair comparison.

Surprisingly good, with drama and mind bending time travel loops. I won't pretend there aren't plot holes but with such a compelling storyline, you're likely to forget them. The acting is good and the costumes and sets fit the time period. Good vibes and charming characters.

I have never watched a Turkish show before. It appears many other reviews were familiar with the main actress, I was not. Many reviews said her acting ruined the show, while I didn't think she was superb, I didn't find it bad- this may also be because any overacting I attributed more to the dubbing as it seemed vocal in nature. Speaking of, the dubbing was good, only a few small instances did I find it distracting.

I should have watched a bit more attentively as there are a couple things I have questions on that may have actually been answered I just missed it.

The dates and times jump around and it's just a quick title on the screen, it would have been helpful for it to be up longer or like hey folks here is the timeline. As an American not well-versed in Turkish history, the dates and timing weren't meaningful to me and maybe made it harder to appreciate.

The setting was stunning. It's a gorgeous hotel in Istanbul. The set design was amazing as were the costumes and they did such a great job differentiating the different years, even those that were closer together. It was a beautiful series to watch.

I gave it 7/10. From the last episode it would appear we are expecting or wanting another season. The first episode plays on the correlation to Agatha Christie but it's only mentioned once or twice after. I also wish the set up for how she got to the hotel and whatnot would have been a bit better done.

It's a good story with twists wrought by time jumps which initially might tend to confuse the viewer. For a while, the story wavers before picking up pace towards the latter third of the show.

A story that links Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is invariably fascinating as Turkey is a fascinating country. The story takes place just 4 years before he becomes the first president of the Republic of Turkey.

The set design and costumes are amazing. Meticulous effort has been expended to capture the tone and vibes of the period.

Hazel Kaya and Tansu Bicer are a good team, and the viewer avidly follows their extraordinary adventure.