Spectra Hotel

The hotel itself is modest, but three things make it standout. Location, customer service, and the food. It's situated about a two mintues walk to the Blue Mosque, four mintues to Hagia Sophia as well as the Cistern, and fifteen minutes to the Grand Bazaar. A perfect location. The service at the hotel is wonderful. Onur is there to help with anything. He takes care to make your visit the best by helping to arrange whatever tour or other services you need. One morning I didn't come down, and knowing I was traveling alone, he took the time to call and make sure I was okay. That's a small thing that means a lot. As for the food, I couldn't have been more pleased. Everything was absolutely delicious, and the presentation, impeccable. Breakfast was an assortment of fruit, cheeses, breads, eggs, coffee, juices, and cakes. Everything was fresh and delicious, with a nice view of the Blue Mosque. As I mentioned before, rooms are modest, but comfortable. I had a room facing the street, but with the window closed, outside noises were never a bother. The soundproofing of the window was really good. The wall to the neighboring room wasn't as good, and their bathroom was on the other side of my bed, so it was loud when they were using the shower. The room was well insulated, and was quite warm without the heat. The bed also has a thick blanket,and is very comfortable. The heater was on when I arrived, but I turned it off, and kept it off for my entire stay, despite outside being quite cool 48°F. I needed to open the window a few times to cool the room, as I couldn't figure out how to turn on the air conditioning, so I don't know if it works or not, but the window was perfectly fine. I saw a few rooms on floor 1 but they had very small windows. My room on floor 3 was a corner room and had a very big window. Perfect for me. Plenty of natural light, and great ventilation when it's opened. My bathroom was small, but adequate.

Perfect breakfast, location and very clean rooms

The staff and the location

Nothing, It was very nice stay

Right next to all the main attractions of the city. Breakfast with a view and well varied.

The best part of the hotel is the location, it is just 3-5 min walk to blue mosque, aya sofiya, and the sultanahmet metro station. And the staff is very nice and helpful specially the receptionist ONUR, he help us in many things but most importantly in currency exchange as our indian rupees were not accepted at the exchange shop but he helped us out with the very good rate. I would definitely visit again just because of Onur and its location.

Room could be more spacious.