Istanbul Bed & Breakfast

Plussat: The staff, the location, the help and assistance available. The rooms were nice and cosy.

Miinukset: The rooms weren’t very quiet.

Plussat: Everything was great. Best location, nice and friendly staff, you feel like home. Simplicity of checking in- out...nothing to complain.

Plussat: Roof top terrace was beautiful, a lovely place for breakfast.

Miinukset: We booked the room for three people, the second bed was a pullout small bed not very comfortable. Beautiful room for 2 people.

Plussat: The hotel was clean and in an excellent location close the main attractions, restaurants and shopping areas as well the the Sultanahmet tram station. The staff were friendly and helpful. It was overall a great experience staying there.

Miinukset: The shower head was damaged and the breakfast options could have been a bit more varied but it wasn't a big deal, considering every morning we had the opportunity to go up for a rooftop breakfast overlooking the sea, I really can't complain!

Plussat: A small hotel full of charm and character. Is a old ottoman konak (villa) fully renovated with much taste, in oriental style. The rooms also are beautiful, clean and spacious, wood floor, good quality furniture, comfortable mattress. Bathroom big, modern and sparkling clean. Easy to find and close by foot from all major attractions. All staff are splendid people, ready to help. Special thanks to Abdul (front desk) and the 2 Ladies of breakfast salon. The rooftop terrace is a 'wow' place for breakfast -amazing view) and also open 24 h: you can anytime go and prepare for yourself a coffee/tea or enjoy a drink (which you can buy after corner).

Plussat: Pretty much everything. House isa beautiful restored Ottoman house with great history. The lobby is like a museum with period furnishings and art. Abdul, the young man who manned the lobby was, very helpful and kind. He spoke very good English. He met me at the Sultanahmet Square bus stop at 1:30 AM and had communicated with me prior to my arrival even while I was on the bus to make sure I arrived at the right spot. We walked to the hotel which is on a quiet street but very close to the square in historic old Istanbul. Location is ideal. The room was such a treat. It was decorated and renovated with quality furniture and materials. The style was very compatible with the home and was very beautifully done. It was also very quiet in the room. I was on the second floor and the room had several windows which was unusual and refreshing. The room included a refrigerator as well and plenty of storage in a unique armoir. The bathroom was remodeled and modern. There was a nice assortment of amenities in the bathroom including slippers. Everything was super clean as well. Breakfast was a nice selection of traditional Turkish style breakfast foods. It was served on the terrace, either indoor under cover or outdoors . The terrace has a fantastic view of the sea and was full of beautiful flowers; truly garden like. I was very pleased with everything at the hotel and would return without hesitation.

Miinukset: nothing.

Plussat: Breakfast - quietness (most of the time).. one gets waken up with the prayers

Plussat: i liked the location and the friendly staff , also the good spaces and how much was good and enough for three persons

Plussat: The location is great and the staff is very helpful. The place was very clean. They speak English which made it easier regarding the communication. They provided us with a lot of good tips and transportation arrangements. I will defiantly come back whenever I visit Istanbul :)

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: View hotel

Plussat: Every thing was perfect..location,big comfy rooms and beds also good breakfast and room service..the staff were very helpful specially Mustafa who made our stay easy and helped us in every detail since arrival, he was caring and he offered us all our needs coz we were a big family with kids. Will definately come back again.

Plussat: The hotel had wonderful character! The one bathroom was beautiful; recently renovated. The location was perfect.

Plussat: The location is amazing in the middle of taksim area yet in a very quiet street so you don’t hear loud music or noise at night, just one min walk from istiklal street. very clean and spacious rooms, very welcoming staff and very helpful I love the place and this is actually my second time there and I’d definitely go back next time I highly recommend it :)

Plussat: Location of the hotel so excellent being surrendering Tagseem square but as it is my first experience I did not felt secure and comfort with my family to stay in such down town specially night time or at the early morning.

Miinukset: I was surprise of the set up of the room windows which I never seen a wood made fix on them remind me of those some rooms shows at the adventures movies for the low category and illegal people

Plussat: I liked the hotel near Istiklal Street as I liked the good staff and good cooperation It is also a decent hotel with no taboo Thanks

Plussat: It was a very big space, two big rooms & lots of windows. The staff was very helpful & they have couches at the reception area. You can have tea & coffee with them and chat about things you want to do & places you want to go. It was very quiet & good for sleeping and offsite working.

Miinukset: More outlets.

Plussat: location and staff were very excellent rooms were big and right next to the police station and 2 mins walk from the main shopping street

Miinukset: it's all wood lol and basic but for the price it was well worth it

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Pictures are misleading. Room was very old, dark and small. No lift for the 4th floor. Personnel smokes at balcony.

Plussat: Nice decor. Features I would not normally expect in a hostel, such as toiletries and free slippers. Good location. The room was very quiet - so that was a positive linked to the lack of windows to the street.

Miinukset: Our family room was nicely decorated and clean, but had no direct natural light and was therefore quite gloomy. The kitchen/breakfast room is very small, with not enough space for all the guests. The toilet in the ensuite has severe flushing issues.

Plussat: Great staff! Very friendly and very helpful and we can’t thank them enough for our wonderful stay.

Plussat: Don't hesitate to choose Cheers Porthouse! You will feel at home in the heart of Istanbul! The staff is very friednly

Miinukset: -

Plussat: Location is really good , Restaurant all around Walkable distance to some scenic point Housekeeping is good. Stay there for 3 night , first day forget to hang the no need clean up card on the door , when we back the room is well clean up like hotel Haha even my toothbrush have put back to the case .

Miinukset: I hadn’t check out that there have no lift in the house , and unfortunately we stay at the top floor (4th ) so really frustrated to walk up everytime . As we have a bit heavy luggage .

Plussat: The bed was comfortable, staff friendly and helpful, good location

Miinukset: To have to climb up 4 floors, the reception area is very dingy, rooms are very small, there is no space to unpack a suitcase

Plussat: Location was great with many great coffee and restaurants around the accommodation. Walking distance to the ferry terminal to the other side of Istanbul.

Plussat: Very nicely done, good location, in the middle of a chilled artist area.

Miinukset: It is a bit weird, that there are other families living in the hotel complex, so you have a strange feeling, not really like you have privacy as a hotel guest in common used areas. Some things could have been fixed in the shower, doesn't cost much, but needs to be done.

Plussat: Staff is very welcoming and helpful, nice breakfast included and the hotel is in a lively areas, full if restaurants and bars.

Miinukset: 4th floor with no elevator

Plussat: Location is great

Miinukset: Host need to inform about cash payments, as neighborhood atm machines had no local money in it, commission on euros withdrawal is 100 local money (about 20% more). It is all in all more expensive to pay in cash. And hotel has no card machine. Also washroom is separate and shared. Shower host was leaking

Plussat: very clean. nice decorations, looked like a boutique hotel, but the price of a hostel. really good value.

Plussat: The apartment was clean, spacious and beds really comfortable.

Miinukset: The building where we were accommodated was a ruin, unlike the other luxury Merodi buildings.

Plussat: Location, location, location smack bang in the middle of Istanbul's places of interest. Only walking distances from everything from Taksim Square to Grand Bazaar on the opposite side. Just a ferry boat ride straight to Uskudar for an Asian plate visit. We had an awesome view of the Galata Tower from our flat and the Suleymaniye mosque and the District across.

Miinukset: Bathroom a little tight to manoeuvre around in its thin and long. 1 Air conditioner in the bedroom was not fully working however we were ok without so not fair to really add this since we did not report it.

Plussat: The staff were very helpful and in particular umit and the boys at the front desk. Really good people.

Miinukset: The prices and the cost of the and everything else in the area.

Plussat: The staff were very friendly and helpful The property was very attractive and extremely clean. Excellent breakfast. Located near the Galata Tower, the area was quiet overnight. Good location, enjoyed walking into the city. Local independent cafes and shops.

Miinukset: There was nothing I didn’t like.

Plussat: Right in the middle of Istanbul. Cosmopolitan area. Great. Thank you, Merodi Pera.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Old apartment with to many stairs. The pictures different than the actual apartment you get. In the pictures show that we had coffee table but in reality there were no table. Apartment for 6 was actually enough just for 4 people. The couch in the kitchen area was not enough for 2 more people.

Plussat: I stayed in an apartment (I don’t recommend get a room) The good things location was excellent, a few minutes away from istiklal street and the metro station. I booked with breakfast which was fair, food outside is cheaper and a million times better.

Miinukset: My booking included breakfast, on the first day the receptionist tole me you don’t have breakfast included, i showed him my confirmation that I already paid .. then he goes like okay breakfast is down stairs-.-“. On the last day at checkout he tells me i owe 500 tl, just don’t book for breakfast!! (I didn’t pay ofcourse, already paid through booking) The building my apartment at no.8 was horrible,lots of stairs, the carpet smelled terrible and the hallways weren’t clean. I asked for a trashcan in my apartment a couple of times and laundry soap. (Didn’t receive, the answers i got we will check if we can provide you, which wasn’t clear to me why a tourist needs to go and buy a whole bag of laundry soap and detergent when I’m gonna use them for 5 days.) and they didn’t bring me my trashcan, had to use the one in the bathroom.

Plussat: Apartment’s model

Miinukset: staff, facilities, AC not working, phone not working no reception and services available.

Plussat: The location is very good.

Miinukset: The apartment is in a very old building with a tricky staircase leading to second floor. You have to remind the reception for cleaning otherwise they will just let it be like that. Moreover, apartment size is very small with a single small bathroom for a 2 bedroom apartment. I think the hotel can improve but unfortunately it didn't meet our expectation.

Plussat: Location and ambient of the property is excellent. Staff is great and very helpful and would always wish to come back.

Plussat: Location ia good 1 min from istiklal street, breakfast was good, clean rooms, friendly staff especially adam who helped us several times.

Miinukset: Noise at night

Plussat: All the staff were so kind and friendly. Nothing was too much trouble, if you asked.

Miinukset: The smell in the room. Air conditioning too cold at 18 degrees and were unable to make it warmer. Therefore had to turn off air con when we were “in” and open window wide.

Plussat: close to taksim

Miinukset: the staff... the staff not friendly

Plussat: I was really nice to stay in this hotel, the stuff was great, room it was as we expected nice and clean but with I bit of a WiFi problem the connection was very poor, I guess might be only our room we don’t know.!! Best thing was the location...it was just in the middle of everything...shops, restaurants, cafes, clubs and very close to Taksim square.!! We had a small problem with the noise cause it was close to all these cafes,clubs and restaurants but is ok if you are a bit tired from all the walking and going around of the day. Other than that it was a very good hotel.!!

Plussat: Nothing

Miinukset: In my personal opinion this hotel is only for guests who want to party at night and sleep through the day. The first nights stay (Thursday evening 25th April) was appauling as the music from the surrounding nightclubs was so loud and relentless we didn't have a chance of sleeping through it despite not arriving until 1pm after a long day at work, long flight and long taxi transfer and as if that wasn't bad enough when the music stopped at 5am people leaving the nightclub were shouting and screaming in the street so it was almost 6am before it was a reasonable noise level to sleep and then at 7am the traders started! We were told by the grinning, very unhelpful assistant (who gave his name as Adam!) you come stay near nightclubs you are not going to sleep; he also informed us it would be the same every night, which was verified by the other unfortunate people who had to stay in this hotel as they couldn't afford to move to another hotel. On Friday morning we spent from 7am to 11am looking for hotels that were reasonable enough priced that we could afford to move as the thought of attending a wedding after not sleeping for two nights wasn't an option; however the only decent hotel in our price range, given that we were paying twice, was the Hyatt Regency at Atakoy (wonderful hotel) as a lot of the other hotels near were booked and the ones that weren't were too expensive, but, it did mean a lot of travelling in taxis to get back and forth to Taksim to attend the pre, post and wedding night celebrations. Please be warned this is not just slightly noisy it is the equivalant of trying to sleep in a bed in the middle of a nightclub, there is no filter from the noise around and no one in our group got any sleep. Three couples (so three rooms) of the wedding party booked out after the first night and with no offer of a refund it seems like a real winner for the hotel as they get to sell the rooms again!

Miinukset: i hate the attitude of the stuff specially the manager serkar and the reception adem , they didnt know how to respect tourism and guest

Plussat: It was clean and the staff were friendly.it is very central.

Miinukset: It is close to two or more night clubs which have a very loud music and it goes on until 5 in the morning.So it was difficult to sleep during the night.

Plussat: Nothing at all- My stay was almost ruined by the problems I had with check-in and checkout

Miinukset: Poor management, abysmal customer service and sleepless nights.

Plussat: Location was perfect, atmosphere was stunning and the hotel is modern. I also enjoyed the view on busy and narrow streets of Istanbul.

Miinukset: The breakfast was not really good. I would rather eat breakfast outside.

Plussat: Washroom were very clean. Very close to isteklal street and for night life lovers lots of bars n discotheques were with 100meters walk.

Miinukset: Poor English of staff makes communication difficult, breakfast was only Turkish, whereas most guests were non Turkish so continental breakfast would have been better choice. No internet in my room however free wifi in entertaince lobby was available.

Plussat: The staff were very friendly and helpful. Especially Adem. The first day they served us two plates of fruit free of charge!!Thank you Adem!!

Plussat: Hotellin lähellä on valtavasti ravintoloita ja muita palveluita. Hotellin henkilökunta oli ystävällistä ja hotelli oli melko uusi ja hyväkuntoinen pääosiltaan.

Miinukset: Huoneen ikkunat olivat kadun puolella ja kaksi yökerhoa soittivat musiikkia todella kovaa aamuun asti. Ikkunoiden äänieristys oli puutteellinen eikä lukitusmekanismit toimineet. Kylpyhuoneen suihkukaappi vuoti ja kylpyhuoneen lattia oli märkä koko ajan. Metropysäkeille oli noin kilometri matkaa.

Plussat: Our journey well started with the guide Moosa...he so much helped us for with all our queries from the very start to the end..be it within the hotel or outside,everything was very well arranged,so that we do not have to face any difficulties...the hotel is highly affordable and is well situated in the centre of Istanbul...all the interesting places are just few minutes walk from the hotel,which is a plus point

Plussat: Just the receptionist

Miinukset: Everything. Whatever was written in the description was completely different here. I will never come back to this hotel again. This is one of the worst hotel that i have stayed in. Very far from everything. The only good thing was the receptionist who was very kind and helpful.

Plussat: The guy at the non-stop reception was very friendly and helped us with everything. Thanks ! The room is clean and the hotel is very well positioned

Plussat: Location wasnt bad

Miinukset: Dont come here - youd have a lovelier time sleeping on the street.

Miinukset: The location is great.It is in the centre and is very quiet place.the host is very friendly and helpful.We spent nice time there. They cleaned the rooms every day and changes the towels.the hotel is near to Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia,Topkapi museum and such other places that you can walk everywhere on foot. Highly recommend.

Plussat: Nothing it was really dirty and small, really so bad for family

Miinukset: Everything was bad unfortunately

Plussat: check in was a bit long, but after that everything was fine. our room was not available so we get a bigger [very clean] room for the same price. very good quality/price ratio. very good location.

Plussat: The staff was extremely kind and helpful. The room was clean and homely.

Miinukset: It got very hot in the room and we couldn't get the A/C to work

Plussat: I like the Musa hospitality

Miinukset: I like the hotel I want to come again and and again especially Musa hospitality is great. I like every thing

Plussat: Great location wonderful staff

Miinukset: The first room was terrible. The bed was not comfortable and the toilet didn’t have a decent door.

Plussat: Super location and stuff

Miinukset: No cleaners during 5 days stay

Plussat: The location was perfect and easy to get around.

Miinukset: The rooms are extremely small. Our first room we basically in the kitchen and the room was very cramped we could barely move. The breakfast was very basic Turkish breakfast. We had no power for one day and when trying to communicate about it we kept being told 10minutes.

Miinukset: No drinking water available. No Towels available. Soap and Shampoo not available.

Plussat: Location, hotel staff are very nice and helpful. the price is very acheivable

Miinukset: Room small for 2 adults with 2 children. Mean break fast.

Plussat: the location is very close to the blue mosque and Hagia Sofia and breakfast is also good

Miinukset: while booking the hotel, the room pictures which I see is totally different from the real one. Actually, due unavailability of rooms hotel staff gave their own room to us which is not so nice which we see the pictures while booking.

Plussat: Only the location

Miinukset: Room is extremely small

Plussat: I got a double bed room in 22 euro it's ok in this price. Breakfast was not as per our expectations. It was just so so

Miinukset: Staff was nice

Plussat: Just the location

Miinukset: The worst hotel I stayed in the property needs upgrading everything is outdated electric very dangerous switches not connected hairdryer all rusty bedding ripped even mouldy towels ripped the floors all dirty no toilet paper the stuff said towel gets changed every three days disgusting can smell cat urine everywhere and the room wasn’t cleaned even once all the time I stayed there The worst hotel ever and the beds were horrible you could feel the springs worn out and when you enter the hotel in your room to horrible metal steps could be very dangerous someone could seriously fall down those steps

Plussat: Location is GOOD

Plussat: Breakfast. Location. Very friendly staff.

Miinukset: Room Size is very small. In this price you can find better options in my opinion