The hotel is located in the city center, within walking distance of attractions such as Topkapi Palace, St. Sophia Cathedral and Galata Clock Tower. The Galata Port walking area is 15-20 minutes away at a calm pace.
It was chosen because of its proximity to the concert hall.
The hotel itself is gorgeous, a bit like the Arab ones.
They upgraded our room category for free, which, of course, we were satisfied with. The only caveat: if the windows face the street, keep in mind that there is a mosque in front of the hotel and if you are a light sleeper, this may bother you (in the morning, the call to prayer is at about 5 o'clock).
The rooms are high-tech: light on buttons divided into zones (daytime, evening, night), dimming of the glass partition in the bathroom also with a button. The rooms are clean, daily cleaning. The room rate includes breakfast in the restaurant with an incredible view of the Bosphorus. I didn't like the food very much, and once there were extraneous inclusions (inedible) in the yogurt with granola, for which I take off my star.
The hotel has a pleasant spa area (they require a cap in the pool: if anything, you can buy it from them at the reception).
The staff is attentive, but there are drawbacks: the safe was not working in our room and they promised to help us resolve the issue, but they did not come (they apparently forgot).
In general, the hotel is good in terms of price/quality ratio and location, I recommend it.
The location of the hotel is good. There is a place to walk in walking distance. The famous Istiklal, you can walk to the Dolmabahce Palace. There are shops nearby.
Beautiful lobby, live music in the evening.
A large indoor pool, a cool beautiful hammam.
There are different standard rooms. It can be very small without a view at all.
The breakfasts are good, a large selection, delicious.
Nice hotel, convenient location. The New Year was celebrated in the cafe on the top floor of the hotel. The dinner was delicious, and there was plenty of alcohol. One of the disadvantages is the relatively poor selection of breakfast dishes for a five-star hotel. The staff periodically took the dishes out of the room, I had to constantly call and ask to be returned.