Lovely hotel experience! We came with a fully booked tour who put us in the Konak Hotel our first couple days in Istanbul and it was so atrociously awful (old, dirty, AC doesn't work) that we demanded a change given how much we paid for the tour. They moved us here and it was wayyyy better.
The place has a beautiful lobby (although it smelled a little funky?) and the rooms were great. The beds were comfy, the place was clean, and the hotel is well located to Taksim square. We were even able to walk to the water and Dolmabahçe Palace.
Fyi though, I'd avoid the restaurant - the service was exceptionally slow. I'm not going to dock the whole hotel as really it's the restaurant that deserves the negative rating, but our food took over an hour. It was good at least but yeesh!
This is a good spot to stay in Istanbul, though. read more