Ada Hotel Istanbul

Overall it was good value for the location with a hot tub in the room which had a sea view on the fourth floor. It was by the lift but we didn’t once have any noise from it over 5 nights. The aircon was efficient and quiet. The king size mattress was big enough for my height of 1.9m but the duvet was a bit narrow. Just had to sleep closer to my wife. :-) It was relatively quiet at night and the first call to prayer wasn’t as loud as during the day, which was good. Hotel is only a few hundred meters from the Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet square so that was very handy. Breakfast was ok, but after 2 days my wife ended up skipping it as all the food was cold, unless you went early to get the warm egg bread and omelettes when they were served. The tap on the hot tub was loose but didn’t prevent it from being used, it operated well. The bonus was having a fridge in the room which Staff were friendly. Try the Dimbil restaurant down the hill for tasty food at much lower prices as they don’t serve alcohol. They have their own oven to make their bread for starters and Pide. They have a cool terrace upstairs. I had 2 shaves at Aperva down the hill too, only 400TL for the shave only, friendly guy. There’s a cheap A101 supermarket in that road too.

Very spacious along with all the amenities. Felt like I'm home.

The staff were really friendly and helpful. The hotel is unique: small, family owned and quite tall with a fabulous view towards the Bosphorus with lovely minarets in the foreground. We really enjoyed our breakfasts there . The food was fresh with a wide variety of Turkish egg based dishes all prepared with a smile by two lovely ladies, Ayser and Kaysel. I also stayed at this hotel back in 2010 and the owner , an older gentleman,was very helpful then. He and his family still own the place and have maintained the high individual standards.

2nd time back in two weeks. Ada Hotel is the best!