If you are visiting Istanbul, your travels should take you to Taksim. If so a great stay for the money at Taksim Çetinkaya Suite Hotel. A bit off thhe beaten path but a real taste of the city and easy access to all their is around. Emi (owner) was excellent, provided tea, advice in my travels in the city, and helped me get a taxi set for the airport departure. I only stayed for a 12hr layover but was able to get around to restaurants, bars and clubs in the city. It was an excellent base of operations with really well designed shower room and amenities.

We have enjoyed our stay in this hotel, Mary and Emir did great job making everything so comfortable and smooth, always ready to fix any issues or requests! The hotel itself is a small city boutique but clean, neat and tidy! Comfortable location, walkable distance to Taksim and metro/bus stations. I would recommend to everyone!

Bedsheets weren't clean on day 1

Location was good, staff very friendly always ready to answer any questions, very clean, plenty of shops and little cafes around, room was comfortable with enough storage ! The only negative things was no presence lights on the stairs to the rooms, there was a power cut for almost 2 days and it was a adventure to go in and out of the room, I was on the 2 floor and it got really dark! You need presence lights all the way up and down