The Halich Hotel Istanbul Karakoy

I love this hotel. This is my second time staying here. It’s centrally located, the breakfast is amazing, and the staff are always friendly to me. On my second return to this hotel the staff members remembered me when they saw my name in the system and prepared a small fruit platter for me in my room upon my arrival! Told me they were happy to see me again:-)

Great hotel in a great location. It's close to bus stops, karakoy pier the metro, etc, so it's easy to get around. It's about 45 minutes walk to mosques Hagi Sophia and the blue mosque along with topkapi palace. It's only a 10-minute walk to the Galata tower and less than an hour to Dolmabahce Palace and taksim. The hotel is spotlessly clean. The wifi is excellent with pleasant staff. The only downpoint is that the restraunt was closed.

Great location as it's very near the metro as well as the Bosphorus river. Views from room were great! Breakfast, at the sister restaurant, whilst own restaurant was being renovated, was decent and a good variety of dishes. Some of the facilities needed a bit of attention - slow draining shower, toilet sounded like it needed replacing and room can get hot as AC wasn't working. Being on the main road, traffic noise wasn't as bad as we feared, but you do hear the morning prayer calls (great for me!) and there was an annoying dog barking nearby, for most of our 2nd night, which can't be helped. However it's a great value hotel all things considered and service is very good! The hotel cat is gorgeous!