Ahmet Efendi Evi

The owner is extremely personable and speaks several languages so is able to communciate with guests easily. His knoweldge of the history and culture of Istanbul gives one a great understanding of this amazing city. The hotel is very clean, comfortable and well-located, and serves a great breakfast.

This is a lovely small hotel only minutes from the Blue Mosque. The proprietor is charming and made us most welcome. He drew up an excellent sightseeing itinerary for us and was extremely knowledgeable about his city. The breakfast was delicious and plentiful. I would hope to return!

The staff were were friendly & helpful, and spoke very good English The owner, Mehdi was a fount of information, and very helpul and made soem good recommendations - both for sightseeing and for restaurants. It was located in a quiet residnetial area - very Turkish, and was an easy 10 minute walk to teh Bkus Mosque, Aya Sofia, and Topkapi palace. The rooms, whilst quite small, were very comfortable and clean, with a very comfortable bed. Free wirelss internat was available. Breakfast was simple Turkish style (healthy!) and with enough variety. I would definitely stay there again.

Nothing - it was perfect. Simple, friendly and in a perfect location.

Hotel Staff were more than helpful. You really feel like you are visiting a friend not staying in hotel. The Hotel Owner (Mahdi) gives a lot of information and helps you to plan your trip. I really recommend this hotel to everybody.

This was ones of the best mixes of venue, hospitality, location and room we have ever had.

There was not a thing we did not like.

The owner, Mehdi Barradi, and his wife are the perfect hosts. They seem to anticipate your every need. We were briefed on the area and the neighborhood and Mehdi walked us to nearby restaurants and made sure that we were well received. On the day we left he drove us to the ferry terminaland helped us get our bags aboard. The breakfast was exceptionally good and the serving staff, as well as the other guests, were most agreeable. We would definitely use this hotel again.

very friendly and polite staff, excellent location.

breakfast could be a bit more versatile.

All staff very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful at all times; accommodation clean and tidy; good breakfast; excellent location for a city visit.

Very friendly staff who made our first stay in Istanbul very enjoyable. Great location.

This was my third trip to Istanbul & this hotel was by far the best I have found. I will definitly stay again. Service exceptionally good, location was great, room very clean & homely.

This is a wonderful hotel in the old quarter of Istanbul. Very convenient for all the mosques and palaces. The owners speak english and are very helpful We had room 12 and had a lovely balcony with views of the Bosperus and the Blue Mosque. My Wife is allergic to wheat and the hotel owner accompanied us to two restaurants and explained this to the staff. A superb holiday in a lovely hotel.

Superior location, even though most taxi drivers are having problems findind it. When driving to hotel with no luggage, just name Arasta Bazaar to taxi driver, and then walk downhill 150m. There is no much action on the streets near hotel, thus it's very quiet. Reasonably comfortable rooms (we got "large" family room), IKEA furnished, very clean.

Breakfast could have more local specialities - those bite-sized pastry, etc.

Very friendly, caring and helpful staff. The welcome talk was informative and useful and helped us decide where to go/what to do and plan our days to make best use of time. Quiet area yet only 10 minutes walk to Blue Mosque, Aghia Sophia etc. Free upgrade to family rooms was much appreciated. We will definitely be back (soon we hope) and look forward to staying at same hotel again.