Faros Hotel Istanbul

This is the second time I have stayed at this hotel and all the staff remembered me which gives a nice personal touch. Very clean, food good, perfectly positioned for all the tourist spots in Istanbul, I can recommend this hotel highly for any kind of visit. The staff are also happy to recommend bars and restaurants in the City, which is also a refereshing attitude to have. A+ all round !

Perfect location in the historic heart of the city (5 minutes walk to St. Sophia and Blue Mosk). Small, warm, cozy, stylish, friendly. Hotel with "heart and soul".

The shower cabin in the bathroom was kind of small - I guess it might cause some troubles to plus-size visitors.

It was conveniently situated, the food in the restaurant was quite good and the staff were helfpul

Position. Central and close to tourist sites and transport. Very clean boutique hotel. Good service.

Price is too high.

Comfortable, clean, modern hotel. Close to the major city sites and plenty of restaurants.

Proximity to all the major attractions, kindness and helpfulness of the staff, good choice of food at breakfast.

The centalised locality to all the places of interests.

location, staff,

heating system

Great location, pleasant atmosphere... good size rooms.

Attitude of some of the staff, doorman looking for troubles because we were foreigners.

Absolutely hassle-free. Quick check-out, good advice about public transport.

Very noisy. My room was above a Starbucks - wooden chairs scraping on stone floor - and facing onto a busy street with trams clanging down it from 05.00 to midnight. But I requested a quiet room away from trams at time of booking so obviously the booking notes do not get passed on (else get ignored).

close to everything

the staff were unhelpful, especially the reception person not nice, could not provide another pillow and had to ask for things twice. very poor for 4*

It has very friendly staff and good atmosphere. I think it is one of the best hotels in the region. Definitely best value for money.

The excellent location made visits to key places very easy. Two of our party have walking difficulties so location was very important. Staff were helpful and efficient. The hotel felt Turkish and was small but atmospheric and very clean. The advantages of the hotel heavily outweighed any difficulties.

We are elderly and struggled with the shower/bath. One of our party could not get into the shower at all because they could not scale the height of the bath. There were no handles to steady access into and out of the bath. The beds felt very hard and there was nowhere to sit and read outside the rooms except a table in the entrance. In wet weather this could be a problem.