Mina Hotel  

It is my second time to stay at this hotel. Mina hotel is the perfect choice for you. Kind staff, perfect location (sultanahmet), convenient prices, helpfull staff, nearby souq and tramway station, in other words its the perfect place to enjoy your stay in istanbul.

The beds are comfortable, not worn out and sagging. The rooms are quite nice, though European small. The best part of the Mina is location.Wow! Walking distance to everything important in Sultanahmet. And close to the tram to reduce the walking and even connect to the new district, Taksim, Istiklal, ferries. The next best thing about the Mina is the incomparable rooftop terrace for evening drinks or even a well-priced dinner. Our last trip to Turkey involved 7 different hotels, all except the Mina rated "5-stars." The Mina was just as satisfying a stay as most of the more expensive properties we stayed at, and it had probably the second-best breakfast of the seven hotels. The Mina does not have a swimming pool as all up-scale hotels in Turkey have, but you will not miss it in Istanbul. Too much to see and do otherwise. A suggestion: a stroll across the bottom level of the Galata Bridge and a lunch or dinner or drinks at one of the many, many restauranats on that level of the bridge is a nice, inexpensive treat. You have to decide whether you want the ferry side, with lots of boat traffic or the Bosporous side, which is a grander view but not as interesting.

The sauna requires a fee. The exercise room is two machines and one set of light weights. Don't plan to spa here.

Location

Rooms are small and very dark. The first floor rooms have terrible views to the back yard. The breakfast was the same for the entire week that I stayed.

We liked the location.

It was shabby and needed an update. The food in the restaurant was not that great. We are in our 60's and the bathroom tub was so high that it was dangerous to get in and out of. It also was filled with mold.

All staff very friendly, fabulous views from restaurant

Food in restaurant was not great, and the bathroom needed some attention

The location was perfect in the historical peninsula of Istanbul. The hotel was near to all main places that you must see and a fair walking distance from the sea from at the bridges.

The rooms are very small unlike the picture shown in the advertisement; we had a double but two people can barely move. The bathrooms was even tinier and it had a leak that was uncomfortable to deal with. Despite our notification to the reception, this leak was never repaired.

The location was good and the hotel was clean. View from the roof of the Blue Mosque was spectacular.

No air conditioning in breakfast room - food was only average.

Staff were very very helpful, proffessional, and speak english well and I do recommend everybody to book in Mina hotel. It is very close to tramvay, souq, grand bazar. Simply it is the best hotel that you can stay in.

No complaint, everything was perfect

So close to trams and buses, reception so very very helpful.

it was a quiet hotel. it didnt have noises from the road or from the other rooms.

i didnt like very much the behavior of the staff at the restaurant for the breakfast.if you didnt leave a tip at the tip box they were looking at you in some bad way, if you know what i mean. also the hotel didnt have a brush at the toilet.

I thought that the Hotel was very clean, and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful.

Good location, and very friendly and helpfull staff. Fair internet connection and clean rooms.

Seaview was a high window that overlooks some sea. I would say "seaview" is a missleading description. Room was small. Breakfast poor and you have to pay for omlets and fresh orange juice.No paper tissue in the rooms. Only Turkish TV channels.