Mohseen
This place is well situated, however within the old town. It requires a lot of energy to traverse from the hotel to other attractions such as the mosques and the grand bazaar. The room is genereally ok and clean, however it is not at all spacious - there can be improvements made to the room odour before the check ins to offset the pungent smell. The bathrooms can be improvised by keeping full set of consumables including the body lotions, hair conditioners, etc. There are no bosphorous views at the top breakfast floor as mentioned in the adverts. If there is little sneaky glimpse, it is overshadowed by the hanging curtains which are used to keep away the birds during breakfast. This top floor is also not open throughout the day, only during breakfasts. The staff at the reception desk is ok, helpful, but this hotel comes with a lot of restrictions, do and donts, which are told to the guests during check in, and ofcourse I am not used to such restrictions from the country (Fiji Islands) where I come from. Basically, no registered families, no registered friends, no one is allowed into your rooms, all meetings are to take place at the lobby, as I was told. The streets around the hotel gets lit up during the Sunday market and there is a lot of hustle and bustle on this day. The metro is located not far away. The owner himself is nice, jovial, and down to earth- I had the opportunity to striking some great conversations with him during my two nights stay there.
