Name: Byotell İstanbul
Address: Saniye Ermutlu Sokak No:3, Kozyatağı Kadıköy, Istanbul, 34742, TR

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2026

Imran Galen

Wonderful hotel. A subway entrance right outside the front door makes this a great location for exploring Kadıköy. Me and my wife loved the hotel and the extremely helpful and friendly staff. The quality of their complimentary breakfast was especially impressive. We plan to stay here again on our next trip to İstanbul.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2026

Melih

Breakfast was good

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

Loretta

Clean, attentive staff, very accommodating!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2024

OGUZHAN

very nice and and convenient hotel with efficient and helpful staff.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Nov 2024

faramarz

Nice hotel. Friendly staff, clean rooms, good service.
The room I stayed at had old and scratched furniture which I thought was odd for a 5 star rating
No hesitation to recommend it

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2024

irina

The service and breakfast
The rooms were a bit dark

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2024

J

Friendly staff, great location, great dining, very clean rooms, quiet.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Mahsa

Reasonable price, clean room, great location

It was a good 3-star hotel. Although some common areas have been renovated, the rooms have an old-fashioned design (we stayed on the 3rd floor). The rooms were clean but small, and there was not enough space to open two suitcases at the same time.
The only negative part was the showers that made the whole bathroom wet. They probably had a cheap contractor for that!
The staff were very polite, the internet speed was good, and it was quiet in a peaceful neighborhood.

The location was very convenient. It was right beside the metro station, with access to the red and blue lines. We got to Kadikoy in less than 15 minutes with it. You also can get to Sabiha airport by metro, but it took us an hour to get to Istanbul airport.
You can walk 10 minutes to Migros grocery store, 5 minutes to a dry cleaner, or 15 minutes to the City shopping center.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2024

Susan

We enjoyed our stay at the ByOtell Hotel in Istanbul. The staff was very helpful in arranging transportation for us to the airport.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2024

Gerald

The staff here always goes above and beyond

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2023

Kerem

Breakfast Really good For me. Thank you for Options A

Business

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2023

Zhaklin

During our stay staff was amazing and friendly. They were able to accommodate any requests we made. We had an item missing and the managemt was able to find it and deliver it to us after a week we checked out. The staff was honest Mr.Fatih was very helpful. Great breaksfast as well.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

11 Oct 2023

Lloyd

The staff are not as warm and friendly as the other hotels that I stayed in Turkey/

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2023

LEE

The hotel was good but we should have done more to check what the area was like it was situated right on top of a major route for traffic and was quite noisy and busy all the time .

Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2023

Amal

This is my second time at Byotel and absolutely love it here

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2023

Nega

The hotel was very close to the metro line which allowed easy , inexpensive and fast transportation

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2023

Zina

Staff very friendly and supportive. Good facilities., gym etc. Clean room. Very breakfast service.

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2023

Ahmed

Very beautiful hotel. Equipped with everything you need. Excellent front desk and services. We stayed 7 nights. Restaurants on premise. We parked car. Valet parking. Only issue we had was internet :( room or hotel internet neither worked very well. Otherwise excellent!

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

27 Oct 2022

Ruchan

This is absolutely not a 5* hotel. The furniture has aged with even cabinet paints peeling. Large stains on the carpet in hallways. Dirty and old elevators. My room had a very bad sewer smell coming out of the grid in the bath room. I sealed it using a plastic bag. The next day the hotel management said it's the case in every room when the southerly winds blow (which is not uncommon in Turkey). My room did not a have safe and I asked the management to get one installed. Staff was very helpful but they can't save the overall hotel experience. The gym was surprisingly nice as I believe it was a third party managing it and they accept customers from outside which explains. As I observed, the rate is fluctuating wildly for some reason. I wouldn't recommend this hotel unless a very good deal is offered for the rate which was the case for me.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2022

Sharon

Shazzy bp

It was very clean and a nice Hotel. However, not a 5 star at all, needs updating, lots of wear and tear in furniture,cracks and stains everywhere. Good location and nice people.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2022

Zsuzsanna

I had a very pleasant experience.
The staff is friendly and very helpful.
Just a couple of example: helping to find a tour guide in short notice, offering umbrella in a rainy day, or if you need eye mask for sleeping they will help you out.
Due Covid-19 measures the room cleaning happens when you leave your room and it's done every 3 days but also can be requested more often if needed. The Hotel will accommodate you. The room will be refilled every day (bottled water, sugar, coffee/tea, paper cups).
The Hotel's location is perfect as well: McDonald's, Mall, Subway/Bus, Starbuck's is in 5 min walk distance, and lot's of restaurants and grocery stores around to choose from.
I had a great experience, and would definitely go back again or advise it to anyone to stay there. :)

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

28 Feb 2022

Mohammad

My little experience

Hotel staff are very friendly and location is excellent just 1 minute away from Kozyatagi Metro but hotel condition is terrible need renovations specially bathrooms .asansor very slow yoh have to wait each time you want yo go or down

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2022

Lyle

Perfect for westerners

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2021

Islam

This hotel is great stay. I would rate it 5/5

Business Family

2/10

Poor

26 Oct 2021

Verified traveler

No good

Business_and_leisure

2/10

Poor

25 Oct 2021

Maged

Their is no parking spot.

4/10

Poor

26 Sep 2021

Nabil

The stuff need more kind dealing with castomers and to smile and to serve client breakfast in five Stars hotel would be open buffet

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

10 Sep 2021

Rajaa

No room service!
Our stay was very disapponting, we found hair in the bathtub and when tried to order morning coffee the receptionist said they have no room service and when i tried to understand more he hanged up the phone rudely knowing that the booking daid

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2021

Faranak

I'll definitely come back here again.

My Mom and I stayed here for family reunion. We could not picked a better place for the quality of the service and cleanliness we received. the hotel is in a great location which was very important for our safety. Thank you to all the staff for their professionalism and help to make our stay memorable!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Clean

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

03 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

I liked the location of hotel its surrounded with shops, restaurants and parks.

What i didn't like is the hotel was bit noisy and housekeeping

2/10

Poor

13 Aug 2020

Safdah

Awful stay at a supposedly 5 star hotel

The hotel has no right to be a 5 star hotel. The workmanship with in the rooms was poor quality, every single time we asked a member of staff for something they said no, these included spare towels, ear plugs, laundry, posting a letter. It is not the staffs fault, but training is awful, no one says hello when you walk into the hotel or leave, it feels like you are entering a bank, not a supposedly 5 star hotel. Would avoid at all costs. Location is awful, everything around the hotel is bad. Only positive is it is near the metro so can get far away from it. Also the walls are very thin, I could hear my neighbour snoring the whole night.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Every things were perfect, thanks. good location, friendly personals, the doormen were very helpful.

6/10

Pleasant

13 Dec 2019

Hisham

Good for short and urgent stays, clean room and good wifi

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2019

Tahir

Very close to metro station giving access to Asian side of Istanbul.
Had to request tea and coffee after this was left out after room servicing. Breakfast is very nice and something for everyone.
Overall a good hotel

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Great staff, super location. We had a small conference there and everything went extremely well. No problems whatosever.

Business Friends

2/10

Poor

19 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Staff/Management are very rude! If you want to be around nice people, please don’t book this hotel.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

19 Oct 2019

Eugene

Mediocre service

The stay was just fine up until the last moments of checkout and departure.

The checkout was colored by a small rip off for 40 Turkish lira instead of 20 for a room bar, which didn’t worth mentioning if it not what was followed.

Upon the departure, a member of staff proposed to use the hotel’s airport transfer (which is 50% more expensive than the regular yellow taxi service fare, BTW). The problem is that after waiting for 15 minutes, the staff member said that they could not offer the transfer and calling the regular service instead. After another 10 minutes of waiting for a car, I had to use Uber (which is just a proxy for regular taxi services in Turkey), which solved the issue in three (sic!) minutes.

Wi-fi quality is another lousy joke of a 5-star hotel of 21 century.

Unpleasant stroke to overall magnificently spent time in the colorful country.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2019

Timur

Awesome hotel! Very close to subway. Tons of places to eatout. Great guys at the reception desk.

2/10

Poor

01 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

They charge me extra !! stay away from this Hotel guys never had experience like this one!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

We always stay here when we’re in Istanbul. It’s clean, comfortable, very close to the Metro at Kozyatağı, and has an amazing breakfast buffet! We’ll be back next year!

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Very close to the metro line that links you with Sultanahmet in minutes. Very quiet location so perfect for the more mature traveller. Staff were very professional within the limits of the language and cultural barrier. I enjoyed my stay all in all.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2019

Sheik

Hotel staff was very helpful. Free parking. Very close to Metro station.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2019

OnderC

Frankly, I felt that I am at my home, room size was OK. Cleanness and silence are the most ones that I look in a hotel. From that point, I was satisfied and I will stay there also next week :).

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

05 Sep 2019

AussieTraveller

Booked this hotel as per rating and the statement that its a 5star hotel but in my opinion its no more than 3 star. Room and furniture are dared. Mattress was broken with springs poking out. They could not change it the first night when I complained saying that it was too late. I slept on the floor as it hurt my back. Second night it was changed with another one that was a bit better but not comfortable by any means. No apologies from the hotel. Will not stay there again

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

internet connection was very good.. breakfast had good variety. Rooms were good size but staff should learn to smile..

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 Aug 2019

Abdullah

The only good thing is the reception guy fatih he helped is alot he is very clever man and he deserve better hotel ... unlike others which were made every thing difficult

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Room is big, clean and quiet nice breakfast, easy to get underground

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

I liked that they had a room for prayer downstairs.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

21 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The staff in the reception were not friendly enough.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2019

Alshabib

It was great hotel rooms are clean and quite, the location not bad close to Istanbul metro so you can reach any were in Istanbul. The staff of the hotel were very nice and helpful I would like to come again and stay longer in this hotel.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Great service, they let me borrow an IstanbulKart (Metro Card).

Hotel is relatively clean (only downside is that it has a smoke smell).

Close to Metro, very very close to Metro

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Everything was as expected we had no complaints with our stay

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2019

A

Excellent hotel

It was very good - enjoyed my time over there.

Family

4/10

Poor

07 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel had management during the day who were helpful, but during the evening management was very rude and did not help. Edwards cafe was amazing! Service was good, but other than that would not consider this a 5 star hotel, I have been treated better in 3/4 stars. Wifi connection was real bad, using google was a stuggle sometimes with such poor connection.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

I like it it’s close to the metro
I don’t like it because the key has problems and the couldn’t do any thing about it
The laundry service very expensive and the don’t do a good gob

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

22 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Poor service, rude staff, poor breakfast

I cancelled a stay at a very nice property as i thought this would be a decent 5 star property. I was wrong. Staff are extremely rude. Electricity went out in my room for an hour, and there was no apology and had to wait in the room while it was being fixed by technicians so ruined my evening. This is more of a 3 star property rather than 5. Swimming pool was ‘free’ to use, but must buy a 15 lira swimming cap to do so...

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The receptionist staff don’t speak English all that well.
I was forced to pay for a shuttle service from the airport to the hotel without using them.
I looked for them when we landed at the airport but couldn’t find them, had to use another service to get the hotel.
Housekeepers did not provide coffee cups or the complementary water bottle on a regular basis.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2019

Fadi

ByOtel very nice hotel

Nice hotel , good staff

Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

this is no clear that this is asian side of Istabul , far from tourist places. No any alchocol around or in the hotel.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Nice quiet place near the metro station
Good friendly people very helpful people good breakfast

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

i liked every thing about this hotel, from the location to cleannes. fromthe kind caring and helpfull staff to fantastic breakfast.
i would highly recomand this hotel for any one traviling to istanbul.
i would like to say thanks to all people working there spacially Mr. Seleem and all peolpe in the front desk.
well done and keep it up.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2019

Verified traveler

The food was good and cheap to order. The rooms were very small. The clothes closet was dirty.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2019

Tariq

Overall good stay ... stayed here many times... just negative point they don’t upgrade you room but nevertheless all good

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2019

Souheir

Its location and far from the city you must use taxi and its on highway . No coffees or restaurants there and all around offices.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

06 May 2019

Wassim

More like a 3.5 star motel with terrible staff.

-Airport shuttle taxi didn’t appear despite me scouring arrivals for a sign/placard to indicate association with the hotel. Taxi ended up costing me an additional £30. Staff refused to acknowledge their poor service and didn’t offer a return taxi on check-out.
-Hotel staff have a clear barrier of understanding when it comes to English.
-Rooms are much smaller than they appear in pictures, very little space to walk around in/store luggage. There was also a clear stench of cannabis & smoke every time we returned (following cleaning), if this was smoke seeping in from another person’s room remains to be known. Bathroom toilet was leaking all over the floor every time it was flushed. Air conditioning in room didn’t work. Despite notifying staff on several occasions on all these issues, they failed to rectify them, making the room unbearable to stay in.
-Overall location of hotel is terrible for Istanbul. To get to the places of attraction, it will take you on average 1 hour by metro/train, and 30 minutes (without traffic) by taxi. Being closer to the European side will save you significant amounts on both travel costs and time.
-Cleaning staff continuously knock on door at 8am in the morning and will then return at 10am to repeat the same thing, despite telling them not to.
-Buffet breakfast at 49 Liras, whilst seems cheap for a hotel, tastes horrid – pastries are dry, cheeses smelt off, meat platter was tasteless, and overall lack of hygiene can be visibly seen.

Friends

2/10

Poor

03 May 2019

Verified traveler

Every thing is good but stuff and washroom is really bad... Sorry room toilet is really dirty and smelling...

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2019

Sej

Every thing was nice, clean and helpful staff. If I book another holiday to Turkey I will book with byotell definitely if there's vacancy room. It's near underground station and bus stop on the main road and a lot of nice restaurants and take away with amazing food.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Well coming staff . Helpful. Nice location and very good breakfast. Very good facilities. Public transportation is very close

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

10 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

I have emailed them 4 times to get my medicine back, that I forgot in my room ,
They do not return an answer on my email.
I need my medicine !!!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2019

santvana

A good hotel, giving lower rating for one reason

This was my second stay at Byotell. They have an amazing breakfast and nice clean rooms, smiling staff. helped pack a nice breakfast even when we checked out at 6:30 AM in the morning. The only thing that i found was a rip off was that when i booked 2 single rooms for my colleague and myself, the hotels.com voucher said \"Free Spa for 2\", which I presumed meant a spa treatment for each of us. But it just meant that we could use their pool and gym. Thankfully I checked at the time of check-in so i did not book a treatment, but my colleague ended up paying for the treatment. I think the voucher is misleading and should not be promoted. I was also told by my local colleague that Byotell offers free aiprot pick up and drop-off for more than 3 nights stay and we stayed for 5 nights each. hence, that could be offered maybe? We booked our own taxis.

Not sure if this is a problem with the hotel / the website.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Had an amazing time at this hotel. We arrived at 9am and they allowed us to check-in straightaway and on last day allowed us to check out at 2pm at no extra charge. Nothing was too much hassle for them. If I have to pick a negative, the kids pool was at 28degrees which is a little on the cold side for younger children, otherwise perfect

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2019

omid

Too far from all city attractions , lots of patients in hotel. The rest was ok

Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Feb 2019

ebru

great hotel

Best hotel in Istanbul- rooms are very nice and staff is the best ive seen so far

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2019

ebru

Best Hotel Internationally

I have worked and stayed at many 5 star hotels but this hotel has the most soothing rooms and the staff is the best I have met so far internationally.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Everything is perfect except there is bad smell comes in the bathroom

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

The beds were comfortable, the room was nice and clean !

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2018

Dinesh

.Nice and easy to access Nice food and co-operative staffs.

2/10

Poor

03 Nov 2018

Sohrab

They cheated me completely. Had booked a hotel close to Ataturk airport for my last night flying out of Istanbul. This hotel is no where close to Ataturk airport and they did not help me either cancel the reservation or put me up in another hotel close to the Istanbul airport.
I called Expedia twice and they spoke to the Otel but the hotel did not accommodate at all.
I truly believe the ad on Expedia is cheating a customer by saying it is close to Ataturk airport. It is close to some other airport, so this was a blatant lie.
I WANT MY MONEY REIMBURSED AS I DID NOT USE THE HOTEL AND HAD TO BOOK ANOTHER HOTEL CLOSE TO THE AIPORT LAST MINUTE AT A MUCH HIGHER PRICE.
MY VERY FIRST BAD EXPERIENCE ON EXPEDIA!!!!!!!

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2018

Vas

The hotel was very nice and mcdonalds is opposite.
The room was nice and comfortable.
Staff was okay, but could barely speak english.
The issue i had was that i was relaxing in my room and i got two phone calls asking if everything was fine,and i said yes and they said apparently the emergency panic button was pressed in the room which i didnt. The deputy manager then came up with another staff member to check if everything was fine,which it was. I asked the deputy manager what was the issue but he just ignored me and started talking to the other guy in his language, i thought this was very rude!

Overall i liked the hotel design, comfort and location. Improvements should be to train staff to speak english.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Convenient

Close to subway. Nice breakfast . But no nearby restaurants

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Ok not bad hotel close to many places and easy access to the highway

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2018

Santosh

Helpful staff and cleanliness. Hotels buffet breakfast was excellent. However, it is far away from all historical attractions of the city.

2/10

Poor

25 Sep 2018

Steve

Worse experience in my life time , smelly room and unpleasant staff I left the hotel without checking after inspection.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2018

Jango

He hotel is staffed by very nice and professional people. The overall amenities are very good and they have an outstanding breakfast. I did not venture around the neiborhood other than the area around the waterfront, but it is definitely worth the small cab fare, although we walked and enjoyed it very much. It was surprisingly trendy and offered both down to earth and upscale places to shop and eat. It is not ulra congested and urban loke the rest of istanbul. A very clean neighborhood and very walkable (toward the waterfront).

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely staff and hotel. Location a bit far from the centre.

4/10

Poor

07 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Tidy little room with a window about 500mm wide.

I understand that there are small poky rooms around but the room I got was not what was advertised via photos. 950 TL for a taxi to get there from Ataturk and 10 lanes of congestion in the morning to get back to the airport. Forget about it. Better off staying at the airport hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Noce hotel and good location around shopping mall
Cafee and rrsturant

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2018

mohammad

Excellent halal hotel

Good hotel , clean , reasonable price and comfort Also good breakfast

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2018

Raja'

Excellent hotel where you can relax and enjoy available facilities and services..

4/10

Poor

21 Aug 2018

Hamlet

Won’t go back again . My room had a major noise that front desk said they know about it and I had to wait until next morning to move other room to sleep . Don’t book room 1100 .

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2018

Lee

Family holiday

The hotel was very nice, had good facilities and a nice restaurant, the hotel is closer to SAW than IST so worth bearing in mind for transport to and from the airports. The staff were very friendly and helpful and always someone on hand who could speak English so no issues on this front. I would fully recommend this hotel to others, the only note i would add although it made no difference to us, is to note somewhere that it is a 'dry' hotel as this may make a difference to some.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2018

Tariq

Excellent choice

I really did enjoy staying at this hotel.. everything about it was very good... gym, swimming pool was excellent to past time ... location was really good.. metro just virtually outside ( 3/4 mins walk)
Differently will stay again

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2018

Eyad

Clean and comfort

V good hotel

Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2018

Sammy

The best hotel in town and the best location .....
Thank you so much