Gezi Hotel Bosphorus, Istanbul, a Member of Design Hotels

The view from my window.

Some of the staff did not have a good attitude. For example: The night before I asked that my room ticket be printed, the mini bar checked, a wake up call arranged and taxi service to the airport arranged. When I called the reception at 0630 that morning for help with my luggage, I was told it was early and they would send someone up in 15 minutes. There was fog out my window and I thought I should leave earlier. When I arrived at the lobby, my bill was not prepared, the receptionist said I drank one bottle of water from the mini bar and had me sign a form when I said I did not; wanted to charge me the conversion rate from US$ to TL and I was not told this when I checked in and gave a $1000 USD deposit on the room and additional charge

The location was excellent near by the most important area ( Taksim) with reasonable price and warm hospitality

Poor of food staff and experience on service as it is new hotel

The hotel staff were very helpful with directions and figuring out the metro and ferry times/locations to get us to our destinations.