Hotel Bossuite Business

There is no toothpaste, hair shampoo - when asked about this, what is indicated in the voucher is that there is a bath and toiletries, the staff simply responded with rudeness. The ventilation in the shower room does not work. The toilet lid does not stay in place; it closes all the time; you have to hold it with your hand. Most importantly, breakfast is served from 9 o'clock. We only had breakfast once, because many tours start at 9 o’clock, and you need to leave at 8 o’clock. And the breakfast is poor, in general there was a feeling that the price does not correspond to the quality.

Hotel is fine, nice and close to public transport. Staff are lovely and rooms are small but clean. Breakfast was great. However it is deceiving to call the hotel a “business hotel”. There are no desks in room for working, breakfast doesn’t start until 9am (both a bit ridiculous if you are staying for business). The rooms are paper thin with drunken people in and out each evening waking up everyone else on the same floor.

Nice hotel, the two bed room was small, not lots of space and the mosquitos made my sleep very difficult. Unfortunately there was nomspray or tablets to make them go away. In addition the clima was freezing. Usually the mosquitos do not like the cold environment but then it would be very cold. The breakfast was the same every day. Otherwise everything elsenwas fine. The communication in English was not that good , which happens everywhere in Istanbul.

We stayed for 3 nights, quick summary. The Good. * great position, area is quiet, safe and no bars to make noise. * the bed was very comfy, room 501 had opening door to access balcony. * super clean * good reception staff, very helpful * staff changed winter duvet as far too hot and gave us more sensible light cotton blanket, forgot to leave any toilet paper, but promptly bought some up straight away, also left air freshener as room smelt of smoke from next door. * decent kettle, hairdryer and a few coathangers appreciated. The Not So Good. * Air conditioner blew smoke from next door room into our room, we had smoke filled room until 1am, horrible. * rooms cleaned far too late, we arrived back twice after long days of sightseeing (5.45pm on one occasion) and room still being cleaned. People returning after long days dont want to sit around waiting for rooms to be cleaned when they have vacated room early that morning. * sound carries thru rooms, we could hear next door snoring, talking, toilet activities etc * breakfast was a dismal affair, we looked at sad plates of extremely uninteresting nibbles, walked out. Looked horrible. *linen is ok but all towels need replacing as pretty thread bare and paying what you do per night, you expect far better. *had to get maintenance staff initially to fix door to balcony that was jammed (looked to be for a very long time) and you could not lock. We said we wouldn't stay in a room where you were unable to secure, staff came up and sorted out the lock so it worked properly. * fridge completely full of ice so does not work properly.

The hotel has a good location (on Asian side). It's nearby nice coffee places and also 15 min. walk from ferries that would take you to the European side. The room was okay, but there was a cigarette smell, plus no toiletries were supplied. Breakfast was okayish and the stuff was helpful. but hotel is located on a super busy street, so we had a night when we couldn't sleep at all! Again the English of service could be slightly better to make the communication easier.

Pros: - The hotel is located in a convenient location. - The rooms and equipment are clean and new - The restaurant is nice and has nice staff - Room view on the last floor was nice - The gentleman at the evening reception was nice and professional Cons: - I had the room with terrace and the AC unit was above the room which would vibrate and had a constant humming noise which was unbearable. even with good window isolation. - The staff weren't very friendly but did the bare basics. - My room was ready at 14:20 but I got a call to vacant the room before 12:00 which was a little cheap - The breakfast wasn't an open buffet and the offered breakfast was very basic and limited. - I had a drink at the restaurant and paid for it immediately but heard the reception asking the restaurant staff if i had paid for it when i was in front of the elevator, again very cheap move. I wont recommend it to foreigners but they were much nicer with Turkish guests. hence the many positive reviews from Turkish people. I guess the lack of English language knowledge was a big barrier. The gentlemen at evening reception spoke English well though.