Antis Hotel-Special Category

Pros 1. Excellent location 2. Friendly staff (mostly) 3. Nice free breakfast Cons 1. Dangerous if you have children - the stairs are very steep and the door locks are overided when using the door handle from the inside meaning young children could escape the room and potentially fall down the marble steep stairs (we had to use suitcases against the door) 2. The rooms are outdated...we had a very loud extractor fan in the bathroom which would wake the children. There were exposed wires in the bathroom and random holes in places... 3. The rooms are not soundproofed, we were constantly woken by the loud trains and other guests. 4. They only have one highchair so we were not able to use one for majority of our stay as it was always in use by another family. I wouldn't recommend this hotel if you are travelling with young children

The hotel is run down and filthy. The beds are hard and the sheets are so dry and scratchy. It was the worst stay I’ve ever had. We checked out early because the conditions were so bad and they refused to refund us for the nights we weren’t staying. Even though I booked a refundable room. It’s a bad hotel. Location is okay. Close to the main attractions. But the room was so bad it was terrible. We moved across town and it was much better.

Lovely and clean hotel. Staff were polite and helpful. Nice, safe and friendly area. Lots of restaurants and supermarkets close by. Within walking distance of Blue Mosque, Aya Sophia and Topkapi Palace. We chose a superior room which gave us a good view over the Marmaris Sea and the mouth of the Bosphorus.

Perfect location. Very easily accessible by the tram service. Very close to the Hagia Sophia and the blue mosque.

We stayed in the Antis hotel in Istanbul. When we booked, the photos of the hotel made it look lovely. It said rooftop terrace. The bedrooms looked lovely. When we got there we didn’t even have a chest of drawers to put our clothes in. We lived out of our suitcases for the week. We had a very slim wardrobe which just about fitted a couple of my dresses and a coat. The bedroom itself was nothing like the photos on the internet. One small window overlooking the restaurant across the road. We couldn’t open the curtains because people across would have seen right into our rooms. The bathroom was so tiny you couldn’t even brush your teeth properly. The shower coming from the ceiling didn’t work. It looked like mould in the shower rose. It had a shower hose on a riser which was so low we had to use it like a hand held shower. The walls were so thin you could hear conversation from the rooms either side When we asked about the room were told that we should’ve asked for the suite rooms. When we booked through lastminute.com they gave no choice for other rooms. The pictures only showed the better rooms. Not the dingy rooms we were given. The breakfast was disgusting. We had to eat out every morning. We paid for breakfast so we were in fact paying double. The roof top bar was never open. It looked like it had been abandoned. Last minute.com have misled their clients with the representation of this hotel. It is advertised as a four star hotel. This isn’t even two star. We also both woke with red lumps on our body. I couldn’t even begin to think what was biting us. This hotel was abysmal. We paid a lot of money for an absolute hovel. I would advise anyone to not book this hotel. There are plenty of hotels in sultahnamet. Keep away from this one.