10/10 Excellent
Shaheda
30 Oct 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel. Excellent breakfast! Even the quality of sandwiches in our breakfast box to take away was exceptional. I think this will be my permanent stay place in Istanbul - a city really exceptional and like any other. We were hoping to try the Michelin restaurant but had already tried the Nuseirat one night so felt a bit extravagant to have another top rated meal in the space of a few day's. The hotel is very nicely located and the restaurant recommendations by Etiler were great.
The only sting was the taxi to the airport arranged by the reception guy (not Etiler) where he told the taxi driver to cap ours fare to 1800 TL. The taxi guy then charged us this amount despite the metered fare only being 1200 TL. It was a faster ride so not as expensive as peak time. But the taxi driver made up some rubbish about toll charges. They shouldn't have been 600 TL though. So we were taken for a ride! We weren't savvy enough at the time to calculate and push back more (airport stress and all that). It's a shame about that experience. Nobody likes to be made a fool.
Other than that, a truly exceptional stay and as for the sting, once bitten, twice shy. I'd be delighted to stay here again.
Shaheda
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024