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Mevlana Boutique Hotel
Sultanahmet Mah Akbiyik Cad 75, 75, Istanbul, Istanbul

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 68 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 93 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 216 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Alexandra, Costa Rica

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute and picturesque boutique hotel
This is a tiny hotel. The room and bathroom also tiny (at least ours was). This did not bother us, I actually loved the room and the bathroom. The bathroom looks new, very hot water and good pressure. The hotel rooftop has a perfect view of the Blue Mosque on one side and the ocean on the other. (between the rooftop and these sights you will also see ugly building rooftops. But this you will see from any hotel around. The staff is SO friendly and helpful and the breakfast, which was included for us was DELICIOUS. There was plenty of traditional food, but also plenty of food for picky eaters (cereal, bread, fruit, eggs, etc). The location is also fabulous. Very close to all the usual attractions as well as a couple of blocks from an exchange bank and about half a block away from a small mini market. Negatives: very small rooms and bathroom. Mini fridge didn't seem to be cold enough--(we bought beer and wanted to cool them there, even the following day there weren't really that cold. It wasn't a big deal.) Pros: charming, clean, good location, view, friendly english-speaking staff.

8/10 Good

Bilal Nazar, Karachi, Pakistan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location for all tourist attractions
Very good location near to almost all the old city attractions like Aya Sofia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar etc. Breakfast was always perfect and the cook Rabia has given us perfect customer service. They have very good roof top restaurant with heart throbbing view of sea and blue mosque.

4/10 Poor

Inger, Ridgefield, CT

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not recommended
Nowhere near as good as any of the reviews I read. Worst of all, I asked for transport from the airport, cancelled 10 hours in advance, and they insisted I still pay, although there was nothing in writing about the arrangement being non-refundable. Lost an earring under the bathroom cabinet, and was horrified at how dirty the floor was there. Never again.

8/10 Good

Katerina, Indiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to everything, decent place to stay, no chic
Stayed as a couple for 3 nights, used the hotel mainly to sleep and shower. Great location, close to everything in Old Town (5 min walk). Breakfast buffet ok but nothing too impressive (yoghurt and cereal, bread, pre-packed butter and jam, Turkish cheeses and salami, olives). The shower did leak as previous reviews suggested, although not too bad. Our window opened onto a wall. AC worked very well. The staff was VERY nice and accommodating.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tiny rooms
Room is so small. The 3 of us had a hard time moving in the room. Just to get to the bathroom we have to walk sideways because the beds pretty much covers the room. Hardly any walking space. Will not stay here again. Location is great tho cuz its right next to the blue mosque and the bazaar.

8/10 Good

Krisztina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value, very satisfied
Unbeatable location. Nice breakfast. Clean room. The fan didn't work and the TV didn't work in the room but we didn't care there was still A/C and we don't care much about TV anyway, just thought I would mention it for the review. The room was very small, however we knew it would be because it was a special price so obviously they didn't give the large room for us. Everything was clean but updated bathroom fixtures would be nice. Hotel staff is pleasant and friendly. Overall we are very satisfied and would book again if we could get it fr the same price. We spent 6 nights in the hotel.

2/10 Terrible

sid, NC

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location but poor quality of comfort
Poorly maintainted low class hotel. They do not have ice fan etc. rooms are hot at time. Nice location and close to blue modque. Cheap for 2 star hotel

10/10 Excellent

bruce, San Francisco, CA USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Istanbul stay in Sultanahmet
Second stay of five nights at the end of a month in Turkey. Perfect location. Friendly reception staff. Delicious breakfast on terrace prepared by very friendly staff. Excellent and thorough housekeeping staff. Room a little worn around the edges but most comfortable and convenient. Priced affordable.

10/10 Excellent

bruce, San Francisco, CA USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What more could you ask for in a hotel property?
Five days beginning of May, and it could not be more convenient, nicer staffed, offer a more delicious breakfast, comfortable room, better location or better value. Staying again at end of May for another five nights. Highly recommend the Mevlana Boutique Hotel. Have stayed in Istanbul more than 24 times in last 20 years, always in Sultanahmet, and this was our favorite place of all. The Manager Ali is great and Ercan at reception super, along with spotless and considerate kitchen staff, and amazing housekeeping crew. What more could you ask for in a hotel property?

2/10 Terrible

allen, montreal

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible
Very tiny and small rooms. I paid extra for a 18 sqm room, but a room with these dimensions didn't exist and after changing my room for 3 times, they told me there has been a problem in their calculation. No hot water during busy times. No help from the hotel staff and they just try to sell their tours and events. Whatever price they told me, I find cheaper elsewhere.

4/10 Poor

Tamila, Qatar

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noisy hotel, hard bed, super tiny bed/bathroom
We stayed at the hotel for two days. It was the worst hotel I have stayed in in my whole life. Bedroom is so tiny that it is hard to get to even to bed, bathroom is so tiny that two of us couldn't be standing there at the same time. The walls are so thin that we could hear receptionist talking at a normal voice level on the ground floor even though our room was on the second floor. Plus there were some construction works going on in the neighbouring building. Also bed is very hard and pillows are like bricks. The regular price for the room is 100 Euro, but we got it for about 50 USD on Expedia. It was still very overpriced for it. It is really worth 20 USD max.

10/10 Excellent

Ana luisa, Mozambique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent place to be during your holidays
I was there for a few days and I liked

8/10 Good

Michael, Miami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A sight see'er's dream
No Open outlets in room. Shower leaked on the floor. Otherwise excellent breakfast and very helpful staff. Very few English channels on tv, but so much to do in the area that there is no time to watch any way! Killer views of Blue Mosque and Bosporus Strait from rooftop lounge area.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A near disaster put right
We had high hopes for the Mevlana for a short layover in Istanbul en route to the USA, based on existing reviews. We arrived from Africa early in the morning and were kindly granted access to a room, although this was in the basement and very small. When renovations in the adjacent building started to interfere with our sleep, however (with jackhammer and buzz saw, workmen shouting and pile-driving), only our exhaustion after a night spent awake on the plane allowed us to doze intermittently. I finally pleaded for a move to an upstairs room and was given a fourth-floor pleasant and larger room with a sunny window and view of the Blue Mosque. If this hadn't happened, my review would have been quite dire, I'm afraid! I would like to note the pleasant and courteous manner of the reception and lobby staff, and the truly excellent and interesting breakfast buffets with pleasant kitchen staff. Thanks so much.

8/10 Good

Rostana, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best trip
Hi, i was there with my friend for business. When i first saw the hotel, i was a little shoked, i didnt expect it too small, but we got use to it, it was very clean, the cleaning lady was very nice, every day she made the room look perfect. The rest of the staff was nice too, especialy hoktai, he is an amazing guy, very nice. And also the hotel is a resnable price for the location. It was close to everything with walking distance. I would defenately go back on my next trip.

8/10 Good

Hussein, Birmingham, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and facilities.
Mevlana Boutique was quite good, and it is very well situated, providing excellent views of the Sultanahmet/Blue Mosque, the Bosphorous Strait and the Black Sea. The staff attitude and hotel service, along with the bath facilities, the cleanliness and condition, are very good. I was provided a room in the basement, and for me, that was the only disappointment, even though there was a lift. I wish I was given an option to select a better located room, and next time I will ask for it at the time of booking. Also, windows that open to a street should be provided full curtains that can be deployed for adequate privacy. Otherwise I was quite satisfied. Thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Syeda, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant Surprise in Istanbul
The hotel was a great surprise as we didn't expect it to be so conveniently located. The view of the Bosphorus and the Blue mosque from the Hotel terrace is absolutely gorgeous. The hotel staffs are super helpful, friendly and accommodating. [I loved the kitchen/serving staffs in the terrace room who were very nice to me even with some language barrier. The reception staff is knowledgeable and helpful with baggage storing, early check-in and securing cheap airport shuttle.] As with any boutique hotels, the rooms are cozy but clean. The hotel is situated two blocks away from the Arasta Bazaar and the Blue mosque. There are tons of eating areas nearby which are open late into the night. The surrounding neighborhood is safe and very cute with cobblestone streets. I'd stay here again and recommend it others [with the exceptions of those traveling with children as the rooms only decent size.] I miss having breakfast from the Mevlana overlooking the Bosphorus water.

4/10 Poor

Monireh

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In Great Location BUT
Do not take serious their most important key promotional sentence which is: "Don’t worry, we haven’t taken any payment as you’ll pay the hotel directly in their local currency,......" And elsewhere that says: "Your booking is guaranteed and you’ll pay at the hotel in their local currency." Basically, they deduct the invoice from the credit card that you use for booking one day before your arrival (without prior consent of YOURS). Although you will find on the registration card of the hotel that there are two options to choose:"payment by card" or "in cash". The receptionist (the daytime one) was totally incapable of giving you a reasonable explanation for this contradiction & would refer you to a link to the hotel's terms and conditions policy. We tried 2 rooms of the hotel (standard and premium) & although the cost of one was twice more than the other, you could not find any difference except that TV was not working in the standard room (even the local channels) and the premium one had some local channels plus BBC. At the first moment of our arrival in the standard room, the curtain and its holder dropped on my head but got fixed on the same evening. Our standard room on the 5th floor was adjacent to restaurant which meant being woken up around 6 a.m. because of the noises the personnel make for preparing the breakfast but the variety of items on breakfast was good. To me, it was not a 4-star one but an average 3 star hotel located in a strategic touristic area.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Jan, Houston, Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location
Excellent location right in middle of old town, close to main mosque. Worth the price. Very good service, good neighborhood. 5 o'clock tea service with sweets.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel. Highly recommend
This is a good hotel with friendly and helpful staff, who are able to speak English to a good level. Well located - in the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul. 5 mins walk to blue mosque and haghia Sophia. Continental breakfast starts at 7am.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
great service
very well located, great service.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Sheela, Louisiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Right next to Blue Mosque
Hotel.is very conveniently located very close to all the attraction. You can walk to all the locations. Very safe location.lots of good places to eat nearby.hotel was very clean. We had the best room on the top floor. Good view of the Blue Mosque from the terrace.

8/10 Good

MN, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location,
Close to all historical sites, beautiful view from the roof terrace

10/10 Excellent

A. Elsawaf, Montreal Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Experience
Staff is very friendly and helpful, Hotel close Aya Sofia and Blue Mosque. Breakfast was great with many choices. A little noisy. A had a great experience

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
The location of the hotel was fantastic with only a few minutes walk to the main tourist attractions in the old city. The room itself was comfortable and had everything you would expect.The only thing that let down the experience was the rude and patrionising man on reception.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location but misleading photos
A great location - but we were put initially in a basement room which was easily viewable from the road. Next day we got a better room but most of the tiny rooms are facing inward. Breakfast was very low end. Coffee was acceptable though. We think there must be better on offer elsewhere.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not stay here
Great location, but... Worker was suspicious taking my cash and credit card but not immediately providing change or receipts, Room was not ready so (after I had paid to stay at 4 star) they lead me to a next door NOT 4 star hotel with an uncomfortable bed and very thin walls.

8/10 Good

Azi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location and clean rooms
Stayed for 3 nights in Mevlana. Location is very good close to Blue Mosque and it's quite around. Which is good for those who traveling with family and kids. Other hotels around are noisy due to cafe and restaurants around (works till 1 am). This hotel is also not far from Bosporus (about 7 mins walk). You can also rent a bike (25 liras per day) just at the next street behind the hotel from Suleiman at traveler club. You can also take the bikes with you on a boat for the trip which lasts 6 hours. Guys at reception are very polite and helpful, also speaks very good English.

6/10 Okay

explorer , london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
The hotel is a 3 star hotel not a 4 star
The location is very close by to the main attraction, if that's what your looking it's in a great spot. However to walk up to the hotel was quite difficult for my mum due to the rubble we had to walk up to every evening. The beds were uncomfortable and difficult to sleep on, however they were kind enough to give us another room. But we ended up with noisy American neighbours due to the wall being thing. There are a few things that they need to improve to be a 4 star hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Brian, Manchester, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic service
My room was clean and the hotel staff were friendly and very helpful. The hotel is an excellent location, just 5 minute walk from the Hagia Sofia and Blue Mosque

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Rooms are too small!!! Nice people, clean but the rooms are too small.

10/10 Excellent

Hanna, Orange, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to all must-see sights; excellent service
I loved this hotel! It was clean and had all the necessary amenities. They have a nice breakfast room and a beautiful roof terrace. The location is perfect, less than ten minutes walking distance from the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia, and the Basilica Cistern. The staff was very friendly and helpful.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
great location
my experience at this hotel was good due to the location and staff.

10/10 Excellent

Dale A, Larchmont,NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location, very clean, pleasant stay
No complaints

2/10 Terrible

Ehab, Vancouver

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Run Down and not worth the money
Tried five different rooms since we had two rooms booked and had issues with all rooms. One room was the wrong type and dark and small, the other had a non-working A/C and smelled really bad. Sound insulation between rooms is terrible, you can hear almost everything. Rooms are terribly small and dark except for x02, x03, and x04 Mattresses are all worn and not flat in any way Bathrooms are all extremely small to the point where to sit on the toilet in our room I had to either sit sideways or have one leg inside the shower which is higher than the rest of the bathroom Bathroom toiletries are cheap at best, tiny soaps. Floors are all squeaky inside the rooms, so you could hear the people walking upstairs and we assume downstairs heard us walking. Lights in the bathroom didn’t stay on all the time Most of the staff members were helpful and courteous, although, compared to other hotels in Turkey they definitely need improvement. One staff member was constantly trying to upsell us on the rooms and even though he had initially told us it was ok for a late check out, changed his mind the next day and basically made us scramble to change plans which affected what we could see in Istanbul. Breakfast is similar to what you would get in the rest of Turkey, nothing special. Wifi is spotty

8/10 Good

Ms Practicality, sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Don't judge a hotel with jet lag!
Arrived first after a 21 hour flight. Hotel was in a great location and staff were helpful. My basic Room was very small and soooo dark. I couldn't read and had to request a lamp. Overall I was pretty disappointed as I felt I was in darkest Europe not sunny Istanbul. I returned a couple of weeks later to the same room but the darkness didn't seem quite as gloomy. However reading lamps are essential if you are to read a tourist guide, a book etc. the big plus was the quiet room but the bathroom had the most curious plumbing noises. The building has been painted white so don't look for the timber building in the photos.

6/10 Okay

M., U.K.

Disliked: Room comfort
Great Location -- Uncomfortable Stay
The hotel is located very well -- exactly the areas that I would be visiting. So, because of that I was happy with where I was. However, my experience at the hotel was poor. The walls are extremely thin, and I could hear everything that was going on in the hotel, to include a very sick person next to me. The bathroom was not clean when I arrived and I felt uncomfortable staying in the hotel. The price of the hotel is good compared to other establishments, but I feel that I should have paid more to stay somewhere else.

8/10 Good

Hussain, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good Hotel Close to Attractions
I booked this hotel because I just needed a place to crash at for one night. I booked a 150sq ft single bed at a discounted rate because it was literally the day before that I booked it. When I arrived they gave me a two-single beds room. Other than this which didn't bother me at all everything else was perfect. For people coming from North America the rooms in Istanbul will be surprisingly small so do lower your expectations!

4/10 Poor

Leone, Australia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booking ahead: beware!
We booked into Mevlana Hotel for 2 separate nights; one night before & one night after our tour to Gallipoli. On arrival for the 1st night we were told that it was 'high season' & they were full. This is despite the fact that we booked with hotels.com 8 months previously. We were told that they would accommodate us in their sister hotel next door, but that they would 'upgrade' us. What a joke! The room we were given was less than I would expect from the cheapest backpacker hostel, we slept under blankets with no sheets and some pillows had no pillowcases. The room we were given was small & dingy to the nth degree and bore no resemblance to the rooms displayed on their website. To make matters worse, we told Mevlana that our tour company was expecting to pick us up at Mevlana, so we would return there in the morning. But during the afternoon our tour company emailed us to say that they had contacted Mevlana who told them that we weren't staying there any longer & they wanted to know where to pick us up from. On top of all this, I checked the hotels.com website, and lo & behold, Mevlana was advertising 2 spare economy rooms (which is what we had booked) vacant for that very night. On return from our tour we were given a room in Mevlana Hotel which was what we had expected, not the dog box we were given on our 1st night. We booked under a 'pay now, no refund available' deal through hotels.com, which may have been our mistake. I could not recommend Mevlana Boutique to anyone.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to every thing in old city
Good price , good place , clean room , friendly staff , but small room!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
City centre hotel
We had a lovely stay .The staff especially the manager were very helpful.We liked the breakfasts and the breakfast room has a beautiful view.There is a roof terrace with slightly difficult access but well worth the effort. There was some painting of the hotel exterior and reception areas while we were there but disruption was minimal and the hotel overall is very clean.The rooms are on the small side but the showers were very good in all the rooms used by our party.The decor is pleasant and the beds comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GREAT HOTEL , GOOD LOCATION
Great hotel , near to the Blue Mosque and the Aya Sofya. Near to the tramline, with loads of shops and restaurants nearby. Staff were friendly and helpful.

10/10 Excellent

UK guest, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service
very helpful staff, they try their best to help. The hotel could do with better mattresses and some non-turkish TV channels. In general it is a good place to stay in but definetly not a 4 start hotel

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best of 5!
Best of five I've stayed at in the Sultanahmet!

10/10 Excellent

Jean, Sydney, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service, great location and clean hotel

10/10 Excellent

Andres, Colombia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I'm coming back
Loved this hotel. Nothing fancy but clean, extremely well located, with nice breakfast with a view of the blue mosque and good price. Also very friendly staff. I felt very good. I will come back!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Nice hotel , nice people, nice service and really good price !!