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Lotus Hotel
Yavuzsultanselim Mah. Vakif Mektebi Sok, No:1, Istanbul

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 33 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Wayne

Travelled with partner
Vural and his team were very warm, welcoming and helpful. We much appreciated all the assistance they provided and for making us feel comfortable…
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Todd

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay at the Lotus! Very friendly owners and our daughter loved playing with the two dogs. We’ll be back!

10/10 Excellent

Mariana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel great location
Friendly staff quick and easy communication
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

6/10 Okay

:-), Amman

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Extremely friendly staff who did their best to make my stay comfortable, warm and clean room and bathroom. However, the hotel building was old (and has no lift) and located in an old area (not exactly in istanbul center but still near -about 3 to 4 km- and there is a public transport station near the hotel (bus)). No such tourist flow that is usually seen in the center nor much shops can be found as the area is more of residential rather than touristic. Even the few nearby markets close earlier as compared to center. It was somehow hard to find the hotel as well. And for people who fear dogs, they own one that stays sitting at the reception and breakfast area all the time (was polite and lovely one though). After all, I enjoyed my stay and was really impressed the way that the staff made everything smooth and comfortable (helping with bags, advised regarding places to visit, and arranged me a comfortable van that drove me to airport). They were really great.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast was terrible, prepacked ( everyday same) not enough to fill your stomach and for tea or coffee they warm milk in microwave .
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019
Response from vural on 31 Dec 2019
Hello Dear Guest . breakfast everywhere in the world same kind of things. tomato different kind of cheeses olive salami butter jam omlet or boiled egg bread tea coffee and fruite.. if you not get full stomach you can ask for more no problem. we just organize plates standart pieces for not throw them out garbage . if you do not like macrowave you can tell and people warm milk in gas owen .. just ask us more no problem .. do not hesitate to offer more .. best regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Onica

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome people very bad maintenance
Arrived at the worst hotel I have ever seen. Wrinkled gold bedding and curtains very grubby did not want to take my shoes off did not want to touch anything. Toilet absolutely disgusting. Talked to the manager and he suggested their other hotel. What they lack in cleanliness and condition was made up by very helpful and kind service. Truly nice people. The 2nd place was really an apartment and not an hotel room. It was better more modern and had a beautiful view. Very dusty could draw pictures on the dust on the bed head board. Toilet was badly stained. But again the guy who managed the place was just so kind friendly and helpful. I would stay at the second place again. But I would not pay 200 tl and Ill scrub it down. There where some major water leaks everywhere. Broken balcony door, broken bed. Although the place obviously was renovated recently the maintenance needs improvement. Its sad really because Alp was such a nice man. On a different note. If you are walking with luggage its really not possible to walk to the hotel. Its a main road with no side walk and its grueling. Take a taxi from the metro station and all is fine.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017
thank you very much for explaining . you forgot to write about the stairs was very steep..

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
surprised me
Do not let pictures trick you . you will not find what you see. once i arrived they gave me a room on the fifth floor , i would not recommend it to an animal , it is NOT for human being. an d they told my brother that they do not have a room for him. after discussion , they gave my brother a room with three beds. and they told me to cancel if i do not like, how to do that from turkey and i am from USA. i had to accept to sleep in my brother room and they charged us for both rooms, No breakfast was available.

4/10 Poor

yup , united states

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad experience
When we arrived at the hotel they gave my brother a very cold room on the roof and they said we don't have room ready for you ! Also there is no elevator in the hotel and it's in bad area (NOT AS EXCITED)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Value for Money
Hotel is a family run. Only three rooms in hotel. Hotel in residential neighborhood. Supermarket, money exchange 1 minute walk. Bus stop 5 minutes away. No elevator. One English Channel. Clean rooms. No vegan breakfast. Safe neighborhood, but lots of refugees

10/10 Excellent

Hotel Lotus , BG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful place
Hotel is very well located . Friendly staff . Highly recomended

8/10 Good

Diane, Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value
Stayed 4 nights and at the end of each day of walking through Istanbul, I was glad to get back "home". Ahmet is incredibly knowledgeable about where to go and what to see. He even rescued me from a lost taxi! Breakfast is typical Turkish and delicious. Hayriye, who also works at the hotel, is very sweet and accommodating-she lent me a sweater when I didn't have enough warm clothes. There was a small fridge and an electric kettle in the room. The shower was great with plenty of hot water. I can't imagine finding a better deal in Turkey or elsewhere.

10/10 Excellent

H.

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Super freundliches Auftreten der Personal, bei Fragen wurde immer alles beantwortet. Die Zimmer waren sauber und wurden jeden Tag gereinigt.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Mikail

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Sehr nettes Personal, sehr zuvorkommend und hilfsbereit. Zimmer sind gross und zu diesen Preisen in Ordnung. Kein Aufzug, dass ist recht ungünstig wenn man im 3.ten Stock ist. Aber in Grossen und Ganzen alles Ok.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Posizione comoda,buon collegamento via bus con Eminonu (10 minuti) Posto tranquillo
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Khaled

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
للاسف غير جيد
موقع الفندق للاسف غير جيد في منطقة شعبيه ولا يصلح للعوائل .. الطاقم جيد ومتعاون بذات الرجل الموجود في الاستقبال جدا متعاون .. لا يووووووووجد اصنصير والمكيف مايبرد
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 10 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Øyvind

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good!
Very good! It is not a 5 star palace, but perfect for my stay. Great hospitality, simple and good breakfast, and perfect location. Stable WiFi.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

summer, japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
とても親切にしていただきました。空港までの送迎も安心して利用できます。 長距離バスのチケットを購入するとき手伝ってもらいました。エレベーターはなく階段ですが、スーツケースも持ってくれました。隣に長距離バスの会社、その隣に薬局があります。メトロはハリチ駅が近いのですが15分くらい歩きます。バス停は近いのでバスを利用すると良いと思います。
Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

ibrahim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Çok güzeldi
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Guy, Sundsvall

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ett bra hotell för resenärer med lågbudget
Hotellet ligger på promenadavstånd från centrum. Jag kände till omgivningen och jag blev inte besviken. Vid ankomsten redogjorde receptionisten ganska utförligt för mig om vad och hur man kan göra i närheten. Detta har aldrig hänt mig förut och jag upplevde det som väldigt positivt.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

4/10 Poor

Batuhan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Aile ile kalmaya uygun değil otel çok pis
Muhit olarak kocamustafapaşa bölgesinde ve bina baya eski ve bakımsız. İzmirden geldiğim için açıkçası bir bilgim yoktu ve puanları bakarak geldim. Otel bir kere otel değil. Daha çok Hostel denilebilir. Odalar maalesef çok pis, örtülerin her yeri leke. Yüksek puanına aldınız geldim açıkçası çok da ucuz değildi. Fiyatı duyan taksiciler bile şaşırdı. Çalışanların iyi niyetli ve yardımsever davranışlarına rağmen bunu yazmak zorundayım. Özellikle aile olarak kalacaksanız tercih etmeyiniz
Response from vural on 4 May 2018
otelimiz 3 katlı ve asansör bulunmamaktadır. bulunduğu mahalle küçükmustafa paşa , yavuz sultan selim mah. fatih ilçesindedir. harita üzerinden yerine ve mahalle resimleine bakarak rezervasyon yapılmasını rica ediyoruz. daha çok yabancı turistlerin tercih ettigi bir bölgedir . türkiyeden seyahat eden müşterilerimizin harita da yerine ve yorumlara bakıp ondan sonra rezervasyon yapmasını tavsıye ediyoruz. umarım bir dahaki sefere daha uygun fiyat ve mevkide biryerde konaklarsınız...

10/10 Excellent

Celal Cengiz

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tek Kelimeyle Mükemmel.
Genel olarak çok iyi. Hizmet 10 numara. Temizlik iyiye yakın biraz daha özenli olabilir. Konfor ve otelin durumu mükemmel. Bölge olarak Fatih Camiine 20 dakika yürüme mesafesinde. Sultan Ahmet’e 20 dakikada araçla ulaşılıyor. Uber programı çok yardımcı olacaktır. Ucuz taksi isteyenler bu programı indirebilir. Otel müdürü Vural beye çok çok teşekkür ederiz. Bir daha İstanbul’a gidersek kesinlikle yine Lotus Hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from vual on 1 Feb 2018
çok teşekkür ederiz . tekrar görüşmek dileğiyle.

8/10 Good

Ghada, Tunisie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hotel accueillant, très bon emplacement
Personnels accueillants et chaleureux. Hotel avec un bon prix et un bon emplacement, très proche à la station de bus. Je le recommande vivement
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2017
Response from vural on 1 Feb 2018
thank you very much. hope to see you again

6/10 Okay

MARAT

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Номер грязный, грязь везде. Полы не моют, обои на стенах грязные и ободранные. Пятна на постельном белье, постельное белье не меняют (за 6 дней!). Грязные, рваные шторы на окнах. Шкафы без дверей, шкафчики с обломанными ручками. Грязные батареи отопления. Сейф не работает. Из четырех ламп (бра) только одна работает. Есть душевая кабина, горячая вода, шампунь, мыло, полотенца два больших и два маленьких (на всех 4-х человек), фен, Wi-Fi. Завтрак абсолютно одинаковый все 6 дней: яичница, две дольки колбасы, две дольки сыра, две помидорки, кофе 3 в 1 или чай. Вывески гостиницы нет, найти можно только по навигатору и по фотографии фасада. По-русски говорит только одна работница гостиницы (подает завтрак). Когда её нет, то придется изъясняться на английском, турецком или жестами. Отель расположен в стороне от основных достопримечательностей Стамбула (примерно 3-4 км), поэтому придется пользоваться транспортом города: автобусами, скоростными трамваями, метро. Рекомендую сразу в аэропорту на входе в метро купить проездной билет. Неплохой район для тех, кто хочет увидеть жизнь простых турков в старой части Стамбула. узкие улочки, небольшие кафе, ресторанчики и магазины, в которых цены значительно дешевле, чем в туристических районах Стамбула.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Yaroslav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Семья с 7-ми летним ребенком
Несмотря на то, что отель не новый, всё решает внимательное отношение хозяина к клиентам отеля. Удобная постель для отдыха после прогулки по городу, тишина ночью, сытный завтрак. Район очень удобный и недорогой. Совсем близко два супермаркета, пекарня. Две недели проживания питались в кафе, которым владеют женщины (по этой же улице), очень вкусная, разнообразная домашняя кухня.Проживанием остались очень довольны))))
Stayed 12 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Très bien, very nice !!
Bonjour, proximité des grands monuments d'Istanbul, personnel très agréable. Merci pour tout. Hi, near great monuments of istanbul, staff is very pleasant.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2017
Response from vural on 7 Aug 2017
thank you very much. hope to see you again..

10/10 Excellent

SERGEY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Теплое гостеприимство!
Очень отзывчивый и добрый персонал. Мы рады что попали в этот отель, великолепно подходит для семьи с экономичным бюджетом. Следущий раз планируем опять вернуться.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017
thank you very much Dear Sergey. hope to see you again