Hotels near Mixer in Istanbul

My wife and I enjoyed our week-long stay in the Soul Hotel in Istanbul in January 2023. We found a “home” there and got treated like “VIPs”. (I’m confident that EVERY Soul Hotel guest likely receives VIP TREATMENT, though.) Normally, I would not post a review because leaving a SUPER review has the potential to make it harder for me to find availability for my own stay. However, I see that recently there was posted a crazy review. People need to know that that review is baloney, and I don't believe one single word of it, and neither should you! I’m American and have stayed in hotels throughout the world, so I am quite experienced to say that there is a combination of factors that makes the Soul hotel one of my favorite hotels I have ever stayed in anywhere. The soul hotel is IMMACULATE. Not only is it clean, but it is also SAFE; the temperature controls in the room ALL work perfectly; the water pressure is SUPER; it is QUIET; the sheets and towels are new and high quality; it has a TERRIFIC breakfast; it’s a beautifully designed hotel with a lovely combination of antique and modern (see the photos)—BUT… incredibly----these are not even the best feature. THE BEST feature of the hotel is: its STAFF. They are ALL GOOD PEOPLE. The staff members really CARE about guests. They ALL speak English quite well and most speak other languages, too! They are trustworthy, knowledgeable, and helpful. When you combine all these elements together, it makes for a truly memorable experience that is even reasonably priced(!) On top of the pricing, the design, the excellent staff, the great food and immaculate cleanliness, THEN there's the LOCATION. The location of the hotel is right in the middle of the most charming part of Istanbul. There are antique shops and art galleries and coffee houses all around, and it’s even around the corner from the #1 Hammam Spa in Istanbul. It’s also located about 7 minutes walking distance from Istiklal Street, the major street where all the big shops are. There’s simply no better accommodations to be had in Istanbul. I invested an huge amount of time researching and vetting various hotels before choosing the Soul Hotel, and I chose entirely correctly. So, for free, you now get to benefit of all my investigations and experience, and I get to worry that I’ll have to fight you in the future for my own reservations. I wrote this because I couldn't ignore the reputation of this really fine establishment being attacked by crazy lies. Soul Hotel staff give their best for guests, and I feel obliged to stand-up against any bad things implied about this hotel. Soul Hotel is a CLASS ACT all the way.

The hotel worths the cost, it’s in a great location many spots around ya, ( restaurants, bars, clubs , supermarket , transportation). The service is wonderful, front office manager Mr. oner offered us a superior triple room instead of double. He’s very nice and friendly person. The breakfast is amazing, many choices. A Turkish girl and Azerbaijan guy ( my bad I did not remember their names) they are very welcoming and friendly people. I highly recommend this hotel

We were first checked into a much much smaller room, not what I’d booked. At least they moved us to our correct room, after pointing this out. Also, we’d asked a few times for something to be delivered to our room, staff said ‘yes’ but never helped with this, plus the room’s phone didn’t work too.

A beautiful atmospheric hotel in the center of Istanbul. The staff is friendly and will greet you right away. The aroma in the hotel is excellent. The rooms are clean, comfortable, with air conditioning. Breakfast... it's a blast, you go up to the 6th floor and enjoy all of Istanbul, with a delicious cup of coffee. The food is very tasty, everything is always there, and the waiters can bring you drinks. We really liked the hotel, if you want a beautiful, atmospheric relaxation in the city center, then choose Galata By Boss❤️

I booked this hotel in good faith only to find yet again the positive reviews were not at all in keeping with the property. The hotel was noisy and every coming and going could be heard d. Additional for about an hour drums were banging to call the faithful to eat befor dawn as it is ramandan. I have travelled extensively in many Muslim countries during the holy month and never have experienced this; and I had includes Istanbul. I could not sleep while xhveas made harder as there were no curtains, just a net that lit the room up as soon as dawn broke. I complained at 6 am and thought I came to am amicable agreement but by 10am, this had changed and the manager became rude and aggressive. I felt threatened and unsafe and was coerced into saying I had missed my flight as I was told categorically this was the only one at I would get my money back. I questioned this but to no avail. He was adamant. The manager has not been truthful with *********** saying he gave me €175 when he in fact gave me €150 and effectively told me to leave his hotel. Another shameful example of the lack of truth. This is an atrotucios accommodation and I urge you to avoid

Otelin merkezi bir yeri var. Kısa bir tatil için tercih ettik. Çok da memnun kaldık. Bir sonraki istanbul planımda da kesinlikle tercih edeceğimiz bir yer. Tüm personelleri çok kibardı özellikle Enes bey ve Fatih bey çok güzel karşıladılar ve çok güzel tavsiyeler verdiler. Her ihtiyacımızda da zamanında yardımcı oldular.

Our Stay at Doruk Palas Hotel was excellent. We were welcomed with a lot of warmth. Everyone, literally everyone at the hotel was so friendly and approachable. Our stay was hassle-free and with the amazing hospitality shown by all the staff, it was even more beautiful and comvenient. The view from our room was amazing. If given a choice, I would give 10 on 5 stars for the great service, warmth and friendliness of the staff. Mr. Ahmed is a gem of a person who would always take the time out to speak to all the guests including us and ensure we were comfortable. Not to forget the wonderful cat at the hotel who is fondly called as Mr. Osman. He is always calm and beautiful to watch. We would surely come back if we were to visit Istanbul again! :)

We had a good experience staying 5 days at the hotel. Rooms and other facilities were so clean, nice large outdoor pool, good breakfast, …. The staff were very friendly, polite and helpful, ‘ Mert’ at the reception was very accommodating and help us with our requests.

First of all I should say we were in Nova plaza hotel before we went to this hotel and Nova was nightmare as I said before. We was in Dora pera for 1night and it was incredible. The room was tidy and bathroom was great! The view of our room was picturesque seaside and we enjoyed alot.the staff are so polite and always answered our question with happy face. Unfortunately there was a receptionist that works in nights, that was not pretty polite and he wouldnt talk to the gusts so politely...he had goatee beard if you want who i say. Except him, all things were fantastic and we will be there soon if i hear the news that he would not be there more!

Homely , We are welcomed First day, by mistake we reserved small room but with no extra cost they moved us bigger room .they are very near centre , breakfast is satisfactory. They are happy to help for everything. We will be back definitely.They olso offer shuttle services for a reasonable price.