Laleli Gonen Hotel

I stayed at Laleli Gonen Hotel for 2 days this summer, and was very content with my stay. 1) The room has all the amenities you need at a hotel, and a fantastic shower. 2) The rooftop has an excellent view of the city and sea, with seating and a nice pool!! 3) The free breakfast I believe has a great variety of foods (though some items were cold). I was very impressed with the variety of foods provided - mixed vegetables, potato, eggs, sausages, breads/ bagels, multiple salads, yogurts, sauces, cheeses, cold deli meats, fruits, cereals, oatmeal, etc. 4) The customer service from most employees. I was always greeted with a smile, and the employees were eager to help with any query I had. They even left a fruit plate for me on my birthday. I was so happy! 5) The location - it is 4 minutes walk to T1 tram, the stop is Universiti Laleli. This is VERY GOOD! You can get to sultanahmet (Turkish baths), Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar, Karakoy ferry and more all from this one tram! Also there are many eateries and clothing stores in walking distance. If you dont want to eat out, there is a store basically next door that sells some groceries and fruit and they give you the normal price 😊. The metro is very near also. Also in regards of location, you will not suffer walking up and down long steep hills as you will in Taksim. So if by chance you have any knee issues for example - this is a much better choice than most apartments in Taksim. Also, they have an elevator.

Call our attention the kidness and professional actitud from the front desk lady, Sengul. Also the front desk guy, Dervis. Dervis offer us to pay the taxi from our friends without know us the first day. (No body will do that in our country). Also the cleaning lady was super friendly and helpful even though she doesn’t speak English at all, her effort to understand us was magnific. The guy who was in chart of the breakfast super nice and very polite and dedicated with his job. You have good souls working in your hotel !

Sengul works the front desk reception, she does an incredible job with customer service and is very knowledgeable of the city and has really been super accommodating to us. Whenever we had issues or ideas on day trips, she would recommend the best way to navigate the city or who to look out for. The hotel itself is vastly underrated. Incredibly comfortable beds, very cold Air Conditioning, nice bathroom and the location is par to none with it being located next to both the underground railways and the above ground tram, making running the city incredibly efficient and cheap. The free breakfast here is excellent and is maintained by very warm staff. Even cleaning our linens was incredibly cheap and they did an excellent job delivering them to us at a convenient time. If you’re an American reading this, do not skip this hotel, I rank this amongst one of the best hotels I’ve ever stayed in on an international trip. You cannot beat this place for the price and quite frankly should be much more per night than is advertised.

the location is so close to everything, you can walk for maximum 20 minutes and arrive to your destination. the terrace is the best it’s such a nice place to rest after a long walking day

The hotel is nice, good location, good breakfast, rooftop pool.