Spinel Hotel, Istanbul

I am not sure whether it is excellent training or the staff truly is so helpful and friendly - for me the service was excellent, from the airport transfer they organised to check in, very decent breakfast with an amazing view and the comfortable beds. Yes, the local street is not a well looked after boulevard, but the local main street is a few steps aways so no traffic or noisy close to the hotel. Would recommend to anyone who does not look exclusively for brand named hotels but hospitality that is sometime lacking in much more expensive hotel.

The staff speak fluent English and are very welcoming with their warm Turkish hospitality and hot Turkish tea! The reception area and rooms are very modern and clean. If you have mobility issues, you may have trouble getting to breakfast (which is delicious) as it’s on the top floor. We did have an issue with ants 2 nights of our stay, but the hotel staff handled it. Awesome location, minutes from Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia.

I stayed 3 nights in the 3d floor double room. Staff are all friendly and helpful. Roof top dining room was quite nice with sea view. Only draw back was small bottle of water in fridge cost 4tl while it was sold 0.5tl at grocery store.

it was good

I had a great time, the staff were all incredibly kind and helpful, and the area was very close to the old city and walking distance to many attractions. The room size was small but it was clean and felt modern and fresh. The small thing I would like to add for possible improvement is the breakfast (although great and was nice to eat on the rooftop terrace) was missing a main component, it was just small snacks. But I had an amazing time and would recommend it.