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Reviews of Elasophia Hotel

Elasophia Hotel
Alemdar Street No: 9 - A, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Istanbul

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 130 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

SHAH, Pearland

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hospitality. Mr. Mostofa, the hotel manager was a nice man and very helpful as well. He helped us a lot to get our tour packages and transport. Free breakfast was with plenty of delicious items.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr ShahWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Mordecai

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel Front Desk on 24 Jul 2023
Thank you for rating usHope we can see you again in futureKindest Regards

8/10 Good

Sapna

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Elasophi Hotel Front Desk Team on 20 Jul 2023
Dear SapnaThank you for rating us.Hope we can see you again. Kindest Regards

8/10 Good

Hares

Stayed 5 nights in May 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 7 Jun 2023
Thank you for rating us

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice breakfast- they prepared box breakfasts on days we left on tours before the regular breakfasts started. They also arranged tours and taxi pickups. Desk staff were fantastic - especially Muzafer. Would certainly go there again. Great housekeeping staff.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 6 Jun 2023
Dear Lovely GuestThank you for your kind words.We hope, we can see you in future in our lovely hotel.Kindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Swapnil

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very inviting hosts and helpful. Very good location and pricing and nice breakfast in morning
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Mr. and Mrs. swapnil on 12 Apr 2023
Thank for your review we are looking forward to seeing you

10/10 Excellent

Ravshan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from elasophia front desk team on 7 Jun 2021
thank you for your review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
location was perfect
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 6 Apr 2021
THANK YOU

10/10 Excellent

Bilal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff, nice and clean rooms great atmosphere. Loved our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 24 Mar 2021
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAİN

8/10 Good

Maria

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay.
Staff very helpful. Clean rooms, kind of dated but for the price, good enough. Walking distance to all points of interest in the old city. In front of tram tracks. In between tram station gulhane and sultanahmet. About 45 mins taxi/ shuttle to/from IST airport.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 25 Sept 2020
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAİN

6/10 Okay

hyunchoi

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
location is perfect but room is too small and old. food is ok.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 21 Nov 2019
thank you very much for your kind comment. We hope see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Pros: Very good location, between 2 tram stations and only few meters to the famous area of Sultanahmet with its all attractions including Ayasophia and Gulhana park. The hotel entrance is on the main street on Sultanahmet (flat ground - that matters if you're travelling with elders) Ibrahim at the reception, was very kind to change our room to the 1st floor instead of 2nd (even though the only available room was bigger than what I booked), only to assist my mother who has a knee issues, while there's no elevator in the building. Cons: - Walls are not soundproof, you can hear everything from other rooms, and there's no sign of "Quit hours", we had hard time listening to noisy songs from the next room at 2am. - No elevator. - No water boiler (electric kettle) in the room, if you want to make yourself a cup of coffee, then you have to go down the stairs to hotel dining room. - Only 2 power outlet in the room, one of them is not near the bed.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Enes Özçelik on 21 Nov 2019
Thank you very much for your kind comment. We hope see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Arthur

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location
Best location you can imagine in the old city. Just a few minutes from Hagia Sofia and Basilica cistern. Tramway very close. Good breakfast. Don't expect a fancy hotel but price is reasonable for what you get. Good for a short stay.Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 5 Sept 2019
It is our honor to welcome you. Thank you for your comment. Respects

10/10 Excellent

Muhammed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
FANTASTICO
Clean, great staff, amazing location! Super recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 25 Jul 2019
Thank you very much for your comment. It is importent to us.

10/10 Excellent

Natalia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 25 Jul 2019
Thank you very much for your comment. It is importent to us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Salih on 12 Jul 2019
Thank You

8/10 Good

ALI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Salih on 15 Jun 2019
Thank You

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Salih on 30 Apr 2019
Thank You

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Eyup on 2 Apr 2019
Thank you very much

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Salih on 20 Dec 2018
Thank You

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It hasnt got star and it isnt a hotel , lt ls a dormitory
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Salih on 4 Dec 2018
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your review. It seems you haven't stayed in our hotel but wanted to write a bad review. We are a boutique hotel like all other 1500 hotels in the old town Istanbul :) We never said that we are hotel with 4-5 STARS. There is no 5 STARS hotel in Sultanahmet Area . Thank you for your funny review

10/10 Excellent

Winslow, Kew Gardens NY

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
i was very happy with my stay. If you are looking for a very affordable option near the Haia Sophia with a great attentive staff, this is the place for you. Thank you guys keep up the good work. I strongly recommend them.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Salih on 17 Nov 2018
Thank you very much

10/10 Excellent

sonia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Salih on 12 Nov 2018
Thank you

8/10 Good

Kumar

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 3 Jul 2018
Thank you for your comment

8/10 Good

Yilmaz Ragip

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 11 Feb 2018
Yorumunuz için teşekkür ederiz.

8/10 Good

Ahmed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel prime location, friendly staff
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 11 Jan 2018
Thank you very much for staying with us and your comment. Have a nice day

8/10 Good

MR H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Thank you very much for your comment. Have a nice day.

6/10 Okay

Hoi Yan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic
Very basic hotel I think overpriced, breakfast is not nice at all. Paying this price can go others, sorry to say that. Service is very good though
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 28 May 2018
Thank you very much

8/10 Good

Dave K

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money
Great location, super helpful staff, nice room. Olives for breakfast might surprise new travellers, but they're served all the time, everywhere, it seems.
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 28 May 2018
Thank you very much

8/10 Good

Dwayne, Jamaica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Central...nice...great staff
I am a tourist visiting from Jamaica. The hotel was really nice; the staff were very friendly and gave assistance when asked. Upon arrival we were offered refreshments, which was welcoming. The wifi is free, which was great!!!!!! The location was absolutely perfect. It's right near ALLLL that you need to see and eat. And they also have an airport bus which is dirt cheap comparing to other alternatives. I would definitely recommend this hotel. The only problem we had was that the road maintenance department was working late one night and we couldn't sleep for an hour or so.... And that's external to the hotel. Oh well... Thanks again for a nice stay.
Response from Eyup ERDOGAN on 30 Mar 2018
Thank you very much

2/10 Terrible

Ben, Southern California

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not impressed
Hotel did not supply any cup in bath room. I could't brush teeth because I did'nt have any cup to rinse my mouth. Hotel told me they donot provide any cup and suggest to purchase from convinnient shop across the streer from the hotel.

8/10 Good

scott, seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and convenient
The Dongyang Hotel was a perfect place to stay to visit the central tourist region. With in 3 minutes of walking out your door you were at the Blue Mosque, the Plaice, and Avasophi Mosque. Hotel was clean, and the staff was attentive.

6/10 Okay

kerim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stopover istanbul
Stop over a Istanbul entre 2 vols Occasion de passer bye matinee a Sultanahmet Tres burn place maid bruiillant
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from elasophia hotel on 22 Nov 2023
thank you for rating us. you gave us 6 point of 10 we don't understand why you stayed at our hotel just hours in the morning we provide you with free breakfast that not included in your booking. see you again

10/10 Excellent

Enes

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr Enes.We would şike to see you again in futureKindest Regards

8/10 Good

karim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bien
Séjour bien déroulé
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr KarimWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

8/10 Good

Murat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr MuratWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Ahmet Osman

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr OsmanWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

8/10 Good

halit

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr HalitWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Hanan

Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 22 Sept 2023
Thank you very much Mr HananWe would like to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 30 Jun 2023
Thank you for rating us

10/10 Excellent

CHRISTOPHE

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accueil, personnel très aimable Emplacement idéal pour la visiter.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 19 Jun 2023
Dear Mr ChristıoheThank you for your nice review.Hope to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente ubicación y servicio. Personal muy amable y atento
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 13 Jun 2023
Dear CarlosThank you for your kind words. Hope to see you again in futureKindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Mirela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr nettes Personal. Die Zimmer sehr sauber.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 24 May 2023
Thank you for your kind review.Hope we can see you again in future.Kindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

battal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Teşekkürler
Bu otelden gerçekten memnun kaldık, odalar çok temiz ve hijyenik oradaki işcilerde çok misafirperverler ve bizi memnun etmek için ellerinden geleni yaptılar. Ayrıca Muzaffer bey bize her konuda yardımcı oldu. Size çok teşekkür etmek istiyoruz ve İstanbul'a geldiğinizde herkese burada kalmanızı kesinlikle tavsiye ederim!
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Elasophi Hotel Front Desk Team on 27 Apr 2023
Battal Bey değerli yorumunuz için çok teşekkür ederiz. Önceliğimiz siz değerli misafirlerimizi, kendi evlerinin konforunda hissettirmektir. Umarız en kısa zamanda bir kez daha sizi konaklama fırsatı bulabiliriz. Saygılarımızla

10/10 Excellent

Bassem

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 8 Mar 2023
Thank you for your review. We really appreciate it. We are looking forward to seeing you.

8/10 Good

Hadia

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Saiki

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ebookers devrait vérifier les hôtels qu’il propose au clients chambre sans fenêtre et ce n’est pas le même hôtel que ebookers expose sur les photos
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 7 Jun 2023
MerhabaHerhangi bir penceresiz odamız yoktur, resimlerle odalar birbirleriyle aynıdır.Saygılarımızla

8/10 Good

Dominique

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Un personnel au top , hôtel bien situé une recommandation et si vous pouviez mettre de bon matelas 👍 ce serait tellement bien
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Elasophia Hotel on 15 Jul 2022
Dear Lovely Guest Thank you for your nice rewiev. hope to see you again in future Kindest Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 27 Mar 2021
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAİN

6/10 Okay

TIAR AZZAHRAWAANI JUNAIDI

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Biasanya di hotel lain selalu ada yang merapihkan kamar tiap hari, tapi ini tidak ada
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2020
Response from ENES ÖZÇELİK on 28 Nov 2020
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KİND COMMENTS WE WILL TAKE THIS PROBLEM DIRECTLY