Anadolu Hotel

Fair
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Old guy behaviour is very bad.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Location of this hotel is ideal for everyone is coming to Istanbul as a tourist, weekend city-break or romantic stay - so close to most touristic spots and places one can literary just "go behind first corner" to reach them. It is easily reached also by metro, or tram, and you will be far quicker as to use taxi stucked in traffic. Room was on a smaller side, but for shorter stays it had all you need, and unless you are some very large person, I think you will be ok with it. Bathroom was also ok, looked fresh and clean, again smaller one, but satisfactory for a single tourist or couple. Many upper-scale restaurants are nearby, but go bit further and you find also cheap local eateries, and in if you need cash, there are ATMs and exchange stalls nearby - the further away from touristic attractions, the better price you get. We used option to order from Anadolu evening cruise to Bosporus with tea, it was cheap and worth of every penny, as they provided real guides speaking in two languages during the sail and we had a nice short stop on Asian shore of Bosporus - so I would not hesitate to use their recommendations. Turkish hamman were too expensive in this part of city, so we haven't tried.But Anadolu definitely gets all our hearts, they did things they were not obliged to just to make our stay nicer - like they cleaned the room every day, breakfast was tasty but also they were changing variety, what is not so common, adding even local products like some fruits from their own frontyard garden, providing selection of both salty and sweet, for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. Unless you pay for really expensive hotel I don't think you get anything better, and for Istanbul - I think Anadolu is hard to beat, especially when we speak about Fatih area! Special warm greetings to both manager, night stuff and breakfast girl and cleaning ladies - you make our stay memorable!
  : For improving quality in the future the only suggestion will be to add better coffee during the breakfast, probably to acquire some professional expresso machine, and add option of fresh juice instead of instant powder drink, probably just for those who ask for it, not to waste food. There is also some problem with smell from bathroom, but I understand there is problem with water pressure in hilly parts of Istanbul and I guess this canalization smell is beyond their control, so one just needs to close bathroom or they can try to put plugs in bathroom sinks (?), so there is not this reversed smell going out - as I said, this needs probably some more difficult engineering solution. Anyway - you can quickly wind the room and get rid of the smell, and there is also AC unit in case of heats.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Great location with good views in some of the rooms. Nice breakfast. Accommodating staff who helped us book a sunset boat tour that we enjoyed.
  : The beds were too hard to sleep comfortably. There is a great view from the top floor where we enjoyed sitting but the chairs were very old and falling apart.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great location, very kindly staff.