Best Western Obelisk Hotel

The hotel is comfortable, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. The views from the rooftop restaurant are stunning--Blue Mosque on one side, harbor on the other. The hotel is also wonderfully located for seeing major sites in Istanbul--just about 3 short blocks away from the Arasta Bazaar and then on to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.

Very nice hotel in a very good position, only few meters walk from a major culture sites. Our room number 111 was very small but enough for time we spent inside. Also it was very clean, very warm inside (we stayed there in december/january) and with one extremely unconfortable bed. The breakfast was good with a lot of things to eat and marvelous view to the river, Blue mosque and the city. There is also a free internet. If you have a problem with sleeping be sure that at around 05.20 am you will be wake up by strong voice coming... more

we stayed one night at this not too friendly hotel. the wooden building, and great rooof top restaurant with views, also the area in heart of old city we loved. The room was tiny, dreary, with very small shower - felt not too clean. Breakfast on the roof was excellent and for the price we paid i suppose one cannot expect more.

We stayed few terrible nights in this most unfriendly hotel in Istanbul. There wasn't a single smile seen during our stay, which must show that the staff is very low payed and treated badly be the owner. The only good thing was a very good cleaning lady.

Hotel Obelisk is fabulous. Excellent location. Great breakfast. Free Internet in the lobby. I stayed here for 5 days and was very pleased. Great terrace to enjoy breakfast. Room rates were very reasonable. I paid $70 U.S. on Orbitz for a triple. Very accomodating with airport pick-up and return.

I stayed here for 6 nights in October..staff was friendly and helpful. Got a great deal on Orbitz..single room for $31 including breakfast! Wonderful rooftop terrace for outside breakfasts or a cold beer after a full day of sightseeing.

I have been staying at Obelisk Hotel for 1 week and tomorrow I am leaving to go to Antalya I am so sorry for leaving that hotel ,wonderful Istanbul. I will come again to Istanbul and I will stay at Obelisk Hotel. I am a new member of tripadvisor reception stuff recommended that web site to me for my next holidays .It is a very nice web site .Thanks to everybody who prepare that page. My one friend recommended Obelisk Hotel to me and I choice it. When I came here I felt as it my home.Hotel stuff especially receptionists are very... more

I stayed at this hotel for several nights in a non-smoking room. Each and every night, cigarette smoke filled the air causing me to have very little sleep. Your only hope to take a breath would be to wait until morning when you could step away from the hotel. Additionally, the water in the hotel had a strong sulphur smell - basically a smell of rotten eggs. I dare not even take a shower in such water. Needless to say, I was roughing it and would have been better off with a tent in some park. As a quick note, this water did not have... more

Stayed At the Obelisk in Sultanahmet in september. Excellent location just two minute walk to the blue mosque and Aya Sophia, amazing views from the rooftop especially at night, extremely helpful staff... Would definitely stay again, great value for sultanahmet area. Recommended.

We had a very enjoyable 5-night stay at the Obelisk in Istanbul in April 2005. The rooms were decent-sized and clean; we had an ocean view, which wasn't spectacular since it included much of a run-down building between our window and the sea; nevertheless, we were comfortable, the staff was helpful, there was a good lobby with couches and one computer with free internet access; the breakfast buffet that was included with our room rate was an exceptional value -- lots of food choices and a great way to start your day. The dining area also... more