Sokullu Pasa Hotel - Special Class

Proplem for AC

We stayed at the Sokhullu Pasa as part of a BA holiday package. The hotel was good value, and well located in the Sultanahmet area, just a 5-minute walk to the Blue Mosque, with a multitude of reasonably priced cafes and restaurants nearby. Our particular favourites were the Arch Restaurant for dinner, and the Rabbit Hole cafe for coffee and breakfast options. Prior to arrival we contacted the hotel to upgrade to a Superior room, which was beautifully decorated in traditional style, located on the 4th floor, with a lovely sea view, and importantly the room was very warm, and was a welcome retreat from a snowy Istanbul in February. Do bear in mind that if you book any extras (room upgrades, tours) direct with hotel, then they prefer cash payment in Euros, so best to come with plenty of cash to avoid getting ripped off by local ATMs. We weren’t impressed by the self service breakfast offering: the “hot” options (boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, and potatoes were barely lukewarm) and the Turkish meze items looked unappetising. In addition, the hotel staff were not particularly welcoming or hospitable, however we must commend housekeeping, as our room was always immaculately clean, and towels regularly changed

Excelente hotel por su ubicación, cerca de todas las atracciones más importantes, habitación estándar amplia nro 101 silenciosa y con limpieza y cambio de toallas diariamente y la atención del personal es estupenda, sin duda lo recomiendo.

A lovely experience with one major flaw The hotel has a rustic design to it which was very appealing to me. We were in room 301 which in my opinion is the best room. It has a beautiful view of the sea and sunlight comes through the large windows almost all day long as it is the corner room in the south west corner of the floor. The staff are really friendly and almost everyone knows English. I tried to learn a little bit of Turkish just to be respectful to the lovely locals but I never had a problem talking to the staff in English.The cleaning crew are good but even though we had them clean the room every other day, they would change the sheets once a week and wouldn't refill the soap and shampoo if we didn't ask personally. But we were ok with that. The breakfast was really good too. I would appreciate more fruit but to be fair, there always was at least two kinds of fruit available for breakfast. The hotel is located in a rather sweet spot. It is around 7 mins from the sea, 10 mins from blue mosque, 1 min from restaurants and convenient stores, 10 to 20 mins from a bakery, Turkish bathhouse, shoe market, tram or bus stations, subway, and the Grand Bazaar. On Wednesdays, there is a bazaar from which you can buy fruit and vegetables at a lower price about 5 mins east of the hotel. My only complain is that the room had no free electric plugs. So if we wanted to charge our electronics, we either had to do it in the bathroom or unplug something. I asked for a splitter or an electric power bar but they didn't have one.

Nice and clean, we were happy overall!

The hotel is a tiny bit dated but the staff are excellent and very helpful, and the breakfasts good. The location is very interesting and very near the main tourist sites but out of the tourist traffic. There is a very good restaurant next door