Place was very clean and looked just like pictures. Bed was very comfortable and my room had a nice fan to keep me cool. Shahrzad was right there to meet me when I arrived. You are not right in Taxsim as I expected and the walk to Taxsim is down and up very steep hills so a hard 15 minutes walk once or twice a day (which I still chose most days). But bus and taxi are right outside the front door and can easily connect you to a very cheap and very good system of public transportation.