The terrace is quite picturesque, a view with your cigarette is always a plus. The room was clean and tidy, and the beds comfortable.

*I don't think anyone should stay at the european side of istanbul, take the ferry and go there but live in kadikoy.*

The location is in a central part of kadikoy on a street which you can do all your shopping on and as soon as you exit it, you have more pubs than you can count. On it and around it also countless restaurants and coffee shops. The ferry, metro and bus station on one corner, fenerbahce stadium on the other and gorgeous Moda on the third, and you are in the middle of all of it. And as if all this wasn't enough ingredients for a great vacation, there's a vintage looking tram that passes right in front of the building every 30 mins or so.

Great place, great host, great location.