For each stay I look for three things, comfort, cleanliness and convenience, so I will use these three aspects to measure my stay with Galata, it’s going to be a long review, but bear with me, it will be worth it ;)
1. comfort: If you are looking for a place to actually feel like home during your stay, so the place and the host are it. Galata was a great communicator and it you needed anything (not just relating to the place) you will see him at the door in 4 mins (literally) 5 *****
2. Cleanliness: Not sure why one of the reviews says not clean, actually, one of the things which drew my attention was how clean and tidy the place was, ok I did have an issue with the water hose, but that was when I said the host was at my door step in 4 mins and he fixed it straight away with no issues to follow.
3. Convenience: Without any exaggeration, it is about 3 mins walk from Tophane Tram station, 4 mins from Galata tower and about 7-8 mins from Taksim Square, so for the people who like to walk and see all the nice bars and restaurants, that is the place. Oh and it’s very close to Galata Port where you have all the fancy restaurants are and there’s a paid car park 50 meters away and you pay 80 Lira a day.