This place is ideal for someone that wants to be in the heart of the touristy restaurants, bars and shops, wants to stay out late and sleep in. Those who want to fit in a lot of sight seeing in the day and relax in the evening should find something out of this area, or at least not in this property. I would recommend looking in Tophane, where we spotted plenty of beautiful apartments and restaurants/bars/cafes the young creatives of Istanbul frequent.

My personal opinion is there are places which are much better value for money, with the same aesthetic. For the same price we could have stayed in a real apartment with a separate kitchen (with cooking facilities), living and bedroom area, that isn't disturbed by the property's main priority - the bar.

We were not contacted by the host at all in the run up to the visit despite sending several messages, I was worried there was a problem with the booking.

When we arrived we were not properly greeted, but handed a mobile by the property's barman who could not speak English. The guy on the phone told us our room was not ready due to a water problem, we were given the worst room in the property, and had to ask for the difference to be refunded (a process with many misunderstandings). When we were able to move our things into the room we booked the next morning, it became clear there was no water problem, they had just double booked the room. The bed was unmade with used towels around the room. I would have appreciated a little honesty prior to our arrival.

The room itself was attractive and as the pictures, and the property is in a great location. The rooms are all set above the Raven pub, which plays very loud music past 2am every night, you should not stay here if you are expecting to relax! It is also not very secure as anyone can gain access from the street via the pub to your bedrooms door . However it's a nice bar if you fancy staying up late to decent enough music. (Also TV has no English channels.)