Triada Hotel Karakoy

We booked for 10 days here because of the area. How close it was to Bosporus, Galataport, and other tourist attractions. Room was clean, on the small side but it has everything you need. Hotel staff is where we thought i shined. that and location. Staff: super friendly. Front desk, porters, cleaning crew, breakfast crew, everyone. You literally walk out of your hotel into mad world of restaurants and tourists. you can walk out at 11 pm to get a cup of tea or a drink and get one in 30 seconds its all around. Blue mosque and Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque are 20 min walk, shops on Galaport 10 min. 2 min to Ferry Station that will take you anywhere (pro tip - this can also be your Bosporus sunset breakfast or dinner tour if you want it to be, they serve food on the ferry and you can sit on top level if its nice, or below if is cold out :)) We went to Cappadocia for 2 days and hotel is inexpensive enough that we didn't heck out, just left all our stuff there and traveled with carryon. I brought wrong back-up battery for my camera, No store in town sells it, so front desk lady (I am so sorry i forgot her name!!) I asked if she would see if she could possibly order it with her amazon account and charge it to my room or I would pay her back - without hesitation she was willing to help. (ended up not finding what i needed on Turkish Amazon either but fact that she offered!) Every person on staff, every time you walked into the lobby stopped what they were doing and asked how your day was. There is no English speaking TV - we found it to be a plus - no news is a good news on vacation, less time in hotel, more time exploring. Overall - we knew we were booking $75-100/night hotel - we got a great hotel with great staff and we loved it.