Fragments Hotel

The location is great with many cool ('hipster') cafés and stores nearby and in walking distance from Galata Tower, Istiklal Street and the metro. The room (deluxe with tub, room #501) was huge and the view was amazing! Also the tub was a nice touch, glad I payed extra for that. Great aircondition too that actually worked and was easy to use.

My biggest disappointment is the breakfast. It's very basic and honestly just seems like cheap stuff from the grocery store slapped on a plate. Skip breakfast and go eat at some of the cafés close by, they're much better. Also there were a few problems with the room: noise from the upstairs restaurant (only Saturday night though), aircondition making weird, very loud squeeking noises from time to time and yellow-ish water in the tub (the color depended on how hot the water was, so I suspect the color is from rust in the hot water pipes, but I don't know sine I didn't bother trying to fix it) Not something that ruined my stuff, but it's annoying to deal with.

It’s hard to describe how awesome it is to wake up to such a stunning view. The bathroom in Room 503 has a window, it’s such fun to have a shower with a view :) The staff is friendly and helpful. The room and the bathroom were exceptionally clean.

The pillows weren’t comfortable and the sheet sheets and the towels had some holes in them. I mean, that’s a minor inconvenience and it didn’t affect us much, but it was just weird to see. The breakfast is a joke.

Great location as you can walk to all the key touristic areas as well as have easy access to public transport. Great view of the city and the sea from our room (5th floor) and from the rooftop bar/restaurant (go there for the sunset!). The staff were also very friendly and helpful. The room was spacious.

The pillow was a bit too big and hard for my taste. Breakfast was ok but they can do better I think. The hotel is on a steep hill (general feature of the city) and there is no public transport stop directly next to it. There is one tram stop close by (Tophane) but still you need to climb up the hill (3-5min). so one should consider that when planning (was fine for us).

The view even from the second floor and the standard double room was nice. Breakfast on the roof top is with a really great view. Keep in mind that it is served typical Turkish breakfast. Rooms are clean, every day towels are changed. Location is also great.

If you have the opportunity upgrade to at least superior room, standard double room is really small and you have the feeling like you are in the hallway outside the room. Parking on the street is quite difficult near to impossible, but there is a paid parking lot on the same street (for 4 days it costs approximately 25euro).

Basically we loved everything: really helpful Deniz wrote after booking to check if we need any help, e.g with a taxi. We took his offer and had no headache with getting from the airport to hotel and back at all! At the check in desk Deniz upgraded our booked room and we got one on the upper floor with breathtaking views of the Golden Horn with Hagia Sophia and Topkapi. Just marvellous. Breakfast was nice and again - with exceptional views! And the neighbourhood is totally great! Lots of coffee spots, vibrant local nightlife just 2 streets away, trams station 5 mins away as well as Bosphorus.

All was well!

beautiful view friendly staff clean ness

little hard to get to hotel, specially from hotel to taksim SQ

Lovely restaurant on the rooftop with terrace and nice view!

For me it is not 4 stars hotel and here is the reasons: 1. Hairs on the floor & linen. 2. Pillows are firm & there is no another options(I tried to get) 3. Too complicated to get the iron (you should wait from 10 to 30 minutes) 4. Breakfast is super ordinary - eggs, cheese, bread, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, honey, jam & nutella. No fruits & salad( But the view is fantastic! 5. Hotel didn’t have rate without breakfast so I booked 2 nights with breakfast. Usually if you have early check out hotel can provide you with sandwich or smth, but not here. 6. In my experience if you have b-day hotel usually can offer a compliment, but not here.

Room: We had a sea-view (spectacular) room on the 5th floor with a view on Hagia Sofia and Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque across the channel. We stayed in February when the temperatures were +1 to +5 C at night and + 6 +12 C in the day. The room was warm enough without the need to turn on the aircon on the heating mode, but you always have the option to make it warmer. To our taste it wasnt' needed. We even opened up the window when we slept at night to let the fresh air in. The room was clean and very well designed. Spacious enough for 2 people. Bed was comfortable and after all the walking (see at "location" below) we fell asleep like babies. Service: Guys at the reception Deniz, Çan, Umit and Azad at breakfast were great and helped us in anyway they could. They make you feel so comfortable and at home that will make you want to come back again and again. If we could give 11 stars for service, we would. Location: Super close to all the historic sites, Galata Tower, Taksim Square, newly built Galata Port and Karakoy Ferry terminal. Please be aware that this part of Istanbul has very steep climbs that will take a lot out of you in the first 2 days, if you are not used to this kind of up and down walking. So if you are thinking about coming by the bus and have heavy luggage, I'd say you would benefit from taking a taxi here. We took a taxi right from the aiport using Uber as we had a late fly in. Uber auto translates the chat messages, even though our driver didnt speak English - through Uber chat messaging we were able to locate him at our airport arrival. Noise: The traffic from the street below can be heard, but the traffic is very light at night. Be prepared for the prayer call in the morning at 5:30-6:30 depending on the time of the year, but it's Istanbul, so it's to be expected. We got used to it on the 2nd night. Again, amazing hotel with great service and we are already planning a return trip here.

The staff (all of them) were very courteous, friendly and helpful. The rooftop breakfast area is amazing, the views, the food, the breeze (besides when some guests smoke..... yikes) We got upgraded to the top floor and had views of the Marmara see and it was beautiful, thank you! The place is located pretty close to the main attractions and far away enough from Istiklal Street that you can enjoy it when you want and get away when you don't. Very convenient

lingering smell of sewer coming from the bathroom (typical of many cities in Europe), broken shower door (they promised to fix it as we left), thin towels (also typical of Europe) if you come back from the wrong side of the street the way up is very very steep (and we are in shape)

Location was perfect. Close to Taksim, and T1 team to take to go to the Old City. While the Old City is great for visiting the main attractions, actually at night is best to stay closer to Karakoy area. Also, this hotel has a great view from the rooftop, both for breakfast and dinner that I would highly recommend. Also, the staff is always available, a special thanks to Deniz e Can.

One thing only: from the bathroom unfortunately comes up a strong smell of sewer. That was the only bad thing about the place.