Galata Melling

Recent Reviews: 13

• User:Юлия М

  Trip type: Couples

  Live like a local

  29 Jan 2017

  We liked this hotel. It is located not far from Galata Tower, street is very quiet, there are several nice cafes nearby and a small grocery store. Staff is helpful. Rooms are spacious, we had one with a small balcony. There is a teapot, some dishes; you can regulate sun lighting with the roller shades (transparent to black-out). It was very comfortable stay.

• User:SaraESchultz

  Trip type: Couples

  Great price, nice rooms and staff

  07 Dec 2015

  We were in Istanbul twice in one month and stayed at Galata Melling both times. Walking distance to public transport, sites, food and nightlife, but tucked away enough to feel cozy and more "local." Spacious and clean rooms. Helpful and knowledgable staff!! Few markets across the street for fresh fruit, veg, and breads (kitchenette and basic cookware provided in some rooms) and a great Pide spot with delicious fire oven pide down the street. Great deal for location!!

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• User:Fremch

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  everything is okay but..

  27 Nov 2015

  everything is okay, rooms are clean, location is very close to everywhere. its a nice small hotel. the only bad thing is about mehmet who is working at reception at the nights. when we stayed there on saturday nigh we came very drunk and this guy try to kiss one of my girlfriend. it was disgusting. we didnt want make any trouble but it was very weird. also he said he is the owner of the hotel but i think he was lying

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• User:Liana C

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Great Location and Excellent Service!

  20 Sept 2015

  We booked the deluxe two bedroom with an ocean view for two days. The location was extremely convenient and the hotel service was great. The room itself was very clean and well put together. You can hear the call to mosque and it is wonderful to experience it for the first time so close.

• User:Meiko M

  Trip type: Couples

  Robbed on our 5th day - do not book this hotel!

  10 Sept 2015

  This place was adequate, good location as it was very close to Galata tower and tram line. Lacking on the cleaning aspect. Kareem and Mehmet were nice however on our 5th day there was this other guy at reception that didn't look friendly at all. We went out for lunch to the restaurant that is just down the corner. We're only out for a couple of hours as we were feeling a bit ill and didn't want to go sightseeing. When we got back our room door was unlocked and open. First I thought the housekeeper was inside doing the cleaning, we entered to found our MacBook Air, which was inside a carry on (the thief left the carry on), and our Olympus camera, a tripod and 3 lenses in a black camera gear bag were ALL GONE!!!! I went to reception and nobody was there. I phoned both Mehmet and Kareem and both were having the day off. The unknown guy eventually arrived and when I told him about the robbery he said 'I don't believe you were robbed' . I asked him to call the police and he refused. My husband also came to reception and got the same answer. Absolutely nothing went missing the previous four days, it was only when this guy, who supposedly is the manager - we were told this by both Mehmet and Kareem - was on reception on Thursday 10th September. According to them he knows nothing about the hotel nor how to treat the guests. We went to the police to report the theft. We were quite upset but fortunately the police officers on duty were quite helpful and got us an interpreter. The suspect, burak or murak is his name, was called in to gave his statement. We spent over 4hrs at the police station. It was a nightmare! We made it back to the hotel after 9pm to get our belongings. Our booking was until September 13th but we didn't feel safe to stay there at all. Mehmet came to knock at our door to check if we were ok and was sorry about the incident. Completely different attitude to the so-called manager. We'll really never know who entered our room, but it had to be someone with access to the room keys, either the so-called manager - who comes only once a week, according to Mehmet - or any of the housekeepers. The safe in the rooms was very small so we always left my MacBook Air in the room, inside the carry on and my husband always had his camera with him, only left it in the room for barely two hours. Please stay away from this hotel!!!

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