World House Boutique Hotel Galata

The hotel was on all sites as a wonderful place with great ratings. We stayed 3 days.. We took a deluxe suite and paid quite a bit. Following is the detailed review: Pros: - Large room with quite a lot of space and modern room design. - Very Helpful staff. They are always there to help. - Good location with Galata close by. Lots of eating options and shops open from 10 am -11 pm. - Mian bed is quite large. Cons: - No view at all. The images for the room on sites seemed to suggest that there was a Galata view from the room. However we got an empty office to look at. I had booked primarily with the view in mind and it was disappointing - Poor utilisation of space within the room. A small 4 seater dining table could have easily been fit in. Especially when a family is staying and getting take out, eating becomes inconvenient. - We had a separate single bed. However, no blankets were given with it. If you are calling it a bed, and a bed it was, bed linen should be provided. It did not even have a proper bed sheet. - No TV in a room being called a suite. This large a room will find takers from families and not having a TV is a huge disadvantage as kids need to be kept entertained all the time. TV's are non-negotiable. - The safe in the room was tiny. Only good for passports and phone. no laptop or tablet could be kept in it. - The bath only had a shower. No hand shower?!!! - Mini bar and toiletries were not replenished every day. We had the fruits on the first day and they remained like that for 3 days!!! The body wash also ran out midway and was not refilled. We could have asked but thats not how luxury works. - No full length mirror in the room - Getting to public transport was a 400m uphill / downhill climb. On the way back it was opposite. Effectively one 400 m uphill climb every time you chose to use public transport (not taxis). End of Istiklal or Karakoy was 400 m away. - Cafe on the ground floor only has cake and coffee options. - No lift, which is ok, but should be advertised prominently. All of the above shortcomings could be asked for but then how is it justified to call it a luxury boutique hotel.

There's no breakfast! But they tried to make up for it by providing complementary cold drinks, coffee,nuts and fruits in the room. Staff is friendly and helpful. Rooms looks nice but they are not properly cleaned. You can find mosquito,ants and other flies. WiFi was really bad. It's not secure and very slow. The location is nice. And they have a nice cosy cafe for coffee and dessert.