Our flight was an early arrival one. So we arrived before the official 12:00 am check in time. Though I emailed the management, days earlier, on our arrival time with a reply that they will do their best depending on availability. Once there, we were informed that we have to wait since no rooms are available with no idea when... more

Stayed in this hotel on May 19-21 (went Istanbul for the UEFA Cup final). Booked a corner room with Bosphorus view, was given a room on the 7th floor (2 floors down from the reception) which was rather a pool view than Bosphorus. Beware, although the hotel quotes prices in euro, they charge it in Turkish Lira converted at the... more

My wife and I stayed here for our 10th wedding anniversary. We were supposed to have a Garden View room for the first night as all of the Bosphorous View Rooms had been booked. When we arrived we had been "upgraded" to a larger corner Garden View room - great we thought until we saw the view which was of... more

Excellent location, mouthwatering food and amazing view of Bosporus see from any room more

Really 5star Hotel ! Swissotel It’s a big comfortable luxury hotel.. It’s apart of 2 towers ( the 3rd one is prepared these days.) We stayed at the East tower, in an Exclusive Room of 14th floor. Room was large & had a very nice view to the Bosphorus. (you have to request for this as there are rooms with... more

We spent a wonderful week there with our kids. Restaurants and buffet of very fresh and various foods. The rooms are spacious, very nicely decorated and the service is very good. There is always someone to make sure that you don't need anything. Even if the room was not on a high floor, we got a very nice view from... more

I stayed at this hotel at various times for business purposes. It has great view and good services over all. This time I booked a Bosphorous view room over the internet. When we arrived late at night to check-in, we were given a room with a pool view instead. It took a while to convince the reception that this was... more

One of the best hotels I've ever seen (and I see about 40 of them every year). True gem. Sadly, but this level of service is only possible because it is in a low-wage country. You'd never find so much devotion in Switzerland or Austria. more

Luxury spacious hotel with all the normal 5 star trappings , uniformed bellboys, beautiful marble reception area , efficient staff , luxury rooms (although possibly a bit dated by todays 5 star standard ) etc etc, . the hotel is on the northern side of Istanbul on the side of a hill overlooking the Bosphorus , reception is therefore on... more