in the middle of the Istanbul center, renovated, friendly atmosphere... there is also free turkish bath, gym, indoor and outdoor pool...and a nice terrace bar... more

Good location in a safety street near taksim square and Istiklal street. Clean hotel and rooms, nice design. internet WIFI in all rooms. open buffé for breakfast in a nice restaurant. roof restaurant and swimming pool with bosphorus view. clean indoor swimming pool with jaccusi and sauna . turkish Hammam and sport room. BUT: small room ( specially for double... more

The hotel is listed as 'gay friendly' - but if you are gay and thinking of visitng Istanbul - think again! The rooms were VERY clean and actually quite good in terms of decor but the icy reception staff left us in no doubt that we were (just) 'tolerated' rather than welcome. If you are into the 'gay' areas of... more

I must admit, I read the other reviews and I was a bit concerned about staying here. I travel all over the world and have stayed in all different types of hotels and I must say that the Taksim Gonen Hotel exceeded my expectations. I had a single room and I must admit it was a little small, but well... more

We have just returned from a visit to Istanbul, a three-night in this hotel seemed a lot Langer. The hotel location is good, and the breakfast buffet is very good. The hotel is rated four stars, it should not be more than three. The air conditioned does not work, the weather outside was nicer than the inside the rooms that... more

we went to Istanbul to attend our firends wedding ,other friends were staying at Taksim Gonen ,we had no choice but this hotel. I think it is way to expensive for facilities they offer comparing to other non Europian cities for example Cairo, Egypt,, we had great all inclusive 5 night stay at Bodrum so we could tolerate some how.... more

Spent 3 nights at Taxim Gonen end of April 2008. The hotel seemed ok at first, with a decent lobby and rooms. However, in terms of service and reliability they were terrible. It all started when I exhanged euros for turkish lira at the hotel reception (around 300 lira)- the problem was they gave me a fake 100 bill, which... more

the hotel is very clean, service is good (even though the spoken english of the employees is very low but it is not a problem for me) the decoration of the rooms and the colors are nice, everything what a room needs is there. I was verysatisfied until a nieghbour in the next room checked in, he got a call... more

We stayed 6 nights and we were in a small double room on the 4th floor - beware that if you want to use a computer, the rooms on the very end of the corridor on each floor have a very temperamental connection as they are too far from the routers. I ended up getting a vey numb bum sitting... more