Seven Hills Palace & Spa

Central but quiet location, very pleasant swimming pool in the courtyard, beautiful terrace with a splendid sea view. Everything was very clean and looked new and luxurious. Easy access for taxis but very far from any public transport connections. Breakfast is not at all bad, although we could hear other hotel guests around us murmuring complaints. In my opinion, anything one can reasonably expect from a hotel breakfast is on offer and it is really fresh and tasty (except for coffee, which was awful). But the presentation of the meals just made these meals not tempting. I loved their tea very much - good, dark, strong, perfect.

We really enjoyed our stay at Seven Hills Palace, all the staff were amazing with excellent customer service, especially Araan who arranged our private Yacht excursion for my wife’s Birthday celebration. The location was perfect, breakfast was good, but most importantly the rooms and the hotel was super clean. (Would give the hotel 10/10 for cleanness. A big Thank you to all the reception staff for making our stay very comfortable. Would definitely recommend this hotel to everyone who is travelling to Istanbul.

Breakfast was very good; lots of choice, fruit, pastries, cooked breakfast, cereal, toast etc. staff were lovely, helpful, good fun. We particularly got to know Tugba; Umut and Asim. But all staff were very good. Seven Hills Palace is welll located between the Bosphorus & Sultanahmet Square (7 mins from the back entrance). It’s like a little oasis from the very busy Istanbul. The pool area is small but rarely busy & a nice area for an hour R&R before or after doing the sites of the city. We used the Vitale restaurant a few times which has a lovely terrace overlooking the Bosphorus. Again all staff were very friendly & helpful. Muzat served us quite a lot. Lovely young man with excellent English. So would always make sure we were well looked after. Reception staff (sorry I didn’t get names) were great & if they could help they did. Organised our airport pickup & drop off. On last day they let us have our room a bit longer meaning we didn’t have to sit around at the airport for long. The porters were friendly & very helpful with luggage & showing the room. This hotel is very well located, comfortable with good wifi, a peaceful but friendly atmosphere but what really makes it are all of the staff. Never encountered any negativity. We had a superior room, well air conditioned with very comfy big bed. En-suite shower with a good shower and hairdryer which is as good/better than my travel one. There was coffee/tea making. It was clean & comfy although no view to speak of as overlooking the alleyway to the back. There are sea view rooms available but tbh there’s so much to do in Istanbul & the pool area was nice & comfy to rest in (swim towels provided on the loungers). You can’t go wrong staying here & I would definitely stay again when we return to Istanbul.

We stayed in the superior room onsite (not the Annex) and the room was lovely. It’s a very nice boutique hotel. Restaurant is really good and has a nice spread for breakfast. Staff are lovely and provide excellent service as though it’s a 5* hotel. Also has a sister hotel 10 minutes away with a rooftop view between Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia (albeit the food was overpriced here).

Well appointed hotel with local character, within walking distance, close to all major Istanbul tourist sites. Fabulous central swimming pool, clean & well maintained w plenty of relaxing sunbeds. Large spacious rooms & bathrooms, spotless cleaned every day. Delicious breakfast w good variety foods included. Absolute highlight of this hotel is the helpful, friendly staff & service levels. We had an issue w return taxi to airport, not booked at hotel, but they helped us resolve it. Jan on front desk was especially helpful w local restaurant suggestions which were fabulous.