Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus

+ Location is perfect and staff

+ Whole thing

+ Personal,Frühstück ausgezeichnet Abendessen weniger gut(Preis-Leistungverhält NIS?)

+ I was only here two nights but I think that was enough to demonstrate that this is not worth the time or money. I was told that the hotel was far from the best in Istanbul but it was very near my meetings so I ignored that advice. The room - on the top floor - was quite large although it had a slightly weird ceiling due to the sloping roof. It was quite dark with one small dormer window that I could just see teh Bosphorus out of if I peered hard and had a very nice tub (for one!). The service was where this hotel fell down - the bar and restaurant appear to be run entirely separately from the hotel itself so as a resident you get no special privileges and have to fight s-=for the very limited space with walk ins. Not only that but by splitting the bar area and restaurant area that further erstits seating if you want - and everyone should want - to have sundowners by teh Bosphorus. Having been lied to by the bar staff about table availability by the Strait ("all booked by reside

+ This is a beautiful property right on the waterfront with an outstanding spa. The steam room and indoor pool are presently closed but they opened the steam in the hammam for us instead which was great. Excellent massage and nice spa relaxation area. Nice spacious rooms and good housekeeping. Concierge was excellent and helpful. FS is an international brand and has to however live up to that brand and this hotel falls short in my view. I do not like the fact there is only one restaurant open for lunch and nothing else suitable nearby. In the open air people can chain smoke in that restaurant air and there is only one non smoking area which today had a table of five men all on full blast speaker phone calls. It felt like a circus and not a relaxing break. I appreciate people cannot tell others how to behave but I believe if you are at a FS restaurant for lunch you should behave respectfully to others or otherwise managers should control the culture and behaviour in communal spaces.

+ Sehr Baby freundliches Hotel!! 👍👍