Dinner downstairs hotels with a restaurant

Rose Apartments

9.2 guest score · about 37 reviews

Rose Apartments is the smallest place here, with 3 units on Şehsuvar Bey Sokak, yet it lists a restaurant and a bar alongside a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.

Its guest score of 9.2 out of 10 across about 37 reviews is the highest on the list. The location is the western edge of the district: 10 minutes to the Blue Mosque, 13 to the Grand Bazaar and 17 to Hagia Sophia, with the tram 8.

Good to know With only 3 units, it fills early in spring and autumn.

Sultan Tughra Hotel

9.1 guest score · about 247 reviews

On Keresteci Hakkı Sokak in Cankurtaran, Sultan Tughra Hotel is an 11-room, four-star hotel 4 minutes from the Kennedy Avenue shore path and 6 from the Blue Mosque. It has a restaurant and a bar, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.

Guests score it 9.1 out of 10 across about 250 reviews, one of the strongest records for a small hotel in this group. The Grand Bazaar is 21 minutes away.

Hotel Amira Istanbul

9.0 guest score · about 479 reviews

Hotel Amira Istanbul, with 52 rooms on Mustafa Paşa Sokak, is one of the larger hotels in this group and one of the best reviewed: guests score it 9.0 out of 10 across nearly 480 reviews.

Besides the restaurant, it has a bar and a terrace, accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. The Blue Mosque and the tram are both 6 minutes away, and the shore path 12.

Obelisk Hotel&Suites

8.9 guest score · about 191 reviews

Obelisk Hotel & Suites sits on Mimar Mehmet Ağa Caddesi, 3 minutes from the Blue Mosque, the closest hotel here to it. Hagia Sophia is 7 minutes and the shore path 6.

The 22-room, four-star hotel pairs its restaurant with accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers, though no bar is listed. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across about 190 reviews.

Good to know No bar is listed, so plan an evening drink elsewhere.

Fuego Design Suites

8.9 guest score · about 142 reviews

Fuego Design Suites has 6 rooms on İncili Çavuş Sokak, in the Ateş Pasajı, and the shortest walk in this group to the Basilica Cistern: 1 minute. Hagia Sophia is 4 minutes away and Sirkeci station 13.

The unrated hotel lists a restaurant, accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across about 140 reviews.

Suadhan Hotel

8.9 guest score · about 365 reviews

Just off Divan Yolu on Bıçkıyurdu Sokak, Suadhan Hotel has 15 rooms, a restaurant and a bar. The Cistern is 5 minutes away, the tram 5 and the Grand Bazaar 10, so it works for both halves of the old city.

It also has accessible features, a 24-hour desk and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across more than 360 reviews. Check-in from 13:00 is an hour earlier than most here.

Good to know Check-in opens at 13:00, handy after a morning flight.

Antik Houses

8.9 guest score · about 156 reviews

Antik Houses is the closest hotel here to Topkapı, 7 minutes on foot from Güzelsanatlar Sokak in Alemdar. Hagia Sophia is 4 minutes, the Cistern 3 and Sirkeci station 9.

The 6-room hotel has a restaurant, a bar, a terrace and a garden, with family rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.9 out of 10 across about 155 reviews. The tram, at 9 minutes, is a longer walk than the sights.

Brown Mansion Oldcity

8.8 guest score · about 134 reviews

Brown Mansion Oldcity is a near neighbour of Rose Apartments on Şehsuvar Bey Sokak, with 12 rooms, a restaurant, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. The walks are the same: 8 minutes to the tram, 10 to the Blue Mosque and 17 to Hagia Sophia.

Guests score it 8.8 out of 10 across about 135 reviews. No bar is listed, so for a drink you would head out or along the street to Rose.

Avicenna Hotel Sultanahmet

8.8 guest score · about 149 reviews

Avicenna Hotel Sultanahmet has the longest facility list in this group: a restaurant, a bar, a terrace and a garden, plus accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.

It is a 48-room, three-star hotel on Amiral Tafdil Sokak, off Mimar Mehmet Ağa Caddesi, 4 minutes from the Blue Mosque and 5 from the shore path. Guests score it 8.8 out of 10 across about 150 reviews.

Radisson Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet

8.7 guest score · about 310 reviews

Radisson Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet is on Kennedy Caddesi itself, at Ahırkapı, so the shore path is 5 minutes away. It is a 28-room, four-star hotel with a restaurant, a bar, a terrace and a garden, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers.

The trade-off is the walk into the old city: 10 minutes to Hagia Sophia, 9 to the tram and 21 to the Grand Bazaar. Guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across about 310 reviews.

Armada Istanbul Old City Hotel

8.7 guest score · about 476 reviews

Of all the hotels here, Armada Istanbul Old City Hotel is the closest to the water, 2 minutes from the shore path on Ahırkapı Sokak. It is a 26-room, four-star hotel with a restaurant, a bar, a terrace, accessible features and a 24-hour desk; airport transfers are not listed.

Guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across about 475 reviews. The tram is 10 minutes away and check-out is at 11:00.

Good to know Airport transfers are not listed, so arrange your own ride from the airport.

Senatus Hotel - Special Class

8.7 guest score · about 83 reviews

Senatus Hotel - Special Class is a 27-room, three-star hotel on Akbıyık Caddesi, 5 minutes from both Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. The shore path is 6 minutes away.

It has a restaurant, a bar and a garden, along with accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across about 85 reviews, a shorter record than most of the larger hotels here.

Faros Old City Hotel

8.7 guest score · about 751 reviews

Faros Old City Hotel on Divanyolu Caddesi has the second-longest review record here: guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across about 750 reviews. The 25-room, four-star hotel is 5 minutes from the tram, 6 from the Cistern and 9 from the Grand Bazaar.

It has a restaurant and a bar, accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers, which makes it an all-round choice for the Divanyolu side.

Ayasultan Hotel

8.7 guest score · about 1,030 reviews

Ayasultan Hotel is the largest here, with 56 rooms on Çatalçeşme Sokak in Alemdar, and it has the most reviews by far: guests score it 8.7 out of 10 across more than 1,000.

The Cistern is 4 minutes away, the tram 5 and Sirkeci station 12. Alongside the restaurant there is a terrace, accessible features, a 24-hour desk, family rooms and airport transfers, though no bar is listed.

Good to know The largest hotel on this list, with 56 rooms and more than 1,000 reviews.

Azalea Mansion Oldcity

8.6 guest score · about 114 reviews

Azalea Mansion Oldcity is a 7-room unrated hotel on Pideci Sokak, out on the western edge with Rose and Brown Mansion: 10 minutes to the Blue Mosque, 17 to Hagia Sophia and 8 to the tram.

It has a restaurant and a bar, a 24-hour desk, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.6 out of 10 across about 115 reviews. Topkapı, at 24 minutes, is the longest walk on the list.

Mansion Gorki

8.6 guest score · about 50 reviews

Mansion Gorki is the only two-star hotel here, with 10 rooms on Cephaneci Sokak off Piyer Loti Caddesi. It is the closest in this group to the Grand Bazaar, 8 minutes away, and the furthest from the Blue Mosque at 11.

Facilities are a restaurant, non-smoking rooms and airport transfers. Guests score it 8.6 out of 10 across about 50 reviews. Check-in starts at 13:00.

Good to know Check-in from 13:00; the Grand Bazaar is an 8-minute walk.