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Reviews of Valens Old City Family & SPA Hotel

Aksaray mah. Sorguccu sok.No:4/8 Fatih /İstanbul, Fatih, 34096 Istanbul, Turkey

#2214 of 2,492 hotels in Istanbul

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 70 hotel reviews

6.5

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.7

  • Comfort

    6.8

  • Location

    7.9

  • Facilities

    6.7

  • Staff

    7.5

  • Value for money

    6.8

  • Free WiFi

    7.3

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  • Reviewed: 14 May 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No complaints.

    Thank you to all staff in the hotel. I hope to visit again.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 May 2024

    6.0
    Comfortable stay with helpful and supportive staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was very dusty, missing basic items and the access to SPA was very limited in timing and expensive for what it is. I found that an hour swimming and sauna is to short for the price asked in the hotel.There should be a better pricing and timing offers for guests staying at the hôtel. I think. It was very disapointing.

    The location was great close to transport and restaurants. Breakfast was nice except for the butter The room was very spacious and comfortable. Well equiped. Staff was very friendly.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleaning very bad

    Recepsionist was good

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Dint have much option for Breakfast.

    Location

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2024

    7.0
    Curtains dust
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I don't like the room curtains were not clean and full of fine dust, which caused me allergies and daily headaches

    I like Turkish food in hotel as well the staff wonderful One member of staff in reception is very friendly and nice named Murad has helped me describe and explain anything I wanted outside the hotel.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 September 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast is very basic Air conditioning is only controlled centrally by management

    Tram Station nearby Central location

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 4 September 2023

    8.0
    Great location for visiting istanbul
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast was very minimal with boiled eggs, bread, watermelon and some cereals. Pomegranate juice or water. The eggs were always half boiled (we spoke to the kitchen staff and they mentioned this was because the majority prefer it like this, and boiled some fully for us aswell). Other than that a great hotel.

    Fantastic location and easy to get to from the airport by trains and trams. Yusufpasa tram line is literally a few mins walk on main road. We used the tram daily to get to all areas of istanbul. Easily accessible to great food shops in back streets at reasonable price. Good working condition of AC and clean rooms, cleaned daily provided you inform housekeeping. Rooms were disinfected daily. We were upgraded to a family room on the top floor complimentary which was lovely as it was interconnected rooms with a balcony. Lovely on a hot summers day when it's too hot to go out for walkies, sitting on the balcony with a lovely breeze is fab. Toiletries given shampoo and body wash and hairdryer. No toothbrush or toothpaste/conditioner so bring with. Supermarket few steps away at great price. All in all a very nice hotel, with good facilities for a city stay as easily accessible to all forms of transport be it trams, metro or bus. I would go again.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 July 2023

    8.0
    Lovely stay
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    It was confidently located, staff super friendly & was clean & well done up. Very, very comfortable beds, good aircon.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2023

    5.0
    Don’t stay in this hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 10 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    not clean att all.The breakfast is very very very poor just 3 kinds of chees and cooked eggs and little bit of salad.The man how is working in kitchen is very rude.Take things without asking exp salt.Very noisy.If you didn’t pay to cleaning woman ske will not clean well ur room .Insects in bathroom and they did not change the rubbish bag for 2 days

    Tje location is good

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 March 2023

    6.0
    poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    we stay 8 days every day we say send room clear but no one come to clean the room blanket very dirty and break fast is also not good no variety in the food every day they give us old food

    only location is good

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 July 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Could be cleaner, room was not entirely prepared for us. We had a bug in our room, bathroom was not cleaned properly. Room was a little dirty as well.

    The staff were nice and helpful.

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2022

    6.0
    Average
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast the worst ever. Hardly much to eat 40 lira for 3 fried eggs. Extra. Hardly any breakfast team speak English. Our room weren't clean 1/4 days we stayed.

    Location is great but not many tax drivers would like to come here due to traffic issues. Reception team is great. Murat and Hassan.

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 30 April 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    very far from all amenities

    breakfast wasn’t good enough

    Stayed in April 2022

  • Reviewed: 28 April 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the price is a bit too much

    the location is good and it’s clean

    Stayed in March 2022

  • Reviewed: 5 March 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I was staying 4th floor, late night when you turn the lights there is so much cockroaches 🪳, cleaning lady will enter the room even if you turn don’t distribute.

    The reception staff are very good 👍. Location are perfect everything nearby .

    Stayed in February 2022

  • Reviewed: 13 January 2022

    7.0
    Nice location
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bad wifi 😑 and only turkish TV my kids were complaining about that also the pool was cold very disappointing ...

    It was a good location for our purposes in the middle of the city (Fateh Aksery erea) it was safe the stuff working there nice and polite Mr Murat was very helpful only the cleaning and the breakfast need some improvement!

    Stayed in January 2022

  • Reviewed: 24 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast

    Everything

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff ok Food ok Sleeping ok no noise

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 October 2023

    1.0
    Very poor
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everthing was disgusting breakfast, the rooms were disgusting itching in the body for serveral days

    nothing at all

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 October 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I had a grear stay in Valens hotel. Murat bey was so helpful in everything. He is friendly, helpful and very polite. I recommend staying in valens. It is 2 min to station, you can reach anywhere from there.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 September 2023

    9.0
    Lovely stay in the heart of Istanbul
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    everything about the hotel was on point

    close to local transport system, staff were friendly and rooms were very comfortable size

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 September 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Quadruple Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Late noise after midnight.

    Service and location.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2023

    1.0
    Never staying again
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We arrived at the hotel at 6pm and the room was still not ready. Room cleaning only happens every other day. Breakfast is really bad. Bathrooms was bad with water running out of the shower. The staff was completely incompetent.

    Nothing

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2023

    9.0
    Good hotel in a good loaction
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Triple Room
    • Stayed 8 nights

    Hotel owner is only after your money. He doesn't care about the customers/guests. The hotel is out dated but is in a good location which is why he has no shortage of guests (mainly Arabic guests as Aksaray and Yusufpasa area is full of Arabs. Reminded me of little Dubai.

    Great hotel in a great location. The swimming pool is small and the price is £10 per hour, per person. So that £40 per hour for my family of four! Not worth it. The reception staff, cleaning staff were amazing and do a lot for this hotel. The owners and kitchen staff need to learn some customer relations skills as they were miserable and at one point the hotel owner wanted to charge me $100 for a table that he said we broke, but we did not break it.

    Stayed in August 2023

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