We stayed at this place for five days November 2011. Our room was on the fourth floor and was definitely one of the most depressing rooms I have stayed in my life. The only window looked out into a narrow shaft which made the air in the room extremely stuffy and ventilation almost non-existant. Furniture was old, dark and would certainly need replacing. Breakfast was quite okay though sometimes the breakfast lobby was overrun during busy times in the morning so that it was hard to find a free table. As other reviewers have remarked fresh fruit juice is an extra sold at a hefty surcharge. Location is good though - 15 to 20 minutes leisurely walk to the main attractions like Hagia Sophia or the Blue Mosque, and the tram is just a couple of minutes down the road if you don't like to walk.
The worst happened when we checked out. When we had arrived from the airport we took an airport taxi which dropped us at the hotel after a twenty minute ride at a reasonable price. For our return to the airport we asked the hotel reception to organize a taxi. Although the price they gave us was way above what we had paid for the airport taxi we accepted as it was the convenient option. It turned out that the "taxi" was a shuttle bus which was supposed to take six other people as well. To our amazement the driver drove us round the hotel only to stop in front of it after ten minutes declaring that he wouldn't drive us to the hotel. After our complaints the people at the reception promised to call another driver who finally drove eight people to the airport in his minibus, dropping some of his buddies on the way.
From what we know from friends you will get much better value elsewhere in Istanbul - and if you insist on this place make sure you're not put into a dump like our room.

I booked this hotel for last part of my stay at turkey, when I was looking for a hotel the reviews for this hotel were not that great but not bad and the images were okay, however the reality of the hotel is terrible.

The plants in the Lobby are plastic and not clean, the concierge is a desk in the lobby. Gym is a very small room as part of the "spa" and has 3 machines from the 70s, it is not open most of the day and costs about 10 dollars a day if you choose to work out/ injure yourself in it. There were cracks in the rooms wall, the tv had about 10 channels to choose from and it was probably the first edition of the flat screens. The view of our suit was a brunt down building on one side and a small park surranded by run down buildings ( as bad as shanghai's residentials) on the other Side.The bar was very small and very poor selection of drinks and very overpriced! There is only two elevators in the hotel and they are very small, only two people can fit in them, one if you have luggage.

The furniture is very old and the decores are very tacky and cheap. Food quality is terrible and the breakfast buffet is limited and not fresh. If you want fresh juice you need to pay for it extras and it is called the vitamin bar, what a joke.

Front desk staff were not very friendly, the manager told us he had to hold our passport because their computer system is down? Now I travel about two to three times a year internationally and I know some hotels hold passports to make sure they get paid especially in third world countries but I had already pre paid for our room and breakfast, and their computer didn't have a problem checking us in!!!

The only good thing about the hotel is its distance to old town tourist sites but so are 100s of other hotels.

For an American chain of hotel this was a complete disaster on all accounts, I am very disappointed and will never stay at a best western hotel, senator or not. Here is another hint, if the four stars is part of the name banner outside, it does not make a four star hotel...

The irony to the situation is that I paid the same amount of money for the first part of the trip in a hotel at taqsim square and it was an amazing experience!!

I went to Turkey for a tour for some cities. Last night in Istanbul I stayed at Best Western Senator. A nice lobby, comfortable rooms, free internet, gentle staff. Breakfast with black coffee, at last. Nice food.
Very good location, few minutes turist atractions.
I would be back, I recommend.

My wife and I came to Istanbul, to spend a few days sightseeing & shopping. We caught a taxi to the hotel, from the airport and also a taxi from the hotel back to the airport. This was quicker and quite economical, at around 450 Turkish lira. The hotel arranged for our return taxi, at an agreed price. The hotel was very nice, very clean, with helpul, polite staff. The breakfast buffet was excellent and typical Mediterranean style, but even with scrambled egg
& mushrooms available, one morning. The rooms were very spacious, TV, mini bar,free internet access, etc. The location was just a short walk from the hotel to, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazzar, etc and ideal for our needs. Would certainly recommend the hotel.




& mushrooms available