This hotel offers high style at relatively low prices. Misafir’s six spacious rooms have modern Scandinavian furniture, colorful Turkish fabrics and ample gadgetry (flat-screen TVs, DVD players and wireless Internet access). Rates include an in-room breakfast of Turkish pastries, toast, juice, coffee, tomatoes, cheese and cucumbers.
The facade is original, while the inside is embellished with new basalt floors, marble bathrooms, and artistic textiles. Rooms are enormous (as are the bathrooms, which are stocked with complimentary L'Occitaine products), with king size beds, twin sofas flanking oversize circular ottomans, and long, upholstered benches conveniently placed. It's all very smart, very well planned out, and very, very delightful. The restaurant Sekiz has a hip vibe and top-notch creative cuisine.
What a nice place, very boutique only 6 suites. I didn’t have the chance to see them all but the owner showed me 3 of them and they all looked fantastic, large and incredibly comfortable. Very attentive service and good tips.
Trip Advisor 2009-2010 Istanbul Guide
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"I could say so many good things about Misafir Suites, But the thing that I liked the most was that even though it's in the center of Istanbul (a very chaotic place), it's like you're at home when you get in Gigantic your room, you melt in their huge beds. "
Beyoglu, 'Paris of the Orient', was Istanbul’s cosmopolitan epicentre; a wealthy community of neo-classical embassies and baroque hotels, where Jewish and Armenian traders rubbed shoulders with Christians, sultans, artists and eccentrics. By the middle of the last century, it had begun a slow decline. And when Joost Rooijmans bought a run-down squat of a building in one of its dingy back streets in 1997, his friends thought he was crazy. It was a risk, he admits, but he was captivated by the area’s history and believed in its future. The risk has paid off.
Modern Beyoglu is Istanbul’s answer to Soho: still a little rough around the edges, but enjoying a cultural revival. In a labyrinth of narrow lanes are antique shops, galleries, jazz clubs and night clubs. And in the thick of it all, Joost’s handsome Ottoman building has been resurrected as a boutique hotel. A cantilevered staircase spirals up to 7 fabulous suites. Below, there is a lively colonial-style eatery (try the Thai-style prawns and an ice-cold beer) and the city is right on the doorstep.
Newsweek ( Owen Matthews)
One of my personal favorites is the tiny Misafir Suites, a boutique hotel in a warren of tiny streets right in the heart of the European quarter of Beyoglu. The handsome 19th-century Greek building has been converted into a restaurant, an art space, and seven guest suites, each with a different ultramodern décor. The rooms are enormous—between 45 and 55 square meters—with giant baths. The furniture is handmade from solid hardwood by contemporary Turkish designers, the pictures on the walls are collages of vintage Ottoman letters and photographs, and the carpets are modern twists on old Anatolian designs. Peaceful it’s not. On weekends the nearby pedestrian mall Istiklal Caddesi, once the Grand Rue de Pera, is packed with revelers out sampling the restaurants, bars, clubs, cinemas, and narghile-smoking cafés. But the Misafir Suites is the perfect place to settle for a comfortable night’s rest.
Travel + Leisure
A tiny, six-suite gem, filled with Designer Guild textiles and plenty of kilims.