It's a budget hotel. It's dated, tired, shabby, but although tatty the linen and towels were clean and changed daily. I read a couple of reviews which were misleading, it is on a busy street, but not full of restaurants, cafes. Shabby take-away's with 3 or 4 tables and chairs, and no bars or similar anywhere. Yes, there are a couple of shops that sell beer, so you can drink in your room, or in the restaurant. The hotel does not have a bar. We had to take a taxi to the Kadikoy area every evening for a few drinks and food, half an hour minimum, longer if traffic was bad. BUT, it served us well as a budget base for the Formula 1 weekend.