With a stay at Orka Royal Hotel & Spa, you'll be centrally located in Istanbul, a short 8-minute walk from Egyptian Bazaar and 11 minutes by foot from Hagia Sophia. This spa hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Grand Bazaar and 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Topkapi Palace.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a health club, an outdoor pool, and an indoor pool. This Art Deco hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a hair salon.
For lunch or dinner, stop by Eugenius Restaurant, a restaurant that specializes in international cuisine. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe, and 24-hour room service is provided. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
Make yourself at home in one of the 92 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
"Here are the pros of the hotel: The location is superb, with all major attractions within walking distance. Additionally, tram, metro, train, and ferry stops are all conveniently located within a 5-minute walk.
Breakfast was good, offering a decent variety to choose from. The rooftop provides a beautiful panoramic view of the Bosphorus; I thoroughly enjoyed sketching there.
There are plenty of restaurants nearby, and a convenient mini-market where you can pick up water, fruit, or other essentials.
The room came with a small refrigerator, an electric kettle with cups, and complimentary tea and coffee sachets. The staff were consistently polite and unobtrusive.
The lower ground floor (-1 level) housed a small gym, a hammam, and a compact swimming pool.
However, there were several drawbacks:
The rooftop pool, which appears spacious in the hotel's wide-angle photos, is actually quite small and unsuitable for swimming. It felt more like a communal soaking tub where people simply sit in the water. I also found it uninviting due to its murky water, so I opted not to use it.
The interior design was poorly executed. Stairwells and floor heights seemed mismatched, and massive support columns bisecting the panoramic windows consumed a significant portion (about a third) of our already small room. The room felt cramped and poorly laid out due to these design errors. For instance, the entrance hallway was uncomfortably narrow with the room door opening inwards, there was a column positioned awkwardly in the middle of the sleeping area, and the ceiling featured a polygonal, multi-level design. Furthermore, the tile grout lines on the walls and floor were noticeably misaligned by about a centimeter, which looked incredibly sloppy and felt like an oversight.
The window offered an unattractive view of a car park.
Small details were missing, such as a toothbrush holder in the bathroom and sufficient space to hang and dry towels. There was only a single hook in the bathroom, which was inadequate.
Overall, it's a decent hotel, but its main issues stem from poor spatial planning and questionable aesthetics."