Be Mate Casa Di Bava

Exceptional
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Exceptional
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The apartment is on a very picturesque street full of antique shops, close to a shopping street but away from rumorous bars. The bed and pillows are super comfortable!The kitchen had all the necessary amenities for cooking, and the apartment was cleaned on daily basis
  : A microwave in the kitchen would be very useful! Smell of cigarette smoke in the common areas (stairs and entrance)

Exceptional
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great location. many food places and funky little shops nearby. It is a clubbing area but surprisingly it wasn't noisy inside and we could rest at night. Housekeeping daily and change of towels. Very comfy beds. Washing machine was also very usefull. Will stay there again next time.
  : Need to change bulbs in the bathroom and kitchen. they are blinking.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : If you like cooking by yourself, it is a good place to live. If you expect breakfast, sorry, there isn't. The bedroom is very quiet.
  : Just not my style, I prefer hotel with breakfast. But it is very clean and tidy. The mini kitchen has everything you need.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : A lovely place to stay, in a great location.

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : I have stayed it this property on three previous occasions. It is in a great location and atmospheric neighbourhood close to coffee shops, restaurants. Istiklal and the metro are only a short walk away. The team that run the property are very helpful and responsive. They arranged a taxi for us to the airport and stored our bags securely for us when we checked out. The apartment has an open kitchen in the lounge and a separate bedroom and bathroom with a large walk in shower (no bath). We will definately stay here again.
  : As usual we enjoyed our stay and were very happy with the facilties. The only minor glitch was when we first arrived. I hadn't been told that the secure key system had changed. Now visitors don't use keys but enter a secure code into a key pad to access each apartment. So upon arrival we were trying (as per previous stays) to use the code provided to open the key box in the hallway when in fact the code was for the keypad to access the apartment. These things happen :0)

Exceptional
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Be Mate Casa Di Bava is a an entire building managed by a Spanish hotel chain. We booked partly due to location (downtown Istanbul in the better part of the downtown) and partly due to my previous experience with Room Mate (parent company of Be Mate). The location is walking distance to the best bars, restaurants and shops of Istanbul, however, tricky to reach by car - it tends to get busy in rush hours and one can spend considerable time in traffic. The hosts did share check-in information in advance, and when we checked in, all the apartments (we booked 2) were ready for us. The flat was clean, well-equipped and featured fully stocked kitchen (incl. dishwasher with tablets and washing machine with some stock of washing pads) as well as fully stocked bathroom (incl. hair dryer). There was daily cleaning and replenishment in the apartment. The hosts were always available for assistance, and we felt absolutely confident that if there was an issue, it would be solved rapidly. All in all, it was a very good experience and we would recommend staying at Be Mate to our friends.
  : The check-in process was a little disturbed due to malfunction of one of the doors - we had to reach out to support via WhatsApp (which worked perfectly btw) and get the access code to the key storage on ground floor to get the physical keys. I suggest that if you stay in apt. 5, you do get the access code for the key storage as soon as you get check-in info. WiFi could have been better - could be function of location of the router - thus, pick this apartment for a holiday stay and not when you have to work remotely. Soundproof isn't ideal - Istanbul is unreasonably noisy, and you do hear it.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The staff were very pleasant and helpful. The bed was amazingly comfortable I felt safe in the neighbourhood Nice kitchette
  : Wifi kept cutting out

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The view is amazing, the host is very welcoming, clean, airy flat. Loved it.
  : The bedroom in the back faces the street so it was a bit loud. The other bedroom was fine though