Hostel Cheers Lighthouse, Istanbul
Expert reviews
“This gem of a hostel, situated in the very heart of the old city, blends faux-Ottoman style with plenty of bright, neo-bohemian touches like pastel-hued planters to create a friendly and communal vibe. It’s a good base – but also offers guests a range of activities like pub crawls, darts competitions and walking tours.”
What guests liked
- Great views
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Comfortable beds
- Top location
All you need to know
Situated at the historic Sultanahmet area Cheers Lighthouse provide a panoramic sea view, 300 meters away from Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. The hostel interior is decorated with minimal style and has a healthy environment for the guests. Ataturk airport is just 15 kilometers, and the iconic Galata Tower is three kilometers away from the hostel.
Basic amenities
With the beautiful sea view, guests who booked their stay here can enjoy their daily breakfast on the terrace with complimentary coffee and tea. The hostel has its restaurant, so it provides discounts on dinner and lunch for the travelers staying here. The tour desk and 24-hour reception help the tourists in traveling and exploring the city.
Room Facility
Private rooms with private bathrooms, mixed dormitory with bunk beds, deluxe double room, and suites with sea view, superior triple room with sea view, a standard double room, and deluxe triple rooms are available with the hostel for the guests. The travelers are provided with various kinds of rooms in the hostel to choose from as per their convenience. Whether you are traveling solo or in a group, the place is ideal for all kinds of accommodation.
As the hostel is one of the high-rated places in Istanbul by the guests for the facilities and services, it provides at a comparatively lower price. You can book your stay with Cheers Lighthouse at an affordable range as the hostel in Istanbul offers discounts for the guests on the advance booking.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
27 August 2024
Best value / price option. Location and staff is the best
Staff in Cheers Lighthouse is absulutly amazing and nice. All of Staff members are really kind and helpfull, they even organize and attend on group activiteies like Beerpong, 10/10. Bar prices are solid as well. Location is perfect
Door in the room should be checked, It's a bit too loud when closing. Should be an easy fix but would increase the confort a lot
26 August 2024
Pleasant
Beautiful view from the balcony to see sea
Lack of light in the bathroom and problems with air-conditioning
12 August 2024
Fabulous
Hosted were so kind, creating a good environment to spend time enjoying and knowing each others. Good food and drinks.
30 July 2024
Overall good as expected. All staff was good with exception of a few.
Breakfast was good. Location is the best due to its proximity to the attractions. They literally all on a walking distance. I loved the sea view my main reason for staying at this property.
Building turned out to be bit old than expected. The staff could be more courteous and patient especially guests with families need little extra help or requests. Overall, it was ok. If I had the chance I could have stayed somewhere else.
12 July 2024
Fabulous
Great stay! Special shoutout to Kay, made us feel so welcomed and relaxed from the get go. Breakfast was great. Location was perfect
6 July 2024
Pleasant
I like the location
The bathroom was very small but it is fine.
24 June 2024
Chill and friendly vibes, would stay here again!
Booked the location for the vibe it had and was not disappointed. Met a lot of new people, and had a comfortable stay. Staff were friendly.
Unfortunately one of my friends’ doors was broken, but they rectified it by moving her to another room so it was all good.
22 June 2024
Friendly and engaging stay with good value for price.
Breakfast options can be a little better but the location and service feom the staff is really good. Very helpful staff.
Drinking water facility can be the only thing that needs to be part of the hostel offer.
20 June 2024
Great location
Excellent location, easy to walk around to all the main tourist attractions and helpful staff. Great breakfast included too
11 June 2024
Good for a night
Nice location and great view from the room. The beds were comfortable
Pillows and sheets had a few stains. You had to hold the shower.
19 May 2024
Very good
Good
14 May 2024
Good but could be better
Great location , good breakfast. Friendly, helpful staff.
My room wasn’t great- lights not working, shower leaked, several things in a state of disrepair.
26 April 2024
Pleasant
Great location and a parking slot, which is not guaranteed, but worked for us.
Small rook with quite bad bathroom that was always wet. Not very clean overall, We had only 1 big towel for both persons for our stay.
23 April 2024
Very good
Very well located. The breakfast is included and good. The staff are friendly and organise a lot of stuff.
Doesn't have a kitchen. Could be a bit cleaner (dust in the lockers + mold in the bathroom)
15 April 2024
Pleasant
Staff were helpful Easy to walk everywhere we wanted We had a family room and it was spacious
10 April 2024
Fabulous
Staff are very accommodating and helpful. Shout out to Jack and Sergio - legends!! Location is on point and very good breakfast.
6 April 2024
We found this to be a good location and value for our very short layover stay in Istanbul.
We were sad to is breakfast due to our flight time. The location was easy to find and staff were friendly.
There was only one outlet and it was just over the bed, making charging devices over night require sleeping with them.
19 March 2024
Great budget friendly option
Great location, comfortable room, and lovely breakfast.
Room was quite dated, it wasn’t dirty but could have been cleaner.
13 March 2024
Very good
It was very clean, reception staff friendly
7 March 2024
Fabulous
Location is superb for those who like to stay in the old city. Major spots are just 2-3 minutes walk from the hostel. Hostel offers decent breakfast. Personnel is helpful.
Minor problem with locker in the room, but got it sorted out by taking my luggage to the reception desk.
6 March 2024
Memorable trip
Breakfast is good and very delicious 😋
Friendly environment 😌
12 February 2024
Good hostel, showers not good
The staff was nice, the bed was comfortable
The shower room was not clean. The shower was hanging from a rope tied to a rusty nail.
9 February 2024
Very good
All the staff really helpful :)
9 February 2024
Very good
Atmosphere and proximity to the attractions.
None.
7 February 2024
Pleasant
Close to sightseeing spots
6 February 2024
Very good
The location is quite near the main attractions of Istanbul. There is a free parking place, reserved for the hotel. The view from the terrace of the restaurant is wonderful and the staff is helpful and with sense of humor.
There is no place to hang your towels in the bathroom and some renovation of the room would be nice.
1 February 2024
Would love to stay here again!
The property was clean and the facilities were good. The staff was very good and helpful. Especially Jack, who guided me thoroughly about how to enjoy the beautiful city. Serdar, Key and Elif were also very sweet and helpful.
N/A
26 January 2024
Very good would recommend staying
K was a very good host. Good helping out
21 January 2024
good for this price
Nice place and amazing view for this price the location is greate, close to the main tourist attractions don't make high expectectation
they charge you 5 euro for a towel no place to put your staff in shower
8 January 2024
Fabulous
All the staff members are naturally friendly and helpful enough to make it feel like home/family.. They're so friendly that the staff and the hostel guests call each other by their names.. The location was way above my expectations and if I could I would have extended my stay..
4 January 2024
Fabulous
The staff was very nice specially Serdar!
4 January 2024
Good Stay in a excellent location with value for money
The staff were really great and helpful. It is good location, walkable from sultanamet and hagia mosque. Breakfast was simple and good enough. Amazing view from my room. Tram station is also walkable. Access to all main areas.
Bathroom could have been little more spacious, but it is not a big negative. Overall very good stay and would love to visit again if at all I travel to IST again.
27 December 2023
Very good
Hostel staff is really nice 👌
18 December 2023
Fabulous
Location, staff, breakfast was great.
No kitchen
16 December 2023
Amazing stay
Amazing stay at Istanbul. Jaques and the staff are very friendly and gives good advices. Love my bro Jak ❤️
13 December 2023
Very good
Very good costumer service, especially Kadir make a different, excellent and always very helpfull.
13 December 2023
As good as a hostel as you will find anywhere, friendly staff and always lots going on.
This is a great place to stay to meet other travellers and the staff are all super friendly and helpful. Special mention to Max who was a great guy! The bar had a great view of the city/coastline. The location was good with shops and restaurants near by and I'll definitely be returning at some point.
Having to leave!
1 December 2023
Friendly staff and good location
Very central location, 5 min walk to the blue mosque and good breakfast
the balcony furniture needs renovation, it is old and rusty
1 December 2023
Fabulous
1. The location was a short walk to the main attractions 2. The breakfast was good 3. The room was big enough and clean 4. The staff was helpful and kind 5. There are activities for those who stay for a longer time unfortunately we did not get to enjoy that.
Everything was nice for our 1 day stay.
27 November 2023
Cozy hostel in a great location
breakfast, location, sea view from the terrace
24 November 2023
Amazing staff, cozy and excelent location.
Serdar and Jack, and the staff in general, were amazing to us. Very kind, friendly and ready to help. The Location is perfect, breakfast is delicious and i will remember the birds singing in the morning.
The bath is little and there is only one blanket for two. But is very good in general.
22 November 2023
Very kind and friendly hostel management, nice view at the Sea and very nice breakfast.
- Very very clean! (Not always like that even at other hostela around 8 score) - kind hostel people - Very good buffet breakfast - Towels included
All 👍
21 October 2023
Very good
I am glad I chose this option, The location of the hostel was best. You have everything nearby just on your walking feet. I chose to come back to Istanbul and stayed here again.
Need regular checkup on bathroom cleanup rest everything is is super perfect.
19 October 2023
Fabulous
Best view of any hostel I’ve been to personally, pretty solid breakfast as well so breakfast with a view at a hostel is awesome. Extremely well located for all the touristy type things.
Everything cost extra it seemed like
10 October 2023
location is very good,I really like it
Breakfast is very good and view
7 October 2023
Great place
The location of the hostel is ideal for a first time in Istanbul as it is close to the main historical sites The staff Serdar, Sedat and Maassoum are amazingly friendly and helpfull It is easy to meet other travellers especially solo travellers
4 October 2023
Good option for solo traveller.
It used to be a great place to stay when I visited Istanbul 3 years ago. I did not get the same vibes/ energy as it used to be. It is still a relatively good place to stay with a great location to meet all your basic needs that close to all main attractions in Sultanahmet.
Please replace all your pillows and mattresses. The pillows are very lumpy, and we could feel all the springs in those mattresses as well.
4 October 2023
Super friendly staff, great location, good breakfast but very basic accommodations
Great location and super friendly and helpful staff. Nice breakfast for a hostel.
We arrived very late and were greeted and helped right away. We booked a private room and were taken to a room that was not what we had booked. We went back and told them and after a few phone calls and a bit of time, we were told that room was not available but they would give us another room in that category. We did get a bigger room but not nearly as nice as any of the pictures on Booking. It’s advertised as a boutique hostel but the rooms we saw were very basic.
17 September 2023
Fabulous
Breakfast was always on schedule had everything I would need to start the day. Staff went overboard to ensure my stay was enjoyable and went as so far to offer recommendations. Bonus was that everyone had an amazing vibe and the atmosphere of the hostel was perfect for vacation. Nothing not to like.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Safety deposit box (additional charge)
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Shared lounge/TV area
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - BBQ facilities (additional charge)
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Activities
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Darts
- - Entertainment staff
- - Evening entertainment (additional charge)
- - Pub crawls (additional charge)
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Parking
- - Street parking
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
2 September 2024
Nice stay, staff friendly. Unna at the front desk very nice and helpful.
1 room was 2 beds, very comfortable. The 2nd room was huge with 2 bedrooms, 4 beds, a jetted tub and sauna. Good view and location to attractions.
Older building, and lots of winding stairs.