Originally Posted by
FlyingSwiss
Thanks to all of you for the great suggestions.
How did you transfer to the hotel, are taxis reliable?
Taxis are basically reliable, and metred. However, the drivers are not always very good on their city knowledge. Take the address of your destination and a map, if you can; if you're getting a taxi from the hotel see if the doorman or some other sensible person can make sure that the driver knows where he's supposed to be going. [It can help too to know a landmark that is near to your destination: e.g. for Hamdi, one of the restaurants I named above, the New Mosque (Yeni Cami). Having said that, it is a well-known restaurant so I imagine that all the drivers would know it.]