Golden Tulip Berlin Hotel Hamburg

I stayed at this hotel in early December. We upgraded to a comfort room that offered tea and coffee making facilities. What a great hotel in a great location. Huge room with two windows that opened so you could let in some fresh air. Spotlessly clean, good breakfast. My only gripe was that our room had a shower rather than a bath. You can get the number 100 bus almost outside the door that for €2 will take you to the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag area. The hotel is within easy walking distance of the KaDeWa department store. Have a look at the food hall on the 5th floor and dine in one of its many specialty restaurants or go on up to the 6th floor and eat in the huge atrium area. We enjoyed the Christmas markets. This hotel was just great.

We stayed 3 nights and enjoyed it very much. Rooms are very clean, standard rooms are a bit small but very modern and well made. Larger rooms on the 10th floor have a wonderful view. Staff is very helpful.

We will come back. The bus 100 stops right at the corner of the street.

Just returned from a few very pleasant days in Berlin. A great city with so much to see and do. Make sure to visit "The Story oF Berlin " museum, very wothwhile. Jewish Museum interesting but almost too much detail and information in it. The lower ground floor intersting. Great shops, make sure to take a trip to KA Da We which is very close to the Golden Tulip. The food halls are amazing. A little pricey but worth it for the experience.

The Golden Tulip is a lovely hotel with very pleasant staff. We arrived early in the morning and were able to check into our rooms which was great. Ask for non-smoking room if you wish. We had a large room with big bathroom, although there was no bath but a good big shower. Not sure if some twin rooms have bath, request it if you want as your feet get tired walking around the city! The breakfasts are great, everything you could possibly ask for. We ate one night in the restaurant which was fine. Nice foyer area with fire and small pleasant bar where you can sit and enjoy cocktails! The Italian restaurant across the road is a little pricey I thought ,and the waiter took it upon himself not to retrun the change but keep as a tip which I didn't like. A little cheeky

If you are staying in the hotel I would sugest taking the express train from airport to Zoolischer GArten station and then take a taxi from there which would only be about 5euro. A taxi to the airport cost us just over 30 euro. The hotel has a great location and I would return there again no problem.

I stayed at this hotel in early December. We upgraded to a comfort room that offered tea and coffee making facilities. What a great hotel in a great location. Huge room with two windows that opened so you could let in some fresh air. Spotlessly clean, good breakfast. My only gripe was that our room had a shower rather than a bath. You can get the number 100 bus almost outside the door that for €2 will take you to the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag area. The hotel is within easy walking distance of the KaDeWa department store. Have a look at the food hall on the 5th floor and dine in one of its many specialty restaurants or go on up to the 6th floor and eat in the huge atrium area. We enjoyed the Christmas markets. This hotel was just great.

Booked this hotel as part of an Aer Lingus deal and hoped it would be ok for the four nights booked. Well i8t was terrific and exceeded all our expectations . lovely room and excellent breakfast led us to use the hotel restuarant for threeof our four nights stay and it was very good with a some what limited menu but a waiter who was excellent.

Bar also very good and good prices with great service . all in all a smashing hotel and we'll be back

Stayed at the hotel in September . We were delighted with the hotel, the rooms were a good size but the lobby and dining rooms were huge. The lobby had several large sofas and chairs and there was a choice of smoking and non smoking dining rooms. Breakfast was a coice of hot or cold buffet food and there was a wide choice to suit everyones taste. Striaght across from the hotel is an excellent Italian Restaurant and Joe's Beer Garden beside the Zoological Gardens Train station is brill and good value. The steaks are wonderful. This hotel has a local bus stop round the corner and is a 5 minute walk to the main shopping area. Plan to return again next year

Transport to the Zoological Gardens (probably nearest bus, U & S bahn hub) was very good. Approx 10 minutes amble from the Gardens to the hotel (try travel light).

Nice quiet location within walking distance of the Ku'Dam and a healthy post breakfast walk to Brandenberg Tor etc.

Reception very friendly and welcoming, staff very polite and helpful.

Electronic card entry to air coditioned, comfortable, clean and inviting rooms. Remember to warm up the room, use the radiators hidden behind the curtains!

Might need to request more pillows.

En suite bathroom clean with nice adjustable shower.

Fridge stocked with drinks and basket of snacks on table next to room sofa (not complimentary .. so don't start pigging out before reading the small print !)

Television with good range of programmes.

Valuables can be kept in safety deposit boxes at reception.

Breakfast ... it was nice to eat healthier than I do at home, yoghurts, fruits, pastries as well as sausages and scrambled egg.

Not being a fan of hotel dinners we nevertheless had a meal one evening at the hotel and it was superb (Angus steak done to perfection). The service was friendly and not intrusive.

Visited and stayed at this a hotel for a week.Everything was fine,except the rooms are small.Clean,good internet and very friendly helpful staff.The breakfast buffet is creative and extremely appealing.

Great hotel with great customer service, would stay again. Take the 100 or the 200 bus line (right outside the hotel on Schillstrasse) and see the city. Quiet, clean, elavator, good food (albeit expensive for the breakfast 14€)

My husband and I were very pleased with our accomodations at the Golden Tulip. Staff in general were very friendly and helpful. You can buy public transportation tickets at the desk which was very convenient. A big plus is the # 100 bus you can catch around the corner which will take you past or close to many of the great sights of Berlin.

We stayed in a nonsmoking double superior room which included two twin beds pushed together ( they don't have queen or king size beds). It was very satisfactory. The room also had a desk, TV (you can watch CNN in English), love seat and coffee table. The bathroom was excellent with a sink, toilet and a good shower! The heat and air conditioning can be individually controlled in your room and the room was very quiet.

Breakfast was very good with plenty of selection from cereals, breads, pastries, scrambled eggs, sausages, juices, cheeses and various types of salami etc. The coffee was excellent! Most days we ate the breakfast as a brunch, stopped for coffee and pastry mid-afternoon and then had dinner. It definitely helped us save money!

We would definitley recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a nice, clean and comfortable hotel. It is not a luxury hotel but had everything we wanted.

The only negative experience, which was true throughout Germany, was smoking in the public places in the hotel. This however will change as of January 1st 2008 when all of Germany will go smoke free in public places!!!

Enjoy! Carol and Bob

stayed at the above hotel for 3 nights,staff at reception very friendly and helpful on arrival,rooms spotless,great location,staff very helpful with booking sight seeing trips for us,lovely breakfast,overall very pleased with hotel

This hotel is very conveniently situated for the Underground and Overground trains, and walkable to various interesting locations.

I found the staff to be extremely helpful.

The breakfast is so good that you'll be tempted to eat a whole day's calories in about 15 minutes!

Rooms have very pleasing modern furnishings, and the bathroom is fab. There's a supermarket very local, don't drink from the mini-bar (even though it's not particularly expensive).

I recommend going to the Bauhaus Archive Museum, walking distance from the hotel, and free entry on Saturdays.

The Golden Tulip is a lovely hotel with very pleasant staff. We arrived early in the morning and were able to check into our rooms which was great. We had booked a Comfort room and it was just that. - a large room with big bathroom.

There is a nice foyer area with fire and small bar where you can sit and enjoy a few scoops! The Italian restaurant across the road is lovely but a little pricey I thought compared to what you pay in other restaurants (eg the Argentinean Restaurant up the road - great meal = 2 main course + 4 drinks for €35 in total...)

If you are flying in to Schoenefeld Airport I would suggest taking the express train from airport to Zoolischer Garten station and then take a taxi from there which would only be about 5euro. We where there for a week and got the weekly travel ticket which is 25.40E but lets you on the train, trams, tube and buses.

Overall a great trip and a lovely hotel in a great location and I would return there again no problem.

Just returned from an extended weekend at this hotel. Everything worked out well. The hotel is in a quiet street about 15 minutes walk from Zoo station from where all of Berlin is accessible through the Underground, S-Bahn and Bus network. Regional Express trains also use this station and getting to Schonefeld Airport from here is about 35 minutes on this train network (otherwise take the S9 which takes about an hour). The number 100 bus (great for sightseeing) passes just around the corner from the hotel entrance.

The hotel rooms were small but comfortable, even the 'Comfort Rooms' (superior class) had limited space. Bathrooms were large in proportion and well equipped, including a powerful shower in the tub. Breakfast buffet was good with plenty of choice including fruit, cereals, cold meats and cheeses as well as hot dishes such as sausage, bacon and eggs. Bread was fresh daily.

Stayed at the Hamburg for 3 nights in April 2007. Very pleased with everything. Excellent buffet breakfast with hot and cold selections and plenty of choice. Lobby and restaurant smart and a small bar that was very reasonably priced for a hotel.

I booked a superior twin room for not much extra cost and it was a good size with all the usual facilities. Room and bathroom very clean and smart. Beds comfortable and most importantly, nice and quiet. No noise from other rooms, no noise from air conditioning or bathroom fans and even being on the front the noise from the road was minimal.

All of the staff from reception to waiters/ waitresses and maids were friendly and helpful.

Hotel is in a quiet area but 5 minutes from the underground and bus stops and there are plenty of restaurants on the doorstep.

If I go to Berlin again I would have no hesitation in booking this hotel again.

What a find! Super hotel, excellent location, friendly and helpful staff, well appointed room and a jolly good breakfast!

Situated on a quiet street but just five minutes walk from the main shopping center. Our room was large, very clean and comfortable. Heating adjustable to our own taste. Kettle etc provided, also iron & ironing board. Extra pillows provided when asked. Smoking and non smoking rooms on different floors.

Breakfast served at sensible times and of very good quality.

What really makes the hotel though are the staff - everyone, from the person who cleaned our room to the duty manager, was cheerful, extremely helpful and welcoming.

If pressed to find a tiny little fault - it would have been nice to have the fire lit in the lounge, It woud have added to the Christmassy atmosphere and looked good! But what the who - the hotel was certainly warm enough!

Will certainly use this hotel again.

My wife and I visited Berlin for 6 nights to see sights and meet friends and scout the place out. For location, the Golden Tulip Hamburg was tops, right on the every-five-minutes bus #100 route. And much wonderful was within easy walking distance as well including the KeDeWe amazing department store.The restaurant across the street, Sorriso, was superb in food, service, and friendliness. Room nice, but the faucet of the sink was very problematic - splashed us every time we tried to turn from cold water to warm; and the drain had so narrow an opening as to be difficult to use. And that's an important thing in a hotel. The included breakfast was excellent, but charged significant euros extra for decaffeinated coffee -- we could not believe that. The front desk folks were a bit curt and unhelpful in general. I bumped my shin on a black elevation of the public sitting room fireplace - it was really difficult to see.

But if you don't mind an ill-designed sink, the location is so good that we recommend the Golden Tulip anyhow

The only problem with the hotel is the location. As a healthy 20-something, it took me 30 minutes to walk to the Brandenburg Gate; Museum Island is about 20 minutes further. So plan on taking public transportation or taxis to get too and from the hotel. At night the area is low lit and a bit shady (I decided to walk back after a concert at the Philharmonie). I got the impression that most of the people staying at hotel were businessmen who would have their taxi rides comped and tour groups who had their own buses.

The hotel itself is fairly modern. My single room was a good size. The breakfast was quite good. The hotel restaurant was fair at best, though, I appreciated the convenience of having a restaurant on site. The staff was terrific.

If it were not for the location, I would stay here again.

Stayed in the Golden Tulip Hamburg Hotel from November 24th to November 28, 2005.

From NYC to Berlin-back to NYB: via Delta, direct flights to Tegel airport.

Overall impression: Very good quality hotel in the quiet area of West Berlin.

Location: The hotel is situated on the quite street near the idyllic Tiergarten-park (diplomatic district). The hotel in only 5-6 city blocks away (15 minutes of fast walking) from the main shopping area Kurfurstendamm ('Europe' shopping center, KaDeWe department store, P&C, C&A, H&M department stores) and U-ban subway station.

Transportation to/from airport: Taxi from the airport: 15-20 minutes, about 17 euros. There is also 'TXL' bus available that runs from the airport to the U-ban station not too far away from the hotel.

Transportation from the hotel to points of interest:

The bus stop(#100) is half a block from the hotel entrance. This route goes all the way to the center of the city (Potsdam Platz, Alexanderplatz, Berlin Dome, Checkpoint Charlie, Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, TV tower

Buy a day ticket (Tageskarte) at any U-ban/S-ban station for about 5.60 euros - covers traveling via any bus/tram/train/subway within zones A and B - the entire city center and surrounding areas. Taxi from the hotel to KaDeWe store area is about 5 euro, takes 5 minutes.

Hotel:

The hotel is a pretty modern building with about 150 rooms and a view on the quiet side street.

Check in: we've arrived about 10:30 in the morning and the room was available at 11:00AM (even thought the official check-in time is at 2PM). All staff speaks English.

Room: very large per European standards, included two single beds, a round table with two chairs, in-wall closet, refrigerator (fee for the drinks), two windows, carpet(in pretty good condition), decent size bathroom with a shower (no bath)and hair dryer, great water pressure, shampoo was provided.

Radio, Cable-TV: small..about 17 inches TV with 40 channels(37 German Channels, one French and two English- CNN and BBC).

No room safe, A/c, you can regulate the room temperature in the room during heating season as well as during summer.

Service: room was cleaned pretty good everyday, towels should be left on the floor in the bathroom otherwise they would not be replaced.

Room service: regular choice of sandwiches and few hot dishes (pasta, pizza, soup - prices about 7 euros for the soup and 7-10 euros for the main courses)

Food: buffet breakfast (6:30-11:00AM) was included in the room rates ($104 per night via Expedia). Food choices: several varieties of hams/sausages/cheeses, smoke salmon and herring, scrambled eggs, sausages and bacon, boiled eggs.

Yogurts, canned fruits, fresh fruits(apples, pears, grapes, bananas), pastries, coffee/tea, jams, great breads and even better butter, orange/tomato/grapefruit juices. The restaurant is not very big but contains both smoking and non-smoking areas. Quality of food from great to average depending on your taste. Not very crowded.

The restaurant also serves dinner - although I have not tried it during my stay.

There is also a small "hanse- bar" that offers fresh draft beer and international drinks.

Surrounding area: Several restaurants (Argentinean Steak House, Chinese place, Tai place, few German places couple of blocks away). West Berlin Zoo and Aquarium - 15 minutes walk. Railway station(Zoo Garten Bahnhof) is also about 20 minutes away(fast walk).

Check out(11AM): Fast, no extra charges, provided taxi upon request.

Cancellation policy: 24 hours or earlier before the day of arrival - no penalty; less than 24 hours - 1 night charge.

Who stays in the hotel: 'Business people', families, groups from England, Germany, France.

i stayed this hotel 2007 christmas with my cousien.it is the second trip in berlin for me.This not much confortable than the

first one.Location is good.Reception is so help full.But there is a one thing make me sad.There is a wind noice coming from the door and it is really disturbe you to sleep.

The Golden Tulip Hamburg is situated in a residential area, on a quiet sideroad of the Kurfürstenstrasse in the western part of Berlin. The buses 100 and 200 to the centre of the city (Mitte) have a stop very near the hotel. Walking to the busy Kurfürstendamm and the KaDeWe departmentstore take a 15 minute walk.

We were happy with the situation of the hotel but on the other hand we discovered that the more interesting part of Berlin is in the former East-Berlin, the Mitte district (Unter der Linden boulevard, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, Spree river etc), which means that a possible next time we will choose a hotel more close to this much nicer part of the city, where history is more present.

About the hotel itself: we already were warned in other comments that the standard rooms are quite small and indeed, they truly are! In our opinion this is not what a 4-star hotel should offer to it's guests. The bathroom, too, is small. Every comfort is present, but there definitely should have been more space and a nice chair to sit and relax. A bit budget-class.

The breakfast was O.K. but I suppose not better or worse than in other similar hotels in this category. For dinner we would give the advice to look elsewhere. The taste of the food was below expectation and the service was in line with that. The Italian restaurant on the other side of the street offered a very nice meal, but if you like Italian food you definitely should try the Bocca di Bacco restaurant in the Friedrichstrasse 167, opposite the Galeries Lafayette departmentstore in the Mitte district.

Summarizing: beautiful city, especially the former East-Berlin part, hotel too expensive for what it offers.

Dick and Maaike Gorter

The Netherlands

Stayed at the Hotel Hamburg (Golden Tulip) for a week at the end of Jan. We experienced three different room types. Standard rooms on the lower floors are nicely appointed with modern decor but very cramped in our opinion. Beware that there is not enough room for a normal suitcase at the bottom of the bed. The wardrobe is also a small half size open plan type. As we felt we'd feel claustrophobic after more than one night we upgraded to a comfort room, which are at the end of the corridors and was slightly larger but still small. On the second night we upgraded to a suite on the eighth floor. The room was larger and a similar size to what is usually found at 4* hotels. However these rooms are pre-refurbishment and was darkly decorated with a tiny very old nokia TV, old beds, and lacking safe. Nice views however. There were minor faults in all rooms, eg broken shower enclosures, loose toilet seats etc. We realised the suite window was faulty as there was a small gap in the frame which meant a lot of noise from the street came in. This was put right the next day. There were cigarrete smoke smells in some rooms and along corridors despite them being non-smoking rooms. There is a single pc with free internet access in the business closet next to reception. Breakfast is quite expensive and not great, consequently there were never more than one or two people there each day. There is a mini supermarket right next door and cafes where a decent breakfast costs under 7 euros nearby. The hotel is more like a 20 min fast walk to Wittenberg Platz U bahn, and 25-30 min fast walk to Zoologischer Garten U/S bahn station. To get the famous no. 100 bus to the centre, turn left at the hotel entance , walk to the end of the road and cross the dual carriageway to the other side. The hotel itself is a 1970's style concrete block with modern cladding and small old lifts, and similar style 3 star hotels in the vicinity. It is in a quiet residential area, and nothing of much interest in the evenings in the immediate vicinity, but the KuDamm is 30 mins brisk walk away. We felt fairly safe in this part of West Berlin. Hotel staff were not friendly, or welcoming but efficient. We had to request tea/coffee making facilities which comes with powdered milk and decaff coffee only. This was only ever replenished when requested at reception and not when we asked the room cleaners. Check-out is also 11am and not 2pm as stated in certain booking websites. We would stay here again if we had to but next time we will either pay more and stay in the lively Potzdamer Platz, or City centre part of the Mitte district, or pay less staying in one of the 3* hotels near the Hotel Hamburg (which had larger rooms).

Sehr schönes und günstiges Hotel mitten in Berlin!

Direkt vor der Türe hält der Linienbuss mit der Nummer 100, der planmäßig alle bedeutenden Sehenswürdigkeiten von Berlin anfährt, auch zu Fuß kann man bereits die Siegessäule, den Berliner Zoo und das berühmte KDW erreichen! Die Zimmer sind sehr sauber, modern und bieten trotz der zentralen Lage die Möglichkeit, sich in Ruhe von den Strapazen der Besichtigungen zu erholen! Das Frühstücksbuffett ist reichhaltig und bietet für jeden Gaumen das richtige! Das Personal ist sehr professionel und äußerst hilfsbereit! Ich würde dort sofort wieder buchen!

Das Hotel liegt sehr günstig, Bushaltestelle nur 30 m entfernt; idealer Ausgangspunkt für Erkundungen der Stadt; ausreichend Parkplätze; derzeit Arbeiten an der Fassade (jedoch ohne nennenswerte Ruhestörung); Komfortzimmer sehr geräumig; enthalten sogar Bügelbrett und Bügeleisen und Kaffee-/Teezubereiter; wünschenswert wäre noch ein Safe im Zimmer; sehr freundlicher Service; hilfsbereites und freundliches Personal an der Rezeption; ausgezeichnetes Restaurant; unfangreiches Frühstücksbuffet

Wir waren ende August für 2 Nächte im Golden Tulip Berlin Hotel Hamburg.

Ich muss leider sagen, dass es in meinen Augen keine 4 Sterne verdient hat.

Das Personal ist nicht besonders freundlich (aber effizient). Es gab ein paar sehr zuvorkommende Ausnahmen im Restaurant.

Die Putzfrau verbringt irgendwie nur 5 Minuten im Zimmer und macht glaube ich nur das Bett. Ich habe nicht bemerkt, dass das Zimmer sauber gemacht wird.

Im Bad definitiv nicht.

Das Zimmer, welches wir hatten war sehr klein. Ich glaube es gibt vereinzelt etwas größere Zimmer im Hotel. Falls man plant länger dort zu nächtigen empfehle ich so ein großes Zimmer zu buchen/upzugraden.

Für zwei Nächte ging es grad noch. Leider gibt es nicht so wirklich einen Platz um seinen Koffer/Tasche zu verstauen.

Das Badezimmer war schön und renoviert aber leider auch sehr klein. Passt nur eine Person rein.

Das Restaurant ist ziemlich duster. Ich empfehle in dem Vorraum zur Strasse hin zu essen. Dort sind Fenster und die Tische sind auch schöner.

Das Buffet war nicht so toll. Ich glaube es wird einfach um 6 aufgetischt und die Sachen vertrocknen dann so vor sich hin bis um 11.

Ich fand es schade, weil es leckere Sachen gab wie Gurkenscheiben, Tomatenscheiben, Räucherlachs, etwas Wurst und Käse aber wenn man um 9, 10 Uhr zum Frühstück geht ist alles schon vertrocknet und nicht mehr wirklich appetitlich.

Es gabe auch nur Aufbackbrötchen und die kleinsten Minicroissants die ich je gesehen habe.

Was ich sehr empfehlen kann sind die Rühreier und der Bacon und die Würstchen. Die waren erstaunlich gut.

Was ich noch seltsam fand war die Größe der Trinkgläser für Säfte: So klein! Maximal 100 ml haben da rein gepasst. Und die Teller waren auch sehr klein.

Wir hatten das Gefühl man solte bloß nicht zuviel essen. Dies wurde dadurch bestärkt, das das Personal sehr übereifrig darin ist so schnell wie möglich den Teller abzuräumen.

Fand ich echt witzig wenn man nicht schnell genug wieder zum Buffett hetzt ist der Teller sofort weg.

Die Lage des Hotels ist sehr gut. Es ist eine Seitenstrasse der Kurfürstenstraße und man ist in Null komma nix (ca.15 Min.) am Kadewe und am Kudamm.

Außerdem ist es sehr günstig zum Elefantentor des Zoos gelegen.

Und was noch praktisch ist: Um die Ecke ist ein Discountersupermarkt.

Außerdem sind mehrere Restaurants in der Nähe.

Italienisch, Chinesisch, Thai, Indisch, Vietnamesisch, Steakhouse und ein Fischrestaurant.

Das Hotel hat drei Fahrstühle und eine schicke Lobby mit Bar (haben wir nicht genutzt waren abends aus).

Fazit: Ich würde das Hotel nur für ein oder zwei Nächte empfehlen.

The Golden Tulip Hamburg hotel is one of those establishments where the concept of hospitality got lost along the way some years ago, never to be found again.

Ever since the hospitality genie turned his back on these premises, staff have been trying to make do with various other less helpful spirits, borrowing heavily from those less pleasant, but much more tenacious, genies that normally lurk in the corridors of public sector administration. Its location isn’t bad, off a main road and therefore quiet and only about 10’ walk from the KDW, the best (and most expensive) department store in Berlin. The area around the hotel is OK; though there are a couple of ‘adult’ shops which you will see on the way to the main shopping precinct (I say this in case you are offended by these establishments).

Your experience as a guest, as ever, starts at reception. I was greeted in a very efficient and mildly patronising way while I was handed over the key, when very strict instructions on where and when breakfast was served were literally shouted at me. I know that with tens of thousand of air miles behind me and being in my mid forties my hearing isn’t what it used to be, but this was the first time ever that I was loudly ‘instructed’ about breakfast, rather than simply told. After this teenager finished shouting his orders, he asked in the same tone of voice whether I had further questions, so, rather than risking it, I decided instead to meekly take leave of reception, quickly sneaking into the lift. I was told I had been allocated a newly refurbished room, which at first sight looked great; soft colours greeted you and invited you in, so I did, and here is when problems started. I wanted somewhere to drop my case; but the designers had obviously not foreseen the possibility that people staying in a hotel could carry a case, so there was either the small armchair, or the floor.

I opened the (tiny) wardrobe, found the safe, tried re-setting it and got an error message; reported it to reception later (by then staffed by an equally unhelpful person), and was thanked for reporting it. Pardon me, what are you going to do about it? Sorry, no one around to fix it, maybe tomorrow… well, no use to me, as I was only staying one night. It was unusually warm in Berlin and I had a busy day, I was hot and bothered and wanted, literally, to chill out while catching up with some work. I switched the air con controls, put it on full blast and the unit started blowing air, and that was that. I mean ‘air’, but nothing of the ‘conditioning’ element. A further call to reception enlightened me on the fact that air-con could only be switched on during ‘certain months of the year’ (January and February maybe), scolding me a bit for having dared asking such a silly question. By then, resigned on my fate, I took my laptop out of its case and looked for some work space. The small desk (you may have gathered by now that everything in the room was doll-size and note I am only 5’6”!) was covered in clutter, a basket with a delicious sample of crisps (off the minibar), a tray with additional minibar samples, a large display with hotel brochures – all staff that ended up on the floor as there was no other desk space available and even what this clutter was taken away there was then only space for a small book next to my laptop.

Anyway, I could enlighten you about other aspects of my stay, telling you about the bathroom, the bed side lights that when switched on in the middle of the night daze you like car lights or cauterize your fingers when you try to switch them off and so on, why bother? If I were you, unless you suffered from an unhealthy guilt complex and felt like punishing yourself (bosses don’t read this!) I wouldn’t bother with this place, staying instead somewhere where you’d be made feel welcome and where rooms were designed with the most basic travellers’ needs in mind.

4 Sterne Preis mit 1 Stern Service.

Hier bekommt der Gast immer das Gefühl, zu stören. Sowohl an der Rezeption als auch im Restaurant.

Dazu könnte das Reinigungspersonal vielleicht mehr als 5 Minuten investieren, dann würde das Zimmer eventuell auch sauber.

Weckdienst bekommt man, auch wenn man keinen möchte, denn um halb 8 klopft das Personal, trotz "do not disturb" an der Tür.

In Berlin gibt es viele gute Hotels. Dieses zählt nicht dazu!