Comenius Hotel Berlin

Pretty much exactly what I needed for a short break in Berlin - somewhere not too far off the beaten track (just a few minutes walk south-west of Frankfurter Tor U-Bahn station) for me to lay my head after a full day's tourism. Service was friendly, the room was simple but had everything I needed. The hotel is situated in what appears to be a larger accommodation complex, with a rather imposing metal gate (I was buzzed in for tje first time, but the room comes with a key that fits all of the external doors) that leads into a courtyard with the door to main reception opposite. When I arrived back late in the evening, I had three doors to unlock before I could get to my room... I'm just glad I didn't go hard on the Oktoberfest celebrations! The only caveat I would offer is that coming to Berlin expecting to be able to pay for things by card/electronically was a mistake - many places only accept cash, and I had to go without breakfast (about €6) because the hotel couldn't take card payment. If/when I return to Berlin, I will definitely stay here again.

We had lovely weekend in Berlin. Hotel was comfortable and breakfast good value. Very quiet area!

The shower was a abit small and the water was sparse so it was hard to get a clean and satisfying shower, but all else was good!

We arrived early in the morning (2:00am) and the provisions for obtaining our keys worked very well; however, the good news ended there. The lift was out and continued to be out for the length of our stay. We are not sure how long it had been out, but the problem did not seem to be new and we did not see a lot of activity to get it fixed. The rooms of the hotel are on the 5th floor - that is, up 11 flights of stairs (105 in total). Such a hotel needs a much better lift maintenance contract. We arrived hot having carried our bags up the stairs. The next problem was that contrary to the advertisement our rooms did not have air conditioning. Since Berlin was experiencing a 30-35'C heat wave, and since the rooms were under the flat roof of the hotel, this was a big problem as we could not sleep properly for our entire stay. The combination of having to climb the stairs twice a day, and having over heated rooms, resulted in us having a very uncomfortable stay; our holiday was ruined.

Local to public transport. Late check in was easy. Nice stay