Reasonably priced, very convenient location for city centre and University. Regular affordable buses till midnight. The owner is welcoming and kind. He made me a complementary breakfast when I arrived and also gave me some home made apfelstrudel during my stay. The rooms are clean and adequate well, one cannot expect luxuries for this price.
Why one star? I had some difficulty deciding on this, feeling ungrateful for the kindnesses I had been shown. Yet that is not the whole story and people contemplating this hotel should know the whole story.
I did not sleep
late one single day that I was there. First reason is that the curtain in my room was essentially a lace curtain and did not keep the light out at all, and there is a street light that shines directly into the room. Second reason is the noise. The owner is always banging around in the
kitchen first thing, talking at the top of his voice, or generally making a racket. There are lots of rules close all inner doors, open the
window just so, do this, do that. You start feeling as if you are intruding by being there.
It is termed a mini-hotel but it is never
made entirely clear what services are being provided under that banner. My bin
was not emptied for the entire first week and I was never told where to empty
it myself. You pay extra for cleaning. I was only told towards the end of my stay how to get a clean towel.
For some reason my room had potplants on the
windowsill and he insisted on coming in every day to water them. So even a
Sunday afternoon, when one should be able to have a rest, is not sacrosanct -
he phoned the room, and when I didn't answer banged on the door. All to come in
and water the plants. Why not just ask me to water the plants, or better still, remove them and leave me in peace?
To call this place a hotel is stretching things. It is essentially a house full of apartments. Ok fair enough, but usually when you rent an apartment you are left in relative peace. I don't think the owner really understands the concept of a hotel. In his mind this is his home and you are paying to be a guest. This sort of cosy homey atmosphere might be what some folks are looking for. My personal preference is for the unpersonalised run of the mill hotel where you pay, you use the room, and you leave and both sides understand the impersonal nature of the transaction. read more