I've booked this hotels as we like to go out in Köln and had a couple of friends who were travelling with us to enjoy the city.
There is an underground parking space, which gives direct access to the hotel entrance (€ 19/ night).
HINT: you can also park your car on the open parking space in front of the hotel for only € 10/ day, but this parking is not secured during the night.
The hotel is situated close to the 'Kölner Messe', which is a big event hall. This means that you're not in the city centre of Köln, but on the other side of the river. So you'd have to walk 30 min. to be in the city centre, BUT there is a metro stop at 100m from the hotel which brings you in 7 min. to the city centre.
The lobby of the hotels looks very modern with the bar in the middle of it. Really nice.
Room:
We had a double room with Queen size bed (160 cm X 200cm) which is small for this kind of luxury hotels. There was a soft pillow and a spare one in the wardrobe. The duvet was from a good quality. The matrasses are of a very good quality.
The room is spacious with space for a seat, flat screen, minibar, wardrobe and a big mirror in the hallway. Unfortunately there was a carpet in the room. There is a good quality free WIFI in the room.
Bathroom:
The bathroom is rather small in comparison to the room. But it's very modern and well equiped.
The toilet is in the bathroom. There is a sink with several amenities (soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, sewing kit & shower cap. There are 2 big, 2 medium and 2 small hand towels (+ floor mat). The bathroom has a bath with shower AND there is a rain shower in the roof above the bath.
There is a small hairdryer of a good quality. It's not the strongest, but it is good enough.
Breakfast:
The breakfast is served in a buffet till 12 o'clock (which is a BIG advantage) during the weekend!
This as they have a seperate area for the restaurant. So this space is only used for breakfast.
The buffet is really extensive and decorated in a very nice way. Next to the buffet there is also showcooking with fresh eggs and all stuff that belongs to it.
On the buffet there are different kinds of bread, fresh orange juice, drink yoghurt, water, cheese. salmon, bacon, scrambled eggs, different kinds of jam & honey, Nutella, vegetables, cornflakes, croissants,... (really to much to name it).
Coffee and hot chocolat is served at the table (different kinds of tea are provided on a seperate buffet).
Advantages:
- Very extended breakfast buffet
- Possibility to go for breakfast till noon!!!
- good price/ quality
- Good quality beds with good pillows.
Disadvantages:
- carpet in the room
- not really in the city centre
- rather a 'small' bed for a luxury hotel (160 cm)
I'd rate this hotel 8/ 10 for a 4*+ hotel. You can see the rooms are not that new anymore and the smaller beds are not what I expected. BUT, as the breakfast is really nice AND as you can sleep untill 11 o'clock and even enjoy your breakfast during the weekend untill noon, this really is a big advantage. So really worth a visit if you don't bother not to be in the city centre of Köln.
