Design hotel in Charlottenburg
This small hotel tucked away on a small street in Charlottenburg is part of the group of design/boutique hotels that seem to be sprouting up like mushrooms around the world. Unlike big chain hotel like Best Western, Ibis(part of the Accor Hotels), or Hilton these hotels go more for design touches and originality over large rooms, pools or minibars. This one is no exeption as our room was maybe half the size of the Hilton Hotel we stayed in Earlier in the week. The hotel's gimmick is that it is mostly blue with blue furniture in the bar/lobby and a bathroom done up in blue tiles. Sadly the design touches end there. If the rest of the hotel room was as good as the bathroom which was excellently designed with a sliding door so as not to hit the toilet and a large shower with three heads that did wonders to massage away tired muscles after walking throughout city. The blue tiles also made me want to do the same if I have the money to remodel a bathroom. The room itself was pretty generic Ikea like furniture with nothing special other than everything being small. Pity anyone with lots of clothes as the wadrobe/dresser had only one drawer and lessthan 10 hangers. There were a few shelves above the TV which if you are 6 feet tall you could use. The Breakfast was excellent. Not sure of the price as it was bundled with the room price but had an amazing selection of food including made to order eggs and bacon. They also serve it very late for those who stayed up way to late. The room also comes with a small frig that has a complementary soda, water, tonic, coke and orange drink. For those traveling during the week this would be a great hotel but on weekends the neighborhood is dead so have to go far to get to the lively clubs and bars unlike the Arena hotel in Amsterdam that has a lively club as part of its complex or the Standard in LA with it ultra cool bar. Thus in summary for fans of design hotels this hotel is average. For most though better off saving some money and staying in an Ibis. All blue tiled bathroom with 3 showerheads. Glassed doored elevator and unique artwork on corridor walls
