Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Hotel

“Great hotel and very central”

Very nice hotel in a great location. Close to a couple of subway stations and also 5 mins walk from Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations. Room was nice and modern and a good size, with nice modern bathroom. Loads of restaurants in a very short walking distance, including several on the riv… more

Very nice hotel in a great location. Close to a couple of subway stations and also 5 mins walk from Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations. Room was nice and modern and a good size, with nice modern bathroom. Loads of restaurants in a very short walking distance, including several on the river which was very nice. Lots of parking connected to the hotel, outside but only 10 EUR a day and secure. Breakfast was limited but nice and very pleasant staff throughout the hotel. Handy fridge in reception to grab a cold beer from after a long hot day. Unlike other reviews I thought it was very peaceful and quiet and slept very well. Would def recommend.

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“Comfortable in good location”

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Haus is a comfortable place to stay centrally in walking distance to pretty much everything: The museums a short stroll along the river Spree, just behind the Alexanderplatz (if you want to see lots of other tourists), in the opposite direction the political centre with Bran… more

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Haus is a comfortable place to stay centrally in walking distance to pretty much everything: The museums a short stroll along the river Spree, just behind the Alexanderplatz (if you want to see lots of other tourists), in the opposite direction the political centre with Brandenburger Tor and Bundestag (parliament), but also plenty of places to eat and drink, from cheap and cheerful student places to fancy restaurants. And yes, you can also start the day with a tasty breakfast of good quality in the hotel.

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“Clean, convenient hotel...”

I ended up here when my booking at the Holiday Inn Express feel through. It worked out all right, the prices are reasonable and the location is super convenient to Friedrichstrasse and Museum Island. Rooms are a bit small but very clean. My only complaint is the pillows which were too soft to of… more

I ended up here when my booking at the Holiday Inn Express feel through. It worked out all right, the prices are reasonable and the location is super convenient to Friedrichstrasse and Museum Island. Rooms are a bit small but very clean. My only complaint is the pillows which were too soft to offer much support. Staff are very helpful, and most (apart from the guy on night shift) spoke good English. I would be happy to stay there again.

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“Not a bad hotel but too much street noise”

We stayed here at the weekend as I was running the Berlin marathon on Sunday. The room was a decent size with a separate living area and bedroom with en-suite. Reception staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was the usual buffet style with plenty of choice but both myself and my Husband foun… more

We stayed here at the weekend as I was running the Berlin marathon on Sunday. The room was a decent size with a separate living area and bedroom with en-suite. Reception staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was the usual buffet style with plenty of choice but both myself and my Husband found the bacon to be very greasy. They opened for breakfast an hour earlier on marathon day, not all hotels do this so it was a nice touch. And although we checked out Sunday morning they allowed me to return after the marathon for a shower and to retrieve our luggage. The only downside was that although the hotel is situated on a side street. It is next to a nightclub which kept my Husband awake until 5am. We had to be up at 6am! I wear ear plugs so wasn't an issue for me luckily. That being said, it is otherwise in an ideal location for exploring the cultural sights with most things within walking distance.

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“little convenience, alas”

I was there for a one week event, a seminar followed by a board meeting and I and my roommate had enough stuff packed in our luggage for all occasions. However, when we got to our room, we discovered the storage space lacked shelves, both in the two little closets and in the night stands. minimalis… more

I was there for a one week event, a seminar followed by a board meeting and I and my roommate had enough stuff packed in our luggage for all occasions. However, when we got to our room, we discovered the storage space lacked shelves, both in the two little closets and in the night stands. minimalist is not the design I am looking for in a bedside table far from home.We were gklad to have a safe, but it was put back so for in the top of a closet that I had to climb on a chair (it would have been an itheresting lawsuit, if I had fallen and decided to sue the hotel for damages) to reach it to put my valuables in. My taller companion could just about reach the safe, but could not see the buttons well enough back there in the dark, to efficiently lock and unlock it! The desk was almost big enough for our two laptops, but was too high to comfortably use them, there was no drawer or shelf under the raised surface to put books and papers away when not using them. The desk chair was "cheap" and as uncomfortable a seat as I could imagine for sitting at the desk. The light switch to the bathroom was placed behind the open bathroom door so that it could not be easily accessed (especially not by right handers) when going in and out of the room. The bathroom itself did not have any good rods for hanging up the fluffy towels, just little protrusions that barely kept the towels up. The little knobs for the hand towels were both on the same side of the sink, so that the towels for the two different guests were crowded and difficult for each to access easily. If knobs, then one knob on each side of the sink might have been better. The bathroom also had no storage space for cosmetic and toiletry bags, but barely enough space on the counter for a glass with a toothbrush on one side and a few more things on the other. The shower was the tightest I have ever encountered. Now I know what caged laying hens feel like in close confinement and why the EU had to step in so they, at least, could turn around. When we turned around we were knocking into the faucet or the shower door knobs. The meeting room for the board meeting was set up for lecture-listening rather than round table discussion. But one of the worst features of the meeting rooms Finkenwald were the reluctance of the projector to receive data from laptops of the various presenters (much time was lost to that, trying to get PowerPoints and documents up on the screen, and then, changing transmitter from laptop to laptop, loosing sevaral minutes - sometimes even a quarter of an hour - trying to coax information onto the screen). The other issue was the tendency of the microphones to poop out in the middle of the afternoon, leaving people in the back of the room unable to hear the procedings. Replacement mikes also tended to faint after an hour or two of use. The employees were mostly friendly and helpful, but the food service staff was pretty inflexible. The food very good, if always luke warm rather than hot. There were lots of choices, vegetarian friendly, even if they did repeat some things (the special salads) every day. If one wanted to linger and talk after the meal one would be requested to leave the dining room and the hotel offered no other gatherings spaces that would accomdate a dozen people comfortably..

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