Hotel An der Philharmonie

“Very nice hotel with a great location”

I stayed at the hotel in June 2023 for three nights on a business trip. The location of the hotel is central and it is within short walking distance from the attractions and shopping streets in the city center, and also close to the main railway station. The river and the Dom are also very close ... more

I stayed at the hotel in June 2023 for three nights on a business trip. The location of the hotel is central and it is within short walking distance from the attractions and shopping streets in the city center, and also close to the main railway station. The river and the Dom are also very close and there's a wide selection of restaurants nearby. The hotel itself is not very big, but it's clean and quite comfortable. The weather in June was quite hot, and the room was also bit too warm for perfect comfort, but I have had worse experiences too. The room I stayed in was nicely decorated and clean. Compared to my previous experiences in Cologne the room was also very spacious with a couch and a TV with a rotating stand between the couch and the bed area. However, I'm not sure if the room I got was a standard one or maybe I got an upgraded room. On Saturday night there was some noise from the street which was quite loud in the 1st floor room I had. However, for other evenings the noise level was very quiet as there is not much traffic in front of the hotel. Breakfast was quite nice considering the size of the hotel and the area, and the staff was friendly and helpful. One weird thing was that I couldn't get an iron and ironing board in my room even for a short moment (due to some safety risk they said), but instead the guy at the reception set it up for me in a small hallway on the ground floor where I had to take my clothes and iron them there. Overall I was happy with my stay, and could consider staying at this hotel again. It was a little pricey, but as the hotels in the city were pretty much full booked during my visit it was to be expected.

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“Nice place”

Let me start off by saying thankyou to the staff, I made a mistake in booking a hotel and I went to this hotel where I luckily found an available room. Staff were so helpful and nice and the room I had was great.

“Good location”

We had the great pleasure to return to Koln for the birthday party of a mutual friend and chose this hotel for its very convenient, central location. It is just a few minutes easy walk from the main train station, from the venue for our party and for many of the attractions of the centre of this ... more

We had the great pleasure to return to Koln for the birthday party of a mutual friend and chose this hotel for its very convenient, central location. It is just a few minutes easy walk from the main train station, from the venue for our party and for many of the attractions of the centre of this city- the Cathedral, some museums, galleries, Roman catacombs, pleasant, river-side restaurants, etc. On arrival our welcome was warm, welcoming and friendly. The common parts were clean and well kept, with the advantage of a lift serving upper floors. There is no restaurant but the breakfast was very well presented in a spotless ground floor room with a good choice of hot and cold options. The bedroom was perhaps a little small but had an adjoining kitchen area which provided a cool spot to store the beer. En suite bathroom was again a little small but perfectly adequate. Pleasant little balcony provided river views too. Good value for such a central pitch. Would certainly stay again.

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“Such a disappointment ”

We chose this hotel for its location to the centre of Cologne and the proximity to the Christmas market and the train station, because we were travelling from St Pancras International in London, via Brussells, on the Eurostar and Thalys trains. It took us less than 10 minutes walk from the Bahnho... more

We chose this hotel for its location to the centre of Cologne and the proximity to the Christmas market and the train station, because we were travelling from St Pancras International in London, via Brussells, on the Eurostar and Thalys trains. It took us less than 10 minutes walk from the Bahnhof to the hotel with suitcases, it is literally on the opposite side of the cathedral. This was a great start to the holiday. The lady on reception was great, she spoke perfect English and made us very welcome on our arrival. The pictures on the hotel booking websites looked amazing and it looked like you got a lot for your money. This is where we had our first disappointment. The actual hotel room we stayed in, room 308, looked better placed in a cheap budget 80s hotel. Dark, cramped, and basic. Absolutely nothing like the pictures from the booking sites. The television was broken and this got reported immediately. It took over 24 hours to repair and that was only when i said i wanted a room change. Tea or coffee making facility is not available in the rooms so if you want a hot drink, you have to get dressed and go and find a cafe open nearby. There was no bathroom window, and the extractor fan didn't extract so if you used the bathroom, the room was filled with toilet smells. Your room is made up daily which is good, but the cleaner needs a lesson on how to clean dust from corners of the room and how to clean other guest hairs that are trapped on the shower side of the sliding shower door. Attention to detail goes a long way. The double beds are in fact 2 pillowtop single matresses pushed together both with their own duvet. This is great, you get a lot better sleep as you do not feel the person next to you moving around and no one pulling the duvet from you. I did like the beds. The corridor which our room was in, had a horrible smell of stale fried food, it was very strong and there was no ventilation in the corridor as it had no windows. I asked why our room was nothing like the pictures on websites, i was told that the other rooms had been refurbished and they now get called deluxe rooms and the hotel can charge a higher rate for them. We never booked breakfast but the dining room looked fine, just a little over crowded. This hotel is literally 10 seconds walk from the first bar and the first restaurant. You are pretty much only a minute away from the Rhine, and a 5 minute stroll to the door of the cathedral. The Dom Christmas Market is a 2 minute walk, and the Heinzels Wintermarchen is round the street corner. Being so close to the centre of the city, does tend to attract a slightly higher price in the shops for drinks and snacks, but with a little bit of map searching, there are local supermarkets (Rewe and Real) where the cost of a bottle of fizzy drink is less than half the price. Local supermarkets are a good place to buy your choolate from too instead of paying the expensive prices from the nearby chocolate museum which is only a 10 minute walk along the river from the hotel.

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