After a booking misunderstanding in my previous hotel, I de-camped to Alex Hotel and was pleasantly surprised! I was informed that the establishment has been operating as a hotel for just over a year. Nonetheless, management and staff seem to be getting a great deal right: this is a very pleasant, friendly hotel, situated in the looming shadow of Alexanderplatz... more

This hotel is in East Berlin on Greifswalder Strasse, a ten minute walk from Alexanderplatz (there is also a tram with a stop right outside the hotel). There is not much going on in the direct vicnity of this hotel, except for housing blocks, graffiti, and a couple of heavy metal clubs... but it's walking distance to the hipper, gentrified... more

From the outside it looks like a cafe. This is in fact the breakfast room. If you want a hotel that is clean, modern, tastefully decorated, value for money, reasonable location, pretty good breakfast, with helpful though slightly off-beat / unconventional staff, then this is for you. If however you want a more traditional type of hotel in terms of... more