Motel One Berlin Mitte

Room was quiet, clean and pleasantly decorated. Bed very comfortable. The weather was very cold for some of our stay and the heating system coped well - we were always warm enough without the overpowering stuffiness I've experienced in some hotels. Rooms have flatscreen TV and hairdryers. They do supply shower gel and we got clean towels every day. We didn't try the breakfast but had coffee from the bar in the lobby some evenings and it was fine. Located right beside a U-bahn station, so convenient for everywhere. Very good value for money.

Though you have everything you need, the hotel's run on a pared-to-the-bone budget basis. No phones in the rooms to contact the desk meant that there was always a number of people hovering at the desk with enquiries and staff, while very friendly and capable, sometimes seemed under pressure. There's no wardrobe space in the rooms - just an open rail around the mirror and I wasn't mad about the sink being in the bedroom. It takes a bit of exploring to find the nicer parts of Kreuzberg - there are a lot of bars and fast food joints around the corner on Oranienstrasse, but walk up to Oranienplatz and beyond for pleasanter, more grown-up restaurants.

Close to Moritz Platz U Bahn station. Liddl store is nearby for fruit and other necessities.

Finding the Motel at 40 Prinzen Strasse was difficult. It appears that it is not on Prinzenstrasse , but continuation . There seems to be a problem with numbering.