relexa hotel Stuttgarter Hof - Berlin, Germany     

we stayed at this hotel 1/3 to 4/3 and although it was not our first choice we were very pleasntly surprised because we stayed for three nights we received an upgrade to a superior room. turn right as you exit the hotel and checkpoint charlie is only 4 minutes walk. turn left and the s-bahn is only 50 metres away. there are two or three restaurants at this end of the street. but turn right outside the hotel and right at the end of the street 100 metres up on the lefthand side is an excellant steakhouse with very good food and reasonable prices.we had 250 gram fillet steak with baked potato and green beans and garnish for about 18 euro a head. i think it was called steakhouse assador either spanish or argentinian.

In Berlin for a recent conference, we were put up at the Relexa. We found it clean and comfortable. The front desk staff were (mostly) impressively multilingual (unlike us) and the room well-organized if not luxurious. There was a small balcony overlooking the (vaguely overgrown) park that fronts the Relexa's street. The bathroom was plenty large and the shower - esp by European standards - outstanding. There was a room safe that held a laptop. The hotel is located well for Checkpoint Charlie and is walkable to the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Public transport is close and reliable. Quibbles include a soft bed; overly expensive in-room internet (though it is free in the lobby); and a rather cramped breakfast area (breakfast itself is an interesting buffet, very German. Which is a compliment - it is not a bland selection.) But these are minor issues, irrelevant even for some travelers.