Golden Tulip Hotel Hamburg - Berlin, Germany     

The Golden Tulip Hamburg is situated in a residential area, on a quiet sideroad of the Kurf?rstenstrasse in the western part of Berlin. The buses 100 and 200 to the centre of the city (Mitte) have a stop very near the hotel. Walking to the busy Kurf?rstendamm and the KaDeWe departmentstore take a 15 minute walk. We were happy with the situation of the hotel but on the other hand we discovered that the more interesting part of Berlin is in the former East-Berlin, the Mitte district (Unter der Linden boulevard, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, Spree river etc), which means that a possible next time we will choose a hotel more close to this much nicer part of the city, where history is more present. About the hotel itself: we already were warned in other comments that the standard rooms are quite small and indeed, they truly are! In our opinion this is not what a 4-star hotel should offer to it's guests. The bathroom, too, is small. Every comfort is present, but there definitely should have been more space and a nice chair to sit and relax. A bit budget-class. The breakfast was O.K. but I suppose not better or worse than in other similar hotels in this category. For dinner we would give the advice to look elsewhere. The taste of the food was below expectation and the service was in line with that. The Italian restaurant on the other side of the street offered a very nice meal, but if you like Italian food you definitely should try the Bocca di Bacco restaurant in the Friedrichstrasse 167, opposite the Galeries Lafayette departmentstore in the Mitte district. Summarizing: beautiful city, especially the former East-Berlin part, hotel too expensive for what it offers. Dick and Maaike Gorter The Netherlands

Visited and stayed at this a hotel for a week.Everything was fine,except the rooms are small.Clean,good internet and very friendly helpful staff.The breakfast buffet is creative and extremely appealing.