Fuerstenberger Hof - Cologne, Germany 

Do not stay here!!
Posted: Sat, Oct 06 2007
I stayed in this hotel five years ago (2002) and actually had a pleasant time there--the sheets were white and fluffy, the beds just perfect, the breakfast good enough...BUT not anymore!! --the quality of the hotel and the service of the staff deteriorated so much!!! While planning my second trip to Cologne, Germany this time, I figured we could stay in the same hotel. I rechecked the reviews they have here and found satisfactory ratings. So I was confident to book the same hotel. Unfortunately, when we got there, the place was stinky and just plain horrible. While I can tolerate the cigarette smoke, the reception area stunk of cigarette fumes you couldnt have breathe properly. The rooms were badly lit. The bedsheets have holes. The carpets were dirty. The TVs did not have remote control. The curtains were also dirty. Service of the manager and receptionist were also terrible. The germans we met at the trip were all nice and helpful except the this hotel manager and this female receptionist. While hotels normally bill you at the end of your stay, this hotel charged us as we checked in--they didnt even get our consent! Not only that, when I got back home, I found my credit card bill with a duplicate charge from them posted a month before we arrived at their hotel!! (they had to take credit card details for the guarantee of the reservations!)

Easter holidays
Posted: Thu, May 24 2007
Hi! Some friends decided to go to this hotel at Easter time to see the city and others from Germany. The hotel is small, very clean, perhaps a bit old fashioned but the rooms were good enogh for the price. We reserved by the hotel website as it seemed safer and the room was about 45 € night which I think it is very cheap. Breakfast was very good, many things to choose and the timetable was right. However due to the fact we left on holidays we could not take the breakfast because we had to go before the breakfast time. One of the girls at the reception was Spanish and she told us all the places to go and trips to visit. She recommended pubs to go out and others lnot to go like chocolate museum which she told was not worthy. I recommended if you want to sleep and go out, not a luxury hotel but enough for us.