Name: Hotel Tiergarten Berlin
Address: Alt-Moabit, 89, Berlin, 10559, DE

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2026

Richard

Well located, friendly staff and a great base to explore the city. Secure parking for my beloved motorcycle was a key reason for booking as it's just 100 yards away from the hotel.

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jun 2026

Lewis

No such a bad little hotel, if you ignore the state of the hallways. Rooms are fine. No a/c though as far as I know. The price was very reasonable.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2026

Emmanuel

Family friendly hotel. Breakfast wasn’t the greatest

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2026

Lois

The breakfast was great. It is an old hotel with a bit of faded grandeur.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2026

peter

old hotel with character, a little wear and tear , but a historical building, very helpful friendly staff good location, accessible from train station and walking distance to river and tiergarten, breakfast is extra but good, it was quiet so i slept well

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2025

MD

Good location and nice place to stay.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2025

michael

Location, helpful staff.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

28 Nov 2025

YAKUP

unclear hotel

Business

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2025

Peter

The place was fine. The carpeting was stained.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

18 Oct 2025

Fahima

Rooms were not the same as shown on Expedia, bedbugs, bathroom door didn’t lock, and they charge for everything where in other hotel you are given complementary things on arrivals. There needs to be major changes made to improve the hotel.

4/10

Poor

01 Oct 2025

Simatul

The hotel itself is very old. The rooms look like they haven't even been renovated for a long time, and everything looked old. Since it was a hostel, despite getting a private room, it was very loud and you can hear everything. The front desk staff was not friendly either.

Bathroom was clean.

I liked the neighborhood!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2025

William

Room was clean, staff were exceptional, and location is great. It is an older building with lots of character. Tram and bus are right out front. 4 tram stops from the hauptbahnhof. Great neighborhood with a park and Biergarten right across the street. Will definitely stay here again.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2025

Talia

Absolutely loved this hotel, I would stay again!!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jul 2025

Theo

Property is nice and from walkable distance inside the city. Rooms are clean but need renovation. Lobby is renovated hopefully they do the rooms. Lots of mosquitoes. We booked 4 beds, we got 3. Supposedly the room with the bunk bed had a broken key. Staff is friendly. Cleaners are friendly too.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2025

Sajan

Overall good!!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

Danielle

staff were very helpful and room was very clean!

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2025

Isabelle Kristina

Easy check in / out. Lots of food places nearby

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2024

Paul

Really nice hotel there was renovations going on the outside of the hotel but this didn’t distract from the stay as it was the weekend and no workers were ther. It’s a bit of a walk to the tourist attractions but it is a nice walk through the park and up to Brandenburg gate. Recommend.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

01 Dec 2024

See-Wing

Is not as photos. Very old building. The room is clean, location is ok opposite a mall.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2024

Verified traveler

A nice clean room, very obliging staff but pillows were very uncomfortable and the window opens only in the bathroom.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Oct 2024

Nathan

I found the carpets in the hall ways was old dated and stained could do with being updated
Hotel felt cold morning/evening
Room nice and clean
Pillow could do with being replaced
Apart from that I would stay again good location for sightseeing

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

01 Oct 2024

Hugo

Cold staff but great sized clean rooms. A little dated but nothing wrong with that.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2024

Luis Adrian

The breakfast option was very limited, I feel like it has room for improvement

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2024

Anthony

The first room given to us had a horrible view of workers painting the back of the hotel. We complained and they gave us a better room at the front of the hotel. The bathroom had quite new fittings but the shower door was not very good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2024

Aneeka

Overall the property was okay for what was needed

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

20 Aug 2024

Katie

Did not like this

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2024

Jocelyne

….

2/10

Poor

16 Aug 2024

Stuart

Don't Stay here

Although it may look good from the pictures, it's not. The room was awful, the bed's were uncomfortable and the decor was from the 1940's. It was clean though.
No kettle in the room and the view from the room was scaffolding, as the forgot to tell us about the building work that was going on, from 7am in the morning i may add.
The bunkbeds nearly fell apart and there was no air con, please don't stay here, it's not worth it

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2024

Wayne

Tired hotel

Basic

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2024

Wayne

Average hotel

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

14 Jul 2024

Scott

I don't think I can offer a negative enough review of this location. The room we were promised was completely different from what we were shown. The place was filthy, noisy, smelled of smoke, and the air conditioning was non-existent. Windows were broken, paint was chipping off, floor was stained, and the bed looked awful. There was no other additional room to offer us. In exchange. We had to petition Expedia to prevent payment. We checked out immediately, and checked ourselves into another hotel which was vastly superior.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2024

Stephen

OK VFM hotel.
Good U Bahn and bus connections
No air conditioning, fans provided of limited use in sticky conditions.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

07 Jul 2024

Kyrylo

Does not look like on pictures

When I got to the hotel I found out they didn’t have A/C, I am sure that it needs to be mentioned on a booking platform since it is definitely not what you expect from a hotel. I paid twice the normal price s which is obviously not cheap, but I got a room that was in a terrible condition and looked like renovation there didn’t happen since 1960s. A cherry on the top was that there was a construction just outside of my window. Every single day I would wake up at about 7am cuz of the construction noice and polish construction workers screams.

Self

4/10

Poor

07 Jul 2024

Kyrylo

Does not look like on pictures

When I got to the hotel I found out they didn’t have A/C, I am sure that it needs to be mentioned on a booking platform since it is definitely not what you expect from a hotel. I paid 740 euros for 5 nights which is obviously not cheap, but I got a room that was in a terrible condition and looked like renovation there didn’t happen since 1960s. A cherry on the top was that there was a construction just outside of my window. Every single day I would wake up at about 7am cuz of the construction noice and polish construction workers screams.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2024

Michael

Great location, smallish room, but comfortable for 1 person. Works on the building were a bit of a letdown.. the workers chatting loudly right outside my window at around 7am wasn't appreciated

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Jun 2024

Dean

Nice, clean and good location

Great Stay. Easy to check in. Only fault I can have about this place is that my carpet had a lot of staples in the floor but this wasn't a big issue. Good location (10 mins walk from nearest station and plenty of nice cafe's around) and would happily stay here again.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2024

Damir

The room was big and clean. The hotel is close to the metro station and the neighborhood is very nice with a lot of restaurants and bars. One of the children's bed was squeaking. The hotel exterior is being renovated but the rooms could use renovating also, as they seem a bit old and stale.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2024

Robert

Old Berlin Stule building with charm and flair.
Staff was always friendly and helped opening doors when I came through with the stroller.
The room was spacious and had a clean bathroom with a big tub, which was perfect for my toddler.
Only negative (situational) aspect was that a high school class was boarded around us which was loud until way past midnight, followed by contraction happening on scaffolding outside the window at 8am. Had to keep our curtains closed the whole stay to avoid workers literally standing in our faces.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2024

Madison

Very nice staff. We were put in an accessible room on the main floor so it was a little awkward to get to as it was behind the main desk. We were given the option to change rooms after a day if we didn’t like it but we didn’t want the hassle of changing rooms. There is quite bad construction going on at the moment. We would be woken up early, not by loud construction noises, but by the workers speaking very loudly. Our one double bed was comfy, very nice pillows, but the other bed was a bunk bed and it creaked whenever we moved. Good location for just walking around and for transport, but the construction really did hurt the experience.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2024

Martin

There was no mention that the hotel exterior was being renovated, so you could not look out or open the windows.

8/10

Excellent

12 Jan 2024

Verified traveler

The staff were really helpful and smiley. While the hotel was rather hidden (hard to find when we first got there) and overall needs a refresher, the room we got was really big so it was comfortable for 3 - 4 person!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2023

Robert

Staff were lovely and the location is up and coming, with some nice restaurants nearby. Hotel is in need of renovation, threadbare carpets and scuffed walls. Mattress was awful - way too soft and gave us both backache. Didn’t complain as we were not there too long.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2023

Laurie

Very friendly staff

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Dec 2023

Jacqueline

Great location to public transport. Shopping centre very close. However construction going on. Scaffolding outside my window. Had to keep curtains drawn as workman wandering about.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Nov 2023

Marlene

Nice room for the price, close to mass tranit, helpful people.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2023

Bryon

Located only a few bus stops for Central Station. Plenty of restruarants, etc. around the area. Staff was friendly, and watched luggage after check-out (which not all hotels seem to be doing these days). Only drawback was that there was work being done on a daily basis (which needs to be done sometimes), but they would start early. Overall, great value !

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2023

Sonja

The beakfast! The staff has been very friendly and helpful.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Nov 2023

Hollie

Very much a get what you pay for hotel. The rooms are incredibly basic but they do the job for a city break. There were building works going on which we were not told about prior to our visit. We were told they would start at 8am, but banging and crashing could be heard from as early as 7am. The location is a short walk to the train station and then it’s an easy journey into the centre of Berlin. We were also put on the same floor as a group of school children that were shouting and slamming doors until the early hours which didn’t help with the earlier than expected building works. Would definitely recommend for a short city break, as it is basic and clean, but anything longer and you may want to look elsewhere.

4/10

Poor

17 Oct 2023

colin

A bit too out of the way for us. A great deal of building work going on and the place needs it. The corridors were dirty especially the carpets. The room was sad. Nothing the staff could do about it as that is what the hotel is. The bathroom was fine and the breakfast ok.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Oct 2023

Verified traveler

Good base to see Berlin

This is an ideal hotel if you are just looking for a base to see the city and a bed for the night, so this was perfect for me. The room was small so if you are planning on spending a lot of time in a hotel this might not be the best place for you. I stayed in a single room so I cannot comment on the bigger rooms.

It is located very close to public transport and the staff were friendly when I needed to interact with them. The renovation work did not cause me too much inconvenience (my stay was the first week in October) but I can see how it may bother some people as I saw in other reviews.

The only real downside I can mention is that the room was a little worn looking, e.g. a new carpet would not go astray, the bathroom was a bit small but the water pressure in the shower was strong. Having said that the room otherwise was clean as was the bed which was more important to me than a new carpet etc.

Self

4/10

Poor

02 Oct 2023

DONALD

One night only… just to sleep and shower. In that way it wasnt bad but anything extended is a no.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2023

Myroslava

Very clean

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Sep 2023

Crispino

Hotel close to tram and subway stations

It is an ild hotel but the bathroom has been updated, No A/C, so be aware during summer time. Lift is small only fits 4 people without luggages. Close to supermarkets and restaurants and walking distance to subway and tram stations.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2023

Verified traveler

Great value

Convenient location, walking distance to public transit and old town. Quiet neighbourhood. Good breakfast in the morning. Room was spacious, clean and comfortable

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

06 Sep 2023

Abhinav

Worst hotel ever. Rude staff. Dirty room. Noisy neighbor hood

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2023

Kimberly

This is a beautiful old building in need of a lot of restoration work which it is currently getting. Aye, there's the rub: construction workers woke us up at 7:00 am most mornings doing this work. We had no idea that this was going to be a thing until we checked in, yet even then the warning was work would commence at 8:00 am. LIES. The good thing is that when I complained they comped us free breakfast for every morning we were there. I was ok with that since we didn't go all the way to Germany to sleep anyway. But a few more winks would have been nice.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

15 Jul 2023

Clare

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Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2023

Dean

Clean hotel in good location for the U Bahn. Friendly staff

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2023

Melanie

Our room was big and there was enough space for all suitcases during our 3-week trip which felt like a relief after many tiny hotel rooms. The location is great, a few bus stations from Central Station, even a night bus connection and U very close. Totally recommend because this hotel is good value for price.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2023

RUTH

Only one bed trope other than that amazing hotel!

There was a little confusion at check-in as when booking i had booked a twin room and the room we were given was clearly a double with two single beds pushed together. You could only move the beds an inch apart at max and the room was a little dated looking compared to the photos online.

Apart from that the stay was wonderful, the staff were very helpful and we had a beautiful big bathroom with a bath and shower. The ceiling in the bedroom was high with gorgeous windows and the whole hotel was very clean and tidy. The location is also great with a bus stop and underground station only a couple of minutes walk away. Theres also shops and restaurants around so you're spoilt for choice.

Overall fantastic stay, would recommend!

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

14 Dec 2022

Neil

My friend an I were looking forward to our stay at this hotel. Unfortunately our flights were cancelled due to a suspect bomb alert in our airport terminal. The entire terminal had to be evacuated for about 8 hours. We had to wait with about 2,000 passengers in the adjoining carpark for 4 hours. It was freezing cold. Our flight took off for Berlin without any passengers. The airline is refunding our flight costs, but this hotel manager refused to refund out hotel booking costs, about £800. Not very helpful. Even our travel agent could not persuade the manager to refund, even part of our bill. It wasn't our fault our flights had to be cancelled. Beware!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2022

Colm

Nice hotel near Tiergarten Park.

Nice hotel near the park. Old style interiors high ceilings. Clean and comfortable.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Dec 2022

Verified traveler

The hotel is in a great location easy to navigate and great for walking or running. My only hiccup was the fact my room had torn carpets and seemed run down. The laundry racks were an eye sore in the hallway.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2022

Levente

The staff, the location was perfect

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2022

ALEX

Friends trip

Was met be welcoming staff and was giving a huge quadruple room for 3 of us , very clean , lovely view of the park . Breakfast very nice although a little expensive . Hotel in a good location. Only downside tv all in German.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2022

Katharina

Viel besser als gedacht!!

Es war extrem sauber und das Frühstück war sehr gut. Die Betten waren super und die Leute nett. Die Flure hatten nette Couch's und eine Kaffeemaschine. Es war total leise im Zimmer obwohl es so zentral liegt. Wir waren total positiv überrascht, weil das Hotel hier nur mit 7.8 bewertet war. Es ist mMn viel besser.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2022

Ben

Great value, good base to explore Berlin

I have recently begun doing city breaks with the family, I am happy with a hotel that is clean, safe and well-priced as ultimately it is somewhere to sleep when you get back from a long day of exploring.

This hotel ticked all the boxes, the staff were friendly, the room was spacious and easily big enough for the 4 of us (family of 4 with 2 children aged 13 and 11). There was plenty of shops, bars and food outlets nearby and a bus stop right outside from where you could get a very frequent bus to Berlin Central station (number 245) in about 10 minutes.

The only negative I had was our last night was a Friday and we didn't realise the staff had put us directly above a pub/club until that night when the music went on until the early hours.

I recommend asking to avoid this part of the hotel at weekends. Otherwise, a very nice base for which to explore at amazing value.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2022

Agnes

Staff was very helpful and curtesies with our questions.
Loved the fact that in the hallway of our floor there was an espresso machine and we could get a variety of coffees for E2.50 anytime of the day.
Older building, lovely architecture.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2022

Julie

Great historic hotel in the Mitte area. Walking distance to tons of sites. Very clean but just an older hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2022

Jens

Older hotel but very well maintained and the bathroom is quite beautiful with a very large tub.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2022

Seyed M

All good, except the doesn’t have kettle, tea bag, or coffee, other than that, it was very good and close to public trasport🌷🌸.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2020

Ilona

Love this hotel. I have stayed here several times for several weeks each time (3) and always enjoy it. From the location to the beauty of the building and the lovely, kind and wonderful team - it's my favorite hotel and I love coming here.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Nice hotel with easy access to airport and City.

I appreciated that I was able to take a public bus from the airport directly to the hotel and arrived within 15-20 minutes. I was dropped off about a block from the hotel and I had no issues. The front desk staff was friendly and very helpful with all my questions. I appreciated my stay. The rooms are a little dated, but were very clean. It looks like they have done some renovations. I highly recommend if you are looking for a nice hotel in a good area at a reasonable price.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2019

Ugonna

Beautiful

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel is well located (2 minute walk to the U9) for getting around the city. The hotel itself is characterful and clean. The hotel team are super friendly and helpful.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2019

DEVASH

Review

Solo traveller who needed a room for 1 night only with easy access to Central Berlin. Decent sized room with high ceilings. Room is about 5 mins walk from the TXL bus stop to central berlin and the metro u-bahn. Service was great with no issues on check-in and out. Would definitely recommend!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2019

Colin

Lovely hotel close to underground and buses pass by the door so very convenient. Staff friendly and helpful. I was visiting Berlin as a tourist and really enjoyed the stay

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Excellent service and central location and lovely breakfast

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice property. The staff are very helpful and explain everything you need to know about travelling around.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

VERY GOOD HOTEL AND VERY GOOD LOCATION

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2019

Alex

Great location, no frills hotel.

The hotel was lovely, and the staff were friendly, the room seemed a little basic and fairly dated, but it was sufficient for my stay.

4/10

Poor

08 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Lack of tea / coffee making facilities in rooms.
Charged €10 for 3day loan of phone charger.
Staff very helpful and polite.

Would i stay there again. ....no.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2018

Glenn

Hotel Tiergarten is a very nice older style hotel in Tiergarten, the front counter is manned 24/7 and breakfast is 13 Euro and excellent, selection of cereals, sausages, scrambled eggs, bacon, fruits breads etc. It’s easy to get to and the “U” is about 50 metres away. Staff are excellent and very helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2018

John

Good location though I had a long way to carry my bag whose handle got brokwn in transit meaning i couldn't wheel it.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2018

Timothy

Solid hotel for business traveling. Very big rooms (especially for Europe) with high ceilings. Good location.

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Great staff

The staff was extremely helpful and spoke excellent English. Arthur went the extra mile for us and I will be forever grateful. The laundry service across the street was supposed to have my laundry done and I called to see if any had been delivered, it had not, so he went ahead and checked on it for me so I would not have to come back from the Eiffel Tower prior to the laundry closing. He enabled me to stay out and enjoy my trip with my wife. The only complaint I have is I felt the floors in the room needed some serious attention.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2018

gary

Nice hotel. Bit dated but comfortable

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2018

cesar

Pleasant stay

Hotel Tiergarten Berlin is well located and close to the main train station and bus and tram lines. It is in a beautiful historic building. Rooms are large and clean, but lobby and room furnishings seem a bit tired and dated. There is no air conditioning in the room, so we had to open a window overnight; since our room faced the street, it was a bit noisy. We did not eat at the breakfast buffet but it looked and smelled delicious.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Unexpectedly nice and charming

I expected a rather boring and somewhat less quality place given the price but was surprised by the nice layout, rooms with charm and high ceilings and very good service. Would definitely return.

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2018

John

I enjoyed a nice stay at the Tiergarten. The room was clean and the location was great. It is very easy to get to the hotel from Tegel airport. One surprise was that my booking didn't include breakfast so make sure that you are aware of what you are booking (when I went back to my booking, I do see that breakfast was noted as being extra). I didn't partake of the breakfast but it smelled good!!

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2018

Jan

Really pleasant stay

In General great! I had an issue with an initial room - it was getting too hot during the day but it was quickly understood.
Great stay

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Very helpful staff and clean/comfortable room. Good location as well in terms of access to various areas.

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2018

Loren

The architecture and decor are the big draw.

The rooms are small and basically furnished. What's really neat about this hotel is the architecture and décor of the building, one of very few pre-war buildings in Berlin that was restored to its original 19th-century look. You get a glimpse of what this city once looked like. A good breakfast and being right by the U-Bahn are also nice.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2017

Sam

Useless internet

Room nice and clean, small bathroom but very up to date, you could hear noise from adjacent room, useless internet.

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2017

Mary

Simple place to stay at a reasonable price

The staff were very helpful and nice. Room is very dated but the bathroom was updated. Amazing breakfast..pay the money! No A/C but they provide a fan for the room. Hotel is right on a main transit line to the central train station.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2017

Hernando

Very friendly and helpful staff members

I can say that one of the best things of my stay in Berlin was the nice and helpful attitude of the staff members in Hotel Tiergarten, they really gave me the great impression that I have now from German people. I highly recommend this hotel!!!

Thanks all!!!

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2017

Rachel

Checkpoint Charlie

Very clean hotel near to Checkpoint Charlie and within easy walking distance of lots of the sights of Berlin.

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2017

Thump.er

Lovely Old Hotel

With a nice atmosphere is well maintained by a friendly and helpful staff. Although the parking for my motorcycle was on the street it was a safe enough area. However, be aware of cyclists on the foothpath travelling at excessive speed, in case your knocked down. Next time Im in Berlin Ill definately see about staying here again.

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2017

pamela

Great hotel, would come back

Great hotel, excellent location. Breakfast was especially good.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Dec 2016

irvine

Nice hotel

The hotel was very nice with friendly staff. The room was clean although a tea/ coffee machine would have been good.
The staff were very helpful with places of interest and a verity of maps.