Name: Essential by Dorint Koeln-Junkersdorf
Address: Aachener Strasse, 1059-1061, 1059-1061, Cologne, 50858, DE

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2026

Luca

Conveniently located at walking distance from the STR (tram) station Mohnweg, about 25 min ride from the Deutz/Messe Cologne train station. The room was not luxurious, but clean and comfortable. Shower water heats up right away. You need adapters if you come from the US. There is no outlet near the desk. My room was facing the main street, which is very busy. I would ask for a back-facing room unless traffic lulls you to sleep (the window seals the noise out). Breakfast was excellent. Nice espresso machine. The staff is helpful and efficient. If you like running, the back streets are very nice.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2026

Lawrence

Located outside of Koln, this hotel is well situated as there is an S-bahn (light rail) just in front of the hotel that can take you into the old town section of Koln. The rooms are small, but we'll kept. The breakfast buffet was large, with many different offerings for all tastes. I'd come back and stay here again if I'm in the area.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2025

Alejandro

Overall it’s a safe place to stay. My understanding was that parking was included for hotel guests and it wasn't.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

30 Sep 2025

Clement Leung

Fair hotel

Dorint is conveniently located along main tram with stops within 1 block. Hotel is a 3 star basic hotel not exceptional but also not bad.

Business

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2025

Nirochan

Absolutely loved the staff really helpful and friendly was a joy to stay here.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2025

Rachael

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Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2024

Caroline

Great hotel in ideal location by a tram line into the city centre.

Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Jun 2024

John

Very covenient for Cologne stadium

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

John

Great staff!

Absolutely amazing staff-a real credit to the hotel. They couldn't have been more helpful or polite, especially in a hotel full of demanding football fans.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2024

Michele

Highly recommend for anyone who has a loved one staying at the ATOS Orthoparc Klinik. Essential by Dorint Köln is a 7 minute WALK to the hospital. This made daily visits possible as the commute from where we live would be an hour each way. The staff were friendly and helpful (provided a loaner power strip when we realized one was needed to charge the laptop). The rooms were comfortable, business style, with a good wall mounted TV. The hotel has a restaurant with tasty meals, has on-site parking, AND is dog-friendly!

Business Pet

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

good for one dax

The room installation was very simple. The on matrass was week and used. But the service and the people were very friendly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2023

Robert

Stewed here for one night. Close to Rheinenegy stadion which was perfect to watch Pink! No Ned for trams which were packed before and after!
Staff were friendly and hotel was immaculate. Bathroom a little dated but clean and functional.

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2023

Youssef

Great

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2023

Aaron

Nice comfortable hotel. Great connectivity. Close to street car spot. Over all a great place to stay. Super breakfast buffet and friendly employees

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Jan 2023

Laszlo

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Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2023

Crystal

Quiet, clean, with parking, near metro stop

We stayed over NYE and it was quiet and clean. There’s no coffee pot or conditioner, but it’s got soap, towels, a bed, and is quiet, so it’s really what we needed. The people are nice and I’d stay again since it’s conveniently located 1/2 block from a metro stop. Parking was €19/day with in/out under the building- be sure you tell the desk so they can set up your parking ticket correctly for the in/out part.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2020

Joakim

Very ok for one night stay.

Fairly basic, but clean, comfortable and good value for money.

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Great breakfast. Variety of foods available and good tea selection.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Staff was friendly and helpful. Location of the hotel fantastic. The room was clean. I enjoyed my stay.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Good location, cleanliness of the property. Friendly staff and very helpful.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Jan 2020

Michael

Quiet, mid-sized hotel in Cologne

Despite being located on a major traffic artery in Cologne, the hotel and rooms are remarkably quiet, a tribute to German window and door technology. The location is perfect for the use of public transportation: trams, buses, and commuter rail lines are all close by . The breakfast buffet is outstanding and serves hot as well as cold items, and typically German breakfast fare. A coffee maker in the my economy-priced room would have been a great addition.
This hotel is perfect for the leisure traveler and also for the business traveler who does not have to be in the downtown financial district.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Ok for overnighting

The hotel is clean and the staff is friendly and appear well trained. However the rooms are very basic in appearance and facilities. The location is quite far from Downtown but close to strassebahn and there is a large shopping mall 2 starions further out in Weiden. Expect 30-40 mins to travel to HBF or Köln/Messe.

2/10

Poor

10 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Terrible service by Reservations Team

Business Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2019

Leo

all good

Staff were super friendly.
Location issuper close to the music/downtown.
all good

Business

6/10

Pleasant

24 Aug 2018

Ciaran

Room not so clean and bed not comfortable

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2018

Larry

Very nice 3 star hotel

8/10

Excellent

13 Aug 2018

Alexander

It was good. Friendly staff and easy to go to other places.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2018

Paul

Recommend

Good value, good service.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Well located near an Autobahn and public transportation into the city of Cologne. Good breakfast and pleasant, helpful staff. Good for short stays.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2018

Taff

Nice hotel would stay again

What a great hotel very nice and all staff make you well come to would stay again

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2018

Stephen

Decent hotel, great location for transport

The rooms are comfortable, but breakfast is expensive. Very handy location for the Autobahn and also the tram network.

6/10

Pleasant

07 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

No Frills hotel.

Good for business travellers or for short break in a long journey. The property is located on an arterial road near an autobahn. Pleasant reception staff and very good, if somewhat pricey breakfast.

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Room is spacious. Breakfast is good.

Light could be more bright. Others are good.

Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2017

EUGENE T.

Pleasent and Friendly

Stay was very pleasant; Spoke English and very friendly. Only 2 small issues that was of concern, 1st. there was no refrigerator in the room and 2nd they had no ice machine. I am sorry to say that people like me from the US like cold refreshments and a refrigerator in the room. The staff was very helpful and did provide ice upon request but it would have been better if there was a ice machine or refrigerator to keep bottle water and soda cold, otherwise hotel was excellent.

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

Staff was very pleasant and accomadatimg.
The only issue was the AC was not very effective.

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2017

Anja

Nice and friendly hotel

Very nice and helpful staff, great breakfast buffet, clean and functional rooms. Only con: not enough storage for clothes, luminance in rooms not bright enough

Family

4/10

Poor

09 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Budget hotel

Break fast 17 euros . Car park 17 euros per night. Not a great experience. Broken or cracked toilet. I will avoid

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2016

Pierre

Convenient to tram service that takws you to the heart of the city in 15 minutes.
Excellent service and a good German bufet breakfast.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

convenient for trams into town

my wife and I have been here many times. Unfailingly excellent and friendly service.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2016

Alex

Basic hotel, very clean

This is a very basic hotel. The room is small, and very basic. No creature comforts at all. But it was very clean. The breakfast was OK. The staff are friendly.

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2016

Shahid

Good hotel but very expensive

It was very good apart from two things. Poor bar content and service
No support as I wanted to use the business centre

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2016

Toni

Nice Hotel

Perfect for a business trip. Clean and neat stay. Friendly and professional stay.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2016

Andrew

Exceptional staff. Checked in very late at night and guy was very helpful.

I would stay here again.

Only gripe is underground parking lot is very tight so be warned if you have a large vehicle. The scrapes along the sides of the walls says it all.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

In a good location, next to the tram stop and only ten minutes into central Cologne.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2016

Anton

Great hotel on the way through

Great hotel and very good breakfast but parking which is indoor, is 15 euros per night. Would stay there again

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2015

alan

Koln football

Great hotel, very clean. Close to the football stadium but it's far from the town.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jul 2015

Verified traveler

Nice sub-urban hotel

Essentially a hotel for business travellers, conveniently located near the Autobahn and the main football (soccer) stadium of Cologne. Rooms are clean, if sparesly furnished.

4/10

Poor

15 Jul 2015

Annette

reception very unhelpful - hotel was basic but very clean

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2015

Gary

Perfect

Perfect

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2015

Stephen

Reasonable, clean, easy, very close to Autobahn

This hotel is easy to find and has some good prices (unless events are happening on cologne) it is 100 metres from the autobahn so very accessible but quiet inside. The staff are friendly and the Breakfast is good.

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2014

Ina

It was ok.

Nice and new hotel. The bad thing was that the room was in front of the elevator, very noisy!

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jul 2014

Geoff

Business hotel, OK but missing basic amenities

Clean hotel, good-sized room, reasonably comfortable bed, great location (for my purposes).

However, it was missing some really basic things that I would expect of any modern business hotel, specifically:
- No iron or ironing board
- Ridiculously complicated system for logging on to the wireless, with 'tokens' that kept expiring (and they seemed surprised that I had more than one device I wanted to connect .... hello, this is 2014)
- The smallest closet I have ever seen
- No bureau - so I had no drawers for my socks and t-shirts, I had to live out of my suitcase, which I hate
- No fridge where I could cool a bottle of wine
- I wanted to print a couple of pages for a meeting, but when I went to their business centre to use their computer and printer, it was so slow I never did manage to even log on to their computer (which was running Windows XP - a 15 year old operating system). Maybe they could spend a couple of hundred Euros and get a new computer??

Not having these little things was inconvenient and just seemed kind of dumb. They are not expensive items.

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2014

Verified traveler

Don't recommend it

Not a pleasant experience cheap and dirty hotel not worth the money

8/10

Excellent

13 May 2014

Leisure visitor

Manager very helpful

The manager upgraded our room, because interior door handle to exit door was faulty, was helpful and efficient in resolving problem

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2014

Brian

Good value, secure parking, close to tram station.

Pleasant staff and and ambience. Clean rooms, onsite restaurant plus traditional local reataurant across the road.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Oct 2013

Verified traveler

Ok hotel. Internet worked well.

Location: in suburb, streetcar to city is a 20 minute ride, Hotel is next to a busy road with some gas stations nearby, The immediate vicinity is not very attractive. A shopping center is in one direction, some park/forest in the other, each ten minutes walking distance away,
Room was ok, Except one young gentleman at the front desk, the rest of the staff could use more training, they were not very responsive.

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2013

Nicholas

Close to amajor auto route exit of West Koeln

You get what you pay for . If you expect a clean, fairly comfortable room and nothing else you won't be disappointed.

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2011

Anonymous

excellent location for the money

We stayed at this hotel while in Cologne for my nephew's wedding.
It is whithin walking distance from the catering place and also from the
tram station.We liked the cleanliness of the rooms but especially the quality and variety of the breakfast
menu.Highly recommend it.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2026

Dilan Susanne

War super

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2026

Markus

Sauberes, praktisches und bezahlbares Hotel an der Tramlinie zu einem S-Bahnhof und zum Zentrum.

Self

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2026

Annisette

Perfekt läge för mitt syfte med besöket, och mest minnesvärt var den fantastiskt trevlige hovmästaren vid frukosten!

6/10

Pleasant

04 May 2026

Hillary

La chambre est propre mais il y fait chaud. Le personnel est gentil et accueillant. Le petit déjeuner est très bon mais très cher. Il n’y à malheureusement pas eu de dîners le soir, durant la semaine. J’ai dû acheter à l’extérieur.

Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Apr 2026

Sabrina

Alles top. Gute Lage zum Stadion

Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2026

Torben

Das Personal ist überwiegend sehr freundlich. Das Frühstück ist in Ordnung. Grundsätzlich bin ich vom Namen „Dorint“ jedoch gehobenere Leistungen gewohnt. Das fängt bei der Ausstattung des Zimmers an und hört bei der Qualität des Restaurants auf.

Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Feb 2026

Wolfgang

Zimmer gut
Personal sehr zuvorkommend

6/10

Pleasant

04 Feb 2026

Nadir cinar

Oda fena değil

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2026

Frank

Alles super.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2026

Sebastian

Das Zimmer war sauber, das Personal sehr zuvorkommend. Das Frühstück war sehr gut!

8/10

Excellent

09 Jan 2026

Mathieu

La chambre le personnel le buffet

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Götz

Guter Service auc mal mit Ersatzkarte - sehr unkompliziert.Sehr gutes Frühstück und somit gutr Start in den Tag. Für mich praktisch mit guter Verbindung indie City (1x Wechseln) ansonsten immer guter Spaziergang nach Junkersdorf. Meri.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2025

Giovanni

Goed hotel. Goeie ligging om de stad keulen te verkennen.

vriendelijk personeel

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2025

Ralf

Sehr gutes Frühstück für jeden was dabei.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2025

Frank

Alles war super ohne jede Einschränkung. Besonders gut gefallen hat mir die Freundlichkeit des Personals.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2025

Roland

Zimmerreinigung erfolgt nur jeden zweiten Tag.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Nov 2025

Timur

Super Service, besonders auch die Parkmöglichkeit im Haus

Business

4/10

Poor

07 Nov 2025

Ilhan

Die Bettdecke hatte einen Blutfleck. Als ich die Rezeption darauf angesprochen habe, zeigte man wenig Interesse. Der Mitarbeiter schien zu denken, dass es nicht so schlimm sei, da ja zwei Decken vorhanden seien. Dies ist nur eines von vielen Problemen.

Das Bezahlen des Parktickets ist nur an der Rezeption möglich, wenn eine Kostenübernahmeerklärung der Firma vorliegt. Als ich darauf hinwies, dass ich das Zimmer privat gebucht habe, kam wiederholt die Antwort, dass es nur mit einer Kostenübernahmeerklärung der Firma möglich sei. Das bedeutet: Wer privat bucht, kann das Parkticket an der Rezeption nur mit einer solchen Erklärung bezahlen.

Der Herr an der Rezeption wirkte fehl am Platz und schien nicht zu wissen, wovon er sprach.

Das Hotel ist nicht zu empfehlen, und man sollte einen großen Bogen darum machen!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2025

Kai-Uwe

Problemloses einchecken bei nettem Empfang

Business

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2025

Ralf

Muss mal das Personal positiv erwähnen! Top -Zimmer sauber - Preis/Leistung alles ok. Schlicht, aber reicht.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Sep 2025

Daniel

Die Lage des Hotels ist ausgezeichnet. Allerdings ist das Gebäude in die Jahre gekommen, was man an mehreren Stellen – insbesondere in den Zimmern und Bädern – erkennen kann. Positiv hervorzuheben ist jedoch die durchgehend sehr gute Sauberkeit. Das Frühstück ist solide und entspricht guter Mittelklasse, von Dorint Hotels war ich allerdings schon ein etwas höheres Niveau gewohnt. Besonders lobenswert ist das sehr freundliche Personal.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2025

dilek

Nice hotel

Nice hotel and staff also the location is good

Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2025

Klaus

Auf jeden Fall Ohropax mitnehmen, da an Hauptstr. und zum Überfluss ist die Klimaanlage sehr laut, auch ausgeschaltet

4/10

Poor

21 Jul 2025

Burak

Ich war leider enttäuscht von meinem Aufenthalt. Die Klimaanlage auf dem Zimmer hat überhaupt nicht gekühlt, was bei den Temperaturen sehr unangenehm war. Außerdem wurde mir über das Hotel-Tablet versprochen, dass ich ein kostenloses Getränk erhalte, wenn ich auf die Zimmerreinigung verzichte – leider wurde dieses Versprechen nicht eingehalten. Zudem war der Mitarbeiter in der Frühschicht nicht besonders freundlich, während der Mitarbeiter in der Nachtschicht wirklich ausgezeichnet war. Das Parken für 25€ ist auch unangemessen. Insgesamt war ich wirklich enttäuscht und kann dieses Hotel nicht weiterempfehlen.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

15 Jul 2025

Markus

Hotels gut, Frühstück perfekt, Service bei Einchecken und erstellen der Rechnung sehr verbesserungswürdig. Trotz vorab

Business

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Erreichbarkeit ist super mit den Lffis-sofern die bahn auch fährt(Kann Hotel nichts für)

Räumen etwas schnell ab.:)

Business

8/10

Excellent

29 Jun 2025

Melanie

Gute, einfache Unterkunft, gut mit ÖPNV erreichbar. Trotz der Lage direkt an einer Hauptstraße ist es in den Zimmern sehr ruhig. Das Zimmer war sauber, das Bad in gutem Zustand und das Personal freundlich.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

06 Jun 2025

Christoph

Keine Klimaanlage, obwohl die Fenster zur starkbefahrenen Straße sich nicht öffnen ließen. Zimmer war überwärmt. Nachlässige Wartung. So fiel die Türklinke immer zu Boden.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Muhsin

Otelin konumu çok iyi

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2025

Reuber

Ein Aufsteller an der Rezeption besagt, dass man Geduld haben soll, man wäre gleich wieder da. Man ist so freundlich und wartet einfach, aber nix passiert. Erst als man klingelt ist der Mitarbeiter innerhalb von 2 Sekunden da. War einfach nur im hinteren Raum.

Bitte schreibt doch da hin, dass man klingeln soll und nicht ewig warten soll.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2025

bernd

Das Frühstück war sehr gut (Personal Qualität und Auswahl )

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

Andrea

Wir können nur gutes von unserem Aufenthalt berichten
Besonders hervorheben möchten wir das äußerst freundliche und fleissige Personal beim Frühstück.
Auch an der Rezeption waren alle sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2025

Bernd

Restaurant und Bar war nicht geöffnet

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

12 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Es gibt leider keine Möglichkeit die Zimmer zu verdunkeln. Es sind nur durchlässige Vorhänge da und deswegen ists morgens sehr schnell zu hell zum schlafen.

Man hört es überall wenn jemand im Haus den Stuhl verschiebt. Da sollten mal gleiter drunter.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

Florian

Alles Top

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2025

Günter

Einfaches sauberes Zimmer mit gutem Preis- Leistungsverhältnis.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2025

Marianne

Modernes Stadthotel in ruhiger Lage

Das Hotel ist empfehlenswert für einen Städtetripp, Bahnverbindung in Sichtweite!
Die Zimmer sind modern eingerichtet, sehr gutes Bett, Telefon, WLAN und Fernseher vorhanden. Das Badezimmer mit dem notwendigen Zubehör ausgestattet.

Business

8/10

Excellent

05 Mar 2025

Roland

Schnelle Verbindung (ca 25 min) mit der Straßenbahn nr.1 im die Innenstadt. Haltestelle ca.100 meter entfernt.

Business_and_leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2025

Margarete

Keine Frühstücksoption ausser teurem Früstückbuffet. Wenig Menuoptionen am Abend.
Rezeption ist zum Teil freundlich und manche unfreundlich und uninteressiert.
Hotel hätte etwas kulanter sein können und mir 3 Stunden früheren Zulass zu dem Zimmer , was schon fertig war, gewähren können ohne extra charge bei einem 14tägigen Aufenthalt.
Die Zimmerreinigung war sehr gut.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Feb 2025

Lars

Gutes Frühstück, S Bahnstation nach wenigen Metern fussläufig erreichbar

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2025

Frank

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