a&o Berlin Kolumbus

Hotel was clean during our stay. My kids love the bunk bed. Reception staff speaks english well and answers our questions. About 15-20 minutes from the center of Berlin but my kids love riding the trams, trains and bus.

Hotel is far away from Berlin. There is a lot of place to park a car for free near hotel. Not sure that it is a good place for those who go to Berlin by bus or metro.

While advertised as an hotel, this is clearly NOT a hotel but a low-end hostel, just with the price of a mid-range hotel. Far outside the city center, with a couple of burned-out buildings in the immediate neighborhood, our wait at the reception was nearly 30 minutes, and the first room differed significantly from the advertised room. We perceived the reception staff as rude & confused, though eventually we got us the right room, where we had to put the sheets on the beds ourself - like in a real hostel. Only one working power outlet in the whole room, the next day some low-value clothing was stolen from the room and at least two other parties were booked for the same room, and showed up in our room in the middle of the night.