Johann Hotel Reviews

If you are looking at a five star, mega-sized hotel in the midst of the action, this is the wrong place for you. If you are looking for a comfortable boutique hotel in quiet residential neighborhood, willing to walk 7 minutes to the train, impeccably kept, with an outstanding breakfast, that is reasonably priced, this hotel is definitely worth considering. Staff is always very gracious and helpful.

We choose one of the smaller rooms - small perhaps but quite big enough for our needs. Getting to the hotel was easy. There was no noise at night so we slept well. Getting to all the places we wanted to go was easy because the U-bahn at Hallesches Tor is only a short walk away and the U-bahn going through there are convenient. The personnel were helpful and spoke good English (of course). Breakfast was excellent, even the cucumber! So yes, we had a very enjoyable stay and would certainly go back

On arrival, we were greeted by a very helpful staff member who spoke very good English (a godsend considering our poor skills in German). We were in our room within minutes – after stopping to get some reasonably priced drinks from the honesty bar in the hallway. Our room was just as we had hoped it would be – spacious and comfortable with lovely furnishings. The bathroom had a sliding glass door which gives no soundproofing whatsoever, so it’s definitely best to stay here with someone you know well! We didn’t realise that the bathroom floor was supposed to be heated – this must have been what the thermostat in the bathroom was for (we thought it was for the room itself). The bed was an ‘Austrian twin’ – two single mattresses on a double frame and was very comfy. We weren’t so keen on the feather pillows – but that’s just personal preference I guess. The central heating worked fine when needed and the windows were easy to operate and provided good soundproofing. There is no air conditioning though – hopefully the high ceilings would compensate for this in the summer months.

Although others have praised the selection of food for breakfast, we found it a little bit disappointing. The breakfast room itself is really nice and you can eat in the courtyard when the weather is good. The food available included cereals, bread, cheese, ham, cold veg, fruit salad and yoghurt. There may have been 10 different types of bread but we were hoping for some hot food or at least some ‘sweet’ items such as croissants, pain au chocolat etc. The other guests seemed to be happy though so I guess this just comes down to cultural differences (although I don’t remember having any problems with breakfasts when we went to Austria).

Overall, we were really pleased with this hotel and it is highly likely that we will stay here again if we go back to Berlin.