The hotel was clean, nice updated and pleasant. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was amazing. So no complaints about the hotel itself. The surrounding area, however, left something to be desired. There was a great deal of graffiti, and not the pretty artistic kind, and it was a 10 minute walk to both nearby UBahn stations. There were very few eateries within close walking distance for someone who was tired from having been sightseeing all day. Many businesses in the immediate area were closed or seemed abandoned. All that lent to a less than positive feeling for a solo traveling female.