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This is a nice hotel on a main arterial so easy for bus and taxi service. We found a nice little restaurant around the corner - Panoptikum Gaststätten GmbH - which made our stay that much better since the hotel restaurant is not open every night. Breakfast is expensive at the hotel if you don't book it with your room. Shopping is very close and it's easy to walk up to the platz in central Essen, quite convenient.

Stay here for Essen Spiel 2018. Hotel is located right next to underground tram station, with several lines passing through, so no trouble getting a tram from main station (Essen Hbf every 5-10min) although it is possible to walk from there also. Check-in was quick and easy. Found that the room i was given did not have a mini fridge (there was an empty space where it should be). After speaking with reception, the staff were able to accommodate me in another room (without a bathtub though), so that was good (i preferred the fridge to a bath). About the room, it is a good size and clean, the bed is comfortable and there is room to sit and use a laptop. The windows do a good job of blocking the noise of the traffic (hotel next to a main road). WiFi is free and fast, but had trouble with stability (internet sometimes just stops for 4-5mins) and the Netflix streaming service (doesn't load content home page) - reception says it is not a problem on their side, but if i share internet from my phone, Netflix works perfect. I believe they are blocking certain communication that Netflix relies on. All other sites (youtube, facebook etc) work fine on the hotel WiFi, so there is something going on between Netflix and the WiFi

The room was quiet and comfortable, everything I needed! Didn't use any of the hotel's other facilities as I arrived fairly late and slept in even later!

Good breakfast. Clean rooms.

Staff helpful and location was good.