Meliá Berlin

“Melia - great location for Christmas markets!”

Lovely modern hotel in great location. Tea/coffee provided along with towels and lovely toiletries. Tapas restaurant is a delight with delicious food and drink. Separate bar also providing friendly service and good drink variety. Definitely more cost effective to grab train to friedrichstadt stati… more

Lovely modern hotel in great location. Tea/coffee provided along with towels and lovely toiletries. Tapas restaurant is a delight with delicious food and drink. Separate bar also providing friendly service and good drink variety. Definitely more cost effective to grab train to friedrichstadt station located just along the road from the Melia (approx 8€ per person each way) we were quoted €40 for taxi one way. We visited a couple of Christmas markets, all that we were within walking distance (no more than 30 minutes) Gendarmenmarkt/Alexanderplatz/Potsdamer Platz. Berlin Mall is also approx 20 minute walk away - good variety of shops and large food court. All in all a very good visit to see the Xmas markets with a great hotel, would recommend the Melia!

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“OK but not as good as expected”

Having visited a Melia hotel in Lanzarote, and booked it again, we hoped that Melia Berlin would offer a similar experience. Sadly we were disappointed. The location is certainly central but being on the corner of a busy crossroads and bridge ,the room was noisy with traffic and sirens. The area ar… more

Having visited a Melia hotel in Lanzarote, and booked it again, we hoped that Melia Berlin would offer a similar experience. Sadly we were disappointed. The location is certainly central but being on the corner of a busy crossroads and bridge ,the room was noisy with traffic and sirens. The area around the nearby station does not feel particularly safe at night. We booked directly with the hotel, by phone, but on arrival were told that if we wanted a double bed it was an additional 15 euros per night. We got stuck in the lift going to our room because we were not told that the lifts operate after using the room card. One lift has two sets of buttons and we used thde wrong set. When we eventually got just to the first floor we had to go back to reception and were only then told how to operate the lift. The hotel should cover up the set of buttons which don't work properly. The room was clean and the bed comfortable but it was too hot and stuffy. There were no instructions about the air con. There was no English breakfast tea and we had to keep asking for more tiny sachets of milk. Along with other guests we were wandering around on the first floor looking for the breakfast room as reception did not tell us that it can only be reached by a second lift. The tables in the breakfast room are uncomfortably close together. We had a free drink at the bar with part of our booking but we were surprised that this was limited to just red or white wine.

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