Hotel berhampiran Steingarten im bunten Garten, Monchengladbach

We wanted to find a cheap stay at a hotel in Mönchengladbach. Normally mcdreams is the choice…sub 50€ with free parking. This is quite basic and no frills 3 star accommodation. But in Germany 3 stars means a lot…even when basic. It’s clean, great beds, bathroom … great price quality. While looking I got a special offer for this hotel on **********. 50€ per room per night. This hotel has what I call the trifecta. Great price, free parking and free breakfast. But it was so so much better thans expected. To be honest the pictures on the website didn’t do this hotel any justice at all. We almost cancelled because it looks dated and with shabby bathroom. Let’s do the bad first. The floor in the room…looks very shiny, plasticky. But it was meticulously clean and walking on it is beer than on the carpets that just doesn’t feel clean enough in older hotels. The bathroom I must say feel and looks old. That’s due to the white tiles and bathtub I guess. But bathroom was meticulously clean and all in working order. The bath is really not so functional, quite high. So elderly or less flexible persons must be careful when getting in or out from bath. But great if you have a baby or kids I guess. In our room the shower didn’t have a thermostat and the water temperature moved around a bit…from coldish to too hot…and everything in between. That’s a negative, but water pressure was good. But the rest was much much better then expected. First of all free parking underneath the hotel. But I think the street is free parking too. Location is in upper residential area so feels really safe in the street. Weirdly you can enter the hotel via the garage…but the door doesn’t open from the outside. Also no chance to call reception topen it. This means when you arrive you need to walk outside on quite a steep climb to enter hotel at reception. The rooms as I mentioned was very clean and quite spacious. There is a good working TV. Beds are great. Sadly two singles, but at 90cm that’s a good width. You get two pillows and there is plenty of plugs to use. For the summer..unfortunately no AC. What really sets this place apart is the amenities provided. It shames 4/5 star hotels. From toothbrushes, shaving kit, toilet wet wipes, to sewing and even a shoeshine kit.wow. The best I saved the best for last. The free breakfast. We got a full German breakfast. The downside it was at the nearby elisenhof hotel. The good thing….It was top quality breakfast. In 5 star hotels I have had breakfast with more choice, but it was not so tasty or of such quality. Don’t get me wrong. It had everything.bacon. Sausage, 2 types scrambled egg, salmon, and the usual continental spread. The breads was great and cold cuts with local specialty always good. The juice bar was tops with fresh squeezed OJ machine. A very satisfying start of the day. I cant recommend this place enough. The price quality king..even if without the extra discount.

Nice room and good service. Not many kind of food in cafe / restaurant. Breakfast is with many difference chooses.

Gestern zu zweit im Restaurant. Zuerst wird Brot und Butter gereicht. Die (gesalzene) Butter schmeckt leicht salzig und - leicht ranzig. Meine Begleitung bestätigt, dass die Butter einen „Stich“ habe. Leise bitte ich an der Küche um neue Butter. Wenige Minuten später erscheint eine weibliche Servicekraft - mit leeren Händen: „Der Koch hat probiert. Er sagt, die Butter ist nicht ranzig, sie ist gesalzen.“ Für einen Moment sprachlos, starre ich die Bedienung an, eine Frau am Nebentisch dreht sich kopfschüttelnd um. Dann muss ich tatsächlich ein weiteres Mal um neue Butter bitten. „Gesetzt den Fall, ich hätte mich geirrt - was nicht der Fall ist - würden Sie mir dann wohl bitte nichtsdestotrotz ein neues Stückchen Butter bringen??“ Die erbettelte „neue“ Butter wurde uns dann von einer weiteren Servicekraft überreicht. Danke auch … Das weitere Essen war übrigens gut, nicht sehr gut, aber gut. Gottlob gibt es genügend Restaurants im Umfeld, wo der Gast noch König ist.

I had to stay here durring a fair in Dusselsdorf. After a 40 minutes drive I arrived in a place that was absolutely beautiful. The buildings and its gardens are absolutely beautiful. I had a very large and spotless clean room. The lobby and the restaurant are very cosy, and breakfast very good. At the end was was looking like a very stressful trip ended being relaxing and agreeable.

We made this a stopover in our way to the Harz Mountains and it was a total treat - relaxed elegance. Would have liked to have stayed longer to explore the gardens next door and the ceramic museum. Comfortable bed, good breakfast, pretty terrace and picturesque moat. Only downside was they had fully booked the restaurant so we had to go elsewhere but this turned out to be a good move! See our review of Maes21 in Baarlo.

The entire hotel was very clean. Additionally, the cost performance of the breakfast was very good. Overall, it was the off-peak season for travel, so there were fewer people, but there were no noisy guests, and the clientele was classy, which was nice.