Hotel berhampiran Potentestück, Potsdam

A very nice hotel, both regarding location and design. The receptionist was very helpful, and even served in the hotel bar in the evening. Our room (apartment) was very good and very large. Only bad thing was that the room was in a section of the hotel without lift, so we had to carry our luggage 3 floors up. The room (apartment) was very well equipped, and certainly made for several guests at the same time (3 bedrooms). The room had 3 safes, and a huge double coffeemaker with a good selection of coffee capsules. It was WiFi at the hotel, but I did not test this. Breakfast was standard, quite alright. Parking for the car was in fact in a public parking cellar, but it was only 50 meters away from the hotel.

Das Hotel ist ganz neu und standardmäßig zweckmäßig eingerichtet, wie alle Holiday-Inn-Express-Hotels. Die Zimmer sind recht klein, leider gibt es keinen Platz für Koffer oder um diese auszuräumen (wir waren zu dritt in einem der kleineren Zimmer ohne Küchenzeile). Das Bad ist ausreichend groß und modern, Ablagefläche auch ausreichend. Leider gab es nur keinen Föhn, was ich erst am Morgen gemerkt habe nach dem Duschen. Auf Nachfrage an der Rezeption (Telefonverknüpfung hat nicht funktioniert) sollte ein Föhn umgehend gebracht werden, wurde er aber leider nicht ... Frühstück sehr gut, alles da, was man benötigt, nur zur Hauptfrühstückszeit (wobei die Frühstückszeiten großzügig bis 11.30 sind) war es am Wochenende sehr voll und dafür zu wenig Tische - einige mussten eine Weile warten, bis ein Tisch frei wurde.

Have spending 10+ nights over 3 stays at The Mercure Hotel Potsdam City, I have to say it's a quaint hotel. It seems to be particularly liked by German retirees, the breakfast area is routinely full. The hotel is clean, reliable, the parking area is not sized properly, parking is not guaranteed and it does get hectic at times. The Customer Service tries their best, I had to tell couple of times for the check-in staff not to scream out loud my hotel room number (for safety purposes). I know they mean well. I was always recognized as a top-tier customer!

Sehr schönes stylisches Zimmer, gemütliches Bett, alles sehr sauber und ordentlich. Ein tolles Frühstück mit allem, was das Herz begehrt: Kaffeespezialitäten, Pancakes, Rührei, eine große Käse-, Wurst- und Marmeladenauswahl. Leckeres Birchermüsli. Bei unserem nächsten Potsdam Besuch buchen wir wieder dieses Hotel - mit Frühstück 🙂

Das Personal im Restaurant/beim Frühstück war leider mehr darauf bedacht, dass der Gast - pünktlich wieder geht (beim Betreten wurde ich darauf hingewiesen, dass ich 10 min vor Frühstücksende käme. Ich sollte dann später nur nicht sagen, dass ich das nicht gewusst hätte) - oder nicht stört (mein Mann wollte Mittagessen und es gab kein Personal welches ihn in Empfang nahm. Daher hat er sich selber plaziert an einem unreservierten Tisch. Das Personal kam und meinte das er alles falsch mache und da nicht sitze könne. Auf Nachfragen wieso und wie er es richtig mache, wurde nicht gerade nett geantwortet. Er durfe aber sitzen bleiben). Eine dritte nicht so schöne Erfahrung: Auf Nachfrage nach dem auf Trip.com hinterlegten Businesszentrum zum Arbeiten am Laptop, sollte mein Mann dann 100 Euro bezahlen für 1 Tag - wurde wohl verwechselt mit einem Meetingraum. Am Vorabend wurde an der Rezeption gesagt, dass er sich auch ins leere Restaurant setzen kann. Als er dies am Vormittag machen wollte, wurde dies vom Restaurantpersonal dies negiert. Leider kein so schöner Aufenthalt für uns.

It was the worst hotel on our Christmas trip, with the most expensive price. We requested a room with a view in a quiet part of the hotel, having written a letter to the hotel in advance with our wishes. But our wishes were not taken into account, rather the opposite - the room was provided in the building across the road from the main one overlooking the road and was very cold and uncomfortable. Weathered furniture, dirty refrigerator. Breakfast was also the worst of the seven hotels we stayed at during our trip. The only one good thing - we only booked one night. Unfortunately, I no longer want to come back here and recommend this hotel to anyone.

Pet- and tourist-unfriendly place. My latest experience very much resembled extortion. I was charged 100 euro for dog’s fur on the bedsheets and 150 euro for dog’s fur on the floor (the hotel representative had to put quite an effort into scraping some with her shoe) and an approx 0,5 mm brown-ish spot on the carpet which they claimed to be “blood” (considering that there was an approx 5 cm black stain on the carpet as of my checkin which hotel apparently didn’t see as something of an issue to me as a guest). I used to like this hotel (despite being placed on several occasions in rooms with obvious sewage issues), until I stayed there with my dog. I presented my dog at the reception at the checkin (that is the receptionist saw the dog). Paid 15 eur per day pet fee and proceeded to the room. No additional rules, policies or verbal requests were presented to me. My dog damaged a pouffe which I informed the hotel about at the checkout and happily paid whatever was asked of me (200 eur). In addition to that I was demanded to pay 100 eur for some fur on bedsheets and 150 eur for some fur on the floor as mentioned above. No oficial price list was presented. No explanation why 15 eur a day pet fee wasn’t covering washing blankets and vacuuming floor was provided, all my questions or logical arguments were ignored. The team of hotel representatives generously offered me a 50 eur discount on cleaning (which I didn’t ask for) only confirming that the amounts weren’t based on any actual price list, because if the hotel really suffered a loss of 250 eur why would they “gift” me 50 eur. I considered it to be an extortion and suggested to call the police. When I came back after 15 min the hotel still hadn’t called the police. As I had an urgent matter and had to leave, I paid the hotel whatever its staff demanded. I think what actually happened is the hotel staff had accidentally or recklessly placed us in a no-pet room (as there was a carpet, unlike in some other rooms. I was placed into that room after finding out the one I was initially given smelt of sewage - repeatedly happened before). And instead of charging their staff, they’ve charged me, so that they can do (if they actually do) for some deep cleaning after an animal to make it suitable again for people with allergies. Staff’s rudeness and ill attitude with me as a client weren’t in line with the hospitality filed’s even moderate standards. Most customers might find this hotel pleasant - which it is, until it is no longer.

Have stayed at a few hotels in Berlin - and this is the one I keep coming back to - location, and value for money - design and comfort and tranquillity and harmony of design - staff always very professional, helpful and most welcoming and friendly - breakfast is a wonderful indulgence. Hope to continue to return. Thank you Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin

While Hotel Villa Kastania, Berlin, is generally a good hotel, I can't recommend it, due to the rude behavior of one of the reception clerks. This behavior spoiled the atmosphere and ruined my mood for my short stay (1 night). This guy (young, with a French beard) was not very courteous and serviceable from the moment I got there. After realizing the hotel has no lobby where you can sit and work with a laptop, I asked to do so in the dining hall (my room wasn't ready yet). He approved, but said I should be sitting next to a Coffee table rather than next to a regular one, as ”the hotel is fully booked and people are coming for breakfast”. Since you cannot really work next to a low Coffee table I asked to sit on a regular one, explaining that people never all come to have breakfast at the same time. He did not like it (and expressed it and his tone) but I did, and guess what - the dining room was almost completely empty the entire morning! But the really severe behavior on his part happened a bit later on. I went out to have Coffee outside, telling the nice and polite waiter of the (empty) dining hall that I'm storing my laptop aside but leaving my charger and mouse on the table, since I'll be back to work there shortly. He approved. When I returned, the reception clerk started talking in a really rude, impolite and improper way to me, almost shouting at me, about how I shouldn't leave my things ”In the restaurant”. I explained that I left it because I was going for a short while, but he continued accusing me of acting the wrong way, as if as a first time guest I have an idea of the hotel's code about leaving things here on there. Even when I told him that I informed the waiter about this he did not calm down. He only calmed down from his raging behavior when I snapped back at him, telling him that he has no right speaking to paying customers like that, that he can't expect a client to know his made up arbitrary rules and that even if someone does something wrong - there's a nice and polite way to point that out, especially when your job his to serve him. A paying client should not be treated like a young kid getting reprimanded by a hotel clerk, who clearly doesn't like his job, doesn't know the meaning of service and has no patience for clients. I NEVER ran in to this kind of behaviour in any hotel I stayed in. Only after talking back to him in this fierce way he started to behave more politely towards me, but he never apologized. During check-out, when he asked if everything was OK and I responded: ”Yes, besides your behavior yesterday” he did not apologize. Therefore, I do not recommend staying at Hotel Villa Kastania, Berlin. A place that employs someone like this, who clearly doesn't know how to treat customers - is not a good pick.