The Golden Tulip Hamburg is situated in a residential area, on a quiet sideroad of the Kurf?rstenstrasse in the western part of Berlin. The buses 100 and 200 to the centre of the city (Mitte) have a stop very near the hotel. Walking to the busy Kurf?rstendamm and the KaDeWe departmentstore take a 15 minute walk. We were happy with the situation of the hotel but on the other hand we discovered that the more interesting part of Berlin is in the former East-Berlin, the Mitte district (Unter der Linden boulevard, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, Spree river etc), which means that a possible next time we will choose a hotel more close to this much nicer part of the city, where history is more present. About the hotel itself: we already were warned in other comments that the standard rooms are quite small and indeed, they truly are! In our opinion this is not what a 4-star hotel should offer to it's guests. The bathroom, too, is small. Every comfort is present, but there definitely should have been more space and a nice chair to sit and relax. A bit budget-class. The breakfast was O.K. but I suppose not better or worse than in other similar hotels in this category. For dinner we would give the advice to look elsewhere. The taste of the food was below expectation and the service was in line with that. The Italian restaurant on the other side of the street offered a very nice meal, but if you like Italian food you definitely should try the Bocca di Bacco restaurant in the Friedrichstrasse 167, opposite the Galeries Lafayette departmentstore in the Mitte district. Summarizing: beautiful city, especially the former East-Berlin part, hotel too expensive for what it offers. Dick and Maaike Gorter The Netherlands

Visited and stayed at this a hotel for a week.Everything was fine,except the rooms are small.Clean,good internet and very friendly helpful staff.The breakfast buffet is creative and extremely appealing.

Great hotel with great customer service, would stay again. Take the 100 or the 200 bus line (right outside the hotel on Schillstrasse) and see the city. Quiet, clean, elavator, good food (albeit expensive for the breakfast 14?)

My husband and I were very pleased with our accomodations at the Golden Tulip. Staff in general were very friendly and helpful. You can buy public transportation tickets at the desk which was very convenient. A big plus is the # 100 bus you can catch around the corner which will take you past or close to many of the great sights of Berlin. We stayed in a nonsmoking double superior room which included two twin beds pushed together ( they don't have queen or king size beds). It was very satisfactory. The room also had a desk, TV (you can watch CNN in English), love seat and coffee table. The bathroom was excellent with a sink, toilet and a good shower! The heat and air conditioning can be individually controlled in your room and the room was very quiet. Breakfast was very good with plenty of selection from cereals, breads, pastries, scrambled eggs, sausages, juices, cheeses and various types of salami etc. The coffee was excellent! Most days we ate the breakfast as a brunch, stopped for coffee and pastry mid-afternoon and then had dinner. It definitely helped us save money! We would definitley recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a nice, clean and comfortable hotel. It is not a luxury hotel but had everything we wanted. The only negative experience, which was true throughout Germany, was smoking in the public places in the hotel. This however will change as of January 1st 2008 when all of Germany will go smoke free in public places!!! Enjoy! Carol and Bob