Hotel Pension Arche

The staff was nice and helpful, checking in and out took very little time. The room we stayed in was quite large, and bathroom had a window. Towels were changed and the room was cleaned daily. The location is very good in Charlottenburg, with a wide variety of public transport options (S-Bahn, U-Bahn, bus) just nearby. Lots of interesting places to eat, shop and look around. If you like to walk, it is about an hour to Brandenburger Tor and very big Tiergarten park is just on the way.

For a couple of nights stay, the hotel is OK if you get a room facing the courtyard, as it is generally very quiet. However, if you happen to get a room above the Russian dumplings bar downstairs that is open late into the night on weekend, be prepared for a generous amount of kitchen noise and sickening onion frying smell from there. Literally, I woke up at 2 AM like sleeping next to a stove. The rooms and hallway are a bit rundown (especially carpet flooring), but reasonably clean. The 2 in 1 reception+breakfast room is a bit small with its 4 or 5 tables and can likely get crammed at times, however it was fine during our stay.