Abode Hotel Altstadt

Good breakfast, friendly staff, everthing else brillant

Room very noisy, v hard to sleep with people partying and shouting outside at 4am, fan in the room would be a good idea too as opening windows just made noise worse

As a single traveller this is usually my first choice of hotel in Dusseldorf as location and price are excellent, breakfast is the usual, enough to get you on your way at the start of the day, the only difference from last year and all the other times that I have stayed here is that you get a key to open the bottom door in place from having to buzz and be let in.

Nothing to complain about.

I arrived very late at the hotel and had real trouble finding it even though I had the street number. The doorway is just completely hidden. There was noone at the reception, so when I rang the doorbell somebody yelled at me through a very bad quality intercom. Because they recognize people by their names, you have to yell back the name on your reservation in order to be let in. I can't tell you how bad an idea it is in international place with many foreign guests and many untypical names. Basically, you are standing in a busy street with a lot of party people going by and laughing (lots of background noise) and yelling "MY NAME IS ARLETA!!" "What ..mumblemumble... again?" "AR-LE-TA!". Lots of fun. Once I got past the first challenge of recognition, somebody yelled at me that my key was upstairs and indeed I found it on one of the tables in the breakfast area. The second challenge was to get the suitcase up a very narrow, winding staircase, which resembled more a castle tower. Once I got into the room - a big, positive surprise. The room was really spacious especially for such a central location, very modern, clean, with an extra sofa and wooden floorboards. There was plenty of sockets, lighting - very commendable, very comfortable place to stay. It was also relatively quiet. I was able to sleep through the night on this very busy street (there are people yelling all night). The window isolation could be better but it fared ok. Now challenge number 3 was several questions that I had about the hotel rules and again the usage of the intercom. I wasn't challenged for long since the receptionist (male voice) got bored, yelled at me something along the lines that it's obvious and I should know, disconnected and stopped answering my buzzes :-) Breakfast was simple, edible+, with some choices of yoghurt, muesli, bread, ham, cheese, cucumber, tomatoes, orange juice, tea, and a lonely boiled egg. Good value for the price.

-almost unfindable -tiny winding staircase with no lift for the luggage -rude staff -intercom communication