Essen hotellit Nordviertel

Plussat: Great breakfast buffet

Miinukset: Only twin bed, mattress and pillow too soft

Miinukset: Check-in should be from 14 till 18. I came at 15, but the door was closed. I have to call and wait 20 minutes until somebody come. This is off-season, probably, but anyway it was disappointing. Everythting else was fine

Plussat: The location was good and there was plenty of parking. Breakfast was simple and enough things to eat for vegetarians. The room was also simple but did the job.

Miinukset: The listing on Booking.com says it has "Electric vehicle charging station" but this is not true. The property didn't have this and when speaking to the staff, they were telling me there was no such facility and that I would need to charge at a public charger elsewhere. This was extremely annoying as I was specifically booking locations that had electric vehicle charging. When I spoke to the manager later on when he started his shift, he also told me there was no charging facilities. I was about to let it go and just charge at a public charger when he then went on to convince me that diesel was better. I do wonder what his intention was to attempt to convince an electric car owner, that diesel is better. However, this got me a little annoyed and I then pressed him to say that the listing did say electric vehicle charging. He then finally allowed me to plug in my car from an outside plug socket which was used for some decoration lighting. This did the job although the socket was on a timer (due to it being used for the decoration lights) so it turned off in the morning a little earlier than I had planned. I managed to get enough charge to work with though so it wasn't a big deal. Anyway, for anyone else looking to make a booking here using an EV, please check ahead and explicitly confirm that they are okay using the outside plug socket and only book if this is okay.

Plussat: Comfortable rooms, friendly staff.

Miinukset: The main entrance was closed at midnight, so it took quite a while and a phone call to find out the night entrance.

Plussat: location very convenient close to university and city centre

Miinukset: I shared the room with a colleague and asked first by email and also in person at check in if we could split the bills and pay separately. they never replied to my email and the person at check-in didn't know it that was possible, so I asked the day after to who I think was the landlady and she replied that I had already been charged! I would understand if card was charged before the stay, but since I was charged in the middle of my stay I don't get why they didn't talked to me beforehand! Moreover, I found the place overpriced for what it offered: uncomfortable beds and pillows, old and half broken hairdryer, poor breakfast (no toaster and no hot water despite the presence of sliced bread and teabags!)

Plussat: Modern check-in system. Easy to reach location and commute from there around in Essen. Definetely, value for money.

Miinukset: Breakfast is not offered and it is hard to get something around. REWE has a limited sortiment.

Plussat: There was the exibition in Koln, all surrounding cityies full. Therefor the price was 170 Eur per night. Therefore my marks are low. Othervise for 50 Eur for example it is not so bad.

Plussat: location

Miinukset: room never was put new towels after cleaning. Even soap was over never kept new one. Things to make tea was never re-filled. All these were there when I stayed there before but not this time.

Miinukset: the shower, in the beginning, it was wet everywere. also we had the alarm getting of, this took too long to settle, due to the fact that they didn't knew which key was neccesary

Miinukset: Wireless connection is terrible, somethimes unusable

Plussat: The location is good, a tram stops right outside and there is a good grocery store right next door. Had to change rooms because of two bookings, and the cleaning crew did a wonderful job of transferring my luggage between rooms.

Miinukset: The bed was bad, they only gave me one pillow and one towel (I know I was in a single room, but come on!). Some kind of nightclub outside my window kept me awake one night. And I got some bad misinformation from the desk, resulting in having a worse room the last three days, than I had the first night. Way too pricey, but then again, the were likely cashing in on Essen Spiel.