A&O Köln Hauptbahnhof

Breakfast and location are very good.

The bed was not ok,

The location is the main reason I booked into the hotel as I had an early flight to catch. It is reasonably close to the train station. Noting else really ... ... ...

I understand that this is a hostel but their offerings is certainly below the standard I would reasonably expect given the price I paid. The check in process is extremely slow, we were booked into a private room of 6 but everyone staying has to fill in a form of personal details thats over 10 rows long. It took us 20 minutes to check in at 10pm as we had to wait for the previous customer to complete this tedious process. We paid over 120 euros to stay in the private room but the room was no different to what you get in a hostel dorm. Bed sheets and other bedding are not fitted and we had to carry them form the lobby to the room. This is not what I expected from the impression I was given on booking.com We chose to stay here as we thought a hostel will be the perfect place for a short stay before the early morning flight but we couldn't be more wrong. With the slow check in and having to put on our own beddings on means that we got less sleep than we would have got if we stayed in a hotel for slightly more. Although being called after by Hauptbahnhof, the hotel is a good 5-10 minute walk from the trains station and can be hard to find at night. There are many 2 or 3 stars hotels within a similar price range. Don't waste your money on sub-par experience with A&O Hostel.