Ringhotel Loew's Merkur

Location and the comfortable beds

A little outdated

Near the station and great staff

Our rooms were a long way from the reception

I have stayed at this hotel countless times, since 2008, so I do have a bias! (I first came when another hotel I'd gone to had overbooked and sent me here. Never looked back - and brought my parents here, which says something.....) The rooms are all very comfortable, quiet, air-conditioned, and all up-to-date fittings and decor (without being aggressively "modern" - nothing ugly). The bathrooms are nice and thoroughly clean, good size bathtubs and hot water supplies whenever you need them. Staff are EXTREMELY helpful about everything - luggage, language, use of internet etc., and they take care to get to know you - always a good sign, as well as the fact that the hotel seems to keep a regular, professional team whom you can rely on. Breakfast is a good balance, of traditional local fare and the popular eggs-and-bacon fry-up type (I always eat too much as it's good), which they serve in very pleasant surroundings. The hotel is right behind the train station, so can't be more convenient when you're stopping on the way to anywhere else, and near to most of what's nice to do in Nuremberg. There is also a very nice bar, and restaurant, serving local specialities for dinner. For what you pay it's extremely good value.

I can't really think of anything bad. - The only thing that ever slips is the supplies at peak breakfast time. ONLY very occasionally, the queues get very long. BUT I don't blame the staff for this, who are all very pleasant, well-mannered, hard-working young folk who attend to every request very well, whether it's a favourite brand of tea or replenishing the milk supplies. (Really this is just more proof of the hotel's popularity, owing to its excellent standard and value for money!)