Hotels near TYPE HYPE in Berlin

Bowled over by the size of the rooms - or should I say suite! Good enough location, 5 mins to the U-/S-Bahn and airport train - Alexanderplatz, Mitte and Hakescher Markt are all on your doorstep. Most of the time I spent in my room I kept deliberating how I’d sort out the space. It is a bit strange, especially the shower which is up some stairs in a darkened corner, overlooking the bed and exposed to onlookers from the street? Very strange. The colour scheme reminded me of the basement in my office building - very bland and industrial, but not in a quirky way. And the toilet was in some cupboard that you had to manoeuvre into thanks to a sink overhanging the bowl. Biggest gripe was the air conditioning - the hour limit is really irritating. Thankfully the weather was a let down in Berlin this time, but it’s often over 30c there in the summer and you need the AC on! I still woke up sweating! I’m all for sustainability, but there are other ways to achieve this. Also this is NOT a hotel, rather serviced apartments. You have to request housekeeping, and there is no restaurant/cafe and minimal service. The place is not occupied by staff at night.

Perfect location at Alexanderplatz next to U-Bahn and Shopping Mall. Friendly front staff. The Gym is very small and may max occupy 5-6 people - there was no space to train at 7:30am. Sauna is chargeable 5€ which was not mentioned.

The hostel is very dirty. All the surfaces are sticky. There is a terrible stench in the rooms, toilets, corridors and lobby. Things forgotten by the previous tenants are lying around until they are thrown away by the current tenants. Mattresses are stained with brown stains, possibly menstrual blood (I was in the women's room). The pillows are crumpled and terribly uncomfortable. The beds stand so you can't fully open the window to air it out. The lobby is very noisy and smelly too, apparently there is no ventilation or it is blocked. Absolutely not recommended, even for 25€ a night! It's too much for this place.

The hostel is located right next to the U-bahn station and not far from Alexanderplatz, the location itself is very convenient, in a vibrant area with a lot of places to eat. The staff were nice, and there were a lot of activities where I managed to meet some cool people from all over the world. The toilets and bathrooms were fairly clean and well-maintained. On the downside, the room for 6 people was quite small and it was really hot in there when all 6 or even 5 were present. But if you opened the window, it just became super loud and even less possible to sleep — the room had its windows right above a rather busy street, and even at night there was constant car noise, honking, trams passing and so on. You could hear it VERY loudly from the 2nd floor. So despite having a comfy bed, I can’t say I have had a good sleep any of the nights I stayed there. When you check in they also give you a voucher for a free beer in their own basement brewery. That was cool, but the sample glass is SO small, like 100ml? I expected it to be a full size drink to be honest:) Still, the brewery is really nice.

This B&B hotel is well-situated in Mitte, within an easy walk of shops (Alexa Mall), restaurants and transportation options. The room, though small, was well equipped and comfortable. Beds were comfy. Breakfasts were fresh and tasty though little variation from day to day. The only negative is that the hotel was also hosting multiple student groups who crowded the public areas, elevators and breakfast area and were often noisy and oblivious to their impact on other travellers. This was a daily annoyance during our 4 night stay.

I was able to stay there without any problems with air conditioning or showers. There are quite a lot of guests staying at the hotel, and the entrances and exits can get crowded (on nights when everyone is drinking). The staff were cheerful and responded immediately when I told them I had a problem with the lock. Kind. If you rent towels etc., it will be a little expensive.

I was checked in by a friendly receptionist at 1:20 pm and received my room right away. The lobby was nicely decorated and gave the impression of a 4-star city hotel. However, the room did not reflect 4-star standards as it was very small and a bit worn out yet clean and tidy. The room could fit a luggage rack, a small closet, a small desk as well as a small coffee table and two chairs. The queen bed was comfortable and the pillows great. The high ceiling gave the room an airy feel but the floorboards were showing their age and would need to be treated. There was a 0.5 L water bottle in the room on arrival, not replenished. There was also a safe and A/C. The trams outside were a bit noisy, but I slept well nevertheless. The thick curtains did a good job keeping the room dark in the morning. The bathroom came with a walk-in shower with excellent water pressure in the handheld shower. Amenities (shampoo, shower gel, hand soap and body lotion; no conditioner) were from Molton Brown, which is a brand I like, but they were provided in wall-mounted containers, which I don’t find as hygienic as single-use bottles even though I of course understand the motivation of saving money this way. Breakfast was served in the ground floor dining room 7–11 (weekends until noon). It would have cost a reasonable 17 EUR/person, but I did not try it. Check-out is already at 11, although they were happy to allow me to stay in the room until noon and to store my luggage until my evening flight. The hotel is located in Hackerscher Markt, with lots of restaurants and shopping in the area. The nearest Spätkauf for drinks and snacks is on the next block, and the S-Bahn to the airport is a few minutes away. Alexanderplatz is within walking distance; the centre of West-Berlin is a train ride away. Hotel prices in Berlin seem to have gone through the roof post-covid, and my nightly rate of 95 EUR felt a bit much. But I can very well see myself returning in future if the price is right. All in all a solid choice for a business trip or short holiday in Berlin.

I’ll describe exactly how the check-in process went, then you can form your own biased opinion. After long hours of traveling, we arrived at the hotel, and given an iPad to perform a self check-in. Five minutes later after completing my information (which hotels usually have by the time you arrive), I was asked if I booked via their website, and I replied that it was through Hotwire.com. The employee said, “You can’t check in through the iPad, please check in through your phone by scanning this QR code.” I am traveling internationally and did not turn on my service so I kindly asked for the wifi. Again I waited an additional five minutes for a wifi log-in since it is typically your room number and last name. I completed the very long self check-in process and was completing the part where you enter the credit card information. She came back and said exactly this: “You can just leave it.” It? I’m assuming this useless iPad that she handed me for no reason. Came back minutes later and said, “Oh you don’t have to enter that part. That’s what I meant by leave it.” Whatever. I have no problem doing self check-out when it’s at a grocery store or a vending machine. Perhaps it would have been more more efficient for the hotel to buy self check out robots that spit out a room key instead of paying employees that are only present to do what? Oh, poured me a champagne. I believe she was better at that. Enough with check-in, let’s make the best of the weekend! Design and vibe is fantastic, excellent location. Things I wish I knew before I booked this hotel: Housekeeping only cleans your room on the second day, so make your bed and don’t drop those towels on the floor. Oh they’ll give you new ones if you’d like, but similar to self check-in you have to fetch them yourself from the front desk, who would be the very ‘helpful’ employee I had mentioned earlier. Body wash? You better bring that bottle of hand soap from the sink before you hop in the shower or else you’d have to run out, get the floor all wet, then bring it in with you. It was clean. If you have a room close to the elevators, be prepared to hear those heavy doors slam. It’s Berlin, so it can slam at any hour. We opted out of the 16 euro per person breakfast because according to the reviews from 2020 it was 7.50 euro, a double price increase. I’ll bring my money elsewhere, because at this rate I’ll end up frying my own eggs. They do provide slippers and a bottle of sparkling mineral water.

This was a great hostel in Berlin. Neighborhood was super cool and it was the most lively of the hostels we stayed at during this trip in Euro. We got lucky with our room as it was down a hall by itself and even though it was near kitchen it was pretty quiet. The staff was super nice and helpful and the room was spacious despite being 6 beds. Bathroom was also nice and clean. Only complaint would be it's on the pricier side for hostels, and the kitchen did not have much to use for cooking compared to others.

Excellent location for a city break in Berlin - you are at the Alex in 5 minutes and in the evening you can relax and eat in one of the many restaurants at Hackescher Markt. The staff was very friendly. Distance rules due to Corona were observed, but the cleanliness in the room disappointed me. The sign with everything that was supposedly disinfected, which was hung on the door every day, could have been saved. Under the table were still chocolate sprinkles from the previous one. The hair dryer, which according to the sign was wiped daily, had a layer of dust on it. The dishes that I had washed were put back in the closet by the cleaning service every day, including things that I had not washed yet, which I then cleared out of the closet in the evenings. The sockets in the bathroom were so moldy that I didn't plug in any plugs. I found the previously described missing joints in the shower to be the slightest problem. The toilet seat and the trash can were also broken. The safe didn't work either.