1. Priceline website doesn't allow for selecting 'family' accommodations, so when we showed up the clerk was somewhat frustrated and confused that I had two kids with me. He worked through it, and we got a room equal to the 'superior suite' I reserved. 2. The hotel room is recently refurbished (fresh paint and such), and clean all around, but it's not 'luxury' by any means. The furniture is functional and recent, but minimal. The carpeting is new, but industrial and unpadded. There was a small refrigerator and in-room coffee/tea set-up, but it was on a small table in one of the rooms. 3. In spite of the website stating 'AC', there is no air conditioning in the rooms. During our stay the temperatures were around 82F/28C and the room was pretty warm. Even at night with the windows open, the room was uncomfortably warm. The hotel provided a portable fan, which made it tolerable, but I would not have chosen this hotel had I known. The room faced a major thoroughfare, which resulted in considerable noise if the windows were left open, and the lack of screens on the windows allowed mosquitos to enter the room at night. 4. The hotel sits next to a dilapidated building complex that seemed to house vagrants. We stopped walking to/from Alexanderplatz at night when we encountered several vagrants loitering on the sidewalk adjoining the hotel. 5. WIFI Internet was functional, but the heavy cement walls prevented using our computers in one of the rooms (furthest away from the wireless router in the hallway. Overall, if this hotel had actual 'air conditioning', I would agree with a 3-star rating, but without it, I would call it 2 stars. This is part of the Motel 6 chain, so that's what you're getting. Clean, functional, but not luxury.
Plus: The hotel was right across from a tram stop for 3 tram lines, making access to the city transit system very easy.
Minus: Website stated that there was 'AC' in the hotel, but only air conditioning was the portable fan and opening the window. However, the room was facing a busy street and intersection, so it was noisy; and the lack of screens resulted in bug bites.
