Best Hotels in Essen

Explore Essen with 125 hotels near iconic landmarks, popular shopping streets, and top dining spots.

Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre
8.4 (54 reviews)

Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre ★★★★

📍 Hachestraße 10, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Complaint immediately after entering the assigned room: strong smell of feces from the bathroom. Despite cleaning it twice, the smell did not go away because apparently a drain pipe in the bathroom was leaking. However, the hotel had already known about the problem!! It was no longer possible to change the room due to lack of time..."

Schlosshotel Hugenpoet
8.7 (23 reviews)

Schlosshotel Hugenpoet ★★★★★

📍 August-Thyssen-Straße 51, Stadtbezirke IX, Essen

"Best rum steak ever eaten - good atmosphere - very friendly service - the menu is unusual - the food is worth the money - we will be back - asparagus season is already very good in March - good champagne - attentive but not intrusive."

Hotel Ambassador Essen
7.7 (96 reviews)

Hotel Ambassador Essen ★★★

📍 Viehofer Str. 22, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"1. You could end up sleeping in the building on the other side of the main hotel. It has only disadvantages. The BIGGEST is that they don't tell you there is no elevator, and the rooms are accessible via a steep staircase that goes up 4 floors (8 flights of steps); that's a massive NO NO with luggage or for less fit people. OF COURSE they don't tell you this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a) no staff; b) no phone to call reception; c) no control at all, so the guests who are loud (in my case, the whole floor was having a party until I shouted at the noise-makers to stop, as the hotel did nothing to stop it after calling them (the receptionist barely could speak any language I could communicate with) d) when it's raining, you have to run across in the cold and rain. 2. Breakfast ok but not the best coffee; in fact, it tastes like coffee from the 1970s and probably on a good morning from the 1980s when the film "Back to the Future " was made! 3. Wi-Fi did not work - 50% on and 50% off. But don't worry its normal in Germany to have bad wifi. By the way, my personal footnote: Good luck with Essen, a horrible place and very unsafe when it gets dark; don't bother going out. A horror film awaits outside the hotel. Well done, Germany for destroying the safe country you once had."

Trip Inn Hotel & Suites Essen
9.0 (60 reviews)

Trip Inn Hotel & Suites Essen ★★★★

📍 Kruppstraße 30, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"It’s very clean & quiet , very good services . Big room . Nice location"

Holiday Inn - the niu, COBBLES ESSEN by IHG
8.2 (68 reviews)

Holiday Inn - the niu, COBBLES ESSEN by IHG

📍 Friedrichstraße 43, Stadtbezirke III, Essen

"Very nice and clean hotel Went to the fair in dusseldorf its 30 minutes by car It was a good stay"

Residence Inn Essen City
8.7 (50 reviews)

Residence Inn Essen City ★★★★

📍 Gildehofstrasse 10, Entrance at, Am Handelshof, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Room comfy. Air con not the best. Mirror cracked. Room clean"

Moxy Essen City
9.3 (138 reviews)

Moxy Essen City ★★★

📍 Gildehofstraße 10, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Pleasant and clean stay. Relatively good hotel breakfast. Good and convenient location too, just 5min walk to the Train station."

Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG
9.3 (258 reviews)

Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG ★★★★

📍 Am Hauptbahnhof 2, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Top hotel 👌"

Motel One Essen
8.8 (41 reviews)

Motel One Essen ★★★

📍 Kennedypl. 3, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

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Hotel Friends Essen Zeche Zollverein Hotels in Essen

Hotel Friends Essen Zeche Zollverein

"The house is close to the main entrance to the tech and is a nice new building with terrace to the tech. Directly in front of the hotel the (gratis) parking. But we had no difficulty to find a normal parking a few meters further. The design is adapted to the issue of coal. A number of pieces of the past of the drawings, dark gangs with great photos of former drawing workers but not in any way dark but a consistent, customs union, concept. All rooms have the names of friends - and there is also a large portrait of the respective namer of the room. Of course everything is very clean and maintained, good mattresses, the bathroom with enough deposit areas. Eventually, one or other hook could be applied to hang the towels. In the ground floor, the bar, breakfast area or the restaurant - the latter we didn't visit. The breakfast buffet is extremely good and rich for a 3* house. The overall concept is consistent, the staff is extremely nice and the house is absolutely ideal if you want to explore the shell extensively and look for a nearby hostel with very good price/performance ratio."

Webers Hotel im Ruhrturm Essen by Accor Hotels in Essen

Webers Hotel im Ruhrturm Essen by Accor

"There is in a good location but in our room there is not any tooth brush,i and etc."

DORMERO Hotel Essen Hotels in Essen

DORMERO Hotel Essen

"Good attention and good breakfast too. A little bit old in my opinion but would go again if possible. Soft bed and pillows . Lucky to have a refrigerator. Did not the bathroom, kind of old and dark. Internet was fine. Stairs on corridor made difficult to go with a heavy luggage ."

B&B HOTEL Essen-Hbf Hotels in Essen

B&B HOTEL Essen-Hbf

"There was a road under construction near the hotel. I drove there at night and followed Google Maps for many times but couldn't find the way. It was very unfriendly. I parked the car at the train station next to it and walked there. There is an IKEA store and McDonald's near the hotel."

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Mintrops Stadt Hotel Margarethenhöhe Hotels in Essen

Mintrops Stadt Hotel Margarethenhöhe

"Everything was very good, except it was extremely loud at breakfast; I would have liked more privacy."

Hotel Bredeney Hotels in Essen

Hotel Bredeney

"Right by the lake, with a beautiful setting."

FOUR Essen City Centre Hotels in Essen

FOUR Essen City Centre

"Clean. Big room but soundproofing is not very good! Close to the city center"

Hotel Das Lola Hotels in Essen

Hotel Das Lola

"We came to stay at this hotel over the weekend and we came for work. Truly we believed it’s not a 4 star. It is a 3 star. Reception is only open from 7am till 3pm. We arrived late, so there was no receptionist, our room was clean but the sink was so blocked that it wasn’t possible to properly use it at all, not even to brush the teeth cause the water would come to the floor. The next day in the morning I went and asked a receptionist to unblock the silk. Seemed like or she didn’t care or she didn’t speak English well. She didn’t even say she’s sorry that in a 4 star hotel the water comes on the floor if we use a sink. After we left to work all day and when we came back in the evening - nothing was fixed. Sink is the same very much blocked and receptionist is gone. I’d not recommend and not come back. Had to brush my teeth with a water bootle. Also there is only one pillow and house keeping just turned off the heating so it’s freezing cold when we come back, instead of giving fresh towels, bath mat (they forgot once again to give us a bath mat) or toilet paper. Honestly this hotel is not worth the money at all."

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Guest Reviews for Essen Hotels

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DE Anonymous User

Traveling with friends
Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre ★★★★
"It was just for relaxation, but the annoying thing was the TV kept turning off and the AC didn't work. Well, maybe that was just for that day."
★★★★★
2026-07-28
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Klaus T

Traveling with friends
Schlosshotel Hugenpoet ★★★★★
"We had ordered breakfast for our birthday party of 4 people. But we were served ONE breakfast (a tiered stand with small individual appetizers, one of each type) and we were told that we could order more if that wasn't enough. This meant that every item on the tiered stand automatically became a polite gesture because no one wanted to eat the others' food. Despite our doubts being expressed several times, we stayed that way. We were actually billed for 4 breakfasts at EUR 36.00 each. The mood was completely ruined, and many people still consider "ordering more" to be inappropriate. This is exactly how they make money here. If I pay for four breakfasts, I want to get four breakfasts."
★★☆☆☆
2024-02-04
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US Christian Fredrix

Couple
Hotel Ambassador Essen ★★★
"Ants on the furniture in the room. Breakfast: when we arrived the scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon and milk were already out. And they didn't plan to refill. We arrived 1:30h before breakfast would close."
★★★★★
2026-05-04
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TH Chaya888

Family
Trip Inn Hotel & Suites Essen ★★★★
"The hotel is very good and clean suited for us as a family with infant :) staffs are friendly and they speak English:)"
★★★★★
2025-10-13
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DE Guest User

Business traveler
Holiday Inn - the niu, COBBLES ESSEN by IHG
"Could be cleaner and friendlier, unfortunately the bed linen was completely dirty"
★★★★☆
2025-01-03
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GB LiamSimmons

Business traveler
Residence Inn Essen City ★★★★
"The staff were incredibly accommodating. I had a free early check in and a late check out (as the hotel wasn't too busy for this option). The hotel room was honestly impeccable. Brilliant amenities and space without compromising on quality. Bed was a 10/10 and the option to cook in the room was an instant winner for late night snacks after work. There are available snacks downstairs throughout the night, and the breakfast is free. Attached is an image from a good local bar also (Cafe Nord) - CASH ONLY. Brilliant atmosphere and not too far from the hotel."
★★★★★
2024-09-29
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CN Gaohai

Family
Moxy Essen City ★★★
"My son really loved the hotel's design aesthetic. The room's decor perfectly matched the overall industrial, factory-like theme of the hotel. There was no kettle, coffee machine, or fridge in the room; if you needed anything, you had to go down to the bar. We bought some ham and fruit but couldn't finish it, so we had to store it in the fridge downstairs. The classic European breakfast offered very few hot dishes, mostly cold items. Luckily, there's a large Chinese supermarket nearby, which satisfied my Chinese palate!"
★★★★★
2024-08-24
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TR yılmaz tas

Family
Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG ★★★★
"Clean rooms. Very close to the metro. Centrally located hotel. Good breakfast."
★★★★★
2025-07-09
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CN bobxia764

Business traveler
Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen ★★★★
"The location is excellent. The room is large and well-equipped. The only drawback is that the sound insulation is not very good. I was woken up by the sound of the door closing next door in the morning and the floor felt a little shaken."
★★★★★
2024-07-31

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Power Plug & Voltage

230V/Type C/F

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Exchange Rate

1 GBP ≈ 1.18 EUR

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Cards/Cash

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Telekom/Vodafone/O2

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125

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£122

Weekend Avg. Price

£128

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