Hotels Near Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg

This was my first visit to Hamburg with a friend as a short city break, coming from the UK. This hotel was perfect to meet our needs which was to have a) a good location, b) a comfortable room, and c) a decent breakfast. I would recommend the hotel for other tourists. ROOM: Neat and tidy with comfortable beds. The bathroom was also of a good standard. 5/5 LOCATION: Located a 5 minutes walk away from the main train station and a 10-15 minutes walk from the main square and town with bars and restaurants. 5/5 BREAKFAST: A nice selection of different continental offerings, very modern and clean environment too. 5/5 SERVICE: Very smooth check in process with room cards working as expected. We were even provided with a free pass for ALL Hamburg buses and trains (U and S). This was an unexpected benefit which meant the trip back to the airport was covered. Staff were helpful and no issues to mention 5/5 If you are looking for a well located place to stay as a B&B in Hamburg, this hotel is a good option.

Positive: From the price performance perspective it is a nice hotel to stay overnight or at most two nights. Clean rooms and bedding. Small rooms, but comfortable. A very nice local bar/pub beside the hotel where you can eat, drink and watch sport games Negative: Not enough electric sockets. None beside or close to the beds. Hardtime if you have sleeping aid machine. I had to ask an extension cable and multi socket and they provided. Car parking in 5 min walking distance not a big deal, but dropping off or loading your luggages at the front door of the hotel is problematic. Either you block the bike road or sidewalk or have to stay in a paid park area. Each time you get punished by local people :) The worst thing we experienced was the outage of the internet and they could not fix it in 48 hours.

The beautiful, large lobby, which reflects the long history of the hotel is hugely impressive whilst the rooms are stylishly modern. My room had plenty of room for storage (often lacking in many hotels), a very comfortable double bed and an immaculate, well designed large bathroom. Breakfast offerings were exceptional and it was good (and rare) to be able to have items cooked to order. The lobby cafe/bar was pleasant but service was disappointingly slow. Although these are difficult times due to the pandemic, it was a great shame that the restaurant and bar were both closed. Given that most other hospitality premises had reopened in Hamburg, I found it odd that the hotel had not been able to open them and had not publicised that fact more openly on their website.

Great location. Easy to get around and get back to the place at night. If you're a light sleeper I wouldn't recommend the shared rooms, people coming back late at night, the doors close quite loudly. My only complaint is that I received a keycard to the wrong room and walked right into a private suite.. Nobody was there thankfully and I just walked right out, but if I were staying in a private room I would hate to think that strangers could just walk into my room where all my belongings are lying around. Otherwise clean and quite a cool environment.

The positive in advance: The staff at the Hotel Olde Wachty are all very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, it was then too. The hotel is completely outdated and down. The furniture is dewed and shady. The single room was mini small. The bedroom was still the best at the room. It was clean. I had a room to a backyard. The window had to be open at night because of lack of air conditioning. However, there was a bar in a building in front of the courtyard, which also played sound music Sunday morning. So, with quietness, no trace. The breakfast room looked like in long last days. On the second day, no table covers were even laid, only the tables were laid. The breakfast buffet included a variety of salami and a variety (the cheapest) sauce, stone hard cooked eggs and a bit of musli and honey, as well as nutella (the real). So very, very desperate. The hotel is well located, near the main station and near the long line. Underground and other public transportation are fast reachable. A second stay I would not book there.

This is a very nice hotel right near the train station and is only a short walk to the centre of Hamburg. I’d recommend this hotel, the staff are very nice and the rooms lovely. We didn’t eat in the hotel so can’t comment on that but there’s lots to see and do nearly and nice places to eat in Hamburg.

This is from an American perspective. I found the room rather small - with a Queen bed being the largest bed size, and not much room for anything else in the room. The bathroom was adequate enough - no major complaints there. The bedding (including pillows) was not up to Marriott standards in my opinion. The A/C was a joke. It did not matter what temp or setting I used - it was always the same temperature. I had to open/close the window to adjust the room temp. The TV was a decent size, but they only had 3 English channels - BBC/CNN/CNBC. So no English entertainment channels. The only other option was Youtube channel - to watch video clips. No Netflix or other apps where you can sign in with your own account. Also - no closet/no drawers/no coffee maker/no mini-fridge/no ice bucket nor ice machine. This hotel is also not around much. There is a supermarket within walking distance, but there are some shady people along the way. Also a couple of random restaurants near the market - but not for a decent meal. You would need to walk about a mile to get to some decent places to eat. The breakfast was good with lots of options. And the best part of this hotel was the staff. They were all very friendly and always eager to assist.

All in all the hotel is quite good, unfortunately some shortcomings put it to average for us. Upon check in, was asked at the reception whether we were Covid vaccinated 2 or 3 times. The certificate itself was barely looked at and no QR code scan was done. During our 3 nights stay, this was correctly done when entering Restaurant for breakfast, so why not at first contact point Reception? Upon entering our room (336), immediately noticed that it was rather cold inside. Normal if a window is open and aircon set at lowest level… Noticed as well that some empty shopping paper bags and some used brochures had most probably been forgotten during cleaning. In fact the bags were rather big and could not be overseen… Worse however were 2 used plastic cups in the bathroom, once again impossible to oversee them! The room itself was quite ok if you do not consider some stains on carpet and chair, however the very small wardrobe is kind of bad joke. ONE small storage compartment for a double room and no other storage possibilities in the room is far from standard! Breakfast on Sunday morning was rather chaotic with a completely full restaurant. Why not attribute time slots in order to avoid such a situation? This is done in some hotels and is rather helpful. On the day of our departure, somebody knocked at our room door at 08.45 am. Quite astonished that it was the cleaning lady who asked at what time we would leave... Had never experienced such acting in any other hotel also considering the check-out time of 11.00 am

We stayed at the Super 8 in Mitte, Hamburg at the beginning of March 2022. It is in a good location, not far from Berliner Tor train and Metro stations. There are a few places to eat in the area , as well as supermarkets (including a huge REAL supermarket close to the station!). We found the staff to be very helpful during our stay, supplying us with information, etc. I would definately recommend this hotel!

OK - it's still the furniture I knew from the time when it was the Forum Hotel. And that's very long ago. But in autumn the renovation is supposed to go. The reception was very friendly. It's been really fun. I have a beautiful room with beautiful views of the city. Unfortunately, very much is built so that you may not be able to look at the elbe at all next time. Unfortunately. This time there was even a process that was close. Until the water pressure (15th floor) the shower was all right. But this is natural and there was no standard. I was surprised at breakfast. Besides the friendly staff, which quickly cleaned, the offer was very versatile. I asked: the fricadels tasted as they did (burned apple pieces) and not for convenience. But you didn't want to make yourself with foreign pearls and thought it was convenience. But it was all very good. I will put the hotel more in my focus once I'm back in Hamburg.