Hotel Castell am Kurfürstendamm

Nice old school place to stay. We booked a double bed room and we don’t mind two single beds being pushed together to facilitate this however both beds were completely different heights and had thick bed frames that meant they did not meet in the middle and there was a large gap. The pillows were basically non existent as they felt like they were more full of air than any sort of pillow material which was very uncomfortable to sleep with. Unfortunately gave us very stiff/sore necks for the following 3 days of our trip. Otherwise the staff were lovely, and the room was cosy. Very close to everything which was great to get around and see things.

Friendly staff. Good place to travel on a budget. You will be far away from most sights so plan to take transport but overall good!

Because of the Berlin marathon, this is the hotel with a reasonable price.

We stayed here bc of the location. Room was very small and dirty. TV didn't work, so someone tried resetting it for 2 hours. The next day, the janitor "fixed" it but it still didn't work. I tried to unplug it and replug it & the TV just came off its 1mm thick plastic holder. When we notified the old Russian guy at reception, he started yelling and wouldn't stop. He claimed we had done "real damage", he "would call the police", it would take "3 hours to fix". He said there were signs saying "Don't Touch" (there weren't). We left him standing there yelling. The next morning he had calmed down, but when I said I didn't like how he had treated us, he started yelling the same BS. He's at reception all the time, so there's no avoiding him.

On the second day there were any towels, I went to ask and they forgot to bring them, so I had to go ask again. And the third day the big towel wasn't clean. Also they charge you for not arriving for check in between 8 and 10 hours in the morning, even when the person at the reception is there. Can't understand why is that in a hotel.