Hotel Bohemia(Hotel Bohemia by Vivere Stays)

Lovely little hotel on Karl Marx Street which is around 25 minutes walk from Estrel Berlin and not far from S-Bahn station. Mur and the team gave a great and very welcoming service. Nothing was too much trouble and I'd call out the great breakfast in particular. I was even given some chocolate bunnies for free for my journey home! Highly recommended if staying in Berlin.

Decent hotel for the price range. Friendly staff. Rooms and beds are small. Nice area but a far walk from decent food.

I just needed a stay for one night to atted a cultural event nearby. For this purpose Hotel Bohemia was just right. Only the TV I could not get to work (no channels loading) but that was a minor issue to me.

Checking into the hotel is weird. If you come after 4pm there is no one at the front desk to help you, so you have to go to the gas station across the street to collect your keys. The elevator was broken so we had to carry heavy luggage up the stairs, which was super inconvenient given my mother is disabled. The curtains in the room were broken and there was no way to cover the windows completely, hence zero privacy in our room from the main street view. The room itself was okay and was separated for 3 guests which was the only plus side. The neighborhood was a bit sketch at night.

I'll start by listing the good things: - The hotel was very clean - The beds were comfortable - The area that was safe, even late at night - The Internet signal was very strong - The price was very reasonable The things that could be improved: - The elevator never worked. I have a knee injury and had to drag my luggage all the way up and down which caused further injury - Some curtains were missing, and there was not enough of them to block the Sun light. Luckily, my trip was in October so the Sun rose later in the morning, otherwise I would have been awake at 5 with the Sun shining directly at my bed - In my 8 days stays, I never saw a single staff member which was really weird! The only person that I saw was the cleaning lady. There was literally no one to address any issues (such as the curtains) - They have a breakfast cafeteria on the first floor that stayed closed, and was never open - The heating knob was fixed and cannot be changed (most likely because of the current energy crisis). I had to wear thermal underwear to be warm enough to sleep, but everyone responds to the cold differently Overall, the stay was much better than I initially thought it would be, and I would definitely stay there again if the curtain issue was fixed, and the elevator worked.

I found it unfortunate that I didn't receive a response to my message that I would be arriving at the hotel late. It was also not entirely clear to me how to open the door of the hotel after I'd picked up the keys from the gas station across the street.

I returned at 10.00 at night. The street door, inner door and back door were wide open. I contacted the receptionist four times in the next hour and a half and was told twice it would be sorted out, then twice I was unable to contact him. I managed only to lock the back door with one of my keys. At 11.30 I packed and left, since the other doors were still wide open. Although it is clean and quiet, I cannot recommend this hotel because I found it unsafe. I asked for a refund from ******* whose hands were, alas, tied. They asked the hotel, and, alas, their 'policy' did not allow them to refund. Both hotel and ******* need to wake up to the safety of women travellers.