“somewhere good to rest your head”

i took myself and my two teenagers to cologne for 2 days to visit the xmas markets - the hotel was brill - v helpful - free pasta and v cheap sauces you could cook yourself in the guest kitchen at any time of the day. DRinks hot and cold always available - v close to public transport - which was very cheap - less than 5 euros each for 2 trains from airport to rudolfplatz and then a 5 min walk to hotel. we would def stay here again and plan to go again - but for longer - lots more to see

“Fantastic Cheap Hotel/Hostel”

For the price, you can't go wrong with MEININGER. It's not the most flash hotel although everything is well looked after and clean and tidy. The location is a little out of the centre of the city although right in the middle of a great area for restaurants and bars. It also meant we saw a bit more of the city each day walking around. I would highly recommend if you don't need all the creature comforts of a 5* hotel!

“Basic but good value.”

It is a youth hostel, so i felt like the oldest swinger in town, however it was clean tidy good value and the breakfast was good. But being a youth hostel it was noisey so not the place to go if you are a light sleeper.

“I guess you get what you pay for”

I'd say this place is more a hostel than a hotel, but I did have my own room with an electronic key card and my own bathroom. The location is nice, being near a large square with several bars and restaurants, and it was a short walk to the city center and cathedral. To be perfectly honest, my review of the place would have been higher if I would not have literally seen a bug crawl across the floor within being in my room for about 30 seconds. It was the only one I saw, and the rest of the room was sparse but clean. The bathroom smelled a bit like mold, so I waited until my next destination to take a shower. The lounge downstairs was pretty nice, and they gave me a ticket for a complimentary drink. Though I did see some older guests, I'd estimate that the majority of the people I saw were in their very early 20s. If I were traveling Europe like I did when I was that age, the place would have been perfectly adequate, but as a working adult, I should have paid a little more to have a proper hotel.

“Don't stay here if you want a good nights sleep!”

I got the impression from the website that this was a budget hotel, however it is no more than a hostel. The room was adaquate, clean but small with 4 beds crammed in. The biggest downfall of this "hotel" is that it is rediculously noisy. Every sound echos through the whole building, doors squeak, and we, unfortunately, were there the same weekend as a large group of school children who were repeatedly woken up by their supervisors from 7am. The earplugs being sold at reception should have been a pretty good indication of the noise! On the positive, the location was great, within walking distance of the city centre and great bar area, and the staff were friendly and helpful.