This is a large, centrally located hotel, housed in an old building but with contemporary decor. We loved the combination of grey tiles and walnut floor throughout the hotel. Our room was large and comfortable and the shower was superb, giving a choice of large fixed shower head with a flexible shower hose just below it and high water pressure if desired. During our stay a New York jazz ensemble was playing live music in the lobby. We felt that 105 Euro for a triple room was excellent value for money.

Should your travels take you to Mannheim, make sure to stay at the
Steigenberger Hof. You are in walking distance to the shopping street
called Planken, the National Theater, the conference and concert hall Rosengarten and
the beautiful Mannheim Castle.
A special show takes place from spring to fall at the nearby Wasserturm (watertower):
a synchronized play of waterfountains. Absolutely stunning!

My experience with this hotel is limited to the role of a conference participant. So if you attend a meeting there, expect decent service and food, a small fitness facility (that I only discovered during my third visit there), and relatively expensive internet connection. Your room, in case it overlooks the main street below, can be quite noisy over the night. The location is good - Mannheim old city center is just a few minutes away, as is the main railway station, with excellent connections to Frankfurt airport. As to the conference facilities, they seem very good and appropriate for groups up to about a 100 people. All in all, nothing spectacular, but not bad either.

What a disappointment! This is a large but not huge hotel, quiet and modern but with a slightly old fashioned feel and very well positioned in Mannheim but from there on everything goes downhill. Effectively no air-conditioning so unpleasantly hot in the summer, lazy room care so our room still not cleaned and no towels by 4 in the afternoon, and a very mediocre breakfast. The hotel bar best abandoned in favour of the local cafes. But the most disappointing was the management attitude that this is what you get and don't care if you don't like it We will not be staying there again