This hotel has everything a good business hotel should have. Clean and well designed rooms (maybe little too small), good training rooms, a great restaurant (breakfast is amazing) and a friendly staff. Finally, it is located quite centrally in Erlangen - Siemens is around the corner.

We weren't expecting much when we pulled into the Novotel for a weekend of apartment searching but not only was it the least expensive place to spend the night in Siemens-country Bavaria but also the most convenient location with a helpful staff. They provided us with local newspapers for the flat search, gave good advice on the best local brewery (if not the clearest directions), and were good humored with our dog so that she felt as welcomed as we did. They only negative was that we had to pay for wireless. Still the 9 Euro for 24 hours wasn't that bad and we'll have the University of Erlangen reimburse us next month.

Erlangen is a small town dominated by Siemens. Many of the people staying at Novotel Erlangen are either Siemens employees or guests of Siemens.

The hotel is adequate and functional for business travelers. The room is clean, but not that big. The same is true for the bathroom. There is no safe inside the room and no complimentary bottles of water if these are important to you. I was able to get free wifi connection because I am an A/Club member. Otherwise, internet connection is chargeable.

Breakfast was good but can get tiring since the food served were the same everyday. Service was fairly quick except when I checked out due to a power interruption which caused the computer server to crash.