Nice room, very good bed and shower. About 5 / 10 minutes to the subway.

Wish I had more time to spend there, but very pleased with what I saw. The hotel is quiet and clean, in a lovely neighborhood with a park, supermarket, restaurants and a U-bahn station within 5 minutes. My room was not yet ready at arrival, and they gave me an impresive upgrade to a 2-storey room with a balcony and a patio — great really, for the same price. I wish breakfast was included, that's always a nice bonus for a business traveller.

In August 2011, I chose to spend my first 4 nights in Munich at the Derag Hotel Karl Theodor based on the mostly positive reviews posted by previous travelers - and I was not disappointed! As mentioned before, the hotel staff is great, the hotel location is in a lovely and quiet neighborhood, very close (5 min) to the U-bahn U1 Gern stop, and the very good Tengelmann supermarket is conveniently located just next door. My room, situated on the first floor, was large, clean and quiet. Everything was great and I could not have been happier... Hence, there were no second thoughts when 2 weeks later, at the end of my trip through Germany and Austria, I decided to return to Derag Hotel Karl Theodor for 3 more nights before my flight back to the US.
After a whole day spent sightseeing, I arrived at the hotel looking forward to taking a refreshing shower only to find that there was no hot water. Almost an hour later, when I called the reception desk, I was told that they had received the same complaint from another guest but they could not do anything about it since it was Friday night!
Around 9:30 pm I received a call from the receptionist announcing me the "hot water would arrive in an hour" - it never did! - and more than 14 (fourteen) hours later the front desk staff was still unable to tell me if the problem could be solved during the day! The repair was eventually done on Saturday... During all this time I was surprised to see that the hotel management made no attempt to inform the guests about the status of the repairs, did not present a formal apology or made an effort to compensate the guests for the inconvenience caused! In case you're wondering if I was charged the full daily rate for the night without hot water, the answer is YES - and it's a shame!

While this property is not within walking distance of Munich's main tourist locations - Marienplatz, Theresienwiese, etc - the lovely neighbourhood and convenient access to transit made up for it.

As mentioned before, the U-bahn is close and there is a supermarket on the same property, which has a great little bakery in it, if your nightly rate does not include breakfast.

The decor is a bit dated, but the hotel is spotless, which is far more important to me than how current the furniture is.

The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful, allowing us to check in long before the posted check-in time, as our room was already ready.

I think the short U-bahn ride was totally worth staying at this property. I would absolutely stay here again.