Sent an inquiry for a room and got a friendly, prompt reply that yes, (despite the Oktoberfest - my comment) a double room for €155 per night was available and that the hotel would be happy to accomodate us. The offer came at 5.06 PM on a Friday afternoon. I wrote back accepting the offer as soon as I had a chance which meant seven hours later, e.g. the middle of the night. The next morning I had a new email telling me that the room had been sold.

In no way did the the first email I sent indicate that it was a matter of urgency to accept the offer. I fully understand that the hotel wants to sell the room, but given the fact that it was during Oktoberfest we wanted to stay, this would not be a problem due to the high demand at that time, a demand that makes me wonder if I had been offered a rate - a normal rate according to the hotel's webpage - lower than what the management of the hotel thought it could get.

A friend in Munich recommended this hotel to me. Rest assured he will not do it again in the future and nor will I!

My boyfriend and I visited Munich in April for two nights after the Easter holiday.

I had researched online various Munich hotels and wasn't interested in spending an arm and a leg for our stay, but wanted something special.

Since we were coming from Vienna and, I guess, a somewhat "high-design" hotel there, I thought the Hotel Olympic sounded like a nice change - the reviews I read online and in the NY Times made it seem like it was a renovated hotel in simple, modern finishes with choice pieces of art deco furniture. It sounded warmer than the glass and chrome boutique hotels that are so popular today.

While we were impressed by the friendliness of the hotel staff (they were very welcoming and helpful with restaurant recommendations) I was thoroughly disappointed with the hotel's overall appearance and amenities. I may have just outted myself as a hotel snob, but what was supposed to be charming was either unattractive or unusable. The beds, while beautiful dark wood antiques, were two twin beds squeezed together which left a very uncomfortable chasm between the two small mattresses, not to mention a painfully hard bed frame separating them as well. The beds again proved a problem in watching the television since the footboard cropped any comfortable viewing of the small, 13 inch TV set that sat on a table at the foot of the bed. Speaking of the TV, it was also about 15 years old - fine for a television in the guest room of your Aunt's house, but in the day and age of cheap and ubiquitous flat-screens I find it hard to pay $150 Euro a night for a room with no remote control. Lastly, the bathroom featured a small shower with a plastic curtain and painfully bright lights. We faced what we first thought was a lovely courtyard, however, upon further inspection realized it was a shared interior of an apartment building with the comings and goings of residents (again, fine in other circumstances, but too loud for a hotel stay).

Having had such lovely breakfasts all over Europe, we were hopeful that the Hotel Olympic would at least follow suit there. Wrong. While it did offer all of the standard buffet fare (fruit salad, pastries, etc) things felt as though they had been sitting there a while as items were not being refreshed if they had been used up, such as empty juice pitchers or baskets that contained crumbs, and no croissants.

All in all, my boyfriend and I saw the hotel's charm - it's location is in a fun area with many good eateries - but we were perplexed by what we had read prior to our arrival in reviews and what we actually encountered. We are a young couple and saw no other guests under the age of 50 during our time there which made for a kind of drowsy visit. He and I dislike party hotels, but here we felt particularly self-conscious speaking at normal voice volumes, etc.

I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone looking for an old fashioned hotel experience. Everyone was accommodating and the hotel feels clean and well-kept, but it just lacked certain things we looked forward to when visiting big city hotels. Had this been a stop-over in a smaller town, the Hotel Olympic would have been perfectly suitable. However, we changed hotels the second night of our stay in Munich to the Cortiina and were glad to have made the change.

We stayed here for two nights in June 2006, choosing it from Trip Advisor recommendations. It has a slightly off-centre location in a delightful area of cafes, restaurants and antique shops, and is five minutes from the centre by the tram that stops round the corner. The hotel is personally run and has a very friendly atmosphere. Rooms are individually and tastefully furnished with original art. Most rooms are on the quite inner courtyards (though one has garbage containers outside, which may not be to everyone's liking). If you are a light sleeper, make sure to ask for an inside room, because the outside rooms, though not on a major traffic street, face out on a small square with cafes. This is a typical German pension-type hotel: there is no lounge or bar, though the cafes all around provide an acceptable substitute. The breakfast buffet is plentiful and of high quality; the orange juice, always a key indicator, is fresh. Overall, terrific value for money. We were delighted and would certainly stay there again.

In May 2004 my wife and I stayed in the Olympic Hotel in Munich. It is a small hotel without exotic or overwhelming visional attractions. Everything serves its purpose and so it is kept simple inside but with an original old design of lovely small hotel in Munich. There are no spas, swimming pools or other recreational services offered at this hotel either BUT for a place to sleep and be in piece I really recommend this hotel! You will meet a very nice staff and you can expect clean rooms with everything u need during your stay. The best of all is the breakfast there! It is included with any room booking and it is totally yummie. A waiter is present any time to provide you with fresh hot water for your tea or offering you good and fresh coffee in a very polite and sincere way! Almost without asking you get informed about today's weather or any other important occasion happening in town just by having a little chat with the waiter! Very good choice of cheese, sausage, muesli, eggs, fruit and much more excellent things for a good breakfast! Hotel is located in the heart of Munich and you are just 10 minutes away by foot to the Marienplatz and from there you have all choices by Subway or Bus!