NOT a good place for a family to stay. The hotel description is extremely deceptive. It is located above an erotic store and across the street from two other. They don’t take credit cards, cash only. I wanted to ask if they also charged by the hour I think it would have been more appropriate. The weather was warm so we had to leave the window open. The noise outside from about 2200-0400 was absolutely deplorable. The two loud explosions from either firework (I hope) or something was the icing on the cake for not getting a good night sleep. The rooms were spacious but the beds are long past their date of replacement as is the decor. Only thing missing was the 4” shag carpet. The plumbing rattles and shows of cheap budget repairs. The walk up the stairs to seventh floor to the reception area was quite an experience. When the lift works, it is so slow that you are not sure if it works or not. I think it holds three people. Yes the shopping district is literally two blocks away, but I would not venture there after dark for fear of whom or what I would run into on the return trip to the hotel. Once there the area changes drastically. The access to the train is two hundred meters but I would not venture there with my family. The owner/ manager of the facility were not willing to release use from the reservation after I expressed that I would not be staying after the first night. As a matter of fact he and another lady never even welcomed me to the hotel as I came into the office area/ dining room. The receptionist is the only shinning light about the hotel. We left and paid twice the price not at another location not to have to stay at this hotel.

My older father and girlfriend stayed here while I stayed with family friends. The location is great, just a few steps off of the Ku'damm, but it is pretty basic and the staff did not go out of its way to please us. For example, the room had 2 beds: a double and a single. After traveling all night and half the day, I wanted to take a quick nap in the room with them before heading off to a friend's house. The staff would not give them either an extra pillow or extra blanket (thinking, wrongly, that I was going to stay the night). They only take cash on check in - be aware! If you book for 5 nights, as my dad did, you have to pay it all up front. If you decide you want to leave earlier, they will not give you your money back. It's a pretty bare bones place, but the location was good. It would be a whole lot nicer if the owners were kinder.

The hotel Amadeus offers good value for money. The decor is extremely tacky (gold chandeliers, paintings of fruit in golden frames.. I think it is actually meant to look fancy though little more than 10 Euros was spent on anything. They've taken it to such an extreme that makes it quite fun - and contrasted with tasteless modern furniture, one of those illuminated chinese waterfall pictures). It worked for me. And the breakfast was good. It's pretty well located and quite cheap.

We stayed at Amadeus 4 nights. It is central located, in a small street near the famous Kurfürstendamm.
The hotel is situated in a building of the 60s, the reception is on the 4th floor.
Our appartment was in the 3rd floor. It had a little kitchen with refrigerator but without cutlery, plates, cooker...there was only the refrigerator! After our protests, a man at the reception gave us 2 plates, an electric cooker and some forks.
The room was pretty good, there was radio, tv and a little little bath with bathtub.
The breakfast at the reception was good: tea, coffee, juices, eggs....
Problems came paying: I had read before booking that it was possible to pay by credit card, and we had not much cash, because our trip was very long and we needed cash for the rest of the trip.
At the reception were a russian couple: the woman said, they do not accept credit cards, because the credit card machine was broken (typical!)...
I explained my situation and I said I would pay more if they had accepted my card...they added about 20 € for this "exceptional service"... But the credit card machine really won't accept my card (the woman inserted the card in the wrong direction!!), after many time, I had no other possibility than paying cash. This caused more difficulties to us for the rest of the trip.
We stayed good there, but these difficulties with the acceptance of credit cards were very disagreeable.