"Converted" eastern bloc apartments with as much atmosphere as a funeral.

When we arrived they expected full payment, which we did not have. We asked if we could go and find a cashpoint and draw out the money to pay later which was agreed. There was no-one attending reception for the next day and a half. Consequently we could not give them the cash to clear the bill. In our room one morning we heard some noises at the door and were shocked to be confronted with 2 burly men who had been "sent to change the locks". Luckily I could speak German and explained how we had been trying to pay the bill but due to the lack of staff on reception this proved impossible. I was spoken to very rudely and wondered what would have happened had we not been in the room at the time i.e to our personal possessions.......

The room itself was at the end of an uninhabited and very long corridor which felt like something out of the film "The Shining". Beds were on opposite sides of the room and solid iron (prison grade) - no opportunity to push together.

The "apartment" had no cutlery/crockery as stated on the website, (this had to be requested from reception but seeing as no-one was there we couldn't). Bathroom had no windows and was grubby.

Fridge was covered with children's stickers (see attached picture). Room was freezing cold and no spare covers/duvet.

Room also overlooked a noisy youth hostel and we had to take out our rubbish to the bins down the road every morning.

Overall a disappointing experience especially when considering the cost £50 (80 Euros) a night could buy an excellent room at the Express Holiday Inn (Anhalter Bahnhof), which we have since stayed at and highly recommend.

Stay here at your peril (and you enjoy confronting locksmiths!)