A great budget hotel. The staff was great. The rooms were very clean and the breakfast generous and complementary. The location is a bit off the beaten track but there are great trams and buses a right out front. Renting a bike is also a great option to get around town.

Overall very good experience.

We arrived in Berlin without booking and found the Alex Hotel on the net. It was easy to find and well located beside the tram and walking distance to Alexanderplatz.It's a small basic hotel. The staff were very helpful and the rooms were a good size with a small kitchenette, clean and the beds very comfortable. Overall we were very happy with our stay and would recommend it as a a good base to sightsee Berlin from.

This hotel has nice standards, with breakfast from 7 - 12 am and free internet.
It is very clean and you get just what you pay for.

If you want to stay at an ok price but still like your room clean - go to alex :-)

I've just returned from the most horrible hotel i've ever stayed at. We payed for a large room with 5 beds, shower and a kitchen, but all we got was a 15 square meter room with four beds and a tiny bathroom. We paid the same price as everyone else in our group, but got a much worse room.
The staff was rude and inconvenient. A number of the females in our group was verbally abused by the staff. Alcoholics were forbidden in our room, but allowed in others. There was apparently no storage room for our luggage after checkout. Most of the staff couldn't understand english.
This wasn't a cheap stay, and you can find hundreds of cheaper and better hotels in Berlin. Just stay away from the rotten ones, like this.