I had planned on staying in this hostel for one week.
It really doesn't bother me that the toilet is not in the room, or that the shower may not have hot water, but rather warm. Whatever. I spend most of my days out and about and really just use the hostel to sleep.
Well, the first morning I was in this hostel, my girlfriend left just before me to buy some train tickets. I stayed in the room for another few minutes getting ready to go out too. Then the door creeps open and a strange man walks in.... he sees me, then quickly closes the door. When i confronted him about it, he slyly made an excuse that he was looking for his friend. Apparently he was pacing the hallways near our room and waited for my girlfriend to leave before checking the door she came out of.
The worst part is that the reception staff did not care in the slightest. He knew there was a strange guy in the hallway upstairs. He told me "not to worry, i think he's crazy". Well, you'd be crazy to leave anything behind in Hotel Lilienhof.
We checked out and got the staff to write a letter saying we will incur no further charges for not staying the following week etc. They then charged me for the whole booking, on the same day that the we checked out!
Trust me....Stay somewhere else!
- Lilienhof Hotel Hamburg
