I've stayed there for work and my single room was on the top of the building. There was no elevator to the top. The room was very small with a decent size of toilet. It was all newly renovated with nice furnitures. I have noticed that the room smelt like cigarettes at night time and I asked the reception about it. They said there shouldn't be any smoking rooms in the hotel. I suspect that the smoke comes from a nightclub next door through a ventilation in the toilet. Breakfast was a great value. Overall, it was good value.

Just came back from staying a week at this hotel while my husband was on business and I was along for the trip. We took a taxi from the Cologne airport to the hotel for $50 USD. The hotel is charming, very clean, and the rooms are very small but the space is utilized in a very efficient manner. We were given a very small room at first with skylights instead of windows and asked for another room. The elevator only goes to the third floor and you have to take the stairs to the fourth floor. The desk clerk was very nice and her English was adequate for us to be able to communicate with her. She did give us a better room facing the back of the hotel. The bathroom was tiny and there was not bar soap or amenities. Just liquid hand soap and liquid body gel and shampoo combination. B breakfast has been described by a previous reviewer and it was plenty for us. The coffee was not good at all. However, we enjoyed our stay there. The location is very convenient because the train station is across the street and there is a good information office in front of the train station. It is very convenient to take the train to the center of Bonn (about 5 minutes) and to the center of Cologne. We had to leave for the airport at 5 AM and asked them the day before to book a taxi for us. They did and offered to have breakfast ready for us at 4:30 AM before we left. This was a very nice and unexpected gesture. The person that was at the front desk actually was the one who had breakfast ready for us. When we showed up he had laid out many of the breakfast items and had a table and coffee ready for us. We really appreciated this gesture.

I travelled to Germany to attend the Anuga Fair which was to be held at Kolnmesse which is in Cologne. Since I was traveling on a budget and the hotels in Cologne were expensive, the travel agent suggested that I stay in a hotel in Bonn and then just take the train into Cologne to get to the fairgrounds. This was how I came to be booked at Hotel Kaiserhof. The room rate for a single room was only around US$150 compared to the US$250 quoted for the hotels in Cologne.

The hotel, albeit small, looked quite charming from the outside. I was told that it used to be a mansion and had been converted into a hotel. They did not have a bellman and the elevator was very small. In fact, I had to take a 2nd trip to get my 2nd luggage.

The room was very small and it was really a single room because a 2nd person wouldn't fit. The bed was a single bed along the wall. There was a table by the wall on the other side and a tv. There was a window you could look out of and see the train station. The bathroom was quite spotless with only a shower and no amenities like soap and shampoo. It was quite spartan but I came to love my room because it was comfortable and I had quite a good sleep on the bed.

They offer free breakfast each morning in a charming room which had plates as decor on the wall. Breakfast never varied. It was always fruit, scrambled eggs, rolls, a selection of deli meats, lox, cream cheese, butter, marmalade, juice, coffee and milk with some cereals. But I enjoyed the food.

The train is a short walk from the hotel and it was very convenient to travel to Cologne every morning. The train leaves every half hour or so. There is also a convenience store in the train station and I would buy water and some chips there.

There is also a desk top computer at the lobby of the hotel which guests can use for free. I, myself did not bring my laptop so I can't say if they offer wifi.

The manager was very helpful. I had to ask him about the location of a shoe store I was looking for and he gave me a map and some instructions on how to get there. The problem was that the map was in German but even so, I was able to find the shop.

That was how I found out that there was a commercial area at the back of the hotel. I managed to make a few purchases at an H&M and M&S.

If you need a cab to take you to the airport, you have to inform the front desk so they can arrange it for you.

My stay was quite pleasant and I have no complaints. This is because I wasn't expecting too much as I was there really to work and not to vacation.