Expected this to be ok - but it was terrible. Room hideuosly noisy. Hotel overlooks the busiest road in Cologne and has dirty curtains. Tried to change the room, but the manager - a very small Turkish man - came across as rather arrogant - obviously something to prove. Better hotel across the road in the Appartel Am Dom.

I was in Koln in December with my little boy. It was a great holiday for us !
Merian Hotel is very good located, near turistic center and train station, in a very quiet street.
The room was very good size, with large windows, carpet, soundproof and very clean.
I liked best the beautiful breakfastroom, very nice decorated also with large windows. The breakfast was more than good.
Hope we will be back again !

Very helpful staff, very cheap wireless Internet - e2.50 for the entire three-day stay. Right beside the main train station, very close to the tourist centre of Cologne. Clean, pleasant and good for the price.

A good value hotel that is literally across the road from the main train station - which means that it is a bit noisy. The breakfasts were great and the staff pleasant and helpful. Our view was of the the station and the Cologne Cathedral spire - pretty impressive. Our room was huge but desperately in need of renovation The staff spoke excellent English and very helpful - however to to talk to them means you need to spend time in the smoke-filled foyer - yuk! BTW we booked most of our accommodation in Europe using the German train website [--], cross referencing with TripAdvisor of course!