The Savoy is one of Cologne's cheapest ***** hotels. It is situated in one of the worst parts of downtown, behind the railway station, which combines red light areas, heavy construction sites, and, well, otherwise dangerous quarters as well. But it is more easily accessible by car than almost all others, it has some nice views, and it is 5-7 mins. on foot from the train station. It is a non-tourist area, which has its advantages for small shopping, cheap restaurants, etc. In less than 10 mins., you are on foot at the Ringe. The Golden Chamber of St. Ursula, where the wall is decorated with gilt wood and the bones of some of the 11,000 martyred virgins and other saints, is 5 minutes away.

The Savoy is heavily decorated, generally in a very gaudy, colorful way, but this is fun. Indian and Chinese rooms feel like (nice) decorated restaurants, or movie sets. The breakfast room is now a dream in silver lamé and much, much purple, mostly taffeta and velvet. If you want minimalism, this is not the place for you - then stay at the Hilton or the Interconti, or - cheaper - the Lint.

Breakfast is good, service is very nice; there is a fancy, well-renowned spa, but this is very expensive (normal treatments from ~ $300) and not included, and it doesn't have a pool. The restaurant and its bar are, not surprisingly, favorites of the media people in Cologne, and many a visiting soap star or singer stays here.

a fantastic hotel with original styling, we got an upgrade to the bora bora suite, I have never seen so many artifacts packed into a hotel room...amusing, provocative yet very comfortable, with a view of the cathederal so near you could almost feed the pidgeons from your 5th floor window! the staff were all genuinely friendly, the bar/cafe had a real buzz. Highly recommended!

We stayed here for 2 nights in July. Aircon was a big plus due to the hot weather at the time. Reception and breakfast staff were friendly and professional. Our double room was of good size and nicely decorated in Asian style. Design is accentuated at the cost of a few practical things. e.g light switches were a bit difficult to manage and getting the right shower temperature was a challenge. Otherwise we loved the hotel. Breakfast was magnificent! We didn´t have time to try out the spa, but it looks very inviting! Convenient location. Would absolutely stay here again and can highly recommend it to anyone not just looking for standard hotel room in a big chain hotel.

stayed here for one night. it was very hot outside and I had choosen this hotel because of the aircondition and the aircon in the room worked excellent. Not so in the public areas like hallways, lobby and elevators, the air was very sticky.
The room was very small, bathroom very very small also with narrow shower and no bath tub.
Room was clean but no athmosphere at all. Avoid room # 715 this is where I stayed. Got a good rate through [--](95 Euro incl. breakfast) but parking is 18 Euro, very expensive and walk to the city is not nice (lots of construction, behind the railway station, not nice area). Only because of the good rate I say it is ok but not worth more.