Chose this place due to its close proximity to the city's Main Train Station ("Hauptbahnhof"). It is just a couple blocks from there, but the area is surprisingly quiet. Rooms were clean; with TV, double beds, private WC and shower, and excellent breakfast buffet included in the 99E price. An Internet cafe was across the road. Reservation was made through Germany-Bookings.Com with no problems. Staff was professional and courteous.

The Old City is a fifteen minute walk, and the riverfront is thirty minutes. It was difficult for me to figure out the public transit from here to the river, but I was able to do so (if you want to get to the K-D Dock, take the #60 bus).

The staff at this hotel were all friendly and welcoming throughout my stay. The woman who checked me in remembered me and greeted me by name several times when I passed through the lobby. The hotel served breakfast but no other meals, and the breakfast was varied and delicious -- good breads, cheeses, fruit salad, sometimes boiled eggs, cereal, milk, juice and good European coffee. My room was small but adequately furnished and always clean. The bells from a church a block or so away were a pleasant reminder of location. The building is fairly new and a typical Mercure chain hotel, but it always had a warm sense of location and personality in the very old city. Unfortunately, it is a bit of a walk from there to the tourist attractions such as the cathedral, but the walk is pleasant. The hotel is a very short walk to the main Mainz train station, a great convenience.