I staid in the Amalienhof for business for three days in February 2009. I liked it a lot: the location is great, the rooms are very nice, the breakfast offers a lot of choices -- but, especially: the staff is extremely helpful and friendly. its a pleasure to stay there. They really took care of everything you could ask for even in hectic and stressful situations.

The Amalienhof is surprisingly good in a number of ways. My husband & I got a "double room/apartment" for only 97 euros (I just asked for a double room)--spacious, complete kitchen w/dishes, pans, wine glasses, etc--everything we needed for a pleasant dinner "at home" for a change. It was in a separate building behind the hotel & quiet except for a few (Saturday night) young people out on the street at unfortunate hours. Very nice, positively elegant breakfast included in the hotel. Also, a number of buses stop at the corner in front of the hotel (Wieland Platz)--both from the Hauptbahnhof & to/from Buchenwald (a very worthwhile excursion). Of course, too, you have Goethe for a neighbor & Schiller & the rest of the gang aren't far away. Parenthetically, if you're interested in G & S, I recommend visiting Schiller's Garten Haus in nearby Jena, which gives more of a personal feel, & Goethe's (carefully reconstructed) Frankfurt house where he spent his early years.