The Waldhorn is an excellent choice in Bern ... located in a quiet, residential section, a short bus ride from the rail station ... a bus stop with frequent service is a short block from the hotel. The staff is welcoming and most helpful. The rooms are attractive, comfortable and spotless. For those who enjoy walking, the hotel is well located to explore the city on foot ... the walk to the city via the botanic garden is a must. Restaurants in the neighborhood are basic, but easy access to the city provides many other options.

The 2km walk from the railway station was a small price to pay for the cleanliness, friendliness, and great breakfasts ! If you don't want to walk, catch the number "9" bus! Good value for Bern. Free wi-fi.
Like many buildings in Switzerland, no air conditioning.

.. assuming you paid the same price which I did which was around 83 CHF (+ 8 CHF for breakfast) a few days ago..

Hotel hasn't got much to offer in terms of amenities.. for example shower offered no shampoo, just a little tube with no label on (I guess that was the soap). No aircon although the window can be flipped and the street was fairly quiet (hotel is not located on a main street). Room was fairly small (estimating that bed was taking up 1/3rd of the whole space) and walls extremely thin (i.e. you'd get all the noise from neighbouring rooms / hotel floor) .. but ultimately, for that price, what mattered most to me was that a) room, bed linen and shower were spotlessly clean and b) I slept very well !

Person at the reception was very friendly and caring.. check-in and check-out were prompt but you're still given these huge keys which you must return to the reception when you leave the hotel. You're given a piece of paper with your room number on it that you must show when you want to get your key back .. but I'm not convinced that this increases security if you loose your wallet. I still prefer magnetic cards with no label. Reception is however open 24/24 a day.

Breakfast is in the basement.. but sufficiently spacious to host around a dozen tables. No hot food .. just continental. Pretty basic selection but enough to start your day well and for 8 CHF, I think it's actually fairly good value (if you go to a train station, you'd probably only get a croissant and a coffee for that price).

So, in general, certainly not my preferred hotel but it was cheap for swiss (city-) standards and I wasn't disappointed. Not far away from downtown - Bridge that crosses the Aar river is 5-10 min away and once you've crossed it, you're actually downtown. Alternatively, you can always take tram number 9 which circulates every 10 min and stops approx. 100m away from the Hotel..

As others have stated, the room was a little small and the bathroom was quite compact but this hotel was clean and quiet. There was a good selection for breakfast. On arrival we were given a map by the friendly person on reception who recommeded a nice walk from the hotel through a lovely park and then down into the old town. We did the walk and thoroughly enjoyed it. The hotel is a short distance out of town but the trams are frequent and cheap and only takes finve minutes. The free wifi was also blindingly fast if you need it. All in all a lovely three day stay in Bern and I highly recommend this hotel. I had booked this directly on the hotel's website, they didn't take a deposit or any pre charges on my credit card and only charged me once on departure.