We went to visit our friends in Berlin, and stayed at the Countryside Lodge. It is nice small hotel, rooms are very clean, and comfortable. The owners are very friendly and helpful.
Lobby is cozy, with the fireplace. It is very nice place and we will be back soon. Thank you for wonderful stay.

I'd have driven 50 miles out of my way to avoid this place if I knew then what I know now.
'Miki' , the owner, should not be working with the public in any capacity. What a nasty man! When the room door was left ajar, he simply walked in to tell us to keep the door closed. Breakfast was low average but Miki felt it necessary to sit on the stairs and stare at me as if daring me to take another muffin. He started altercations with almost every guest at some point during the weekend.
Miki inferred that my son had stolen an old out dated wifi antenna off the guest computer by bringing it to our attention. He said "2nd time in 9 years". Someone damaged a room and 'Miki' dragged my brother into the room to show him and said "this is what your people do".....we did not know the person that had occupied that room.
We had booked almost the whole hotel for the bride & grooms family and friends and got a very special rate of $89.99 when the normal rate is $64 - $79.
On check out day (10AM check out....really?) Miki came to the room about 9:50AM and banged on the door yelling "CHECK OUT".
Housekeeping amounted to Miki asking us to hand him our garbage can to empty. When I said we'd go next door while they finished the room , he said "that's all"...We went to their cart to get new towels....others I talked to had the same lack of housekeeping.
If the rooms were lovely, it may have made up for this psycho, but ah so.....not! The beds are as hard as a rock with well worn 128 thread count sheets, towels are hard & scratchy. Those old dark flowered bed spreads (circa 1980) are probably harboring a bunch of past guest's biological contributions. This Countryside Lodge is not in the country but in the middle of Berlin next to a supermarket and gas station. One side of the hotel (our room too) had a view of the top and side of the supermarket. By the way, this property is not a Best Western. They lost their flag several months ago.
Masochists.....forewarned is forearmed. Enjoy!

First off. . . .My wife booked two rooms. . . .(one for us- one for the bride and groom). We got to the hotel late and started to check in using the late-night check in phone. Miki (the owner) began lecturing us about how he had to get up at 5:00 in the morning to make breakfast! Then he told us that he had rented one of our rooms out! "Check your phone. . .I call you!" he said (as if that makes it all better). The problem was that he tried to run our credit card number, and since he had an outdated system, (he told us that himself,) there needed to be an authorization code for our card. So technically it was declined. However, when my wife called to make reservations, she was not told about any check in deadline or authorization for our credit card.
So here we are. . .the bride the groom- my wife and I all having to stay in the same room on their wedding night! I wish I could say it all ended there. . . .

We managed to negotiate a 25% discount for our one room and we didn't have to check out until noon. That was nice considering we had just got done listening to how difficult Miki's job was- no kidding, the check in process took an hour!

We then went to our room. . .#13. . . .i know. . .

About an hour later. . . .

Miki (the owner) made up a story about how someone had called the police concerning a noise complaint. he said the call came from room 28. . .which is upstairs and on the other side of the hall. . .When we told Miki that we didn't think that we were that loud, he said, "I stand outside door and listen to you- I heard you talk and you and you" he said as he threw his fingers in our faces. . .I think they call that eavesdropping.

The bride got fed up and decided that she and the groom would walk down the road to his parents house. . .so my wife and I, fed up with accusations, decided it would be just better if we left as well. . .as we were walking out I asked if we were going to be charged for the room. . . Miki started lecturing me once again. I asked him for a straight answer and he said "Because you're p@ss^3 off. .. I charge you. . . .now please leave. I said I would be writing to the Better Business Bureau and he started coming at me like he was going to physically throw me out.

Learn from this. It was one of the worst nights of my life. I will be sharing this with every single person I can.

P.S. The carpets in the hallways are stained.

The staff are friendly and courteous. The rooms are clean, and updated. The breakfast is one of the largest and most varied I've ever seen. All in all, a super place to stay.