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Old Feb 3, 2019 | 10:05 am
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testman
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Programs: A3 Gold, Le Club Gold
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- Name of the hotel:
Berlin Ibis Styles Mitte

- What is your Le Club status?
Gold

- Were you (or for multi-stayers were you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Mostly yes

- Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked a standard room with a double bed
Got a bigger room with a queen-size bed on the top floor

- How are the rooms?
* We got a room on the top (7th) floor. The room was huge (Accor says 30 sq m), but had an unusual shape, so some of its parts were not very useful.
* The washbasin is just next to the bed. The shower and the toilet are together, separated from the sleeping part with red, plastic walls. The shower has no curtain so every time you use it, you flood the toiler floor too. The toilet doesn´t give you much privacy as there´s a 1 cm gap between the door and the door frame.
* If you need to work, there´s a small table and one chair.
* The TV is in the middle of the room, blocking the great view of Berlin from the bed.

- What was good and what was bad?
Good:
* good location - next to a metro stop and tram stops (direct line taking you to the main railway station); plenty of restaurants in the neighbourhood
* we liked the view of rooftops from the room
* room was ready around 12h (official check-in starts at 15h)
* breakfast included in the room rate - reasonable quality and variety for an ibis (the pancake machine was out of order)
* free tea/coffee offered in the lobby between noon and 10 pm (tea was OK, haven´t tried coffee)

Bad:
* the shower+toilet box is just wrong for a number of reasons
* the trams might be an issue for light sleepers (not for us)

- Did you get club lounge access? How was the lounge?
No lounge.

- What about welcome drinks, welcome amenities or any other special perks?
Drinks voucher given at check-in. We got two small beers (bottled). Also good for wine and soft drinks.
Early check-in was possible.

- Value for $ or Vouchers? Would you return?
Quite good value for money. Room with breakfast for 2 was just over 60 EUR per night and I was able to pay partly in points.
I might return if there are no good offers/sales at Mercure hotels in Berlin.
If I do return, I´ll definitely check out the rooms on the 6th floor to see if they offer a more standard bathroom/toilet.
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