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Old Sep 14, 2022 | 2:25 am
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enelym1978
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Great budget hotel in Strasbourg

Location The location of the hotel is good. It's not smack in the old town city center but close enough (15min walk more or less) or you could take the tram there as well. It's near a shopping mall and a UGC cinecité with plenty of options should you be bored one day.Coming by train from Germany, it was easier to get off the train at Krimmeri-Meinau and take the 2 stop tram ride. Rather than going all the way to the main station and backtrack on a longer tram ride. Check In It was weirdly slow, 2 desks for check-in but apparently, mine had IT issues... so it took a bit of time to get all done. I wasn't in a hurry but I was getting bored Friendly staff though. Room They only have 2 room categories I believe. I booked a standard room, ended up in room 717, on the second last floor, corner room so it was bright and airy. Nice view of the cathedral and old town on one side and on a neighbor building and expressway on the other side.It's big enough for 1 or a couple. No closet but that's kind of a "standard" nowadays in these limited service hotels. Bathroom was big but it's open so depending on who you're staying with, it might lack some privacy.The shower was good, nice hot water, good pressure. You can't control the water pressure. it's just on and off. There is a normal shower hose and a "rain shower".Plenty of plugs and USB outlets throughout the room and around the bed so that was perfect.Coffee machine (didn't use it), a mini fridge with a free bottle of water and a small corner couch.The TV is nice and big but oddly placed. At least it was easily movable and it can swivel so you can watch properly from the bed.One annoying thing were the blinds.... you had to either close all or open all. And it's just one level of blinds, meaning you could just close to sleep. There was no middle level blinds that you could use during the day, where you could still get some day light in, without having the neighbours seeing you walking around half naked in your room small detail but it made me very self conscious while walking aroud the room on one side, facing the apartment building next door. Dining I took the breakfast option as a Plat. It's good enough with some fruits, cold cuts, bacon scrambled eggs, sausage and tomatoes, cereals, bread and some pain au chocolat and croissant. Not sure I would pay for it though. Service Currently they only do housekeeping every 3 nights of stay. You can of course request a daily service, you just have to ask them. I'm fine with every 3 nights. It's their post Covid and environmental friendly measure... Overall Honestly it was a good stay, I paid around 110EUR per night I think, which was reasonable enough. i'd stay there again if I ever visited Strasbourg again. The main bar area on the ground floor can get loud and crowded on weekends though and the sound goes up through the elevator shaft but you can't hear anything from the room. Gym There's a small gym available on the first floor, with enough equipment to keep you pumped.
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