claes059

Good to know, when traveling in the coming months, I will take my own shampoo with me, perhaps my bathgel too, .
Would be a comfortable idea if the squeeze bottles would deliver high quality shampoo and bathgel, in separated bottles @:-) . Than I would not mind. I am not very fond of quality of the mixes of shampoo/bathgel/showergel, etc.

Counsellor

I recently had a meeting to attend in Bonn, and since I would be traveling to Cologne (Köln) and then to Bonn by train I thought I’d try the 4-Points Central in Cologne.

The Hotel is in a wonderfully easy-to-find location; as you come off of the trains into the Bahnhof (train station), you see signs (pointing to the left) to Breslauer Platz. As you exit the station following the signs, the hotel is right across the street.

Reception was very friendly and very efficient. I was soon on my way to my room on the 10th floor.

And what a room it was! As a Platinum I had been upgraded to what was an impressive suite for a 4-Points. It had a large sitting room (with a gift of a 250 gram - half-pound – jar of special honey), spacious bedroom, and huge bathroom (I’ve had hotel rooms – in Oslo Norway, for instance - smaller than that bathroom!) complete with exercise machine.

Dropped off my suitcase and headed for the lobby restaurant to get a Kölsch. Köln is to Kölsch as München is to lager beer. Gaffel was the brand they served. Great, but like their brethren across the Rhein in Düsseldorf, they seem to be enamored of using overgrown shot glasses instead of healthy Bavarian half-liter ones.

To have something for the Kölsch to wash down, I ordered Schweine geschnetzeltes “Zuricher Art” mit Spätzle und grünem Salat. Really good for a hotel restaurant. Really good for any restaurant, as far as that goes.

Next morning the (complimentary) breakfast was good sized, with reasonable variety. Well fortified, I went off to meet with the folks in Bonn.

OK, I’m impressed.

zvezda

I also stayed there once because all the Starwood and Marriott properties in Frankfurt were fully booked. I took LH's Airrail service to Koln and the 4points upgraded me to large suite with a kitchen on the 3rd floor.

LH738

Maybe you recognise the room :
Four Points Central Cologne

Football Fan

Sounds like they routinely upgrade Platinum members to suites? In that case, I will easily pick this one over the Hyatt, which never upgraded me to a suite and had some other mishaps, and to the Hilton, which only has 2 suites, apparently.

ralfkrippner

Out of three stays there I have been upgraded to one of those suites two times... They are very friendly there and the breakfast buffet is really good for a FourPoints. I can only recommend this hotel!

Globehopper

Ya, ya... solid hotel. Good value and convenient to the train station. No suite life upgrade for my stay; I think that I got one of those narrow rooms (w/ a river view) next to LH738's suite though. Those narrow rooms are not large, but comfortable and cozy.

Free minibar (soft drinks), and breakfast included in room rate are nice touches.

Much better experience here than the miserable Munich 4P.

Shilla

Hehehe, well don´t try to drink Kölsch out of a different glass - people would certainly stare at you . Those glasses are called "Kölsch-Stangen". Gaffel is quite ok, but there are much better brands.
I pass by the 4points in Cologne almost every day. I agree that the area is not that breathtaking, but the hotel seems to have a nice lobby and the breakfast always looks fine when I can catch a view through the windows.

ws8n

I remember receiving a gift during my stay there last yr. Thought it was chocolates, and put it in my backpack on my way to the airport. Little did I realize it was a swiss army knife Spent some time explaining to airport security...

IIRC, there is some really good currywurst and potato fritters near the train station...

Counsellor

That's the one!

rcs85551

Even when I was (only) a Gold member, I got some very nice upgrades on very cheap (internet) rates - and good service. Can only recommend this hotel, and its location is good...

kjbtraveler

I just got Suite 1002 at the Four Points Cologne as well. This has to be the best use of 18000 points I have ever seen. Since I was using totally points, I didn't expect this type of upgrade.

Not a luxury collection property obviously, but clean, very comfortable, great balcony views, free mini bar (selected drinks), pleasant check-in and huge, excellently appointed bathroom. Amenity arrived three seconds after I got in the room, which was bottled water and chocolates.

Right next to the DOM and the Hbf for uber-convenience.

Its not the Dom hotel or Ernst, but I couldn't have been more pleased when I walked in.

newself

I just stayed there last Friday night and was upgraded from a non smoking single to room 200 suite. Living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and exercise bike. I even was given an amenity kit of Jaguar lotions, soap, and a washcloth. One note of caution, don't press the Pay TV button or you will be charged with 11,50Euros as they don't give you a short preview of the program. Also, if you have a car, there are 8 parking spaces available but I think you have to reserve one in advance.

kluau88

Same exact experience as a platinum member here earlier this month. Upgraded from non-smoking single to room #200.

Four Points Central Cologne Pictures (Suite #200)

newself, was the Jaguar lotions, soap, and washcloth in addition to the chocolates and mineral water?

FLYGVA

Strange, could you explain it or did you have to pay it; I think, they could see, that you just watched for a few seconds

The parking is really small and as I had some problems leaving it, I normally park (if it is dry weather) at the other side of the Rhine, near the Hyatt Hotel and walked over the bridge (app. 5-10 min). There, you only have to pay 6,00 EUR / day and could reach the motorways faster than from Cologne City. The last time I was there by car, you could not reserve a parking space in advance, it was on a first comes first get basis.

No, and even in the FP Cologne only a few rooms / suites have a kitchen. The FP Düsseldorf,a dboth FP in Munich do not offer Kitchen (as far as I know), but you could get an appartment in the ArabellaSheraton Westpark with kitchen