Jason H.
Yelp
Visiting Stuttgart for Volksfest and, as a car enthusiast, for a visit to the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
With the exception that the U-Bahn only operates to the Neckarpark station across the street during Volksfest and football matches (the nearest S-Bahn station - also called Neckarpark - is a 25 minute walk away), and then only for limited hours, the location is actually pretty great. You are right next door to the Mercedes-Benz Arena (the main VfB Stuttgart Fan-shop is in the same building as the hotel), a 5 minute walk from the Mercedes-Benz Museum and Home Office. Local access to the train during non-event times involves a 10 minute bus ride to Bad Canstatt/Wilhelmsplatz U-Bahn
The entire area is quiet atfer hours and feels very safe. It does get pretty crazy on weekdays in the mornings and evenings during rush hour traffic in and out of Mercedes-Benz, but it passes pretty quickly. One note is if you are driving to the hotel and plan on parking there, the entrance to the hotel is not particularly clear. If you are headed northeast on Mercedesstraße, there is an unmarked entranceway on the right, between the Hotel and the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Drive up to the gate and press the button for access. There aren't any obvious parking spots after the gate, but the area between the lobby and Porsche Arena is a good place to park and check in before heading into the parking garage.
The rooms themselves are clean, modern, luxurious, and very open. Bathrooms are surprisingly large and the hotel rooms even have a legitimate minifridge (not just a minibar). The televisions in the room have HDMI ports available for outside devices and they offer one of the fastest in-room Wi-Fi services I've ever had in a hotel. It's nowhere near the 155Mbit speed they advertise in the elevators, but I got a solid 10Mbit during my entire trip. Wi-Fi is only €6/night paid and free for eligible HHonors members.
The breakfast spread is also solid and they offer both an American and German-style breakfast spread. Much appreciated are the two coffee machines in the dining area.
If I have anything to criticize (and this is what I'm docking the star for) is that front desk staff here was pretty hit or miss. They weren't rude, by any means, but compared to other hotels I've visited in Germany and across Europe, they seemed to be pretty aloof and not particularly motivated to welcome us. When we asked for assistance with figuring out the local train station (I wasn't aware that the Neckarpark train didn't run regularly when I booked the hotel), the solution appeared to be to just point us to the general location where the bus stop is and problem resolved.