Hotel Excelsior

Really clean. The location seems great because is in front of the train station, but is full with gypsies. If you are a girl travelling alone is better to go to bed early. You have a mini bar full with drinks that can finish every day and they will refilled for free. When you do the reservation make sure that you have breakfast included, otherwise it will be 15€ charge... I couldn't try their breakfast.

My room was tiny and it looked like it haven’t been renovated for YEARS; furniture and walls looked just like my grandma’s old stuff. It didn’t really bother me, as I only stayed for 1 night. — But what really bothered me was the absence of AC! Come on, it’s August, it’s 40C outside! I guess, that the free mini-bar and free refreshments (the cake was very good, by the way) in the lobby are supposed to make guests less angry. — Stuff was not really friendly, but I guess it’s simply because it’s Germany. — I stayed at different hotel before (it is located really close to this one). I payed for stay almost same amount, but everything was incomparably better. I recommend to book different hotel, as there are a lot of much better options. — The location is great, but again, there are better places at the very same spot.

I would recommend. Good service, lobby and breakfast area is neat. Breakfast is good, the minibar in the room is free. The rooms are small but comfy, but the carpet is a little bit dusty. The downsize is: my room was facing the road and i had trouble to sleep with the noise from the busy road.

No air-conditioning was the only drawback for me and it was blazing hot in the summer. The place is very ideally positioned, just a mere 1 minute walk to the central station entrance. They provide free mini bars in every room and free water/tea/light snack in the lobby which is a really nice touch that you rarely see even in major hotel companies.

I had booked a room online, photos showed a roomy, modern clean space... fast forward a few months. we check in, go to our room. Barely a foot between beds and between the window/wall. The balcony door never did lock. In "locked" position I was able to pull open with little force, not to mention the noise, but seriously, my neighbor could have hopped over the partition and into our room in a blink. ||The bathroom had mould all over the ceiling - why? because instead of a vent to release steam, there is a HOLE IN THE WALL LEADING TO THE BEDROOM IN LIEU! Not only is this unsanitary, HELLO - the 5" x 3.5" hole looks from a bed to the BATHTUB. how is this even ok? luckily we were travelling with family, but how awkward if the room was booked by a bunch of friends?? The "tea & coffee in the lobby" was first thing in the morning - once gone it was gone, to be replaced with litter than never seemed to be cleared away. ||The one point that was factual is that the mini bar does in fact come with 2 pepsi, 2 beer, 2 waters and juice per day. I think I would rather spend money buying these items and have a better place to sleep!

I only stayed one night during a business trip. Had to take a break while travelling from Kiel to Freiburg. Perfect spot for a trip like that as it's very close to the train station. Rooms are a bit small, however. Got a twin bed room as no single room was available anymore, so it was pretty okay for me. Two people wouldn't have had much room to breathe. Still, the beds were comfortable and the room was clean, so nothing to really complain about. Breakfast was average. A lot of different stuff to choose from, but I didn't like the quality of the bread to be honest. Probably not so fresh anymore.

Nice hotel in a central location with really helpful staff. The room was clean pleasant. There's no air conditioning and the view into the courtyard is just other windows. You can reach pretty much everything in town from here and you are safely away from the seedier locations around the station. I found it to be good value and would stay there again.

I stayed there 2012 but I just came here to review because my school writing that . remind me of the good impression. Not only the location closed to station. But I cant' believe it free minibar (Can top up) and Full of drink, Juice, beer etc. Staff friendly advice all the local shops, restaurants. And another surprise is snacks at the lobby with coffee and tea. All day you can have. So generous I can say. With the cheap price you get more than you expected. Bravo! I recommend.

Good value for money 3* hotel (booked via http://www.bookings.com) . Think it was (October 2008) about 50 Euros including buffet breakfast for a single room. Next door is the Monopol with an extra star but they belong together. Will try the Monopol next time at it looks worth 10 Euros extra. They share a small 'business room' with a half dozen PC's & good internet connection & the mini bar & hot drinks (in the lobby) are free (but nothing stronger than beer). Think they offer to launder one shirt a day free too, but didn't try them out. Immediately adjacent to the main railway station (but round the corner and far enough from the Red Light district). No parking!