Holiday rentals near Plötzensee

Excellent new apartment in good location. Only thing I did not like was you could not control the heating in the room - it was controlled centrally - so we kept having to open the balcony door to cool it down!

Lists itself as a non smoking hotel. However 1) It DOES NOT have air conditioning, which means windows have to be opened for here to be ventilation - there was zero ventilation with windows closed. 2) ASHTRAYS are placed on tables in balconies - highly convenient and encouraging for smokers to just sit there all day to smoke. Which was what happened to us. We were surrounded by neighbours that smoked through the night on the balcony! We chose that hotel as it was “non- smoking” as we were very sensitive to cigarette smoke. However, my husband and I had to wake up multiple times to open and close the windows - hoping that the smoking would somehow stop after a certain time. But it did not. We moved out the next day. We wrote to the manager, who was mildly sympathetic (if at all), and was refused a refund. He also insisted that listing was accurate, which I still don’t see how till now. Offered me a free night- back at that terrible hotel. I wonder if anyone would have taken that up. STAY AWAY, DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE GOOD RATINGS AND ALL. IT IS NOT WORTH GOING THROUGH THE PAIN. And honestly, it is not that great. There are more convenient hotels, cleaner, more comfortable bed and pillows and truly smoke free. Albeit 20-30 euros more. I’ll choose to pay that anytime.