I booked a long weekend stay at the A&O München Hauptbahnhof as part of a leisure trip through Germany. It was NFL Football weekend and so when this showed up at just over £60 a night I was pleased. The pictures on the website looked lovely, and I made my booking.
The positive side of the hotel is its location. It’s super central and literally 3 mins walk from the Hauptbahnhof Exit.
That’s pretty much it sadly.
I’ve not stayed in such an uncomfortable hotel for quite some time and I’ve never been so keen for check out time to arrive. I looked at taking it on the chin and booking another hotel, but with the football everything was full and the few rooms left were very very expensive.
I had a private single room with a private bathroom. Room 605.
I don’t think I’ve ever stayed anywhere so soulless and lacking in everything. The beds were as near to being in a prison cell as I can imagine, beyond uncomfortable with cheap foam mattresses that have plastic wrapping. I hardly slept throughout my trip and dreaded going back there each evening. The room was incredibly depressing and the tv reception was awful.
It did have a decent bathroom, though the shower needed to be run for a good 5 minutes before the water was warm enough to shower with.
Cleanliness standards were good, so good that my room absolutely stank of bleach on arrival, which lingered. I guess you can’t fault them for that, given that we’ve just come out of a pandemic.
The communal areas are scruffy and real