Hotel Astoria

4 Rita - a month ago

The hotel is beautiful and rooms are good. Breakfast was very good, but there was miscommunication about the ending of breakfast time which interupted us during the breakfast.

3 Elie Saliba - 8 months ago

This hotel would have deserved 5 stars if the following things were present:
1) sound proof doors for the room (people talking in the corridor you hear them as they were in your room)
2) GOOD pillows to sleep (this is an important thing)!
3) the quality of the breakfast is a little bit a better

However, from the quality/price point of view (60 euros and breakfast included) and its proximity to Karlsruhe city center, the hotel is very good.

4 Elliot Salisbury - 2 years ago

Lots of reviews mention the trams, but in our room (43) it was barely noticeable, we were towards the back of the hotel.

This place was good, standard breakfast, nice rooms. No complaints.

3 Michael Morey - 3 years ago

Great breakfast, 10 minutes walk to main shopping area, and 15 mins to the main train station. There are also a tram stops right outside, so very handy. Clean, comfortable, and good value for money too.

5 Davor Abramovich - 4 years ago

Perfect apartment next to the actual hotel, but still part of the hotel, spotless and cosy master bedroom and children's room. Best breakfast in a while. Various and colorful food products to choose from.

3 Sebastian Wieland - 4 years ago

The good:
The hotel is located close to the city centre and the main railway station. A tram station is nearby, but most popular destinations in Karlsruhe are within walking distance. The staff is friendly and the breakfast is good. The rooms are clean. There is free coffee and tea in the rooms, and a small empty fridge.

Neutral: The Check-in process is impersonal. The reception is unstaffed after 11am, if you arrive later than that, you have to use a wall mounted telephone. On it, a staff member will tell you a code, which you have to use to retrieve your key from a machine. If the telephone isn't working for you, try flicking the switch near the microphone and call again.
There is no elevator. If you have trouble carrying your luggage upstairs for up to three flights of stairs, this hotel isn't a good choice for you. Remember: After 11am, there is no staff member around to help you.

The bad: The windows don't isolate well from noise. Right in front of the hotel, two tram tracks cross, and whenever a train drives over the crossing, it's getting quite loud. However, during night, trams don't run so frequently, so it's not too much of a problem.
In my room, the heater gave a clicking noise from it. I managed to make it stop clicking by tying the heating inflow pipe to the heater with a shoelace, but I much rather wanted to sleep at 3am than figuring out how to stop that clicking noise at night.

3 Victor Rubio - 4 years ago

Nice location near to the city center. No big reception without common areas or tables/chairs. No restaurant. You have a fridge in your room and just what is need to live.