We spent 3 nights at Easter at the Hotel Hackescher Markt - can't fault it at all. Firstly, it’s the perfect location if you’re on a short visit to Berlin. The train stop is 1 minute walk from the hotel - from the airport to hotel with one train change is approx. 30 mins, it was so easy to make our way. Hackescher Markt is less than 10 mins walk from Alexantplatz - where all the hop-on-hop-off tour buses leave from.
The hotel location (Hackescher Markt) is away from the main tourist areas so the bars, café’s and restaurants are good value, mainly catering for locals so you get a great taste of local life - but most of them do have English menus and the staff all speak good English. There is a choice of restaurants types - Italian, tapa, pizza, Turkish, German, American, etc.. Behind the hotel, you can sit outside bars and watch the boats go up & down the river. There is a lovely German restaurant about 6 mins walks from the hotel called Gaststätte Sophieneck – check it out if you like German food. Its amazing value & the food is #1 … 2 cold beers, 3 course meal for two people, and a bottle of good Italian Chianti, all for only €60 – you can’t find better value traditional German food in the city centre.
The hotel was very clean and comfortable. We were on the 3rd floor which was so quiet, we never heard a sound during the nights. Bed was so comfortable, we had a great sleep every night (walking all day did help!). Bathroom was spotless everyday and shower was very powerful. We spent our 3 days sightseeing so we only used the hotel for sleep/shower, we didn’t eat or drink there. There were lovely café’s around the corners so we grabbed coffees/croissants in the morning as we headed off for the day. In the evenings, there were such a choice of places to eat and drink – all within2 mins walk.
The wifi didn't work well in the room, it did work in reception. We didn't care as we didn't need internet for our stay - but if you really needed to use wifi in your room, it could be an issue. That is the only negative I can report on - but it didn't affect our stay.
If we go back to Berlin, I’d def stay in this location again and I will go back to the Hotel Hackescher Markt if we get a good deal again (like we did this trip).