Clarion Hotel® Amaranten

Clarion Hotel Amaranten is in a great spot to get in and out of town easy. Train, schooter, taxi or just walking not a problem. We stayed here during the summer for 3 nights. What a cool city this is during the summer. Took the boat out to one of the islands and that was really cool, something you have to do. Great food, loads of good shops. Also a great city to just walk arround and watch people.

I'm a bit baffled by the great reviews here. This hotel is not in any way good value for money. Pros: Central location (walking distance to the central station without being in the bussiest area). Really good breakfast. Cons: Price/performance is poor. Rooms where not clean, floor was really dusty. Toilet size was a joke, could barely move in there. Pillow/Blanket was uncomfortable Rooms are a bit on the worn side. Will not stay here again.

- Our first room had a clogged drain - They couldn't fix it, so the only solution for us was to be downgraded to a singles room. - At the singles room, while changing clothes, all of a sudden another pair of guests walked into the room. Apparently the hotel had given keys to our room to them too. - Barely even an apology from the staff. The standards of the rooms and the guests security was apparently not a priority for them.

Having stayed in German 4*, do not expect the same space from this hotel. The hotel has an excellent, unbeatable location (we have walked from our airport bus at Centralen to the hotel without using any transport in 10 mins) and even subway found in the same building. Breakfast is quite good and slightly varied across days. We had two rooms booked. We had issues with too cold "small double room" (it looks like when you are leaving the room, the heating goes away - this is a funny guess but that's what we sensed). The room we had to change and the receptionist gave us keys to couple other rooms and offered a heating fan. Another room, a standard double, had issues with bathroom ventilation that wasn't really going well (and the towels remained wet after used once), and it was otherwise needed to keep the window open to get rid of damp air in the room. So it is a bit tricky to get fresh yet warm air in the room and my sleep quality suffered. Also, the sink was a bit blocked but still worked okay. The hotel room was not as spacious as in 4*** in Germany but it did the job. The small double did not have a kettle, but the standard double did. Wifi was working nicely. Due to ventilation issues I'd give this an average rating, but these issues were manageable. On our final day of the trip, we were woken up by exterior workers that were drilling at 8am (we lived at 1st floor and they have some sort of renovation going on). The hotel does not warn that there will be a disturbance. At one occasion, room service did not cleaned bathroom/did not changed towels, so we had to as for extra towels.

- very nice view from 7th floor, fast check in and check out, good food but depends on your time slot / be fast, if not you ll not find your favorite food in the morning. - not so good with cleaning, room items( broken remote TV, dirty curtains, some problems with the bath shower