Ostel - Das Ddr Design Hostel Berlin

Location, cost and ddr theme

The hostel is very charming due to ddr decoration and very convenient for who have bought the Welcome Berlin Card (which gives unlimited rides on S-Bahn and U-Bahn through Beriln). It is located beside a discount supermarket, what is very helpful when people want to save money by doing cheap meals. The staff were very kind and helpful, and also spoke a perfect english. The room where we stayed was very confortable, spacious and nifty. To top it off, the bathroom was very bright and clean. It is a bargain for the price we paid for the room.

For people who want to avoid using the public transportation, its location, which is very far from downtown, make unpractical to reach the main tourist attractions and museums by walking. The breakfast is not included in the room fares, and must be paid apart (€ 7,50 per person per day). You can have a nice breakfast at the Ostbahnhof by less than € 4,00 per person.

Clean and comfortable in general. It is convenient that the hostel is next to the Ostbahnhof and a supermarket.

There is no elevator in the hostel. In addition, it is a little inconvenient that the bathroom is outside our room (comfortable room).

Paid a little bit more than a run of the mill hostel for the retro design - worth it. Rooms and reception very funky. Extremely close to Ostbanhof so great for getting anywhere in the city.

6 floors and no lift, nightmare with luggage but expected.

Very cousy and big double room

It was an original hotel with decoration from the DDR. It was quiet and clean, and the people friendly. The location was excellent, next to a train station.

We had to pay in cash as they did not accept credit cards. There were also a couple of things that could be better. One that we were in a 6th floor without elevator that for us was not really a problem till I had a problem with my feed.... The other problem was that our room had a shared bathroom, and there was a single bathroom for four rooms, so sometimes it was very busy and we had to wait to have a shower or go to the toilet.

Friendly, clean, cheap, cotton sheets, laid back.

Only one small towel. They could only accept cash because their machine was broken. If you are a light sleeper the sounds of returning revellers on a Saturday night/early Sunday morning will disturb you.

the price and geographique place

one shower for four room

The hostel was very basic but very clean. It had amazing decor 70s style wallpaper , furniture, radio and lighting. Excellent position right next to train station that had trains running every 5 mins into centre which was 2 stops away and took about 5 mins .I loved it . Would def return there!

We have stayed on a few GDR era hotels in Germnay but none quite so authentic! The rooms are very well put together and the location is excellent.

Our room was on the 8th floor! Quite a long haul without a lift (but I guess that is all part of the experience) The rooms with private bathrooms could be improved by having the "front door" to the room include the corridor space that has the bathroom (each flat is divided into 3 rooms 2 with an shared bathroom and 1 with its own) this would also help with the amount of keys you have to work out!

I loved its quirky style (the volleyball court is an excellent touch for a city centre hotel), its thoughtful DDR design touches and humour and its friendly staff

The breakfast restaurant wasnt open at 0700 as advertised, or 0730; perhaps this was a realistic reminiscence of the DDR...

I found OSTEL very good value for money. I was looking for an inexpensive bed and breakfast hotel as I was intending to spend most of the day in the city. The staff were friendly and helpful and the room was ideal - I chose a single room with private bathroom. The room was bright had a good view and the bed was comfortable. I have stayed in many much smaller rooms which were more expensive. The location was ideal, a few minutes walk from the Ostbahnhof and from there a short train ride to the centre. The buffet breakfast in the Volkskammer restaurant was excellent.

Only one small towel was provided - bigger ones would be better

The atmosphere, the room was really big and clean. amazingly furnished

being close to the toilet, too much noise in the morning from 6 on

The rooms are seperated by simple mdf plates, you can hear everything.

+Location +Design +Price

The room was smaller and not really similar to the pictures on Booked.net. Altough, the room was descent for that price.