Hotel-Pension Cortina

Rubbish wifi, long long stairs, and very dark at night.....

No heating or hot water

When I arrived after a 5h trip, the lady at the reception told me, there is no hot water but she would give me a free breakfast. I was too exhausted to look for a different hotel at night, so I decided to stay. I come into the room, it is tiny like a jail cell, cold, with a sink and small shower. NO Toilet in the room. I told the lady I am deeply unhappy about that and she said I booked a single room without a toilet! I denied that. She didn't even try to do anything about that or give me a different room. 4 am, people start clanging around, slamming doors. It was worse than a hostel. Never again.

It is very close to the Savignyplatz S-Bahn station. The area boasts of dozens of restaurants with various cuisines.

I don't know if Pension Cortina has rooms like it shows in its pictures, but what I stayed in was a bit different. Of course, I chose the hotel for the price and the fact it was right next to an S-Bahn station, but I am curious where those rather nice looking rooms were. The room I was given was basic but it was comfy. The windows opened wide and the shower was very good. As I said, Pension Cortina was right on a train line direct to Berlin hbf station, and the immediate area is very nice too. What really let Pension Cortina down for me was the appalling WiFi. When it connected it was slow and it rarely stayed connected for more than a minute. I really struggled to get much of any signal there, tbh. If you just want a place to sleep then Pension Cortina is fine for its cost. If you need internet then I'm afraid to say it might not do for you.

located near the train station lots of local coffee shops/bakeries and restaurants a very cosmopolitan area everything you could want just outside the doors

There was a very disturbing smell in the halls. The Wi-Fi was bad to non-existent.

Overall, would never book here again. They double-booked my room and made it so I had to book another hotel for a night before I could check in. Then they gave me no refund. They do not speak English well at all, and so do not expect to be able to communicate unless you speak German.

A positive experience overall. The inefficiency of the elevator could be a problem if you have big luggage.