Aspria Berlin Ku'Damm

Convenient location near public transport and shopping. Spacious, well-equipped rooms for a peaceful stay. Excellent value breakfast with friendly, attentive staff.

Hotel Aspria Ku’damm Berlin really a hotel? Although I may be critical in this review, I must stress that the staff was very friendly. For business I was staying at Aspria Ku’damm Berlin for 12 nights and I really started to wonder if the Aspria is really a hotel. I’ve come to the conclusion it’s just a side-business for the SPA Aspria. This conclusion was basically confirmed by the friendly receptionist. I could have known as when I tried the Aspria website all is about the SPA and you really have to be Sherlock Holmes to find the correct link to the reservation page for the hotel. I was persistent as I knew my colleagues from the customer were staying there… First of all, the location. Although the street of the hotel is not really appealing, it’s reasonably quiet and only a few hundred meters from the Kurfürstendamm, where there are plenty of restaurants, supermarket and other stores (the Greek restaurant Ach! Niko ? Ach is very recommendable). Also the S-Bahn Charlottenburg is only about 7 minutes walk away. The hotel has a parking garage, so for a visit to Berlin a fine location. My arrival at the hotel was a real Benny Hill experience. The only thing missing was the Benny Hill tune… I was given room 111 and when I came first to this room the keycard didn’t work. So, a little frustrated I went back to reception. The receptionist reactivated the card and kindly joined me upstairs to the room and the key did work. The room was definitely spacious, but also had a big concrete support beam in the room and a TV fixed to the ceiling in a convenient manner. However the bed was making lots of noises with the slightest movement… The first morning I went to breakfast, which was very simple. For 14 euro’s you can choose from kinds of bread and croissants, 2 kinds of blandly tasting cheese, Nutella, jelly, (boiled and baked) eggs and some yoghurt. Plenty of choices for coffee, tea and hot chocolate, but the taste of the coffee can’t be called great. When I mentioned my room number at the breakfast staff, it wasn’t on the list. Well, according to the list I was in another room: 112. They’d check with reception. When I came back later I had to ask, but was told that everything was in order. The list was correct… Well, lets check with reception… First I complained about the noisy bed in my room 111. Then checked why breakfast thinks I am in 112. “But you are in 112” was the answer. We have guests arriving in 111 today. NO, I slept in 111, my stuff is in 111, so how can I be in 112 then? So I proposed they’d give me the key for 112 so I could move my stuff from 111 to 112 (this also solved my noisy bed issue) and that proposal was appreciated. They gave me the keycard for 112, but at room 112 the keycard didn’t work… Grrrr. Back to friendly receptionist to get it solved. In room 112 the bed was fine. Basically the room looked fine, although the long pile carpet was not exactly cleaned well. I guess they’d never vacuum here. Also cleaning the bed. I was he