D Hotel Taunus, Monbijouplatz 1, T 28 35 254, F 28 35 255, http://www.hotel-taunus.de S-Bahn Hackescher Markt. Taunus has made a feature out of its external fire-escape stairs, which wind down the outside of a striking pale building. The clean modern design is continued inside in the simple en suite rooms. D-E mitArt Pension, Friedrichstr. 127, T 28 39 04 30, F 28 39 04 32. U-Bahn Oranienburger Tor. An exceptionally friendly and memorably stylish hotel. Still primarily a gallery, the owner originally rented out rooms to exhibiting artists and has now expanded the concept so that hotel guests sit having breakfast among works of modern art suspended from the ceiling. Service is personal, breakfast is copious and delicious and rooms are homely and well decorated. E Hotel am Scheunenviertel, Oranienburger Str. 38, T 28 22 12 52 830, F 28 21 115. U-Bahn Oranienburger Tor. This good value Jewish quarter hotel has plain, modern rooms and a rather plain breakfast, but it's well-placed near Friedrichstrasse and within walking distance of Unter den Linden. Although it's not over endowed with character, service is helpful and friendly. It's also surprisingly quiet at night, considering the nightclub next door. L-B Grand Hyatt, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz, T 25 53 12 34, F 25 53 12 35, http://www.berlin.hyatt.com S-Bahn and U-Bahn Potsdamer Platz, U-Bahn Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park. This is a superb combination of Oriental and Bauhaus deluxe minimalism. The angular lines of Potsdamer Platz itself are continued into the interior: the lobby is a stunning space, with a flower bed of seasonal blooms offsetting the harsh acute angles. The Feng Shui of the corridor carpet design (frantic along the corridors, but calm at the ends, apparently) might not do much for you, but more useful and personal design minutiae are everywhere. Special drains mean you can deliberately overflow your bath and fresh fruit and novels in English are provided in each room. You can use the TV for Play- station games or to pay your bill and there's a button inside the door to light up a 'do not disturb' sign outside. On Sundays you don't have to check out until 1800. A roof-top health club and pool have great views and the service is exceptional. Prices sky-rocket during the Berlin Film Festival. If you can manage to get a room at that time, you will probably be able to look out of the window at Hollywood's finest as they troop into the cinema opposite. B-C Myer's, Metzer Str. 26, T 44 01 40, F 44 01 41 04, http://www.myershotel.de U-Bahn Senefelderplatz. Diethard Meusel's photos, displayed throughout the hotel, lift this place from its otherwise rather ordinary modern decor. Unfortunately some of the paintings that decorate the remainder are as awful as Meusel's pictures are good. Art aside, this isn't a bad place at all though. The lobby has antique furniture and a bar that's open 24/7. All rooms look inwards to a garden and courtyard and are therefore quiet, and breakfast in summer can be had outside. Rooms on the top (fifth) floor have baths and views. C-D Hotel Jurine, Schwedter Str. 15, T 44 32 990, F 44 32 99 99, http://www.hotel-jurine.de U-Bahn Senefelderplatz. In summer the well-placed Jurine has an excellent garden terrace. In winter you'll have to make do with the eight different types of breakfast cereal on offer. The 53 rooms are plush, modern and quiet and there's a double specially designed for the disabled. If you baulk at the E12 extra for the large buffet breakfast, there's an excellent Italian café-trattoria just a couple of doors down the road. E Transit Loft, Greifswalderstr. 219 (entrance on Immanuel- kirchstrasse), T 48 49 37 73, F 44 05 10 74, http://www.transit-loft.de U-Bahn Senefelderplatz. A large, open, colourful space greets you out of the lift when you arrive at this modern hostel. Built in 2001, good use is made of both natural and artificial light and there are only a few enormous pipes along the corridor ceilings to remind visitors of its history as a factory. There's a generous buffet breakfast available until noon and a massive billiard room downstairs has 37 tables. L-A Hotel Brandenburger Hof, Eislebenerstr. 14, T 21 40 50, F 21 40 51 00, http://www.brandenburger-hof.com U-Bahn Augsburger Strasse U-Bahn Kurfürstendamm. One of the city's top luxury hotels is on a quiet, anonymous street south of Breit- scheidplatz. The grand late 19th-century façade and lobby contrast with the sleek and elegant modernism of the Bauhaus-influenced rooms upstairs. Everything about the place is effortlessly stylish, from the light and airy surrounds of the Wintergarten piano bar to the rich, clubby atmosphere of the library. The restaurant, Die Quadriga, has been awarded a Michelin star for its fine French cuisine. The pampering reaches new heights in the Thaleia massage and beauty suite while the friendly and attentive service is epitomised by touches such as fresh apples in the lobby. L-C Hotel Gates, Knessebeckstr. 8-9, T 31 10 06, F 31 22 060, http://www.hotel-gates.com U-Bahn Ernst-Reuter-Pl. Claiming to be the first hotel in Europe to have free 24-hour internet access in every room, the recently overhauled Hotel Gates is a cleverly marketed combination of old (the 1950s breakfast room remains unaltered, though implausibly shiny) and new. Service is friendly. Book online for lower prices.
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