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City Hotel Essen

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Lobby
Reception hall
Daily buffet breakfast (EUR 12 per person)
Triple Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Pet friendly
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
$121
includes taxes & fees
Dec 7 - Dec 8

Explore the area

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Viehofer Platz 5, Essen, NW, 45127
  • Place, University of Duisburg-Essen
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Limbecker Platz
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Philharmonie Essen
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Airport, Düsseldorf (DUS-Düsseldorf Intl.)
    ‪22 min drive‬

Room options

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Single Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Single Room

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Double Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 Double Bed

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32-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels, TV

Triple Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Quadruple Room

  • 431 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds OR 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

City Hotel Essen

3-star hotel in Stadtkern
This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and dry cleaning. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include laundry facilities, free newspapers, and tour/ticket assistance.
City Hotel Essen offers 45 accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The hotel offers a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Essen hotel also offers a vending machine, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

City Hotel Essen is a smoke-free property.

Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; EUR 12 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • 7 floors
  • Reception hall
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: EUR 30
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: EUR 30

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
You will be asked to provide the property with a copy of your passport after booking
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 10 per pet, per day
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 10 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 10.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • An effective city/local tax rate of 5.35 percent will be charged

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 12 per person
  • Pet fee: EUR 10 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: EUR 30 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: EUR 30 (subject to availability)
  • Housekeeping is available for an additional fee
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 10.0 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

National rating

Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 3 stars.

Property is also known as

City Hotel Essen
City Hotel Essen Hotel
City Hotel Essen Essen
City Hotel Essen Hotel Essen

City Hotel Essen Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 125 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 69 out of 125 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 125 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 125 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 125 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Laurie, Weil im Schönbuch

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property is very clean inside but the building itself and the lobby area could use a facelift. It looks rundown from the street. Since it is at a busy intersection in the city, it is not possible to keep the windows open at night. They did provide a fan which was so appreciated and necessary, but having air conditioning and black out shades would help tremendously since we stayed in the summer and it was hot.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was a short 10 minute walk via a lengthy pedestrian walk thru. Lots of restaurants and shops along the way. Transportation is right outside of hotel. Staff is friendly, especially housekeeping.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Ardian

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Pavel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

STEVE

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A very nice hotel overall. Staff was helpful getting us around the metro. A decent buffet breakfast. Owner/manager was very attentive.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Farbod

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Santiago

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is a good accommodation. Very close to the center of Essen
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Ken

Business traveler
An old apartment building converted into a hotel, the furniture and fixtures feel like they haven't been updated since the 1970s. There grimy roughness befits this tough city - a post-industrial wasteland (think Bridgeport, CT).

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room I had was very large. Lady at the reception was very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Simple large clean room, not the most styling but everything you could ask for from a central budget hotel
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

declan

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Clean, good value and convenient but drab exterior

Good, clean but a little tired interior and very drab exterior. The hotel is well located just a few minutes walk from city centre and infact only 15 - 20 from the main station. The hotel also gives guests (at no extra cost) a local train ticket giving free trael on train, bus , tram fir the whole local area as far as Dusseldorf in the south and Dortmund in the north. Buffet breakfast is good too. Other than the external appearance and the immediate vicinity..a good hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

malcolm, Glossop

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Short Stay in Essen

Room was fine for 3 males i.e. 3 single beds ; adequate shower area along with a seating area coupled with a safe. Check in nice and simple , nice breakfast , short walking distance to main Essen train station.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The City-Hotel in Essen provides an all-inclusive experience: large room with extra seating, breakfast buffet, and , VERY convenient, complementary train tickets valid for the entire VRR region ( the VRR pricing is confusing and this is simple and saves money). Only downside is that I found the bed too soft.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Kerensky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasent, location asl nice view, comfort, cleanliness and price definitely satisfied for my family of 5.

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness

Tired, but still good value

A cheap hotel by Essen standards, which is priced fairly. The rooms are tired but the bed comfortable and the breakfast good. The shower was good too, but the shower curtain didn't work - and several mentions to reception saw nothing done. Overall, good value for the area: and close to shops and metro.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Aisha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very comfoprtable, and coveninet

Stay was good, friendly atmosphere. Very supportive staff

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Vik, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Just fine

Excellent location but it didn't feel like a 3 star hotel as claimed. Room was fine but they should at least have tea/coffee making facilities in the room. Staff were excellent and helped with everything I requested.

8/10 Good

Michael

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Für Konzertbesuche zu empfehlen
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Jörg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Schmutz in der Hotelumgebung
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Marco

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nie mehr

Es war laut und das Bett nicht sauber.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Peter

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

I liked this hotel

I liked this hotel, but you should not have too high expectations. It is a fairly stnadard hotel, not fancy in any way. The essentials were there, wifi worked ok, I had a large room, free parking just outside the door. No restaurant though but there were plenty nearby. Didn´t use the breakfast so cannot comment. Reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025