Fodor's Expert Review Honigmond Hotel and Garden Hotel

These two hotels are charming, quaint oases only a few steps away from the buzzing neighborhood of Mitte. The former tenement houses, typical of late-19th-century Berlin, have been meticulously restored, with wooden floor planks and hand-selected, historic furniture. A small restaurant in the main hotel hearkens back to its proud history as a meeting point for political opponents of the East German regime, serving a variety of German standards to a younger, international clientele. The Garden Hotel (set in a house that dates to 1845) surrounds a green courtyard and offers a quiet getaway.

room

Rooms are uniquely decorated with artfully chosen, colonial-style antiques, oil paintings and four-poster beds. Some feature original wood floors and stucco ceilings. Views are of the street or the ivy-covered courtyard.

YOU SHOULD KNOW Rooms at the front of the hotel can be quite noisy, so light sleepers should opt for courtyard-facing rooms.

bathroom

The modern, marble bathrooms have showers or tubs; the larger studios and apartments in the Honigmond Hotel building have bathtubs.

lobby

The inviting lobby features exposed brick walls decorated with large paintings and comfy leather seating.

dining

The small restaurant in the main hotel serves a variety of classic German dishes.