17 Best Hotels in Frankfurt, Germany

This international chain's downtown Frankfurt outpost is still primarily a business hotel (with lower rates on weekends), but it's still welcoming to kids and pets, not to mention a hip lobby bar (Gekkos) that is definitely worth a visit. In addition, it has all the perks the business traveler wants, from secretarial services to video conferencing facilities. 

The Ibis is a reliable budget hotel chain, and this location offers simple, straightforward rooms on a quiet street near the river. Rooms are small but efficiently decorated, and the hotel is air-conditioned, a bonus in this price category.

This lively boutique hotel features modern and sleek designs everywhere you look, including rooms heavy on black lacquer furniture offset by white bedspreads and chairs and large, airy windows. On arrival, guests are greeted with a glass of cider or sparkling wine in the dark yet welcoming lobby. The unusual spa includes relaxation tubs filled with tiny glass beads that provide a mini-massage. The hotel bar and adjacent restaurant are popular places to be seen in Frankfurt, including the outdoor terrace in season. Grab a cocktail in the hotel bar between 5-9pm and receive complimentary appetizers for each drink order.

Since 1876, this neo-Gothic gem has been the first choice of visiting heads of state, business moguls, and others who keep coming back because of its impeccable service, luxurious rooms, endless-seeming amenities, and central location. It fronts a grand courtyard, which turns into an outdoor café in season, and there's little that guests desire that isn't available: massive suites in dark woods and brass with air-conditioning (still reasonably rare in Germany); slippers; mirrored walk-in closets; 24-hour room service; and a day spa and gym. It's one of the city's oldest hotels, but its modern services earn it kudos. Equally upscale is the Breeze restaurant, with an Asian fusion menu, in addition to its classic Restaurant Français with a French-inspired menu.

In the heart of Bockenheim—and near numerous cafés, bars, shops, and the Messe (trade center)—this hotel is a good deal, especially on weekends. Rooms are bright and modern and the nightly rate includes a full breakfast and a discount at a nearby fitness studio.

If there ever was a hotel at the vortex of arrivals and departures, it's this centrally located one in an elegant old-world building across the street from the main train station, where the small German chain Flemings has rooms and facilities, adding high-tech features such as a digital e-concierge and digital room key on your phone. It's priced with the budget business traveler in mind but is also family-friendly (kids get a welcome package). Rooms are small but efficient, with clean, modern decor.

This beautiful Victorian building close to the main train station is filled with antiques and hand-painted murals by the owner, and features a lovely roof garden with a view of the skyline. Its small size (26 rooms) gives it the feel of a B&B, especially the cozy book-filled Reading Room.

Frankfurt's first eco-hotel features modern, natural-wood furniture, including canopy beds, and organic cotton sheets and towels. Rooms are decorated in warm tones of orange and blue, and have spacious bathrooms, some with free-standing tubs. The high-ceiling lobby and breakfast room of this 1914 villa are decorated with modern art. The organic breakfast is served on a terrace in good weather, the staff is friendly and accommodating, and a library includes some English-language books. Rates are lower on weekends.

Across the street from the main train station, this modern, sparkling hotel has its own underground garage, but more notably some of the least expensive rooms in town. Part of an international chain with locations throughout Europe and Israel, it also has a pleasant lobby bar and a bistro/restaurant.

This pleasant and elegant family-operated hotel in the middle of the lively Sachsenhausen quarter has recently renovated rooms that are modest but comfortable and includes a substantial breakfast buffet in its nightly rates. The restaurant, Doepfner's im Maingau, is pricey, but is also one of Frankfurt's best. There are extra daily charges for children or pets (but only one pet per room). 

Get to all parts of town quickly from this centrally located and budget-priced hotel. There's no restaurant, but the hotel's bar is open around the clock and there are several places to eat nearby, including the huge food court in the Bahnhof.

It's so close to the Messegelände (Exhibition Center) that you can reach the exhibition halls, as this top-notch business hotel puts it, \"with dry feet.\" It has its own underground garage, a sauna, steam bath, and indoor pool, and a sushi bar that draws many nonguests. The executive floor has splendid views, especially at night, plus a lounge with breakfast and complimentary snacks, state-of-the-art business services, and many other amenities, including two restaurants and a café. Maritim is a well-regarded European-based hotel chain.

This luxuriously modern hotel, in the same family for three generations, occupies a renovated Art Nouveau building dating from 1890. The high-ceiling rooms retain the elegance of the old building, and modern decor is enhanced with a sprinkling of antique furniture, such as an armoire or chair, in each room.

This huge hotel is directly connected to Frankfurt Airport's Terminal 1, providing a convenient and soundproof respite for those with early flights. A 24-hour business center offers everything business people are likely to need, including video projectors and simultaneous interpreters. In addition to three restaurants and snack shops, there is a cigar bar and lounge, and a busy lobby bar called Lemons and Limes. Rooms also can be booked for day use, for long layovers.

The sylvan beauty of this family-friendly hotel is surprising, considering that it's less than one mile from the airport and connected to it by a steady stream of free shuttle buses that operate 24 hours. It's right on the edge of the city forest out of which the airport was carved, and has lots of paths for hiking, running, and biking (the hotel rents bikes), plus a 250-year-old forest house that is now a hotel restaurant. There's also a lobby bar and a rooftop terrace with a spectacular view of the airport and the Frankfurt skyline.

This hotel, which opened in 1883, was renowned for catering to Europe's royalty in its pre–World War I heyday, and it's still known for pleasing a well-heeled clientele with exceptional service, including 24-hour room service. Ritter's Restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner (served on an outdoor terrace in good weather), and there's a lobby bar for socializing and quick bites.

Those who like downtown Frankfurt will appreciate the Westin's location, just steps from the famous Zeil shopping street, plus all the features of a high-end chain hotel, including a fitness room, spa, pool, and sauna. Re-opened in 2022 after an extensive renovation, each room has a Westin Heavenly Bed (they're also available for your dog). There is an impressive collection of museum-quality vintage cars in the lobby, and in an unusual retreat from the public areas, where smoking is forbidden, a swanky cigar lounge. Four restaurants, including Sushimoto with a Japanese menu, are on the premises.