Grand Hotel Esplanade

The hotel really benefits from an excellent central location which is great if you have kids or don't want to travel for ages to see the sights of Berlin. Even the bus tour of Berlin stops les than 5 minutes from the hotel. The breakfast buffet was excellent although the evening dining was somewhat limited and no kids options. I must say though that the chef was very flexible and practically served us our own menu! We used the room service everday and it was always prompt with the right order. It does have a pool but although the kids liked it I found it a bit too cold. I think the kids liked it because there were other chikdren there to play with. Attached to the pool was a gym which looked clean and well stocked although I couldn't bring myself to go to it! All the staff including the reception were very helpful and showed care and attention to my children. I would definitely stay there again even if I went without kids as the location is great, the room was clean and spacious (we had the cityview room) and the staff were lovely. It also has a really cool bar "Harry's New York Bar" and whle we were there they had a great singer/pianist on every night. Great for unwinding after a hard day's sightseeing :-) Overall I would say the hotel was worth every penny.