SO/ Berlin Das StuevsAckselhaus
Both Das Stue and Ackselhaus are recommended by expert writers. On balance, Das Stue scores significantly better than Ackselhaus. Das Stue is ranked #2 in Berlin with recommendations from 15 reviews including Time Out, Afar Magazine and Travel + Leisure.
SO/ Berlin Das Stue Show All Reviews
Drakestrasse 1, 10787 Berlin
From $215/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's
"History meets contemporary style in the heart of Berlin... still retains governmental grandeur... now mixed with warming touches like cozy nooks designed by Patricia Uriquola." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
Readers' Choice Award
"A 1930s landmark turned 80-room design hotel in the Embassy Quarter, close to the Berlin Zoo." Full review
Time Out
"There’s a long list of reasons to stay at this Design Hotel, a pearl-white spa, rooms overlooking the Tiergarten, the original three-storey library and its Michelin-starred cinco concept restaurant." Full review
Star Service
"This gracious Teutonic oasis of calm resides in what has to be one of the most intriguing locations of any hotel in the city: the zoo." Full review
Rough Guide
Star
"Lodge in luxury at the severely stylish prewar Danish embassy, where views of the zoo’s antelopes and ostriches from the elegant 1920s-themed bar add to the charm."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Hugging the Tiergarten park, Das Stue is as warm and welcoming as its name (Danish for 'living room') suggests." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"From the elegant fine-dining restaurant to the cozy library, the hotel is immaculately decorated, offering the crème de la crème of hotel experiences." Full review
Wallpaper
"Behind the grey stone of the former Royal Danish Embassy’s curved façade is a glamorous world of marble, wood and copper." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"One of Berlin's hottest, five-star hotels, Das Stue aims to please." Full review
Frommer's
"Enter the stately former Danish embassy tucked next to the Berlin Zoo, and the first thing you'll see is the gaping mouth of a crocodile head in front of a grand, museum-like staircase." Full review
Ackselhaus Show All Reviews
Belforter Str. 21, 10405 Berlin
From $149/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Family Friendly
- Multilingual
Michelin Guide
"This establishment has a really special historical charm... The green inner courtyards with their lounge feel are very pretty."
Frommer's
"A majestic building from the 1800s has been restored and turned into a bastion of elegance and affordability." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"At this charismatic retreat in a 19th-century building you'll sleep in large, classily decorated themed rooms." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Stylish apartment rooms in a small, slightly alternative guesthouse, based in an old tenement block."
Time Out
"Just doors apart, what ties these two establishments together - aside from their shared reception desk - is a wonderfully realised 'modernised colonial' style." Full review
Rough Guide
Star
"Small offbeat hotel on an attractive residential street in the heart of the lively Prenzlauer Berg scene."
Travel + Leisure
"The hotel presents an alluring combination of elegance and affordability—as well as the stylish breakfast café Club del Mar—on a tree-lined street in Prenzlauer Berg." Full review
Fodor's
"Ackselhaus has several impressive themed rooms, including the safari-esque Africa suite and the Picasso room, and many feature freestanding tubs, rainforest showers, and flat-screen TVs." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This unique b&b offers two hotels in one: the more expensive Bluehome has a Mediterranean feel, while Ackselhaus' mini-apartments offer various themes that range from the geographical to the filmic." Full review
EuroCheapo
"Occupying a set of pristinely restored 19th-century townhouses on a quiet Prenzlauer Berg street, the four-star properties ackselhaus and bluehome are exotic (and splurge-worthy) escapes in the heart of Berlin." Full review