SO/ Berlin Das StuevsArte Luise Kunsthotel
Das Stue and Arte Luise Kunsthotel are both recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Das Stue ranks significantly better than Arte Luise Kunsthotel. Das Stue ranks #2 in Berlin with approval from 15 reviews such as Rough Guide, Afar Magazine and The Telegraph.
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
Arte Luise Kunsthotel Show All Reviews
Luisenstrasse 19, 10117 Berlin
From $71/night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Meeting Rooms
- Air Conditioning
- Accessible
Frommer's
"This hotel boasts that it is a "home for artists"... Clients from the arts, media, and even the political or business world are drawn to this unusual hostelry." Full review
Concierge
"This is a stylish place, yet it has something to offer even the most cost-conscious traveler: The cheapest accommodations are plain rooms on the top floor with a shared bath."
Fodor's
"The Luise is one of Berlin's most original boutique hotels, with each fantastically creative room in the 1825 building or 2003 built-on wing—facing the Reichstag—styled by a different artist." Full review
Insight Guides
"Close to the main train station, it is in an ideal location and is a one-of-a-kind experience."
Lonely Planet
"At this 'gallery with rooms' each unit is designed by different artists who receive royalties whenever it’s rented." Full review
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DK Eyewitness
"The 30 rooms in this small hotel were all individually and imaginatively designed by different local artists, with themes ranging from loud pop art to classic Modernism."
Time Out
"Housed in a former neoclassical residential palace just a short walk from the Reichstag and Brandenburger Tor, this ‘artist home’ is one of the city’s more imaginative small hotels." Full review
Rough Guide
"Each room here is an eccentric, and impressive, work of art: one comes with bananas all over the walls and hot-pink velvet bedding, while another is Alice in Wonderland-themed."
Gayot
"Visitors have dubbed the Arte Luise Kunsthotel as 'a gallery where you can spend the night.'."
Travel + Leisure
"What began in 2008 as an “art lab” in a palatial (but condemned) 1825-vintage residential building has evolved into a livable museum-cum-hotel near Berlin’s government district." Full review