Soho House BerlinvsOstel - GDR The Hostel
Both hotels are recommended by experts. On balance, Soho House Berlin scores significantly higher than Ostel - GDR The Hostel. Soho House Berlin comes in at 85 with approval from 13 reviewers like Fodor's, Afar Magazine and Star Service.
Soho House Berlin Show All Reviews
Torstrasse 1, 10119 Berlin
From $231/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Concierge
"It's not just a hotel, you see: It's also a private club, and the restricted membership list has caused quite a stir in traditionally laid-back Berlin."
Fodor's
"The Berlin branch of this luxury hotel–club brings the chic atmosphere of London and New York's Soho to the German capital." Full review
Jetsetter
"Bauhaus beauty turned cutting-edge members club with industrial-chic rooms, a spa and a year-round rooftop pool." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This in-crowd darling packs plenty of design cachet into its eclectic-mod rooms." Full review
Time Out
"These days, Soho House occupies eight floors, and has installed one of their excellent Cowshed spas, a library and its own cinema." Full review
Star Service
"The rooms' plush mix of modern and traditional, lush and sexy, perfect for a tryst or make-up weekend. " Full review
Rough Guide
"Private members’ club in a restored Bauhaus building with forty rooms that range from tiny to extra-large. Decor is quirky and fun, hinting at the faded glamour of the late 1920s."
BlackBook
"Berlin's upwardly mobile creative classes have a new clubhouse."
Condé Nast Traveler
"There’s debate as to whether a British-style membership club and 40-room hotel in an iconic Bauhaus-inspired building." Full review
Afar Magazine
"One of Mitte’s foremost havens of hip, offering quirkily decorated rooms that mix vintage with contemporary design tropes." Full review
Ostel - GDR The Hostel
Wriezener Karree 5, 10243 Berlin
From $71/night
- Free Internet
- Concierge
- Baggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe
- Taxi service
Lonely Planet
". Our independent authors have visited Ostel Hostel and selected this as one of our recommended hostels in Berlin."
DK Eyewitness
"Located in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district, Ostel is designed to look like a communist-era hotel."
Time Out
"For those who just can’t get enough of Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East), there’s a hotel Konsum (state-run market), which sells everything from plaster eggcups to chocolate DDR coins." Full review
Rough Guide
Star
"Step back into the GDR of the 1970s amid a haze of browns and oranges at this themed budget hotel a short walk from the Ostbahnhof."
BlackBook
"Berlin's Ostel offers rooms and apartments for up to six people completely outfitted in commie décor, at prices equally reminiscent of the Eastern Bloc."
Frommer's
"Here’s your chance to indulge in what Berliners call Ostalgia, a kind of kitschy nostalgia for Soviet culture (without the Stasi spying on you and better food)." Full review