Holiday Inn Essen - City Centre

Location in the center of Essen and own car parking.

Expensive breakfast for 17 euro per person. Within room 201 you can hear cars entering the car park underneath the hotel while lying in bed. Can be disturbing when you try to sleep.

The hotel is exactly next to the shopping center and Limbecker Platz. The parking of the hotel is very convenient. Hotel staff was very friendly. We had a very large room which was very convenient.

The shower leaked very much so that you had to use almost all towels for drying up the floor. It is a good hotel and up to the standard of what you can expect of Holiday Inn, but it is definitely not a luxurious design hotel (by the way, that was not how it was promoted, but would have been a nice surprise.)

The hotel is nice. Good location and wonderful breakfast.

There was a problem with one of the receptionist during the check-in. One of the guests did not come and the reservation of the room (double) was made under his name. The receptionist did not want to give us the room even if we had already paid for it and the other guest was present. They made us waiting until another receptionist came and solved the problem.

Expensive, especially with breakfast at extra cost. Curtains should have been repaced as they were worn in places.

Friendly staff and nice, spacious rooms with all amenities. Just a couple of minutes away from Limbecker shopping center.

How to drive to the hotel parking is somewhat of a puzzle the first time.