Privathotel Lindtner

Nice enough hotel - comfortable, friendly staff, really great food and perfectly temperature controlled (not to be taken for granted for anyone, like me, that struggles with hotel thermostats! LOL). But I didn’t love it. It vaguely reminded me of 1970s architecture…but merely painted over with some lovely artwork and modern touches. You can still sort of smell the days of smoking indoors yore. The beds are low-lying, a little hard and overly flat down pillows. I would like to give props on outlets: 3 in the bathroom alone, and 6 - yes, SIX! - next to the desk, plus others around the bed. But what really perturbed me was the shower. Step in tub, with a swing-able glass door but only extends half way. Nice wide/rain-like hand-held shower head, but it’s so big that its weight makes it fall off. And you need to angle it a certain way so you don’t flood the bathroom - which happens because it’s at the halfway point of the tub - like, near the door’s edge! So for us shower goers, it’s just a super awkward sitch and doesn’t get your day started well. It does have a lovely spa area but it’s not staffed, so I guess you book ahead. And the gym? One lonely cycle. That’s it. Last piece: location. I was obligated to stay for a meeting. But it is on the southern side of Hamburg. €75 taxi ride from the airport, €82 on my way back. That’s bonkers. And nowhere close to any tourism. So, sadly, on my first trip to Hamburg, I saw nothing and over spent my local transport budget that I didn’t even go out. It’s in a posh area, hence the up-pricing.

Stuff at the Spa and at the Restaurant were very nice, giving us all the time a little extra for our comfort and enjoyment. Food either for dinner or breakfast was absolutely delightful.

I was there for a seminar. The hotel is in a very quiet location opposite a park. There are enough parking spaces. The seminar was fully booked with 120 people. Long queues formed at the buffet and also in the toilet. You could eat at standing tables. Also the lunch. The door to the bedroom was difficult to open. There was a shower curtain in the bathroom. There was no swimming pool. The sauna was chargeable and had to be booked separately. The hotel is very far from the center. The bus stop is directly in front of the hotel.

The conference rooms are o.k. but service needs to be much better. There was a power outage and the air was so dry that several people experienced nosebleeds. The rooms are just ok but the shower is too small and the curtains stick in your back when you take a shower! If the overnight stay had cost €80, I wouldn't mention these issues here. But more than 130€ was paid...