Business Hostel Wiesbaden ONE in Wiesbaden

In theory a very good concept. Central location, a nice kitchen, and decent pricing. But once you take a deeper look you see the flaws.

Cold rooms without adequate insulation on the windows. When asked for an extra duvet, the response was a clear no. The duvet provided is tiny and I'm not sure it would fit a taller person than me.. I'm shorter than 170cm for reference.

The room looks lifeless. I mean I've been to several hostels and most of them make efforts to make it a happy place. This one reminded me more of a hospital room. The TV is random and kept switching to you tube often on its own.

The bathroom though is hilarious! The soap dispenser was empty and despite being reminded about it, it never got refilled. There was a strange green and red light that kept blinking all night. I had to cover this with a towl and tissue paper. Hard to describe the sheer weirdness since the hotel/hostel told me this thing blinks and there is no way to shut it down?

The reading lamp was nice , beds semi comfortable.

All in all, the kitchen is really the only good part. A last minute option in my opinion, maybe in summer. Definitely not in winter since it's cold and turning the heater up to 5 isn't comfortable either since the room heats up.

Shower was hard to set up and either too hot or too cold. Also no clear way to shut down the shower, so not very sustainable . Zero toiletries. Tiny towels. If you're a tall person who feels cold and sleeps light, avoid this place.

They probably do well due to the demand for a place like this but if they keep up this remote semblance of a hostel, I'm not sure how long it'll last. It's definitely not a hotel, not a hostel either; more like a refugee when hiking but with individual rooms.

What annoyed me the most was the note on the door trying to force a higher review. And their welcome message asking me to not post anything bad online but to let them know instead. I did let them know and got very unsatisfactory answers.

And finally, the door doesn't seem to close properly and the walls are thin, so you can hear a lot of outside sounds, since there isn't much space between the door and bed. Overall I didn't feel comfortable or safe here.

Before you decide to staying at this place, consider other hotels which are cheaper with better confort, with a reception and own bathroom in each room and probably a more professional response in case of issues. The water tap in our room only gave hot water so we couldn’t brush our teeth nor wash our hands the first night. However, it was repaired on the next day. Before the repair of the tap, when I asked for a room change the management refused because all rooms were booked out. However, in contrast, during our 3 nights stay we saw every morning open doors with a turnover of several fully cleaned empty rooms. Therefore the reason to refuse our request for a room change was visibly not justifiable as it is also proven by the fact that we initially had room 8 announced by e-mail and WhatsApp prior our arrival to be changed to room number 4 where we had to stay 3 nights after arrival. In contrast to other hotels in Germany where we stayed in, in case of a problem a room change is no issue at all. For this reason, I will not return again to Business Hostel One in Wiesbaden. Therefore, only 1 out of 5 for this evaluation as this matters a lot. Concerning the photos on the website, they do not reflect all the reality such as broken wall paint in some corners of our room. Sonority is mediocre and you can hear speaking your neighbours during the night time in spite of all their efforts to avoid noise. Windows do not have full blinds nor curtains and it is difficult to have a good sleep with the city lights and day light penetrating through the blinds and in the absence of curtains. Mattresses are a bit too soft and you risks backache if you stay longer than a night, therefore I would disadvise this hostel for a longterm stay in case if you have a back issue. Good points: rooms are well cleaned, the central location in Wiesbaden down town is an advantage, the kitchen gives you the possibility for cooking on your own, friendly maintenance staff.