The Circus

Excellent value stay in a good location. From this hotel, we were able to easily access all of the central tourist sites.
Some hotels have an environmental tick in the box, but you soon realise that this hotel is very sincere about there sustainability efforts. They are implemented in a very practical and unobtrusive manner.
The staff are very friendly and helpful.
The room we stayed in is spacious and the styling is well-​considered. We would definitely stay here again.

I thought this was a great, clean hotel close to the UBahn and easy walking distance to many things. It’s at a very busy five way intersection so if you are at the front if the building it can get rather loud outside with your windows open. I enjoy people watching so I didn’t mind until about 4 – 5 am when the drunk people are out making a lot of noise since they stay out allll night! I would stay here again for sure. It had a lot of good places to eat within walking distance. My bathroom was huge and my room was very comfortable. It had a fan to cool off if you needed to but the weather was perfect in May.

I stayed here on my first trip to Berlin and I cannot write enough good things about both the Hotel and Hostel. The staff at the Circus is first rate and the restaurant (both food and ambiance), entertainment and rooms are excellent. Go over to the hostel if you want to get a little more lively, meet young people, and have a few brews. It is just as nice. Can’t wait to come back again!

Circus Hostel is terrible– just kidding. It’s so freaking perfect I don’t anyone else to know about it. Location, other travelers, staff… just the best. Very hip, but genuine. Please don’t go there. I love it as is.

Fantastic hotel in a great location –very clean and service oriented. We had breakfast one day and it was excellent but there are also tons of cute little cages nearby to try. Located right adjacent to the U-​Bahn. Room was very small, but who cares? Who wants to be in a hotel room when you are in Berlin?

Stayed here for 3 nights on my recent trip to Germany, and could not be happier. I picked this hotel based on excellent Tripadvisor reviews.
— Location: 5 stars
The hotel is very conveniently located, it’s basically right above the subway station (Rosenthaler Platz). Many cafes, bars, and restaurants to choose from within the walking distance.
— Breakfast: 5 stars
It is not included in the room rate, but it’s totally worth it. It’s 8 euro/​person and served in the lovely café on the 1^st floor. You can taste the quality. I think they bake their own bread and make their own jam. Strawberry jam was amazing!
— Room comfort: 4 stars
We stayed in «Economy Double Room» because we figured we won’t be in our room much (and we were right, Berlin is such an exciting city!). The room was quite small (if you are traveling with a large suitcase, you might want to get a bigger room). The décor is very hip and modern. Comfortable bed. Super clean, modern bathroom. Great water pressure in the shower (I’m picky about this). Here is why it gets 4 stars: there is absolutely NO sound proofing. Every time someone walks by in the hallway, you can totally hear it. If they talk in the hallway, you can hear the conversation.
— Service: 5 stars
Everyone at the front desk was super friendly and helpful.
— Overall Value: Excellent!
This was probably the best value I’ve found in hotel rooms in a long time (95 euro/​night). I will definitely be staying at Circus Hotel next time I’m in Berlin.
—-A few tips — -
— «Curry Mitte» (which is right next to the hotel) has delicious currywurst. They are open till 6am, so it’s a perfect place to stop by after a night of exploring/​drinking, before you head up to your room.
— There is a good café across Rosenthaler Str (I forget the name of it), but you can’t miss it. It’s on the corner of Rosenthaler and Tor, and directly across from the hotel.
— We stayed on the 4^th floor and the room was facing Tor Str. We enjoyed a great view of the lively intersection, but you do hear the tram go by pretty much all day, so if you are a light sleeper, ask for a room facing courtyard.
— From Tegel airport, you can take the bus 128 to Osloer Str and catch subway (U8) from there. Get off at Rosenthaler Platz (from Osloer Str, it’s about 5 stops). We arrived in Tegel after 9pm, but felt completely safe getting to the hotel.
— Book Early! This place is popular.

Located in a very busy intersection of neighborhoods, The Circus Hotel is a nice, clean, comfortable place with a few notable exceptions. For many westerners it is important to note that they DO NOT have air conditioning. They don’t even have a fan system. This means on rainy, humid, or warm days the room can get pretty muggy. The claim is that it never gets hot/​warm in Berlin — for Europeans I suppose, and something about being environmentally friendly, though I didn’t quite buy it. Sounded more like a way to cut costs.
The bathrooms are very nice in the single rooms. Walk in showers with great water pressure, and unbelievably scalding hot water if you want it. Clean, with plenty of towels. Along the lines of that whole «green» gimmick, you have to insert, and leave, your key card into a slot next to the door to get the lights to come on. This will drive you crazy. Bathroom lights, main room lights, etc. If it’s late at night and you have to use the bathroom get ready to wake the whole room up. Luckily by the desk there is a small, wall mounted light with a switch. Without that and the light from the street I would have been in serious trouble. Heavy curtains! They also put a large, half filled beanbag chair in the room… Not sure why… it’s uncomfortable as hell and just in the way.
The wifi was a little unsure at first and requires you to login every few hours or so. An annoyance that could be better. It works and it’s pretty quick.
Never the less the room we had on the 1^st floor was very clean, modern, spacious, and comfortable. Bigger than most American hotels of the same price. Quiet when the windows are closed. There are no ice or vending machines, but downstairs is their in-​house, decent German restaurant. The 8 Euro all you can eat organic buffet breakfast is an odd mix of stuff. From tuna salad, cheeses, and breads to salami, hard boiled eggs and cereals. Lots of variety but all European. This means no eggs, bacon, and pancakes for those who might expect it. This is –not– the Holiday Inn. Great food, very well done, very nicely presented, and they do a great job with it. Very impressive. Sit outside in the garden, it’s fantastic.
The desk folks are very nice, they all speak English, and have lots of little things that really, really come in handy, such as: stamps, umbrellas, packing tape, hair and body wash for free, etc. You might get someone whose English is a bit halting and they may seem unfriendly but really they’re not. Immensely helpful and patient.
The hotel sits at the confluence of 4 intersections, above a subway, with an above ground tram to boot! This means outside it can get noisy but the windows are thick and you don’t hear anything unless it sirens. The location is perfect for just getting somewhere. When you exit the subway at Rosenthaler Straße (U8 line) be sure to exit the Torstraße side. If you do the hotel will be right there, 15 feet from the exit, next to the Chinese restaurant. If you don’t then it’s down the block.
Lots of cafes and tourist shops nearby, post office down the street, etc. I never figured out the train system. Apparently you’re supposed to buy a ticket when you go down into the subway — there are no fare gates — but some Germans told me only tourists buy tickets and everyone just walks down and gets on the train, so that was pretty cool. The trains go everywhere but they’re are different lines run by different companies, so they don’t all look the same. This can be very confusing when the desk gives you directions somewhere.
Overall I give this place a 4 out of 5. It’s clean, great location, comfortable, and they really try to make the stay as comfortable as possible. I ding them one star for the a/​c — or any kind of fan/​air circulation system. It may sound tedious to some but having grown up with it, especially the air circulation system in general, a background noise like an a/​c unit to drown out street noise is really helpful, not to mention keeping the air circulating is nice.
I would have liked to have seen more information about the room, the hotel, services, and frequently asked questions. The room had a nice personalized message welcoming us to the hotel, with their very own own hotel magazine, but information such as the wifi password, using the lights, etc. were no where to be found in the magazine or anywhere in the room that we could find. So for a westerner just be prepared to go with the flow and ask lots of questions. ie. If the lights don’t work, there’s probably a reason and you’ll need to ask.
All that said I will probably return. When you do the euro to US conversion it’s a little expensive, but for Berlin, for the location, etc. it’s very nice. A little out away from the main tourist sections in a more neighborhood setting. Safe to walk around at night and the beds are comfortable.

I can’t say enough good things about this place. The Ambiance was «berlin» hip, the staff friendly and extremely helpful and patient, the room was comfortable. It was small but had an excellent layout and a great view of the street below. The complementary Breakfast was awesome.

Choosing the hotel because of #1 spot on trip advisor. And definitely well deserved!
The hotel is very well located, tram/​bus/​metro stops are right next to it. The price level is VERY good, junior suite is just 100 euros per night. Organic breakfast is 8 eur/​person and it was very good. The staff if helpful and the hotel services are just super. Read other reviews, I have nothing more to add to them. Just great!
There are two negative things however which drop the review to four stars instead of five:
The wifi is free but it sucks. It keeps dropping and you need to sign in each time again via the web access page. It was very annoying. And it was very slow at time to time. Hotel staff: please fix wifi.
Walls are a bit thin, we got a kid crying somewhere couple of nights and we heard it to the room quite well.
I will come here second time for sure.

This place is reasonably priced, very well-​located, elegant, simple, friendly, efficient. Really, it’s hard to think of how it could be improved. I’m hard to impress, but my stay here impressed me greatly.

Avec sont côté austère, vous serez aux petit oignon dans des chambres design et écolo!

Ein schönes Hotel in toller Lage!
Ich werde das Hotel gerne weiterempfehlen nur nicht für die heiße Jahreszeit: leider gibt es keine Klimaanlage, nur einen Ventilator. Die meiste Zeit ist das ja überhaupt kein Problem, nur wenn es sehr heiß ist, kann es in der Nacht doch recht stickig werden und wenn man ein Zimmer zur Straße hat, ist es zu laut, um es in der Nacht offen zu lassen.
Ansonsten: Gutes Hotel, genau richtig für einen Berlin-​Besuch. Die U-​Bahn direkt vor der Nase, ebenso wie einige Shops, Imbisse und Restaurant. Zum Hackeschen Markt und zum Alexanderplatz kann man gemütlich spazieren! Sehr nette MitarbeiterInnen, schöné & gut eingerichtete Zimmer. Weiter so, wir kommen gerne wieder!

First impression of this place is simply WOW! A hotel of this high standard in uk would cost far more than EUR90 per night. V clean, so far i’m well impressed!

This is ranked #1 by Tripadvisor for a reason (#2 is Ritz Carlton)! At only 80 – 90 Euros for a double room, you can’t go wrong with the service and location and rooms with this hotel.
We paid 8 Euros extra each day for an organic breakfast spread and it was well worth it. Great way to stay fueled for a full day of exploring Berlin.
My boyfriend and I couldn’t say enough great things about this place.

In planning our… what does one call it these days? City trip? Long weekend? Mini break? All of the above? Anywho, when venturing to Germany to the first time, Berlin to be precise, my significant other and I er… winged it. As in, we hadn’t a clue what to do once we got there. Our three moves went thus:
1) A quick look on the Lonely Planet forum from me — found a recommendation for the Circus Hotel. Check-​up on Unilocal proved it a worthy choice.
2) Must meet up with my beauteous colleague Svenja G, Berlin CM, she’ll know what to see and do of course.
3) Boyfriend found out all kinds of amazing stuff to do with public transport which got us to said hotel from the airport in the first place.
First tick off the list — we arrived, tired and gross, and fell into the lobby of the Circus. We didn’t make the usual tourist mistake of going into the hostel opposite, however the two run in parallel to one another and you can find out info about Berlin no matter which site you’re staying at. (By the way, as hostels go, the Circus’s one looks the bomb.) Anyway, much to our surprise we were greeted by somebody who hailed from Stockport. As Mancunians we found this immensely comforting. (Shameless plug: I just held my first Unilocal Open Party in Stockport.) He chatted and chatted away to us and told us that there was pretty much nothing they wouldn’t do if we asked. Er, awesome! We were given a map, our key, and sent up to a room that did us perfectly fine. So it didn’t have a view, it wasn’t particularly large, but heck it had a fab and spacey bathroom. Oh and massive shower power much.
If you think in relation to the old exchange rate the Circus would be a bit of a bargain, but given our flaming pound’s so weak it seems a little pricier. (But they only added tax at the end, so remember to factor it into the web prices!) It’s ridiculously central, and right outside a U-​Bahn station that can lead you pretty much anywhere in this awesome city. I’m not sure the standard double was that much bigger than the economy room for two, and whilst the bed itself was king-​sized there were two separate duvets and two separate mattresses pushed together. Yeah, cue me falling down the central crease whenever I rolled over.
But take the amazingly friendly staff, the informative emails we received right up until our arrival, the special transport tickets they offer at reception which get — you — anywhere — via — ANY — method (that’s tram, train *and* subway!), the giant bucket of ice they provided for me to take up to our room when we were indulging in hotel-​based Becks Lime action on our final night (er, yum), the super value 8 euro breakfast buffet you can fill up on from 7am right up until 1pm… need any more convincing? Not bad at all, and a great intro to Berlin. Fan!

The Circus Hotel is excellent. We stayed in a two bedroom, two bath apartment. It appears to have been recently remodeled with modern appliances and furniture. At the moment, it’s 160 € per night for this huge place.
Security is top notch with 24 hour reception and keycard access to the rooms. Kitchens are well-​stocked if you want to cook. In-​room Wi-​Fi is free.
Access is easy, with an underground station right outside. Staff speaks good English. Recommended.

this place is a great find. after our stay at the amano, we moved here, which was just down the street. for 3 of us, we got an aptmt w/​a rollaway, and it was only 120 euros a night. the aptmt was huge and super cute.
they are very green here and eco-​friendly, so the lights all have sensors. also, they leave toiletries at the front desk, so you pick them up when you need them (to reduce waste).
the bar/​restaurant area is really cool and has live music on fri and sun nights! it’s a great place to hang out.

We loved this hotel, the location is perfect, tube station right in front of the door.
In house restaurant offers a buffet breakfast for 8 EUR, which is resonable.
The hotel is very clean and the staff a very friendly and helpfull
We have enjoyed our stay very much

Endlich einmal ein Hotel, in dem auch ich mir die Suite leisten kann ;-)
Toller Service an der Rezeption, ein sehr großes, geräumiges und zweckmäßig eingerichtetes Zimmer. Sehr sauberes Bad mit Regenwald-​Dusche (ich liebe es!!!).
Gute Location (10 Minuten zu Fuß zum Hackeschen Markt), gut angebunden mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln.
In Berlin sicherlich meine erste Wahl beim nächsten Besuch!

Stayed here for three nights. Great location with lots of bars and restaurants nearby and right at a U-​Bahn station. Free wifi was great and the bar was good aswell with live music a couple of nights.
Wasn’t much choice for breakfast so only had it on the first day (it wasn’t inlcuded in the room price).
Staff were really friendly and welcoming. We stayed on the first floor with a window facing out on to the street. Thought there might have been a lot of noise but the windows are great so didn’t hear a thing. Walls are a bit thin though!
Would definitely stay again.

The circus hotel was the best part of my trip to Berlin… it is in the middle of city center and they have a great restaurant/​bar without door seating. Free wifi and only 15 cents a minute to call the states. the staff was extremely helpful and friendly for bar and restaurant recommendations.
I will definitely recommend Circus hotel to any friend traveling to Berlin.

Ein wirklich schönes Hotel, in prima Lage, zu einem sehr vernünftigen Preis.
Das Hotel ist sehr schön gestaltet, ohne aufdringlich zu wirken. Aus dem obersten Stock kann man den ganzen Platz überblicken. Das Zimmer war groß, hell, und freundlich gestaltet, das Bad neu, hübsch, und praktisch.
Das Frühstück haben wir nicht ausprobiert, weil es in Berlin Millionen von Frühstücksmöglichkeiten gibt, aber im Flyer klang das Frühstück sehr gut. Nächstes Mal vielleicht.
Besonders gefallen hat mir der Anspruch von Nachhaltigkeit, der von den Hotelbetreibern vertreten wird.

Looking for a nice and affordable place to stay in Berlin, we stumbled upon The Circus Hotel over Qype. Actually, we had stumbled upon The Circus HOSTEL first (across the street), but a double economy room at the hotel is only 10eu more (80eu) than a double (and somewhat creaky looking) room at the hostel (70eu) and includes a rain shower — so the hotel it was!
I was really happy with the hotel — the service was super friendly, the room was clean, comfortable and inviting. The location was great — right smack in the middle of Mitte, close to my favorite sandwich shop (Luigi Zuckermann) and good connection to public transportation. I liked the interior design of the hallways even though our room had a bit of cheesy wall-​décor. Reminded me a little of a Benefit Cosmetics catalog :)
A nice service is the daily public transportation pass that they offer to guests for 4eu per pass (as opposed to 6eu via BVG).
A 5-​star review from me is hard to come by — this this hotel really was excellent. I’d absolutely love to stay here again and would recommend it further.

Neu eröffnetes Hotel an der Ecke Torstrasse-​Rosenthaler Strasse vom gleichnamigen Hostel im gegenüberligenden Weinbergsweg.
Da das Hotel erst 2 Monate vorher eröffnet wurde, roch alles noch etwas neu und erklärt vielleicht auch noch ein paar (minimale) Ungenauigkeiten. Die Zimmer sind sehr gut eingerichtet mit exzellenten Betten. Esist jedoch keine Klimaanlage vorhanden was sogar im Winter es etwas zu heiss in den Zimmern machte. WLAN ist überall gratis und in sehr guter Qualität zu empfangen.
Das Bad ist sehr geräumig, jedoch sind keine Shampoos und Duschseifen mit inbegriffen.
Der Preis beinhaltet Frühstück wo man zwischen drei (für Berliner Verhältnisse kleine) Varianten wählen kann. Jedoch kann man nur entweder Kaffee oder Tee als Heissgetränk inklusive wählen. Als Alternative durfte ich Heisse Schokolade wählen welche mir jedoch einmal zusätzlich abgerechnet wurde.
Fazit: Sehr gut gelegenes Hotel für eine junge Klientel, jedoch 1 Stern Abzug wegen des limitierten Frühstücks

Dezember 2008 — das Hotel ist noch recht neu (Oktober 2008 eröffnet) und nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Circus Hostel auf der diagonal gegenüberliegenden Seite vom Rosenthalerplatz.
Freundlicher Service.
Das Zimmer war nach hinten raus und sehr ruhig. Der Blick war auf den Alexanderplatz was sehr schön und unverhofft war.
Das Design unseres Zimmer war modern, hipp und doch dezent. Sehr schön und praktisch eingerichtet.
Die Zimmer wurden zu recht unregelmässigen Zeiten geputzt was aber in Ordnung war. Am ersten Tag waren wir nur erstaunt als wir am späten Nachmittag zurückkamen und das Zimmer noch nicht gemacht war.
Es störte mich etwas dass es nicht so einfach war sich zu schminken, weil man nicht sehr nahe an den Siegel rankam, zumindest in unserem Zimmer.
Ich weiss nicht wie es mit den Bädern ist, aber die Zimmer sind alle verschieden.
Preisleistungsverhältnis ist in Ordnung.
Beim Frühstück gab es kein Büffet, was zur Folge hatte, dass man manchmal etwas geduldig sein musste bis man das Essen dann bekam.
Was beim Frühstück praktisch war, war, dass es bis 13 Uhr serviert wurde.
Das einzig wirklich negative ist in meinen Augen das Frühstück-​System gewesen. Es gab drei Menüs zur Auswahl die im Preis inbegriffen waren: Vital (Müsli), Croissant, Berliner-​Frühstück. Man konnte auch ein anderes Frühstück nehemen oder noch Extras dazubestellen aber das hatte dann einen Aufpreis.
Was mich dabei störte war, dass ich einmal das vegane Frühstück ausprobieren wollte und man mir auch (nach etwas diskutieren) sagte dass das dann ohne Aufpreis möglich wäre; ich hatte nähmlich darauf hingewiesen dass das Frühstück ja genau soviel kostet wie das Croissantfrühstück z.B. was ja im Preis inbegriffen ist
Nachher hatten wir doch einen Aufpreis von 3,50 für das Frühstück zahlen müssen.
Das vegane Früstück war ausserdem nicht so toll. Ich finde es nichtsdestotrotz sehr positiv, dass sie sowas anbieten.
Beim Frühstück war es nur an manchen Tagen möglich anstatt Tee oder Kaffee, die im Preis inbegriffen waren, eine heisse Zitrone oder eine heisse Schokolade zu bekommen. Es hing halt von den Kellnern ab und da hat man dann halt gemerkt, dass das ganze Frühstück-​System von dem Hotel noch nicht ganz ausgeklügelt ist.
Alles in allem: das Preis-​Leistungsverhältnis ist gut.
Das Design vom gesamten Hotel ist sehr schön.
Das Personal war sehr nett.
Die Lage vom Hotel ist sehr günstig. Parken war auch gut.
Mit Wlan hat auch alles geklappt.
Ich ziehe einen Stern ab, weil das mit dem Frühstück (siehe oben) doch etwas genervt hat. Gerade in Berlin ist man, was Früstück angeht etwas Besseres gewohnt. Ich sage hier nicht dass das Frühstück im Hotel schlecht war, aber man hätte es etwas individueller gestalten können. Selbst ohne Büffet wäre das meiner Meinung nach mit einer etwas anderen Karte möglich gewesen.
Ich würde das Hotel weiterempfehlen, jedoch darauf hinweisen das Frühstück ausserhalb zu sich zu nehmen wenn man da gewisse Ansprüche und Wünsche hat.

vielleicht ist es kein ganz objektiver beitrag und vielleicht ist es ein kleiner nachtritt, aber ich habe mich in diesem hotel sehr geärgert, und zwar über den geschäftsführer.
vor einigen wochen brauchte ich nachts dringend eine kopie, eine einzige, es war abends um 22 h, nirgendwo im dreh ein copyshop offen, ich sehe das neue hotel, schließe mein rad ab, gehe rein, bitte den concierge um eine kopie, er fragt einen typ in der eingangslobby und dieser lehnt ab, er würde es nicht machen, drüben in der seitenstraße sei ein copyshop.
wie bitte, hab ich richtig gehört? einen gast einer kopie wegen verärgern? ich mochte es nicht glauben. in meiner eigenschaft als blogger und inoffizieller hoteltester nehme ich diese unhöfliche abfuhr zum anlass, das gesamte konzept zu hinterfragen — dafür bekäme man im ranking der leading hotels of the world einen dreifachen punkteabzug, der direktor [oder wer immer es war] könnte sich auf der stelle einen job in einer kretischen ferienanlage suchen.
es sei noch vermerkt, dass ich vor vielen jahren in einem hotel der luxusklasse in bad gastein gelernt habe, ich weiß, was dienstleistung bedeutet, wo sie beginnt, und wo sie aufhört.