Back in the day, we used to travel through Europe without itinerary, since I was on stand by…read moretickets as an airline employee, I could get stuck in any given city due to full flights, and we often did. So we would go to the airport information counter and they always find you a suitable hotel to stay.
This is how we discovered the Hotel Carmen. Granted, it is a bit out of the way from the city center, but this is not exactly a bad thing, nestled in a quiet residential area, the hotel is clearly a place where local European business travelers stay. So you get a lot of the amenities we are used to in the US, like connectivity.
The rooms are quite comfortable, nice and clean, and we always enjoyed people watching during breakfast, seeing all the different business travelers from Europe and their fashions, it is very entertaining and interesting.
We have returned to Munich several times since the time we got "stuck" there, and Hotel Carmen is always our hotel of choice, they have yet to disappoint.