Great place to stay for a few nights in a convenient location to the city center(~7 min walk). Also…read morea terrific place for budget travelers. Really nice guy checked us in, and was curious to hear about why 3 Americans were backpacking through Germany. Would recommend!!

Was here for an extended stay a few years ago with a group of friends. It's a lovely hotel, just a…read moreshort walk from the hauptbahnhof (train station). They staff are polite, helpful and friendly. Rooms are small, in the typical European style. Beds are narrow "single" beds that can be pushed together to form a double. There isn't a lot of space for open suitcases in their standard rooms unless you get a single room (which is a lot like a dorm room) or the larger "suite" which has a couch and a sitting area (also his and hers sinks in the bathroom, a stand-up shower and also a bathtub!). When you check in you are given a hotel "passport" which you show to the desk clerk each time you return to the hotel and they give you back your hotel key. The key is a big heavy metal security key on a heavy key fob so it's not fun to carry around, and this way if you are sharing rooms your roommates know if someone is in the room or not. The elevator is tiny and slow - but at least there is one. Other than checking in and out with my big luggage, I used the stairs every other time because it wasn't worth waiting for the elevator. The breakfast here was wonderful. I would stay here if only to have their breakfasts - the hot chocolate is fabulous!

As of writing this review they have 3.5 stars but I would give the hotel 4 stars at least. This…read morewas one of the few times where they did not speak english as well as we would have liked. This does not bother me at all, since when Europeans come to the USA, they really must speak english. If you think about that it's very true. We asked the girl at the front desk where we may find a gas station and she ran off and got us the luggage cart and stood next to the elevator waiting for us. The parking lot is very tiny here so I am guessing not many guests have a car and a gas station is not close by but we did manage to fill the tank and return the car before moving on to Paris. Except for that funny story all was good. Yes, free breakfast and free wifi with convenient location for the train. - 4 stars recommended.

Just awful. It's…read morecurrently after 10pm, I'm laying in my bed at the Hotel Rieker Novum in Stuttgart. It's 30 degrees outside, and wayyyyy hotter inside. Specified we're on our honeymoon; they gave us 2 twin beds, that are built into rhe wall, so we cant even push them together. No air conditioning, when we asked for a fan they brought us a tiny, dirty, desk fan. Crappy old dirty pink carpets. Slow ancient elevator. Never again.

I've stayed in the Stuttgart area on business several times…read more There was a big convention going on this time, and almost every room in the city was booked. The Rieker is located right across from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof), next to the fancy Zeppelin hotel. This makes it very convenient for train and S-bahn travel. It features a very small room with old faded carpeting. Small even by European standards. Tiny bathroom, you need to shut the door to use the toilet. No shampoo, conditioner, no bar of soap for the sink (use the shower gel for everything). Lights are dim, the bed is uncomfortably hard, and the comforter is not long enough. I had to wrap my coat around my feet. Wifi is free, but slow for emails and web pages (I didn't try to watch a video). You need to re-login every hour or so. The maid did a good job of keeping the room neat and clean. The front desk will loan you an umbrella and a outlet adapter, for 10 Euro deposit. I always look forward to German hotel breakfasts. At the Rieker, the selection is small, but it is still good, and only $5. The fruit, however, was old. One of the apples in the basket was already wrinkled. It takes a long time to wrinkle an apple, to not notice it takes some dedication. The other apples felt old. Now I understand why the Rieker still had rooms, while all other hotels were booked solid. Avoid if you have the option.

Great staff Clean…read moreSmall rooms Horrid shower that sprays everywhere Spongy beds Great breakfast buffet

This place is really fairly priced, has free parking, includes breakfast, and it's a 10 minute walk…read morefrom most of the museums and the main train station in Stuttgart. The rooms are pretty modest--but still nicer than a local Holiday Inn Express where I've stayed previously for more money. Best of all was the service. It snowed while I was visiting and my rental car didn't have an ice scraper. The guy at the front desk was happy to get his own out of the car and help scrape off the ice. He really went above and beyond. I would definitely stay here again.