My full review will come later. .. but I will say, The people are very nice. I don't like that…read moreThere's no phone and it caused a lot of issues. The hotel was nice. The breakfast is great. I think it's a bit overpriced...

What a great treat to find this hotel close to the Dom! Usually stay at the Hilton but the staff…read morewent above and beyond and truly amazing. I'm a Hyatt Globalist and was truly impressed by this stay. Thank you for making all parts of my stay great. Look forward to staying here again!

The room was massive and beautiful. Needs a carpet refresh though…read more The hotel is gorgeous and EVERY person I've met here has been extraordinarily helpful and nice. And everyone speaks English which has helped me. And, you can't beat the location...the Excelsior is right in the heart of it all.

We spent several nights at the hotel as part of our Christmas Market vacation in Germany. The…read morehotel service was wonderful and the staff was absolutely lovely from the Front Desk to Housekeeping. Our room was very comfortable and quiet. In addition, the location couldn't have been more perfect, across the plaza from the main train station and right next to the Cathedral.

Had an absolutely GREAT stay here! The location can't be beat: Right on the bank of the Rhine River…read morewith a perfect view of Cologne Cathedral, and an easy walk across the Hohenzollern Bridge to get there! I was upgraded to the Club Level ... and this was my first-ever experience with it. It was like walking into a very nice office reception area, with food & drink readily available. It was funny one night when I tried their afternoon "reception". They brought out lots of appetizers and even a hot penne pasta dish. The staff on this floor is amazing, as well! My room was very nicely-appointed, and I had a direct view of the train tracks just before crossing the Hohenzollern Bridge. Since I'm a bit of a train nut, this was absolute perfection for me! I wasn't even envious I didn't get a Cathedral-facing view, either. :-) Also, since it was late May, the sunrise lit up my room beautifully every morning. (Alas, if there was one thing that bugged me a little, it was the shower. The water temperature would change every time someone flushed a toilet somewhere in the building. Hopefully this can be addressed. On the bright side, at least my morning showers were invigorating!) Legends, the bar on the main floor, was fantastic! I will judge a place by how they make their Whiskey Sours, and Legends is indeed legendary. Their food menu is plenty satisfying, too. I enjoyed at least a couple afternoons & evenings here. Since breakfast was included in my hotel reservation, I definitely took advantage and ate at Glashaus. Now THIS is a breakfast buffet! I think I could spend an entire morning here just getting fat & happy (vacation calories, like movie theater calories, don't count!). The layout is world-class, as is the Omelet Station. Glashaus breakfast is definitely a way to fall off the diet wagon, heheh! :-D All-in-all, a great place to stay and I look forward to staying again.

If I could give zero stars, I would. We are here on day 86 of our 100 day tour, and so far, this…read morehotel has been the most uncharming I have been to EVER. The Hyatt Cologne may be posh and it may have nice rooms, but everything else is a problem. Everything. If you plan to do an even here, think again.

Impeccable Staff!…read more Koln was a (3) day stop over from Rijswijk, Netherlands & Den Haag Centraal. It was also close the Paris , France so yeah I'm having fun after my business trip, but I'm getting tired still having a blast. My 1st time in Germany , so I booked Koln-Maritim Hotel Ohhh, my gosh it's such a beautiful hotel It's Huge too! Lots of restaurants to choose to eat if you don't go out. You won't starve here, and add on the breakfast if you're a breakfast person. History: It wasn't built too long ago in 1989 but renovated in 2014. The panoramic views are spectacular! I was taking photos like a little kid from different angles to show my friends & family. I think I have enough w/out me in them. It's also, popular based on the amount of people checking in. A very good thing. I'd refer anyone I know coming this way to stay here. Cons: A red rope at reception to keep some order in line bc it got scattered & people just jumped the line bc there was no order & I don't like to dictate but I was waiting for a long time bc of (6) guys checking in as a group holding up the line for 30 mins. Ohh, yeah they need water decanter refilled more often & new clean cups bc I was thirty but didn't know which cups were clean or dirty & Jwater wasn't there. So, I got over heated waiting online. However, I recommend this Hotel Bellissimo!

This was the other hotel I stayed at when I was traveling back-and-forth from here to Michigan for…read moresix months. Most of my colleagues and team members also stayed here. They liked that they had a spa and pool here. I was first taken aback by other guests walking around in the spa area, rather scantily clad. Much different than being back in the states. This hotel was closer to the old city, Altstadt, but a little further away from the cathedral. I wasn't fond of the directional and one ways to get to this hotel. It wasn't always easiest to get to, if you don't know your way around. There is however a close S-bahn station pretty much in front of the hotel. Still there's a lot of food options in the vicinity and some great gelato places as well. The best time to be here was always during Christmas. I always had the Christmas market set up and there's a really nice one always at the altstadt as well as at the Dom, which is close by. It is also not far from the shopping center or main street for shopping, Hohe strasse.

This hotel has a great location and is in proximity to many great restaurants and bars, such as…read moreCubana, and many others. Love the employees and the breakfasts in the morning are wonderful! But the elevators are quite small. Also the rooms are not the most comfortable. And also when you arrive, you have to wait for several hours, with your luggage! While they are cleaning your room! So that puts a damper in how I think of this hotel.

I hate to do this but for the greater good I gotta say: BED BUGS! Yes my friends, it is true, I…read morecaught the little bastard as he was crawling towards me and killed him dead. Definitely a bed bug, I looked it up on the Internet. After four hours of haggling with the desk clerk with the dead bed bug present he did give us a full refund. For that I am grateful but it wasn't easy. I'm sure not every room In the hotel has bed bugs but ours definitely did and enough of them to see one making a run for it with the lights on. I would recommend that you avoid this hotel until they clean it up. I feel itchy just writing this review. Pay more if you need to or it'll be "say hello to my little friend" and you wake up covered in welts after paying to be the main course at the all-you-can-eat insect buffet. Sound like fun? We all checked out at 1am. The staff did also help us find another hotel but only after some serious negotiations.

We stayed in a triple room. Love the ease of contact-less check-in. Triple room had comfortable…read morebeds, adjustable air-conditioning and lots of hot water in the shower. Unfortunately, we had a lot of trouble with the wifi, which kept kicking us off our computers. This was a particular problem for my husband who was trying to do some work. The location is on the other side of the Rhine, but we got there by bus without difficulty. We booked a car easily if we were in a hurry. I did not feel unsafe walking to/ from the bus stop.