I spent 3 nights here after getting each night for $52 (tax included) from hotels.com in a room meant for 1 person. The room was very, very tiny (smaller than most rooms in Europe) but oddly enough had a large shower and a fairly good lay out (think college dorm for 1 person). The singles have 1 twin size bed but the bed was very comfortable. They have a very strong AC unit. American quality!
The location is a bit far from where most of the attractions are (think 25-45 minutes on average) but you are right next to the U2 subway which a lot of the attractions are on, and on a main bus route to Zoological Gardens (you can do a lot of transfers from there). There were also 2 supermarkets,, a couple of steakhouses which looked pretty good and were adjacent to each other (not sure how that happened lol), a bakery, and a few casual restaurants (all were Turkish I think which I get sick of easily)all within a 5 minute walk from the hotel. Totally not a touristy area, but still fairly nice.
Getting from TXL Airport to the hotel was easy. Just take the airport bus to a subway stop (forgot which one it was) and then connect from the subway straight to the hotel. You only need 1 one way ticket for this for 2.80.
If you need to do laundry like I did, there is SB Washsalon which is 2 subway stops away in a fairly nice area. Not going to lie, it was very tricky figuring out how to use the washing machine there (strangely though the driers were very easy to figure out). The payment machine though does take "interest" from each time you click for a refund (you will need to do this...I watched even locals have to do it since it's a warped machine). If you put in 3.50 and need a refund to try again, you will get back 3.40! To dry for 15 minutes was 1 Euro.
Although the staff wasn't really friendly (rarely encountered friendly people in Germany) they were very helpful when you had questions.
Good free wifi.
I would 100% stay at Ivbergs again. Only things that would have made it better would have been slightly stronger water pressure in the shower, the room to be a bit larger, and a minibar with some space :)
Tip: Well this isn't much of a tip since most people know this. Book way ahead of time (free cancellation available). Closer to the date the hotel tippled in price. read more