This is a lovely, modern hotel. Amenities are new and trendy. Rooms are on the small size but…read moreviews outside the windows (assuming you're not facing the railroad tracks or too close to the ground floor), are amazing). Staff is friendly. The location of the hotel is very conveniently located near shops, stands, and restaurants in a large shopping plaza just outside the door - which is just a huge pedestrian zone. You're only a 5 minute stroll away from a multistory shopping mall.
Okay... let's call out the elephant in the room: These hotel rooms are designed for exhibitionists. Perhaps newlyweds on their honeymoon or lovebirds in the deep throes of passion? They have to be. How does one explain the entire exterior facing wall being a giant glass window and then the shower also essentially being a giant glass cube open to the entire room? You'll want to make sure all the drapes are securely attached and then closed properly, if the person you are sharing a room with is one you would rather not see in their birthday suit.
Otherwise, it was a nice hotel. The fitness center was a bit depressing looking and lacking in equipment but the space is large. Be warned that the strange key you use to open the fitness center door - the knob you put the key on is the knob you turn to open the door, not the other knob that looks much more like an actual door knob. It took me 5 embarassing minutes to figure that out.
Anyway, the breakfast buffet was great. Wi-Fi is available but pricey and they have a business center where they'll offer you 15 minutes of use on the business center machines for free - via an access code that you have to get from the front desk for every 15 minutes that they have to sign you in for each time. I guess the goal there is to get you to pony up the euros and buy Wi-Fi.
Just remember to close the drapes. For the sake of all Dresdeners who are not into voyeurism, close the drapes.
