Premier Inn Essen City Centre

Stayed here for 4 nights whilst travelling for work. Hotel staff are excellent! Very helpful, polite and friendly. Room was clean and comfortable,, overlooked carpark and train station didn’t hear any noise when window was shut. The bed was wasn’t the greatest, very soft and could feel the rim and springs, also the bed was made so the ends of the bed sheets were across the middle of the bed so they’d become a bit unmade. But pillows were great. Breakfast is excellent, plenty of choice. I opted to eat in the bar on my last night which I was disappointed by as the pizzas had hardly any cheese on them. Hotel was a great location though for us, with a taxi rank right outside it was easy to get to where we needed to go each day. As others have mentioned there is noticeable homelessness outside but this is more by the train station entrance and I just ensure I was aware of my surroundings when I went in there. There is a Lidl also right next door along with a McDonald’s and various other food places in the train station which was great. Overall great stay but please replace the mattresses!

Stayed here on a short break and visit to Dortmund, Hotel is spotless and staff very welcoming, the bar area is very pleasant and very clean safe feeling about inside the hotel, perfect place to stay if you wish to travel around Dortmund, Cologne, Dusseldorf etc. The train station within yards from the entrance to the hotel is a negative and a positive as outside the train station avlot of homeless / drinking congregate especially on the evening which made us feel a little uncomfortable when walking to shop or train station but all major European cities / train stations are the same. Overall i would definitely recommend this hotel for a base to stay should you wish to travel around this area of Germany.