Best hotels in Essen

Explore Essen with 135 stays near iconic landmarks, luxury hotels, and top boutiques for the best shopping and dining

Hotel Ambassador Essen
7.9 (94 reviews)

Hotel Ambassador Essen ★★★

📍 Viehofer Str. 22, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"1. You could end up sleeping in the building on the other side of the main hotel. It has only disadvantages. The BIGGEST is that they don't tell you there is no elevator, and the rooms are accessible via a steep staircase that goes up 4 floors (8 flights of steps); that's a massive NO NO with luggage or for less fit people. OF COURSE they don't tell you this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a) no staff; b) no phone to call reception; c) no control at all, so the guests who are loud (in my case, the whole floor was having a party until I shouted at the noise-makers to stop, as the hotel did nothing to stop it after calling them (the receptionist barely could speak any language I could communicate with) d) when it's raining, you have to run across in the cold and rain. 2. Breakfast ok but not the best coffee; in fact, it tastes like coffee from the 1970s and probably on a good morning from the 1980s when the film "Back to the Future " was made! 3. Wi-Fi did not work - 50% on and 50% off. But don't worry its normal in Germany to have bad wifi. By the way, my personal footnote: Good luck with Essen, a horrible place and very unsafe when it gets dark; don't bother going out. A horror film awaits outside the hotel. Well done, Germany for destroying the safe country you once had."

Schlosshotel Hugenpoet
8.7 (23 reviews)

Schlosshotel Hugenpoet ★★★★★

📍 August-Thyssen-Straße 51, Stadtbezirke IX, Essen

"Best rum steak ever eaten - good atmosphere - very friendly service - the menu is unusual - the food is worth the money - we will be back - asparagus season is already very good in March - good champagne - attentive but not intrusive."

Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre
8.4 (55 reviews)

Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre ★★★★

📍 Hachestraße 10, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Complaint immediately after entering the assigned room: strong smell of feces from the bathroom. Despite cleaning it twice, the smell did not go away because apparently a drain pipe in the bathroom was leaking. However, the hotel had already known about the problem!! It was no longer possible to change the room due to lack of time..."

Sheraton Essen Hotel
9.1 (54 reviews)

Sheraton Essen Hotel ★★★★

📍 Huyssenallee 55, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Overall, we were satisfied. Unfortunately, the bar was lacking in the evenings. Nevertheless, we would come back."

Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG
9.3 (258 reviews)

Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG ★★★★

📍 Am Hauptbahnhof 2, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Top hotel 👌"

Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen
8.8 (84 reviews)

Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen ★★★★

📍 Messepl. 3, Stadtbezirke II, Essen

"Enjoyed our stay at this hotel for a conference. The staff were really lovely and friendly! Highly recommend"

Hotel Essener Hof, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
7.8 (110 reviews)

Hotel Essener Hof, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western ★★★★

📍 Am Handelshof 5, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"It was clean, renovated, and dog-friendly. The location wasn't ideal for dogs, but that's typical for centrally located places. Very flexible and a very, very nice room. I'd gladly stay again."

Ramada by Wyndham Essen
8.7 (65 reviews)

Ramada by Wyndham Essen ★★★★

📍 Schützenbahn 58, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Great hotel, convenient parking and charging."

B&B HOTEL Essen-City
8.6 (42 reviews)

B&B HOTEL Essen-City ★★

📍 Helmut-Käutner-Straße 4, Stadtbezirke I, Essen

"Unfortunately, I had a bad experience with this hotel. I was under the impression that their hotel cost 65 euros per night. Unfortunately, upon arrival, it turned out that we had to pay 95 euros. If the facilities were in order, I would have accepted that. However, it turned out that the hot water did not work during our entire stay. Additionally, there was no possibility for breakfast that morning. I made several attempts to contact the hotel. After a few attempts, I received a response. The option offered was a refund of 9 euros. I found this to be very inadequate. I am dissatisfied with my experience at the hotel, as well as with how complaints are handled afterward."

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Hotel Friends Essen Zeche Zollverein Hotels in Essen

Hotel Friends Essen Zeche Zollverein

"The house is close to the main entrance to the tech and is a nice new building with terrace to the tech. Directly in front of the hotel the (gratis) parking. But we had no difficulty to find a normal parking a few meters further. The design is adapted to the issue of coal. A number of pieces of the past of the drawings, dark gangs with great photos of former drawing workers but not in any way dark but a consistent, customs union, concept. All rooms have the names of friends - and there is also a large portrait of the respective namer of the room. Of course everything is very clean and maintained, good mattresses, the bathroom with enough deposit areas. Eventually, one or other hook could be applied to hang the towels. In the ground floor, the bar, breakfast area or the restaurant - the latter we didn't visit. The breakfast buffet is extremely good and rich for a 3* house. The overall concept is consistent, the staff is extremely nice and the house is absolutely ideal if you want to explore the shell extensively and look for a nearby hostel with very good price/performance ratio."

Holiday Inn - the niu, COBBLES ESSEN by IHG Hotels in Essen

Holiday Inn - the niu, COBBLES ESSEN by IHG

"Very nice and clean hotel Went to the fair in dusseldorf its 30 minutes by car It was a good stay"

Webers Hotel im Ruhrturm Essen by Accor Hotels in Essen

Webers Hotel im Ruhrturm Essen by Accor

"There is in a good location but in our room there is not any tooth brush,i and etc."

DORMERO Hotel Essen Hotels in Essen

DORMERO Hotel Essen

"Good attention and good breakfast too. A little bit old in my opinion but would go again if possible. Soft bed and pillows . Lucky to have a refrigerator. Did not the bathroom, kind of old and dark. Internet was fine. Stairs on corridor made difficult to go with a heavy luggage ."

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Hotel Franz Hotels in Essen

Hotel Franz

"Very good hotel! Rooms are large, clean, ordened and modern, the same applies to the bathroom. Breakfast is very good. Person at breakfast is very friendly and helpful. There are plenty of parking (but 15,-/day) - it is not well painted: not driving to the small small parking place, which is painted, but just over at the main entrance, then then comes behind the real big parking place."

Mintrops Stadt Hotel Margarethenhöhe Hotels in Essen

Mintrops Stadt Hotel Margarethenhöhe

"Everything was very good, except it was extremely loud at breakfast; I would have liked more privacy."

Hotel Das Lola Hotels in Essen

Hotel Das Lola

"We came to stay at this hotel over the weekend and we came for work. Truly we believed it’s not a 4 star. It is a 3 star. Reception is only open from 7am till 3pm. We arrived late, so there was no receptionist, our room was clean but the sink was so blocked that it wasn’t possible to properly use it at all, not even to brush the teeth cause the water would come to the floor. The next day in the morning I went and asked a receptionist to unblock the silk. Seemed like or she didn’t care or she didn’t speak English well. She didn’t even say she’s sorry that in a 4 star hotel the water comes on the floor if we use a sink. After we left to work all day and when we came back in the evening - nothing was fixed. Sink is the same very much blocked and receptionist is gone. I’d not recommend and not come back. Had to brush my teeth with a water bootle. Also there is only one pillow and house keeping just turned off the heating so it’s freezing cold when we come back, instead of giving fresh towels, bath mat (they forgot once again to give us a bath mat) or toilet paper. Honestly this hotel is not worth the money at all."

Mintrops Land Hotel Burgaltendorf Hotels in Essen

Mintrops Land Hotel Burgaltendorf

"Great Hotel, great restaurant. The waiter really makes every evening special, an excellent host. Nice rooms, dog friendly, great for children. A lot of room to play around or to play in the pool..The staff goes beyond what you may expect to give you a great time. We will be back for a third time real soon:)"

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US Christian Fredrix

Couple
Hotel Ambassador Essen ★★★
"Ants on the furniture in the room. Breakfast: when we arrived the scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon and milk were already out. And they didn't plan to refill. We arrived 1:30h before breakfast would close."
★★★★★
2026-05-04
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Klaus T

Traveling with friends
Schlosshotel Hugenpoet ★★★★★
"We had ordered breakfast for our birthday party of 4 people. But we were served ONE breakfast (a tiered stand with small individual appetizers, one of each type) and we were told that we could order more if that wasn't enough. This meant that every item on the tiered stand automatically became a polite gesture because no one wanted to eat the others' food. Despite our doubts being expressed several times, we stayed that way. We were actually billed for 4 breakfasts at EUR 36.00 each. The mood was completely ruined, and many people still consider "ordering more" to be inappropriate. This is exactly how they make money here. If I pay for four breakfasts, I want to get four breakfasts."
★★☆☆☆
2024-02-04
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DE Anonymous User

Traveling with friends
Spark by Hilton Essen City Centre ★★★★
"It was just for relaxation, but the annoying thing was the TV kept turning off and the AC didn't work. Well, maybe that was just for that day."
★★★★★
2026-07-28
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NL Yaso81

Couple
Sheraton Essen Hotel ★★★★
"The location is great; you can easily walk into town. The staff is friendly and helpful. The rooms are clean and spacious."
★★★★★
2025-12-08
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TR yılmaz tas

Family
Garner Hotel ESSEN - HANDELSHOF by IHG ★★★★
"Clean rooms. Very close to the metro. Centrally located hotel. Good breakfast."
★★★★★
2025-07-09
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CN bobxia764

Business traveler
Atlantic Congress Hotel Essen ★★★★
"The location is excellent. The room is large and well-equipped. The only drawback is that the sound insulation is not very good. I was woken up by the sound of the door closing next door in the morning and the floor felt a little shaken."
★★★★★
2024-07-31
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CN Guest User

Family
Hotel Essener Hof, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western ★★★★
"The room is very good and the service is friendly. The location is excellent and convenient for travel, close to the train station."
★★★★★
2024-02-15
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DE Guest User

Solo traveler
Ramada by Wyndham Essen ★★★★
"Better than expected, a bit dated, very small safe, only for mobile phone, good beds and breakfast"
★★★★★
2024-08-09
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XX Guest User

Family
B&B HOTEL Essen-City ★★
"Quick check in. Clean room, good breakfast. 10minutes walk to city center."
★★★★★
2024-08-28

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