Ariva Boardinghouse Platanenhof

It was the last hotel available so I booked hère for 2 nights (not expensive! ). I was quite happy, front desk man was very helpful on various points. The room was big and clean, the bed and pillow comfortable, bathroom was clean as well. Internet access worked well (I was on the 2nd floor ), the TV was small. There was a small kitchen (with a fridge), but not very useful to me. The breakfast was not too bad, I could eat eggs and ham, which were good. Of course you cannot expect luxury at this price, but this is sufficient for 1 or 2 nights, especially because people at the front desk have been very nice. Quite far away from city center (but tram station close to the hotel, 'Im rott' I believe). No restaurant nearby, so plan to take something to eat in the room when you come here late, or eat before!

Good place when u are staying at Mannheim for about a week and especially when u want to cook or heat some of your favorite foodstuff. Front desk is helpful and friendly. Nice facility for a fast breakfast. Hotel provided wifi certificates on daily basis. Wifi is slow but manageable. Housekeeping can be improved. The bad thing for me was too soft mattresses.

I was lucky to arrive by 10:00 p.m. on the very first day because the reception was about to close and then I'd be out all night!!! and I was not aware of that. There's no restaurant and nothing around: no restaurant, no pubs, only the tram #4 stop 200 m away prevents me from giving a '1'. Rooms are very spacious, even too much, and offer a small kitchen to cook your food. Good if you plan to stay for long time but in this case the price would be really too high. The breakfast is very limited, with average quality and costed me 11€ which I judge too much for what is offered. The only positive thing is that they give free internet access to the guest, though the data speed is very very low.

The apartments are marketed as "home away from home". The layout is fine, furnishings are old and could/should be replaced but still acceptable. What is not acceptable is that clearly no cleaning is done. I have been in the apartment for 2 weeks and twice a week 3 women come to change towels and empty bins, once a week they change the bedding. The floor was not hovered well (old greyish carpet), the bathtub not cleaned, never to mention washing floors or walls. The bathroom walls, fully tiled are so grimy and dirty it makes you sick. The "fully stocked kitchen" is empty. Cupboards also partially damaged. You can go and collect plates, pans, cups etc. from the main kitchen downstairs. This itself seems slightly chaotic, the stuff to collect is kept in wall cupboards, mix and match, mostly not cleaned well. I have never had such a low standard even during student times when renting the first flat and buying kitchen equipment from charity shops. This is a disgrace and I wonder how this place can still count on such big corporate cooperations. My partner started in a big company here and their HR dept put us here until we find a flat. I am sincerely delighted that we won't be here for months. Although I heard we can count ourselves lucky as at least the hob is working. Other colleagues weren't so fortunate and their kitchen isn't working. The front desk staff is friendly. Still, they don't clean either. The facility does not offer pool or fitness. Breakfast is offered on surcharge. Didn't try it.