Hotel Bochum am Congress

Went for a concert, location could not have been better for us., right next door. The hotel is very contemporary, rooms where big enough for one night. Wifi signal excellent throughout the hotel.

The waiting time to get served at the bar was too long, plenty of staff but only a couple actually serving. In our opinion the breakfast at €16 each was not very good value for money, Limited choice, long queue times for the food, and bacon cooked to an inch of its life

The breakfast was excellent: lots of different products in good quality. The room was clean and the beds were quite comfy, but they had some kind of protective cover made of plastic under the regular sheets, which made me sweat a lot during the night. The shower was ok, but rather small. The Starlight Express Theater is only a few minutes walk away, the Stadtpark on the opposite side of the street. Bochum city center is about 1 km away - it's a nice stroll through the Stadtpark.

All guests were required to wear face masks in public areas by domiciliary rights - which would have been ok for me, if they had actually enforced it. But in the dining room, there were not only guests but also staff not wearing the face mask. We stayed for only one night in the hotel, but for anyone staying longer this might be interesting: a flyer in the elevator indicated, that rooms are cleaned only 3 times a week, not daily.

Hotel Bochum is conveniently close located to Starlight Express theatre, VfL Bochum Stadium and Bochum City. The Breakfast buffet has a small but good choice of continental and american/ british options. Room 717 has a nice view over Bochum.

The hotel just recently changed ownership, details on Booking.com, specially photos and hotel details are not up to date and misleading. Waiting times for the lift to the top floor (7th Floor) are too long. There is no restaurant at the hotel.

The room was big enough, had a desk so working was no issue. Breakfast is quite varied and the food was delicious. Also the breakfast time (6:30-10) is quite generos.

Parking was full and despite i paid for it there were no free spaces therefore had to park on the access alley. Also the second day the parking barrier stopped working and for each access you were supposed to ask for assistance, however the staff was more than helpful.

The staff were friendly and spoke very good English. Breakfast a simple but lovely continental selection with a small "English" offering. Location excellent for Starlight Express - the main reason for my visit. There is also a lovely park and a great little animal park or zoo nearby !

Disappointed that I didn't get the chance to take a proper German sauna but we are still in times of Covid and I was just happy to be able to get there !

Everywhere was really clean. The staff was friendly and always helpful. The room had two quite big single beds, which were very comfortable and most important of all - the temperature in the hotel was just perfect. (you can control it as well)

We had some problem with the room card, but it was easily fixed by the guys at the reception. There was a problem with the parking gate, but as well was quickly fixed.

Very friendly staff, easy to reach hotel, nice spacious and new rooms. Nice relaxes atmosphere.

No parking space available, had to park in garage. Small desk to work if you want to use a laptop.

Staff were nice and patient when it came to English as I couldn't speak German at all

Cards kept disabling themselves every 2-3 days for some reason.

Staff helpful and friendly.

The all BLACK/DARK reception and dining area especially compared with how it was. For that alone I wouldn’t come back. It’s a shame for the person who designed it who must have loved it - but…..

clean and the staff was friendly, very close to the Starlight Express theater

The elevator situation could be vastly improved. only one elevator at a time was able to be called to the lobby, making wait times extremely long