Design Hotels in Berlin
Architecturally composed properties - Berlin has been a design hotel capital since the 2000s.
Design hotels consider every detail: furniture, lighting, textures, often their own bar and restaurant. Mitte and Friedrichshain lead - hotels like Michelberger, nhow, Casa Camper, Soho House.
What to watch for with design hotels in Berlin
Design hotels in Berlin are less a matter of style than of building history: many of the interesting ones are conversions - post-war office buildings, factory floors, department stores. Floor plans, daylight and bathroom concepts are correspondingly idiosyncratic, and so are the differences between room categories.
For guests that means the photos in the booking flow often show only the best category. If daylight in the bathroom, a bathtub or a quiet room matter to you, pick the room category deliberately rather than taking the cheapest.
Best districts for design hotels
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Mitte
Stately, history-heavy, urban but polished. Tour groups by day, theater and white-tablecloth dining by night.
Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Alternative, creative, wide awake. Nightlife that runs past sunrise, street art on every corner, cafés that never seem to close.
The best design hotels
13 curated hotels in the Design category.
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Hotel de Rome
Rocco Forte's Berlin flagship on Bebelplatz, in the former Dresdner Bank.
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Hotel AMANO Grand Central
Design hotel with rooftop terrace and bar, right at Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Soho House Berlin
Members club with hotel in a Bauhaus-era building on Torstraße.
H.Helmlechner · CC BY-SA 4.0Hotel Indigo Berlin – Centre Alexanderplatz
Design hotel by IHG in the Alexanderplatz quarter.
Hotel Zoo Berlin
Design hotel on Kurfürstendamm in a historic 1891 building.
Fridolin freudenfett · CC BY-SA 3.0Sir Savigny Hotel
Design-strong boutique hotel on a quiet side street near Savignyplatz.
Hotel Q! Berlin
Architectural design hotel with flowing transitions between furniture and room.
25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin
Design hotel with hammocks and zoo views in the Bikinihaus.
Michelberger Hotel
Berlin design icon right across from Mercedes-Benz Arena.
nhow Berlin
Music hotel right on the Spree - with in-house recording studios.
Orania.Berlin
Five-star boutique hotel on Oranienplatz with live concerts.
Hüttenpalast
Sleep in a vintage travel trailer, parked inside a former Neukölln factory.
Axel Hotel Berlin
Heterofriendly design hotel in the LGBTQ+ quarter Schöneberg.
Discover other hotel styles
Luxury Hotels
5-star, concierge service, spa, Michelin restaurant. Especially in Mitte and Charlottenburg.
Boutique Hotels
Small, individual, design-driven. Berlin has one of Europe's densest boutique hotel scenes.
Family Hotels
Children's beds, family rooms, pool, garden. Pankow and Reinickendorf lead.