Best Western Plus Delta Park Hotel

clean, easy to navigate, simple. courtyard is beautiful

bedsheets are a bit rough, blankets are small.

Nice hotel

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Not only is this the most appealing Mannheim hotel option but the ideal choice of accommodation for a stay anywhere in Germany’s southwest. The value for money that this property offers is unbeatable: five-star quality at a mid-range price. I stayed here for three nights, and my room was cozy yet spacious, beautifully styled (with a uniquely appealing layout), comfortably carpeted (rather than floored with cold tile or hardwood), perfectly climate controlled, generously outfitted with tea-making facilities and a mini-fridge, and so altogether comfortable as to epitomize the German ideal of Gemütlichkeit. Large, openable windows running the length of the room admitted wonderful amounts of daylight and provided a gorgeous city view. The hotel’s location is ideal, situated as it is between the Hauptbahnhof, just a few hundred meters away — making it easy to catch early trains — and Mannheim’s top sights, such as the Wasserturm and the Kunsthalle. Breakfast, offered in a beautiful light-filled solarium, is both delicious and generous, offering Nürnberg-style Würstchen as well as bacon to accompany the scrambled eggs, and beyond that any other Frühstück choice that one could possibly desire. This was my second stay at this location (my first was in 2022), and of the 18 properties that I have patronized between those two trips, this hotel remains my absolute favourite; in fact, I liked it so much that it was the determining factor in my choice of Mannheim over any other southwest German city as a hub from which to explore the area this year. The staff allowed me an early check-in (a rare treat), granted my wish to use the same wonderful room that I enjoyed in 2022, and were the friendliest that I have encountered in any German hotel. If I could score the hotel an 11/10, I would.

The only possible upgrade that the Best Western Delta Park could make would be to introduce earlier breakfast times. The hotel’s very fine Frühstück is offered at 6:30 on weekdays, which is standard for German hotels (though some choice properties start at 6:00), but only from 7:00 on weekends. The latter turned out to be simply too late for me to catch a Sunday-morning train, and while the staff did kindly provide me with a “lunch box” that I was able to pick up from the front desk early enough to facilitate my weekend day trip, I would have much preferred to have enjoyed one of the hotel’s exceptionally fine full breakfasts. But the property’s numberless strengths more than make up for this one opportunity for improvement. I would have gladly stayed here longer and hope to return in the future.

In my opinion, this hotel only resembles the original Best Western brand in name. I previously stayed at a four-star Best Western hotel in Oman, and the difference in quality was enormous. I honestly don’t think this hotel deserves a four-star rating; at best, it feels like a two-star hotel.

The cleanliness was very disappointing. The toilet and shower were dirty, and there was hair on the bedsheet, which made it seem like the sheets had not been changed. I was too tired to complain since we were only staying for one night.