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SMARTY Cologne City Center

Hotel near Cologne Cathedral in Cologne

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Smarty Signature Room
Bar (on property)
Bar (on property)
Reception
Aerial view

Reviews

6.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Engelbertstrasse 33-35, Cologne, NW, 50674
  • Neumarkt
    9 min walk
  • University of Cologne
    10 min walk
  • Friesenplatz
    10 min walk
  • Cologne (CGN-Cologne - Bonn)
    21 min drive

Room options

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Single Room (small)

Single Room (small)

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Triple Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds OR 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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SMARTY Pod Room

SMARTY Pod Room

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Maxi Apartment

Maxi Apartment

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Quadruple Room

  • 13 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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Mini Apartment

Mini Apartment

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Smarty Signature Room

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Studio

Studio

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Shared Dormitory (4-6 people)

Shared Dormitory (4-6 people)

  • 13 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room Compact

Double Room Compact

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Restaurant
Air conditioning
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The price is CA $238
per night
CA $268 total
includes taxes & fees
9 Dec - 10 Dec
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About the area

Cologne

Innenstadt stay.Within a 10-minute walk of this Innenstadt hotel, you'll find Neumarkt and University of Cologne. Friesenplatz and Schildergasse are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Neumarkt - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Friesenplatz - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Chocolate Museum - 4 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Musical Dome - 4 min drive - 3.0 km
  • Cologne Cathedral - 5 min drive - 3.2 km

Getting around

  • Zuelpicher Platz U-Bahn - 4 min walk
  • Cologne Süd Station - 10 min walk
  • Cologne - Bonn Airport (CGN) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Vapiano - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪El Gaucho - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Biergarten Rathenauplatz - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Ex-Corner - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Supasalad - ‬3 min walk

About this property

SMARTY Cologne City Center

Hotel near Cologne Cathedral in Cologne
There's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. You'll find a business center on site.

WiFi is free in public spaces. Multilingual staff, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities are also featured at SMARTY Cologne City Center.

This Cologne hotel is smoke free.

  • 52 guestrooms or units
  • 6 levels
  • Deli
  • Business facilities
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Refrigerator in a common area
  • Lockers available
  • Bar or lounge
SMARTY Cologne City Center offers 52 accommodations. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Accommodations all include kitchenettes. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Cable television is provided. Irons/ironing boards and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Languages

English, German

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour offsite parking within 984 ft (EUR 22 per day)

Food and drink

  • Local cuisine breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–noon: EUR 3.50 per person
  • 1 bar

Accessibility

  • Elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch TV
  • Cable channels

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Kitchenette

More

  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: EUR 10

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets: EUR 12 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 5 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • An effective city/local tax rate of 5.35 percent will be charged

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for local cuisine breakfast: approximately EUR 3.50 per person
  • Nearby parking fee: EUR 22 per day(984 ft away; open 24 hours)
  • Pet fee: EUR 12 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Late check-out fee: EUR 10 (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts major credit cards, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Eurocard, debit cards, and cash. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit in each accommodation.

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • One child 5 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

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SMARTY Cologne City Center Reviews

Reviews

6.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 46 out of 395 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 107 out of 395 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 120 out of 395 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 66 out of 395 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 56 out of 395 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Smarth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The pictures are really misleading. The property can barely be used as some place where you just sleep during the nights. The rooms are nowhere close to as nice as shown in the pictures. They are old, with all kinds of stains of the walls, the washroom is decent. Overall the area is extremely tiny. Its not worth the price IMO.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

kayleigh

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location was good but the beds are dangerous. One of the beds in room 202 would just collapse if you knocked into it. I ended up sleeping on the floor because the bed collapsed during the night. Not great. I know it was cheap but I expected a bit better. Thanks
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Adam

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Broken beds
When first entering the room there was a funny smell in the room and then when we came to put our bags on the beds we noticed that the bunk bed was extremely dangerous as the whole thing was unstable, when we notified reception they said they would check the bed and “if it was faulty” they would change our room however they told us that there was nothing wrong with the bed and it was perfectly fine even though the top bunk about 10cm in either direction and the bottom bunk was at an angle. Due to this we had to put one of the mattresses on the floor and sleep on that as the we didn’t feel safe with someone on the top bunk. The brace on the single bed was at a 45° angle and bowed when it was sat on.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Henry, London

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I wouldn’t advise this as a place for solo travellers looking to meet people. It’s basically hotel rooms with as many beds crammed in as possible. It’s a little close quartered if you’re sharing with strangers! If you just want a bed for then I guess it’s alright. In my room there were no sockets near the bed, the main lighting didn’t reach the lower bunk and there’s no separate lighting near the beds. That being said, beds were comfortable, room and bathroom were clean and communal area was decent. Good value for money. I stayed during Karneval and some foul reprobate defecated in the urinal in the communal area which rather out a damper on things but that was hardly the fault of the establishment.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Frederico

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and comfy. Private room totally equipped with all you need.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap
Cheap and cheerful can’t fault it
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was fairly central, place was clean, staff were friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Great place and location
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Christopher

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place, clean, kitchen downstairs was ok. Only thing, the room was tiny for 4 beds. Little hard to move around with bags
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Mohammed

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Experience in KÖLN
Good location, friendly staff, acceptable rooms, very narrow bathroom I didn't suggest it
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

yoav

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I've never had such a bad experience at any hotel around the world. I paid an exorbitant price and received service during every review. First, the receptionist delayed us for close to forty minutes because we couldn't find our feed (even though I brought him the booking number from Hotles.com and the order date. Second, I ordered 2 (small) packages from Amazon and coordinated shipping for my arrival day. It appears that the hotel policy does not allow parcels for guests and the receptionist on the same day refused to accept the parcel. When we finally got to the room, we discovered a very crowded room, uncomfortable beds and an outdated and unpleasant bath.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Denise

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not the best.
This hostel is in a cool area of Cologne, but it is very loud at night We woke up to someone blasting Cher at 3 am, and it went on for a while. Its a party neighborhood. The place itself is not in great shape, and the management was very firm about not moving my booking dates. I ended up eating the costs.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Alex

Clean and simple but too expensive for what it is
Previously a hostel and still looking like one, bar service from a machine, not attended, at least when we were there, surrounding area nice with good links to the city centre. Very expensive when we stayed for an exhibition.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good night’s sleep
It’s a hostel, as far as hostels go it’s clean, comfortable, quiet, and in a good neighborhood. Good value for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Super cramped rooms. Bathroom had a funky odor. The walls are very thin, so you hear everything
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Sivendran

Not gd Lift wasnt working Had to go up 5 floors with my mother
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Visitor, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location for students or short business trave
Very small rooms. Furniture in the rooms is worn out, very old. Chair was broken I would never stay in this hotel again
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable place to settle
Generally nice and clean. But my room was too close to the alleviater, it was a bit noisy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
BEWARE!!! DO NOT STAY
This is the WORST hotel I've been to in my lifetime. I am so appalled & disgusted, I will be filing a formal complaint. After paying a FORTUNE to stay (as there was a conference in town), we could not believe our eyes. This is not a 3 star hotel, more like a disgusting poor hostel. The room was so dirty, small, battered, mould in the bathrooms etc and NOTHING like the pictures. We feel deceived and robbed. We stayed in the room for less than 10 minutes. We were so disgusted we didn't even take off our jackets, called around town & paid yet another fortune to get another room for the night. Went downstairs and handed the key & explained our situation. The staff (who were not too bad) said they "understood" (didn't seem surprised) and asked us to contact HQ via email. They did not offer a refund & we left. Please people beware. I spend many months of the year travelling and I have NEVER seen a hotel like this. I cannot stress this enough.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017