The hotel is very old, bathrooms are tiny tiny and some of them smell bad. Staff is nice but it doesn't compensate the state of the hotel. Garage has a non user friendly system of ramps to park several cars on top of each other. Makes things very difficult. There are much better options for the same price near by.... More

The hotel is terrible. Halls reek of smoke, the beds are extremely uncomfortable. The bathroom is as small as a cruise ship (if you sit on the toilet you can put your feet inside the tiny shower). Rooms are small and in need of updating. All in all this is not where you want to be for long stays. They... More

Yes it doesn't look much but I had a very enjoyable stay the staff especially Andrea in the restaurant was a credit to the hotel and should be rewarded for her dedication and hard work would not stay anywhere else in the area no matter how much

Pros: The hotel staff was very friendly, I appreciated the mini kitchen, the breakfast was typically German but plenty of choices, and the room was reasonably quiet. Cons: The beds were hard and uncomfortable, the lighting was bad, the stairwells smelled like people were smoking indoors, and the room rate was higher than it should be. Overall, the ultimate test... More

First of all it should be said that the Balladins Superior Mannheim is a hotel in the IBIS category and its standard is closer to two rather than three stars in my opinion. In other words it provides decent yet basic budget option in a location near to the city centre. The advantage of the hotel is the fridge and... More

Most hotels in Mannheim are overpriced, and this hotel is no exception. I stayed here for 5 nights and, part from Sunday night, the price for a single room was EUR 114 (which included EUR 13 for breakfast). There are several room categories and my room was a "single, comfort" category. The first room was towards the road and I... More

+ Good/extensive breakfast with the usual Continental stuff but also pastries and hot scrambled eggs, sausages, etc. +/- The rooms have no curtains, only shutters. - At the extreme end of the Altstadt close to nothing in particular one would want to see. Standard rooms are dark, dingy and overlook a busy main road. My room had a cooker with... More

I won't be staying here again. The bathroom - specially the shower area is so small that you would wonder how to avoid hitting the walls! The lights in the rooms are quite dull and strain your eyes! Even though it brags on the websites that the kitchenette is equipped, you have only your stars to thank if you can... More

In summary I would describe this place as hotel where many thoughts and action went into it when refurbishing it - but within a quite limited budget. Reasoin for staying there was - that no room was available in a hotel I would normally stay in Mannheim. Happens once in a while and as a visit you learn that room... More