Mercure Hotel Köln City Friesenstraße

We had a night out before the titanic exhibition and wanted a hotel in a lively part of cologne. This Hotel in the Frieseviertel was perfect. Good quiet rooms, a healthy breakfast, friendly staff and nightlife just around the corner. We highly recommend the Päffgen Brewery down the road, and Scotia Whisky Store

Location is great, service was very nice and attentive too. The issue here is that the hotel is a time capsule from ´90s of last century. Additionally very inconsistent rooms. We had reserved two double bed rooms. One was double and second two single beds put together. One room had many cosmetics in bathroom rohe other just two half bottles of shampoo. In one room lamp had no bulb.

The entire hotel stank of sewage our whole stay. When I arrived, my bedding had multiple washed out blood stains on it. When I requested a new bedding, I was given another one with a black smear stain. The room had awful ancient carpet that was so aged it looked dirty even after being cleaned. The room in general was clearly in dire need of renovation. The only positive was that the staff were very nice.