Meininger Hotel Muenchen City Center

Dirty, no air con. **********s all over the place, on the beds, in the shower. Stains on the sheets and no mattress protectors. This is a hostel not a hotel. Staff told me to email the hotel after the trip to get a refund. I am still yet to hear after a week.

The best to say about this place is its "very spacious" 8-bed dorm room where I stayed for 3 nights which was really one of the biggest (if not the biggest) among many various dorms I've ever stayed at (really enough room for 8 people to comfortably move around with also an ensuite bathroom for just the people in the room). And also great were the lounge room connected to the lobby on the 1st floor (with some vending machines for drinks & snacks) and the elevator for a nice convenience to get to the multiple floors. And yes, although not at a top-notch location (at a little off the city center I would say), it's just about a 15-minute walk from here to Munich Central (the main train station) where there's also a nice underground shopping center (with McDonald's for breakfasts & also a Thai restaurant for a pretty good lunch during my stay); and about another 15-minute walk from Munich Central is the city's Old Town area with its "premier sites" of the Marienplatz square & the Residenz Palace. And, my thanks are to the staff members at the desk who were all helpful with my questions and who allowed me to check out "a little late".

I (22m) took my teenage brother (15) to Munich for a trip and knew Meininger was good from the hostel/hotel they used to have in London, so I booked 3 nights. Affordable, friendly bilingual staff, nice relaxed atmosphere, their reputation holds up! Although the additional paperwork required for an under 18 staying with someone who isn’t their parents was an unexpected rule I hadn’t spotted on the website, the staff were kind and allowed us to of course fill this out at booking in (sending the appropriate forms to our parents). Despite the rule being frustrating to us, I understand why it’s there, and believe the additional safeguards to children are important, even if these feel more stringent than perhaps necessary; so my review stands at a 5. If all Meininger Houses have this standard, (considering Munich is the oldest one they have, I’d say it’s a safe bet), you can’t go far wrong booking Meininger

The location is good, a few tram stops from the central station. Dorms have no AC, thus you have to sleep with the windows open. It gets quite loud at night because of the train station nearby. Be sure to bring some earplugs with you. Lockers are really small, you can barely fit something in them. Moreover, they do not close so they’re basically useless. The guest kitchen could be cleaner, otherwise it was well equipped