Hotel Römischer Kaiser

Backpackers hostel is a better description. I’ve had better Uni accommodation. Expensive for the little it offered. Good point: free outdoor secure parking 200m away. Our room was basic. Bed. 2 ‘office’ chairs. TV German channels only. English ‘kein dienst’. No bottled water, no tea/coffee/kettle. No hotel/town info. Nothing. Bathroom missing a mirror, but its bracket was still there. Online details said ‘bar/restaurant’. Where were they? There’s a Mercure opposite. Go there.

This hotel is a town centre hotel, it’s location is very central right beside the pont nigra in the city centre. The hotel is an excellent base for exploring the beautiful city of Trier.the rooms are not large but very functional and an excellent shower started each day off perfectly. We didn’t dine in the hotel, we preferred the local cafes and restaurants in the sunshine. If you are looking for a good quality town centre hotel then this is perfect. Also only a few minutes walk from the railway station.

Unfortunately when we arrived we didn’t get off to a good start as the standard of room we were given was nothing like what we thought we had booked! For some reason we were taken to what I can only call pokey attic room, with one set of curtains missing and that meant no privacy from another nearby room once it was dark .. a very odd situation! So we returned to reception to complain and were immediately shown to a far superior room, very much like the one we thought we had booked. However, the lift area and corridors smelt of drains but this was rectified over night. For what we paid, room only with no breakfast it was an ok stay but we wouldn’t consider staying again or recommending it to anyone. The hotel desperately needs to spend some money to bring certain parts up to the standards guests should expect from a city centre hotel .. the laminate floor in our particular room was appalling and in places the wood effect has completely worn away.