Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side in Friedrichshain, close to the East Side Gallery.
Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side, part of Hyatt’s “me and all” brand, was our first stop in Berlin. I chose it mainly for the location. The hotel sits in Friedrichshain, about a 10–15 minute walk from the East Side Gallery, with strong public transport connections. The idea was to start on the eastern side of the city, close to the East Side Gallery and somewhere easy to move around from.
After staying there, I think Me and All Berlin East Side makes most sense for a short Berlin visit. The rooms are small and the immediate neighborhood isn’t especially attractive, but the hotel is comfortable, quiet and very well connected by public transport. If you expect to spend most of the day exploring Berlin rather than hanging around your hotel, the trade-off works quite well.
Location
The hotel sits just across the river from central Berlin. The immediate surroundings are rail lines, wide roads and concrete rather than cafés and small streets.
That said, you’re a short walk from the S-Bahn and U-Bahn, and Alexanderplatz is only a few stops away.
If you want to step outside your hotel straight into one of Berlin’s more attractive neighborhoods, this isn’t it. You’re not surrounded by landmarks, but transport makes the rest of the city easy to reach.
The hotel’s surroundings are more industrial than much of central Berlin.
Arrival and Public Spaces
The lobby uses warm lighting, wood and orange seating throughout.
From the street, the building looks fairly plain. Inside, it’s warmer and more inviting than you’d expect. Lots of wood, orange seating, open space, and big windows looking back out toward the street.
Reception is integrated into the main lounge and bar rather than separated into a conventional front desk area.
Reception blends into the main lounge and bar area rather than being a formal desk zone. During the day it’s bright and easygoing, with a foosball table tucked into one corner. In the evening, the bar picks up a bit but it never feels like a nightclub. Staff kept small bags of free popcorn stocked throughout the evening.
The lobby bar and lounge in the evening.
It’s not a destination bar. But it is a comfortable place to have a drink at the end of the night, and as the evening passed, more and more hotel guests opted to do exactly that.
Rooms at the Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side
The compact room reveals almost its entire layout from the entrance, with the open sink area beside the bed.
Rooms at the Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side are compact. Open the door and you can basically see the entire layout at once: bed in the center, sink partition off to one side, storage built into the wall. There isn’t extra space to move furniture around or spread out.
The bed is comfortable, storage is adequate for a short stay, and there’s a small desk if you need it. Everything is well designed, just not especially spacious.
For one or two nights, it works well. For a longer stay, you might start wishing for more space to unpack properly. It’s a sleep-and-go room rather than somewhere you’d spend the afternoon.
Bathroom
The bathroom follows the same space-efficient approach as the bedroom. The sink is open to the room, with the shower and toilet in separate compartments. It’s compact but well arranged, with good lighting and enough separation to make the layout practical.
The bathroom uses separate shower and toilet compartments around an open sink area.
Breakfast
Breakfast was a buffet setup with the usual continental options plus some hot items. The room itself is large and bright, and it handles the morning rush well. It’s not luxury-level, but it’s solid and organized.
Sound and Practicalities
Given the nearby rail lines and main roads, I was slightly concerned about noise. In practice, the soundproofing is good. Once inside the hotel, outside noise wasn’t noticeable.
Positioning in a Berlin Sequence
On its own, Me and All is a straightforward city hotel: clean, efficient and well connected by public transport. Its strongest case is for a short stay where you expect to spend most of your time exploring Berlin rather than in the hotel. The rooms are small and the immediate surroundings aren’t especially attractive, but as a starting point for our Berlin stay, it did exactly what I wanted it to do.
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