Part of East, Central & West Berlin · AN EXPATVISTA COLLECTION
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 had originally booked it while considering a Hyatt status challenge that I later abandoned, although the location also made sense for the trip. The hotel sits in Friedrichshain, about a 10–15 minute walk from the East Side Gallery, with good public transport connections.
We were spending one night here before moving to the Ritz-Carlton at Potsdamer Platz. Starting in Friedrichshain gave us a night in the eastern part of Berlin before the rest of the weekend moved toward the center and then west.
Location
The immediate surroundings are dominated by rail lines, wide roads and concrete rather than cafés and small streets. The East Side Gallery is about a 10–15 minute walk away, while nearby S-Bahn and U-Bahn connections make it easy to get elsewhere in Berlin. Alexanderplatz is only a few stops away.
If you want to step outside the hotel directly into one of Berlin’s more attractive neighborhoods, this isn’t that kind of location. For us, the combination of Friedrichshain and easy transport was more important.
A street near the hotel in Friedrichshain.
Arrival and Public Spaces
The hotel lobby and lounge.
From the street, the hotel building is fairly plain. Inside, the ground floor is largely one open space, with wood floors, orange seating and large windows facing the street.
Reception and the bar share the main ground-floor space.
Reception is integrated into the main lounge and bar rather than separated into a conventional front-desk area. There’s a foosball table in one corner, and in the evening staff had small bags of free popcorn available.
The lobby bar later in the evening.
The space changed noticeably in the evening. We went out looking for dinner in Friedrichshain and, when we returned, the bar and common areas had filled up. We ended up staying for drinks longer than we’d planned.
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.
The rooms are compact. Open the door and you can basically see the entire layout at once: bed in the center, open sink area off to one side and storage built into the wall. There isn’t much spare floor space or room to spread things out.
The bed was comfortable, storage was adequate for our one-night stay, and there was a small desk. For one or two nights, the size wasn’t a problem. For a longer stay, I’d probably want more space to unpack.
Bathroom
The sink is open to the bedroom, with the shower and toilet in separate compartments. That keeps each enclosed space small while still giving the shower and toilet proper separation.
The arrangement worked fine for us, although anyone who dislikes hotel bathrooms with the sink exposed to the room should be aware of the layout.
The bathroom uses separate shower and toilet compartments around an open sink area.
Breakfast
Breakfast was included with our stay and was served buffet-style, with continental choices and some hot items. We didn’t eat much, as we were heading to the Marriott Gourmet Odyssey later that morning and had a substantial day of eating ahead of us.
Sound and Practicalities
Given the nearby rail lines and main roads, I had wondered whether noise would be an issue. In our room, it wasn’t. Once inside the hotel, we didn’t notice significant noise from outside.
For our one-night stay, the small room wasn’t a problem, and the location put us where we wanted to be for the first part of the weekend. The following morning, we checked out and moved to the Ritz-Carlton at Potsdamer Platz.