Hotel Oberkirch

Location is great, just on the famous square, people/ owners are very friendly. We have received a free upgrade of our room with a much bigger bed. Breakfast is good, service -excellent. Rooms are clean and cosy. Definitely recommend . Worth coming back again.

This is a great choice if you are looking for a spot in the old city. The building is charming, but despite its dead-center location and a busy restaurant downstairs, we experienced a completely quiet and serene stay there. The lady at the reception was wonderful and knowledgeable, and the service during breakfast was attentive. Keep in mind that with a room in a medieval building in Germany in a tourist hot spot, you will not have all that much space, but this joint is superbly clean and quiet, and breakfast is ample and varied.

Hotel Oberkirch is a charming, old school, classic German hotel in the middle of the old town. Had a corner room in the back building overlooking the very pretty, cobblestoned alley way. Although relatively small, the room was so serene and nicely decorated -- complete with parquet floor, wallpaper, and wooden bed -- I was totally enchanted. If you stay here, which I highly recommend, do not miss eating dinner at the restaurant, which is located in a different building, on the cathedral square. Had an absolutely superb dinner of venison, spaetzle, and red cabbage. And the staff at both the hotel and restaurant were lovely, helpful, and enthusiastic. Don't miss staying here!

We had a pleasant stay at the hotel in Freiburg, which is a lovely town. The hotel is perfectly located in the heart of the old town. Its an old building with a lot of authentic charm but it was quite tricky to find the main reception entrance as it is down an alley and in another street at the back from the stated location (which is actually the restaurant rather than the hotel). Be aware that it is in a cobbled pedestrianised area so not so good if you are not mobile on foot or have a car. Also it is right on the Munsterplatz so be ready for the daily market outside in the square and you'll have church bells chiming on the hour and for services. The room was well equipped and a very comfortable bed, enabling a good sleep. If you book direct as we did you can select your precise room which is good, especially given that they vary a lot, it being an old building. Housekeeping was done on a request what you want basis - they'll service your room or not as you prefer and the staff were happy to check in with you about what you needed. The only downside in the room was that it was not airconditioned (it being an old building) and ventilation was an issue as it was quite warm. If there is hot weather then the room could easily become quite stifling. We slept with a fan on and the window open and it was ok - only then we had the bells from the minster :) The hotel doesn't have a lounge or bar in the main building. But it has an excellent restaurant in a separate building around the corner on the square. And there are plenty of other bars and restaurants nearby. We had a great stay. One final point, we didn't see many staff - there was someone on reception during the day but not 24 hours. There is an access code system so when we arrived in the evening we had received a code to get into the building and our room keys were waiting for us to get into our room. It all worked fine so was no problem but was a bit unusual.

We stayed there since we wanted to get o freiburish flavor while in the city. we had a car and it was truly difficult to park around. Basically no help from the reception people, who were actually quite rude. If you have a car ask them in advance where to park etc and be ready to carry your luggage in cobblestone streets…The room was truly small and had no air onditioning whatsoever, a true burden considering we had 35 degrees celsius outside. We had to leave the windows opened, which was not of big help. Other than that, leaving the window opened led to no accustic block and we had the in front cathedral bell ringing all day. Breakfast was mediocre and the restaurant staff was of no help. Try to find another place yo stay while in Freiburg.

I am still in the reservation step and already regrating. Over email and telephone, I am dealing with very rude and unfriendly staff personel. It is a bussiness trip like many others I do during the year, in Germany, and I have never seen something like this. I am going on with the reservation at this hotel only - and really only- because all the paperwork at my company was done already and would be extremelly bureocratical to change.