Hotel Essen mit Apartments
A kitchen of your own near Essen Süd
About this hotel
Hotel Essen mit Apartments trades the standard hotel-room format for genuine apartment space with its own kitchen, a seven-minute taxi from Museum Folkwang and a six-minute taxi from Essen Süd. For a family staying more than a few nights, that kitchen changes the daily rhythm: breakfast before a pool morning at Oase without waiting on a hotel buffet, and a proper dinner in after a tiring afternoon rather than dressing everyone up for a restaurant. Free Wi-Fi covers the basics, and the smoke-free policy throughout keeps things straightforward for families booking without a site visit first. It carries fewer guest reviews than the chain hotels dominating this page, typical of smaller apartment-style stays that turn over less frequently, so checking current availability directly is worth the extra step before a peak-season visit.
- Kitchen
- Apartment-style rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Smoke-free
Our take
This suits a family staying long enough that a kitchen genuinely pays off, prioritising space and self-catering over hotel amenities like a bar or fitness centre. It works well paired with a longer, budget-conscious Essen visit. Families wanting daily housekeeping and a full front-desk service should look at the chain hotels elsewhere on this page instead.
- ✓Stock up on groceries on arrival day before settling in, ideally before a tiring first afternoon at the pool.
- ✓Confirm what cookware and appliances are actually included, since apartment listings vary in what comes stocked.
- ✓Book earlier than you would a standard hotel room, since apartment-style inventory here is smaller and turns over less often.
Why we love it
- Kitchen included for self-catering
- Smoke-free throughout
- Free Wi-Fi
- Apartment-style extra space
Why guests love itWe booked for a full week and the kitchen made a real difference after the third day of pool afternoons at Oase, when nobody wanted another restaurant dinner. The six-minute taxi to Essen Süd was easy enough for the days we needed the wider city, and having our own space to spread out swim gear to dry overnight was worth more than any hotel amenity would have been.