Hotel Rheinischer Hof Essen
Bright rooms and a French country-style bar
About this hotel
Hotel Rheinischer Hof Essen sits three minutes' walk from Essen Rüttenscheider Stern, in the Rüttenscheid neighbourhood known for a livelier, more local restaurant and café scene than the transit-focused area around the station. Modest, bright rooms come alongside a French country-style bar, an unusual touch among the more corporate hotels on this list, and free breakfast is included daily. Pet-friendly rooms and a restaurant round out the practical offer, and the full-service laundry helps on a longer stay involving daily wet swimwear from Oase. A six-minute taxi covers Grugapark, useful for a two-centre trip, and the strong guest rating reflects a property that punches above its three-star category on charm even if the room count and scale stay modest.
- Near Rüttenscheider Stern
- Free breakfast
- 3-star hotel
- Restaurant on site
Our take
This suits a family who wants to base themselves in the Rüttenscheid neighbourhood for its restaurant scene, with free breakfast and a pet-friendly policy included. It rewards travellers who want more local character than the station-adjacent hotels. Families prioritising the shortest possible walk to Oase should compare travel time from Rüttenscheid carefully first.
- ✓Explore the Rüttenscheider Stern restaurant strip in the evening, one of Essen's livelier local dining areas.
- ✓Use free breakfast to start the day before the tram or taxi connection toward Porscheplatz and Oase.
- ✓Book the full-service laundry slot early on a longer stay, since smaller hotels can have limited capacity.
Why we love it
- Rüttenscheid neighbourhood restaurant scene
- Free breakfast included
- French country-style bar
- Pet-friendly rooms
Why guests love itWe picked this one for the Rüttenscheid location and were glad we did, since the restaurant strip along Rüttenscheider Stern gave us more genuine local dinner options than the hotels nearer the station. Free breakfast set the kids up well before pool mornings at Oase, and the bar had a warmth to it that felt different from the usual chain-hotel lobby.