Tucholsky Loft was clean, comfortable, lovely, cool, and hip. The shower is excellent for a European bathroom, the cooktop uses induction heating which, once you get the hang of it is actually quite nice (instant heat/instant cold). The bed is comfortable and, despite being in the heart of a busy city neighborhood, the space is quiet at night. Pillows and linens were okay, not luxe. Tucholsky Loft is in a great neighborhood (Mitte), full of galleries, boutiques, cafes, restaurants, etc. One very long block away is a good grocery where we bought eggs, berries, and veggies for the California-style healthy breakfasts that we like but cannot seem to find when we travel in Europe. We were steered by our host to try a restaurant/beer garden/ballroom just down the street and had one of the best meals of our trip there: giant crispy schnitzel with salad and fantastic Reisling that was full of fruit but nicely crisp and dry.

The less than perfect: there were not basic supplies in the kitchen and we needed to buy olive oil and other basics. The tap water is a bit funky tasting, so we did everything (including coffee) with bottled. The one smallish frying pan has a loose handle and we could not find tongs or other cooking tools that we would have liked. Our hosts were not great at communication, kept us waiting a while on the street when we first arrived and sent text messages which were clipped and then did not respond to our communication until the day after we left. The excellent espresso/cappuccino maker was stocked with decent coffee, but a bit tricky to figure out. It took several online tutorials to conceive a workaround for the problems we faced including the machine purging huge amounts of water on its own. Could have used a bit of instruction from the hosts on the use of appliances. Small issues for us and we had a great time at TL. Always love Berlin, enjoyed being based in Mitte, and would happily rent TL again.