This was a pretty great place in a fairly central location. If you are hoping to go to clubs though, they will all be in east Berlin (but we were super close to trains so that was fine). when we checked in, we had no hot water, but the front desk fixed that fairly quickly. biggest downside was that you needed to use the key to lock yourself in the apartment which seems like a huge fire hazard - I probably wouldn't have booked this place knowing that. The check in process is a lot less annoying than other reviews would have me believe - I think this entire apartment is an Airbnb, there were about 10 people checking in at same time i was. also note that while there is a washer, there is no dryer.