The building was amazing, very stylish, great roofterraces, all according to the photos. The room itself was perfect too, good shower, bed was a little hard for my taste, but i slept okay.
It is a 45 min walk to historical city center, or 20 mins by bus, but the busses go every 5 or 10 minutes till very late, so thats fine(fare 1.30euro)
Check in was indeed a bit intense, felt a little lectured about cleanliness, however the points he was making were no more than common decency(i.e. when you use a plate; clean the plate).
All in all a good stay, would recommend if you dont mind staying a bit out of the city center. (There are a lot of supermarkets etc very close though)