MOA Berlin
Tiergarten hotel with spacious rain showers and strong transit links, but slow Wi-Fi and wall-facing views.
The verdict
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MOA Berlin is a transit-connected hotel in the Tiergarten district offering spacious accommodations with modern walk-in rain showers. Guests appreciate the quiet rooms and the convenience of purchasing public transport passes directly at the front desk. However, visitors frequently complain about slow Wi-Fi and uninspiring views that face the walls of neighboring buildings. 123210
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What travelers noticed
- Bathrooms are modern and functional with large walk-in rain showers, hairdryers, and free toiletries. 1210
- Rooms are quiet and insulated from traffic noise, making it easy to catch up on sleep. 23
- The Tiergarten location offers convenient access to local and long-distance public transport connections. 1
- Several rooms look directly onto neighboring walls or other guest windows instead of promised city views. 412
The catch
- Some guests praise the expansive breakfast buffet with made-to-order eggs, while others find the paid buffet and on-site restaurant overpriced. 1012
- Daytime staff are praised as helpful and sell transit day passes at the front desk, but visitors report encountering rude night shift personnel. 3
- While many travelers found the beds big and comfortable, past guests complained the mattresses were too soft. 12103
Who it's for
- — Public transit riders
- — Guests prioritizing modern walk-in showers
- — Light sleepers needing a quiet room
Skip it if
- — Travelers needing fast Wi-Fi
- — Anyone expecting scenic city views
- — Guests looking for a free breakfast
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Score breakdown
How the 88/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
93Location
82- “foreign star hotel is outstanding and guests love walking around the neighborhood” 8
- “It was close to everything we wanted to do on that trip and wasn't far to walk to public transport for stuff not in the immediate area. We really liked Hotel Adelante in the Mitte. It was clean, conveniently located for walking and transit, and had the biggest shower I've ever had in Europe!” 2
Room
90Service
90Bed & Sleep
89Value
87- “Speaking of buses and subways, the front desk of the hotel sells all day passes for public transportation at the same price you'll find them elsewhere, which we found to be extremely convenient.” 3
- “The staff was super nice, the location worked great for us (close to sights, transport and restaurants), the rooms were nicely sized (we had two rooms-a single and a room for four but no fridge), and the price was pretty good.” 2
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-08-31
Where it sits
MOA Berlin and the 16 other hotels we cover in Berlin. Hover a marker for the hotel; click to open it.
What’s nearby
Landmarks and transport around MOA Berlin. Distances are straight-line, so walking times are approximate.
- Berlin Central StationBerlin Hauptbahnhof — 4 min drive · 1.9 km
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof (tief) — 5 min drive · 1.9 km
- House of the Cultures of the WorldHaus der Kulturen der Welt — 5 min drive · 2 km
- Natural History MuseumMuseum für Naturkunde — 6 min drive · 2.3 km
- Reichstag BuildingReichstagsgebäude — 6 min drive · 2.6 km
- Berlin ZooZoo Berlin — 6 min drive · 2.7 km
- Brandenburg GateBrandenburger Tor — 7 min drive · 2.8 km
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeDenkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas — 7 min drive · 3.1 km
- Berlin-Tegel International AirportTXL — 5 min drive · 4.5 km
Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
On par with what $ usually buys
Scores level with the modest median of 88, across 342 hotels in the same bracket. In Berlin it sits 3 points below the local median of 91.
- This hotel
- 88
- Bracket median
- 88
- Index median
- 90
Based on 342 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
Nothing is yet praised often enough to recommend.
- 1 mention
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 24 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
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- “Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin's best features are food related. Its on-site MOA restaurant serves regional dishes prepared with seasonal products, and features a high-quality breakfast buffet for an extra charge.” 12
- “The hotel does not include a free breakfast option, but rather offers a buffet for 18 euros. We are admittedly spoiled here in the US with free continental breakfasts, so paying for breakfast is nothing new... but 18 euros for a buffet is a bit of a stretch.” 3
- “All in all we found the restaurant in the hotel to be a complete ripoff.” 3
- “Rooms are spacious, and the expansive breakfast buffet includes fresh eggs prepared to order.” 10
- “foreign star hotel is outstanding and guests love walking around the neighborhood” 8
- “It was close to everything we wanted to do on that trip and wasn't far to walk to public transport for stuff not in the immediate area. We really liked Hotel Adelante in the Mitte. It was clean, conveniently located for walking and transit, and had the biggest shower I've ever had in Europe!” 2
- “The hotel is conveniently located just down the street from the Birkenstrasse U station, though Google Maps thought it would be more convenient to get there by bus from the Hauptbahnhof train station in downtown Berlin.” 3
- “Centrally located in the Tiergarten district, with very good local and long-distance transport connections.” 1
- “We stayed at the Westin Grand Berlin. It's probably my all-time favorite hotel. It was close to everything we wanted to do on that trip and wasn't far to walk to public transport for stuff not in the immediate area.” 2
- “Guest rooms at Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin are bright and spacious, with high ceilings and stylish decor.” 12
- “My wife and I found the rooms to be clean, the bathroom spacious, and the bed comfortable.” 3
- “Vibrant rooms have fun decor; bathrooms have spacious showers” 12
- “Unfortunately, the hotel defrauded us by giving us a room that did not match the pictures on the Booking.com website.” 4
- “Speaking of buses and subways, the front desk of the hotel sells all day passes for public transportation at the same price you'll find them elsewhere, which we found to be extremely convenient.” 3
- “The staff was super nice, the location worked great for us (close to sights, transport and restaurants), the rooms were nicely sized (we had two rooms-a single and a room for four but no fridge), and the price was pretty good.” 2
- “We booked a room overlooking the river for seven nights and had no issues with the traffic noise at all - perhaps in part because as cities go Berlin was quiet (it being the summer) - and with the window closed you couldn't hear the traffic at all.” 2
- “Luckily, the day shift didn't suffer from the same shortcoming and were very helpful.” 3
- “The only downsides to the hotel were the evening staff and lack of a decent breakfast option. The night shift seemed to be in need of some quality customer service training as they were quite rude.” 3
- “I stayed at the Berlin Hilton for 4 nights in May 2019 for $105 euros. Don't know how I got that good of rate but the hotel was very nice.” 2
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- 9 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Deep coverage · 20/100We read 0 sources for this property, covering 0 traveler mentions, boiled down to 0 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-08-31.
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Sources
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- 12Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin Reviewoyster.comReview site2024-08-07Ageing11 quotes used
“Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin's best features are food related. Its on-site MOA restaurant serves regional dishes prepared with seasonal products, and features a high-quality breakfast buffet for an extra charge.”
Read originaloyster.com - 4Hotel Moa-berlin Reviewstrustpilot.comReview site2024-04-30Ageing3 quotes used
“Just check the attached picture of "City view"!!!!! that we have paid for, it was other rooms windows!!”
Read originaltrustpilot.com - 3Hotel Review: Best Western Premier Hotel MOA Berlindanandholly.comReview site2014-07-16Ageing10 quotes used
“The hotel does not include a free breakfast option, but rather offers a buffet for 18 euros. We are admittedly spoiled here in the US with free continental breakfasts, so paying for breakfast is nothing new... but 18 eur…”
Read originaldanandholly.com - 1Hotel MOA Berlin, Moabit : -21% during the daydayuse.comReview siteDate not stated1 quote used
“Centrally located in the Tiergarten district, with very good local and long-distance transport connections.”
Read originaldayuse.com - 2Hotel Advice 5 nights in Berlin - Rick Steves Travel Forumcommunity.ricksteves.comReview siteDate not stated11 quotes used
“It was close to everything we wanted to do on that trip and wasn't far to walk to public transport for stuff not in the immediate area. We really liked Hotel Adelante in the Mitte. It was clean, conveniently located for…”
Read originalcommunity.ricksteves.com - 5Hotel MOA Berlin- First Class Berlin, Germany Hotelstravelweekly.comReview siteDate not statedRead originaltravelweekly.com
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