Design Hotel Zur Abtei in Aachen

For our visit to the Aachen Christmas market, we chose this hotel for one night (Saturday to Sunday). The hotel is located in a district of Aachen, in Kornelimünster. There is a thoroughfare between the hotel and the abbey, which we had a really nice view of. We stayed here in December and slept with the windows closed. No street noise disturbed our sleep. According to Booking com, each room has its own style. Our room had high ceilings, a nice big and comfortable bed, a poorly placed wardrobe and a replica Greek breasts. Why does she have to stare straight at the bed? Does not matter. I would have liked a larger TV to be directly across from the bed. Instead, you look straight ahead at an antique wardrobe, which surprisingly also has a well-stocked minibar. The TV is on a small table to the right. Absolutely bad solution. We really liked the bathroom. This was very clean, very large with a large shower. According to the booking portal I had expected a bathroom with a tub. Since another guest complained about the water temperature in his review, I would like to mention that we had no problems with it. On the contrary: good water pressure and a nice, consistently high temperature. We had very good WiFi reception in our room, the internet was fast and is even free in this hotel. So far so good.
Breakfast is served in the antechamber of the restaurant. Unfortunately, there were a few problems here. When we arrived at the agreed time, the table was set, but there was no sign of the service staff. We had to wait almost 10 minutes for someone to come out of the kitchen. It's a pity that there wasn't already a thermos of fresh coffee on the table. There was no buffet, instead a plate with a few types of sausage and cheese was served without asking what we wanted beforehand. The rolls were unfortunately not fresh, but were baked. I ordered two rolls and had to wait another 10 minutes. When I go to a hotel I want a decent breakfast. I'd be happy to pay a few euros more for that. What I personally found very nice is that the really friendly lady made fresh scrambled eggs for us. Thanks for that, this saved our morning!
At the next table, a couple of Cologne residents gave themselves up to a challenge as to who would drown out the loudest and with their mouths full, presumably in a Cologne dialect. We were glad when we could leave the room again. I need a little more rest on Sunday morning.
So I would like to summarize:
- Design hotel in a very beautiful old house
- A short distance from the Abbey,
but not part of the abbey as you might guess from the photos
- check in by phone (door code)
- Room/door key in the envelope on the reception desk
- the hotel rooms all have a different style,
- very nice, clean and big bathroom
- large comfortable double bed, mattress pleasantly hard
- Price acceptable, 125 € B&B in a double room
- EC payment was unfortunately not possible on the day of our departure for technical reasons. We were allowed to transfer the invoice amount.

What we didn't like:
No breakfast buffet. Buns from the freezer
Very little selection of sausage, cheese and jam. We would have gladly paid more for a much better breakfast.

Small flat screen TV, poorly placed, low on a table. There are only a few German-language TV programs selectable.

If the breakfast situation changes, we would love to come back. But then I'll book by phone to find out exactly which room I'll get.
Unfortunately, EC payment was not possible on the day of our departure for technical reasons. We were allowed to transfer the invoice amount.