The Bar/Lounge at COSMO Hotel Berlin Mitte

"Located across the street from the Spittelmarkt U-Bahn stop (the trains can be heard in lower-floor rooms), the boutique-style hotel is a 10-minute walk to Museum Island and Alexanderplatz, making it a convenient choice for art and architecture lovers, although there aren’t many restaurants or bars in the immediate area"

"This is the kind of calm, calculated star-chaser that would start out at around US$250 or US$300 in New York or Paris, but in this bastion for bargain-hunters, guests frequently pay half that, sometimes less"