The location is excellent, the building spectacular, the bar area is very trendy and the terrace overlooks one of the most famous landmarks in Berlin. The rooms are basic (no kettle, no wardrobe, no dressing gown etc) but that's ok - it is a Motel after all. All of these things are fine. But the booking system and the check in for myself and my guests was a nightmare. I had two separate parties coming to Motel One Upper West for two workshops. I booked my guests in for these nights, and then some of them booked extra nights themselves so they could come early to enjoy Berlin. The system clearly couldn't cope with that. In spite of me covering off in advance the exact arrival times/days of all my guests - via 3 emails and 1 phone call - two of them were told they had no booking when they arrived and therefore no rooms, and one was told he had to prepay the whole stay before he could have a room. When I arrived at the hotel/motel it was finally sorted out with a refund for my disgruntled guest and me paying for everyone's stay in advance. A total of 4200 Euros (£3500.) My guests and I were offered one free beer each for all this hassle, but not anything else - the barman curtly informed us that we would have to pay for that ourselves. Summary: great location, decent accommodation, but the efficiency of the systems and the service culture still leaves a lot to be desired...