Mr & Mrs Smith

Schlosshotel im Grunewald

Berlin, Germany

Built by the Kaiser as a gift for his lawyer (and perhaps his very delightful wife), Schlosshotel im Grunewald is a regal, refined palace set in a green sprawl of gardens, and styled in the past by Karl Lagerfeld. There’s a fine dining restaurant and an indulgent spa and swimming pool. It’s a peaceful hotel, but the city centre is close by.

Need to know

• Rooms 53, including 10 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $279.54 (€223), excluding tax at 7 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (€223), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates exclude buffet breakfast at €26.
• Facilities Spa with sauna and Turkish baths, gym, library, gardens, playground, terrace, sunbathing area, free WiFi throughout and DVD library. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player/CD player, Tivoli radios, free minibar and water and Bulgari/Aesop products.
• Poolside There’s a large indoor heated pool, with a Jacuzzi and views of the garden.
• Check-out 12pm but flexible (depending on availability), with no charge until 2pm.
• Children More than welcome – there’s a playground, cots are free, extra beds are €60 a night and babysitting can be arranged (€17 an hour, book three hours in advance). More...
• Also Pets can come too, for €30 a day. Smokers can request a smoking room and can also light up in the bar. Rooms are suitable for wheelchair users.

Food and drink at Schlosshotel im Grunewald

• Hotel restaurant Restaurant Vivaldi is an elegant, impressive setting, with equally refined food. Chandeliers, gold-painted ceilings, glossy wood walls, gargantuan mirrors and dazzling white tables and chairs create an opulent backdrop for the traditional Danish fare, such as tender venison with a port wine and pepper jus. You can also breakfast in Le Jardin, a conservatory that spills out into the garden, or lunch in Alter Wintergarten, the pretty and serene lilac sitting room.
• Dress code This is food to dress up for – sport a crisp shirt or dramatic dress. Honour Lagerfeld with some Chanel threads.
• Top table All of the tables are lovely, but perhaps if you're fine dining it, ask them to seat you somewhere romantic.
• Last orders You can feast in the restaurant until 10pm. The bar normally closes around midnight, but it will stay open later, if guests are still drinking.
• Room service Available 24 hours a day, including snacks and salads, along with mains and desserts from the restaurant menu.
• Hotel bar Le Tire Bouchon is styled as an English bar, replete with bold stripy wallpaper, chesterfields, floral-print armchairs, portly vases, dramatic landscapes, a statuesque fireplace and wooden cabinets stocked with a gentlemen’s club-worthy selection of cigars and beautifully bottled liquor.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Schlosshotel im Grunewald Brahmsstrasse 10, Berlin, 14193