I just stayed at the Munich Airport Hilton and wanted to share my experience since it’s quite likely many of you will consider staying there. Unless it was on the runway it couldn’t be any closer to the airport terminals, it is a literal 30 second walk. And it’s also right outside the S Bahn station which runs between the airport and downtown Munich so that’s easy peasy as well.
The hotel has an unusual layout, which as my wife cleverly noted was because it’s at an airport so it can’t build up. So it is built long, as in L-O-N-G. The lobby is long, the walk to the elevator banks to get to your room is long, the walk down the corridor to your room is long. This isn’t a criticism, just to let you know what you’re in for. You will do a lot of walking inside the hotel, you’re not going to just pop down to the front desk for something. There is a Hilton club but oddly it’s in the basement. And there is a health club/spa but oddly that is at the bottom of a different elevator bank. So it will take you a while to get oriented.
The lobby as noted is long with a very high ceiling, there is a large bar and a lot of seating. When we were there they were setting up for some kind of live television broadcast, so there is that kind of room. There is one restaurant that does a really good buffet in the morning and then a sitdown menu at night, it’s not cheap but it’s not overpriced. It was one of our better meals on our trip. Your room rate may or may not include the breakfast, it’s pretty hard to tell these days. I’m a Hilton Gold member so I think I was supposed to get free breakfast but was too busy to follow through on that. Speaking of which, if you’re an Honors member there is a separate line for checkin and checkout.
As for the room, it’s sleek and modern. Which is good and bad, it’s nice to look at but it doesn’t function so well. All the light switches are electronic touch panels (and there are many), and each one works a different set of lights. Or sometimes it works lights you’re not expecting. There are about 300 different permutations of how you can set all the various lights in the room and in the bathroom. One thing you cannot do is make the room very bright so you can pack for an early morning flight, the lighting will always be very moody and directional. Trying to get the lights as we wanted them became a running gag. The bathroom is large and functional, with a full size tub and a stall shower across from it. Which like most European showers has no sill under the door so water just gushes everywhere; order extra towels and make a dam if you’re concerned.
Our room overlooked the airport which I enjoyed, there is a definite ebb and flow to their flights and when there was a huge mob of taxis lined up to enter the arrivals area, you knew the fun was about to start. The room and the hotel are very solid and quiet and you can make the room very dark which is good. Closet space is borderline acceptable. The new thing now is no alarm clock, but I guess all the cool kids use their phones for that.
Yes I would stay there again, you just can’t beat the location.