Radisson Blu Park Hotel & Conference Centre, Dresden Radebeul — Hotel in Radebeul

We stayed at the Radisson Blue in Dresden for two nights to attend a medical conference. This hotel is located in a residential area across the river from the "Alte Stadt". The outside is unimpressive but pleasant and looks somewhat like a 1950s post war military compound. However, once inside, the reception, bar and restaurant areas are bright with modern appointments. After checking in we were given a very large key to our room. I really liked this big heavy key. There was no way I could forget that I had it in my pocket. However, we followed the hotel recommendation and left it with reception when we went out to explore the old city. All of the hotel staff that we encountered were friendly, accommodating, knowledgable and English speaking. We stayed in a renovated suite that was quiet, clean and comfortable. There was enough storage and closet space to accommodate visitors who travel with steamer trunks filled with clothes. The bathroom contained a toilet, sink, tub with shower as well as, a separate shower area. Our suite also contained a sitting/working area with TV, desk, chair and sofa. The sitting area could be isolated from the sleeping area by closing two doors. I like to stay up a bit later than my partner so she could sleep while I watched the late nightly news. The sleeping area contained a king size bed, TV and additional closet space. The sleeping area also contained a small bathroom with toilet and sink. A very nice touch for those of us who must make a nightly visit to the bathroom. Although the hotel is not in the city centre, there is a tram stop nearby with a 20 minute ride to the tourist attractions. Tram tickets can be purchased at the Hotel's reception desk. ...

It's a very decent hotel, clean and tidy, the bathroom was modern, so was the bed frame, the Philips plasma TV was proper to the room size (not too small yet not too big), there was free tea and coffee with mini sugars offered next to a tea kettle in the room, which I think was a nice gesture. Nowadays it's not a standard given by a majority of hotels. It might give you a 90's vibe at first, but as a millennial myself I'll say, who doesn't love the 90's? My room ended up being modernised, contrary to the reception's decoration and first impressions. Honestly, I personally prefer having a nice comfy, clean room with fresh towels in a hotel whose lobby and corridors not super modern, than to have a sloppy room in a super modern hotel. I really enjoyed my stay, as I was in town for business and it was a great last - minute option for me. What was a bit unusual to me at first, was that I had to walk a long way from the reception lobby to my room, and by that I mean: first, one enters the main building (where the reception, the restaurant & the breakfast buffet etc. are located), and then you exit this building towards the back, where there are several individual buildings with many rooms each. I found it odd because I was tired when I arrived, but in next morning it was refreshing walking towards the breakfast. There's a nice garden and fountains in the middle of these buildings, which I imagine must be very pretty in spring and summertime. The young gentleman at the reception was very helpful and kind with all my requests...

Radebeul is a really nice suburb of Dresden and the Radisson is a great place to stay whilst there. The grounds of the hotel are well kept and the rooms we stayed in were clean and spacious. On the whole, we had a very enjoyable stay but I do have a few minor criticisms. The main one is that the pillows were very lumpy and uncomfortable (please buy new ones)! We were on the first floor of Anna Villa and there were the usual inconsiderate guests slamming doors and seemingly stamping their feet above and below us. Parking is €16 per day in the hotel’s garage. For a two night stay, we decided to park on a local side street and save ourselves €32! The last criticism was that the spa charges guests for entry. It is ‘only’ €5 per person (€15 for a family) but I have stayed in a lot of hotels for my job and this is the first time I have experienced a hotel charging guests to use the pool/sauna. I understand charging non-guests but it didn’t sit right to charge your own guests for something that most hotels provide for free. We did not pay for breakfast as part of the room package and if we had wanted to eat breakfast in the hotel, it was €11 for children and €21.50 for adults, which we felt was excessive and so ate breakfast elsewhere. I stress however that we did have an enjoyable stay and would certainly book this hotel again next time we visit Dresden. My review is genuinely intended to be constructive criticism as no hotel ever gets everything right...