Normally this hotel would be out of my price range, but I got a great price on this hotel through hotels.com. The room was extremely clean, the decor was nice, everything was in good working order and the beds were comfy. The staff was exceptionally nice (including in the restaurant) and all spoke English well. The restaurant food was good and not overpriced (I had dinner twice, but not breakfast, so I can't speak about breakfast). The neighborhood is lovely and quiet. It's one U-Bahn stop from the main station and downtown Bochum, so I spent something like 8 Euro getting a taxi from the station. I would not recommend taking the Bochum U-Bahn to the hotel if you have heavy bags, as there are stairs at the U-Bahn station and it's a bit of a walk from there to the hotel. The U-Bahn runs every 15 minutes or so, Bochum is not Berlin.