Hotel Esplanade Dortmund offers five meeting rooms for up to 60 people in the city center. The family-run four-star boutique hotel combines workshop rooms, bedrooms, a lounge and its own banquet service under one roof, so a team can meet, eat and stay in the same place. The hotel stands at Burgwall 3 and has been in operation for more than 125 years.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents itself as a certified business hotel and was voted the most popular in its category of up to 150 rooms at the Certified Star Award in 2019. Meeting rooms are flexible and mostly air-conditioned. Standard equipment includes a projector, flipcharts and pin boards, with a moderator case and lectern as additions. Wi-Fi is free over a fiber connection.
Hybrid meetings are supported: the hotel has a video conferencing system for Teams, Zoom and similar tools, so remote colleagues can join. Break areas are the lobby and the Ruhrpott Lounge, a co-working space with laptop armchairs where small team sessions can also take place.
Three packages are offered, named Kumpel, Ruhrgebiet and Extra Schicht. They differ in the number of coffee breaks, lunch format and whether dinner is included. All three include unlimited water and apple spritzer, a projector, flipchart, pin board and parking subject to availability. The two larger packages add a welcome coffee, and the largest one adds a three-course dinner or menu. Prices are in the hotel's meeting folder.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel lists exclusive private parties and Christmas events in its menu. The website does not give capacities for celebrations, so ask for details before planning a wedding or a large reception.
Rooms and capacities
Kanarienvogel is the largest room, with 90 m² and space for 55 to 60 people, and it opens onto the inner courtyard. Frosch measures 68 m², seats 40 and also has courtyard access. Fundgrube and Bergamt are two rooms of 27 m² each for 16 people, and they can be combined into one room of 54 m² for 32. Kauenkorb is a 65 m² creative room for 12 people with a pillar, no daylight and no air conditioning. A floor plan is available as a PDF for each room, and 360-degree views exist for most.
Accommodation
Bedrooms range from classic singles of about 16 m² and cozy rooms to comfort rooms of 22 to 28 m², deluxe rooms, junior suites and a panorama suite. All rooms have air conditioning. Dogs are welcome. The hotel also lists apartments, a sauna and a fitness area.
Catering
The attentive in-house team provides the banquet service. Meeting packages include coffee, tea, snacks, a buffet or menu at midday and cake in the afternoon. A breakfast buffet is available. In the evening, the Esplanade Bar offers about 40 kinds of gin and stays open until 2 a.m., which is useful after a workshop day.
History and setting
The house has operated for more than 125 years and is run by the Kortmann family. Its tone is urban and tied to the Ruhr region, with design that avoids standard chain categories.
Getting there
The hotel sits in Dortmund's inner city, on Burgwall. It has its own parking spaces, subject to availability, and guests who arrive by train can reach the center on foot or by local transport. Exact distances to the station are not stated by the hotel.
