The B’mine Hotel at Frankfurt Airport is located in Gateway
Gardens which is a recently constructed district to the north of Terminal 2,
where there is a cluster of hotels and offices.
It is a mid-range, boutique style hotel with a few quirks,
including the car loft where you can take your car up in a lift and park it
right next to your room. More conventionally, however there are also “normal”
hotel rooms including mostly single rooms in a style akin to Citizen M.
I stayed over for one night on business in January 2026 and the
hotel was an easy 13 minute stroll from the front of Terminal 2. There is also
an S Bahn stop nearby (lines S8 and S9).
View from the room.
I was allocated room 719. The highest floor is floor 10.
East is to the top of the image, with the airport facing
views on the left. The four smart double rooms on each floor are at either end.
As I mentioned all the smart rooms face away from the
airport.
The room, above, with its bed by the window
Above is the view from 719 in the daylight. Arrivals to 25R
(new runway) would come from right to left here. I wouldn’t go for a lower
floor than this.
If, however aircraft are landing from the east (25’s) then
this room, although facing away from the airport would provide a view of aircraft
approaching the “new” runway.
There are however windows at both ends of the corridor
facing east or west. The east window by the main lift lobby gave me a view of
all inbounds to the 07’s and outbounds off 18 as they climbed above T2 at about
1500 feet.
Above is the lift lobby facing south.
Facing east from the 7th floor, lift lobby.
My visit was pretty much during the hours of darkness which
made things really difficult so this is very much a summer hotel.
My room on the 7th floor was as low as I think
you could go without other buildings getting in the way.
The Roof
bar and Restaurant
This is located on the 12th floor with an outside
terrace and panoramic views of the airfield.
I wandered up at 6pm hoping to secure a table by the window
for dinner, I couldn’t, the restaurant was fully booked all evening. I was also
told the outside terrace was closed. It wasn’t, it was fully open with people
wandering on there to smoke.
I was accommodated for dinner and had a very nice burger at
the bar, but there was no view and if you wanted to see something you’d have to
run to the terrace.
Overall
It’s a decent hotel with probably the best views of
Frankfurt Airport, it has a great view over T3, so when it opens later in 2026,
this will also be a big appeal for it.
It’s also easily walkable from T2.
Some views from the terrace are below
There are a few caveats which I’ll summarise below.
- This hotel would be much better in summer when
there’s daylight and you can see things more easily from the bar, restaurant
and actually eat outside on the terrace.
- There is a lack of twin rooms and singles facing
the airport, you will need a Smart Double “Planespotting” (or a Car Loft) if
you want to spot from the room.
- It is easy to spot from the lift lobby (daylight
helps).
- Go higher than the 7th floor for the
best view
- If you don’t want to eat in the restaurant,
there’s a coffee and sandwich place on the ground floor, there are also
restaurants and supermarkets nearby.
- You can eat in the restaurant for breakfast,
lunch or dinner as a non-resident, so if you want a few hours on the terrace,
this is an option.
An alternative report from June 2026.
We booked a plane spotting room for our 3 nights and were allocated 923. As alluded to the spotting rooms are the two end rooms either end of the corridor. The 9th floor windows open however there is another sheet of safety glass in front of the window. The room has good views of landing traffic on runways 25C/L, by going to the window at the end of the corridor (right outside the room) you can see 25R arrivals but will need FR24 etc, to know if something you need is imminent. By looking flat against the window (or by opening the window) and looking right you can see departures off 18 also you can see arrivals of 25R when they taxy out past the fuel tanks, but only briefly and cannot be read off. Departures off 25 C/L can be seen as they clear the terminal buildings.
The restaurant/bar/breakfast area is excellent as everything can be seen (unclear if they would let you sit in there all day).
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