The City Residence is a modern high rise apartment block situated in the Charlottenburg district of west Berlin, two kilometres from the zoo. The residence has 45 apartments, decorated in yellows, greens and oranges with wood flooring; all have kitchenettes with cookware, coffee/tea makers and refrigerators. Other amenities include CD players, cable television, direct dial phones, and work desks with Internet connections.

Guests will find a shop onsite or may choose to visit the shops and restaurants on the Kurfurstendamm 800 metres away.

There is a parking garage nearby (surcharge) for guests with their own vehicles and the airport shuttle stop is opposite the hotel.

Sightseers will find a number of attractions nearby, with the Museum of Photography, the Egyptian Museum, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and the Deutsche Opera, all within two kilometres of the residence. For a family day out the Berlin Zoo is also two kilometres away, while the green expanse of the Tiergarten is three kilometres from the hotel.

Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is five kilometres from the hotel.