Hotel-Pension Berolina

This isn't an easy one to recommend, I liked it, but I wanted a quiet couple of days at the start of my trip, so I stayed in a single room. No idea what the dorms are like.
If you can put up with the local area and you don't want to be in the centre of the city, then Berolina could be the place for you.
Firstly the staff are great and the room and bathroom was clean and stayed clean, very close to (opposite) the local station and it was quiet but Charlottenburg has loads of great bars food stalls and restaurants. The local nightlife may put some people off, there are a number of strip clubs and bars with half naked women trying to get you inside. Despite this I didn't feel threatened at any point, even wandering back to the hostel at around 2 am after a meal and a few drinks...
During the day Charlottenburg is full of shops (all the main names) and the bars food stalls and restaurants are still there. Compared to a couple of areas of Berlin I ended up in Charlottenburg very ncie.