My wife and i stayed at this hotel for a long weekend for her birthday. When we arrived we were quite supprised by the lobby of the hotel, it is modern and not quite what we were expecting (should have read some of the tripadvisor reviews first). They have valet parking, which mean the doorman drives your car round the corner to the public car park.
The lifts are quite interesting, the lights change colour on every floor. And they always seem to be with you very quickly, i guess because the hotel was not that busy when we stayed.
We had an upgraded room so we had a lovely view over the valleys. Yes the rooms are modern, but they are very well appointed and the bed was incredibly comfortable. The free mini bar (soft drinks) was a great touch.
The glass shower in the room, was interesting, be wary if you are shy with the person you are travelling with, althought the shower its self was tremendous, could have spent allday in there.
The bar is quite expensive, we paid €50 for 4 drinks (GnT / VnT) before we read the menu. The local 'champagne' was great for €30 per bottle rather than €35 per glass for Moet & Chandon !
Coming from the UK you forget about places that still allow you to smoke in bars, we did find the bar very smokey after coming in for an apres dinner drink, better ventialation would have been better. The bar is great, comfy chairs, very friendly bar staff, good nibbles and also a resident DJ if you are in that place on a Friday and Saturday night.
Breakfast was the only disapointing experiance within the whole hotel. The selection was quite poor and there was no hot food offered. Made even worse by thinking i booked a room rate with Breakfast when in fact i hadnt. They charged €30 per person for 2 croissant and a slice of ham and cheese - Riddiculous ! However i do accept it was my fault i should have checked the rate, but the prices are crazy for what you get.
Location is great, some building working going on next door but you dont notice it. 10 minutes from the old town, across the bridge or 10 minutes from the Grund (Bottom of the valley, nice out doors bars for a drink by the river)
Overall this was one of the nicest hotels i have stayed in for a long time, good friendly staff, good location. Shame about the bar & breakfast prices.
I will definetely stay here again, hope it stays this nice.
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Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, tourists
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