WAGNERS Hotel & Restaurant Greifen-Post

I have to review the hotel and restaurant together because that is how we booked. The hotel is probably worth four stars and the restaurant two stars. I have therefore given three stars overall. The hotel is full of charm and character. It is old but lovingly updated and maintained. The lift seems to be an issue, but we only used it a couple of times with no problems. Due to age everything squeaks, from the stairs to the beds. Whenever someone was on the landing outside the room, we could hear them, so we have to assume that they could also hear us. The sauna and pool are small but nice. I used them, but I'm not really interested, so I'm not going to go into detail. As long as you don't expect anything big, you won't be disappointed. The restaurant was the biggest disappointment. We booked two nights with a three course meal on the second night. Having seen the restaurant in Michelin Bib Gourmand we expected this to be the best food of our trip. It turns out that was at Gasthaus Kulmbacher Eck in Schnelldorf, where we popped in for a quick meal the previous evening. One has beautiful décor and the other amazing food. We started with Délice vom Matjes which confused us when we were presented with a strip of filo pastry with a red paste on top. We asked the waitress if we had the wrong starter, as the other option was Filoteig-Tartelette with beetroot. She very patronisingly explained to us that what we had was clearly correct and because it such a high class restaurant we shouldn't expect to recognise the dish from the description. When we ate the food there was a clear fishy taste, but what difference there was to the other starter we will never know. My Schäufele was very dry, as was my Sauerkraut. The sauce provided, was not port based, but was clearly the red pepper sauce that should have come with the Lammrucken. This did help against the dryness of the meat though. The Lammrucken either came without sauce, or we were supposed to share a tiny portion between us. The waitress clearly gave me the sauce with the Schäufele though. The desserts were poor, very poor. The granola with some fruit and yogurt would have been fine as a breakfast option, although I would have preferred fresh milk. As a dessert, it was a bit odd, and felt a bit lazy. My wife is a huge f an of desserts, and she didn't finish her Knödel. She will destroy even a halfway decent sweet, but she couldn't manage this. She didn't want my Müsli either. They used the same decorations with no taste on both main and sweet food. If we hadn't had high expectations based on what we had read, we wouldn't be so disappointed, but it felt like they had a high class chef quit, and hired someone else who is doing their best to make to food look like it used to.

We had a room on the 1st floor but had to access it via the lift to floor two and then stairs up and down to get to our floor in a connecting building. Normally this wouldn't bother us but this time our cases were quite heavy so it was an oddity to negotiate it all. Our room did have a romantic feel with a canopied bed and handsome decor, but all quite dark and the lighting was poor. The desk was an antique and my computer barely fit on it. The bathroom was excellent quality and we had a great deep shower stall and good linens. The pillows were huge and probably goose down so they didn't have much form. The evening staff didn't seem to be very comfortable with English and we felt like we were imposing when we tried to book a table for dinner and asked for more pillows. ||Dinner was delicious but the male server was standoff-ish (literally, he stay a pace or two away from our table as we ordered) and stoic as can be. The wine options were 2 - red or white and by the glass or small carafe. I didn't understand why they had no wine choices at this caliber of restaurant. But the food was really good so we just enjoyed it on a warm evening outdoors. We slept very well and the breakfast buffet was varied.

Very old and intriguing hotel full of charm and peculiarities throughout. Bit of a trek from reception to the room, up an elevator, up a stairs, then down a stairs, while snaking through old corridors. Room was comfortable and spotless although a bit small. Breakfast was lovely. The owners have two lovely big dogs at reception - they do smell a lot though which is slightly off putting for a hotel. Otherwise all great.

Omg- the restaurant food is the best!!!!! Come stay at the hotel just to eat at the restaurant! Update: under new ownership, the food isn’t the same. I applaud anyone who tries to run a business, but it’s not the same as before now. The food used to be “knock your socks off” amazing, now it’s just “edible”.

We stayed here just the one night but we wished it could have been more. A real old hotel with bags of atmosphere. Our room was furnished with delightful antique furniture and even had a beautiful escritoire. The room was clean and the facilities were good. The bed was comfortable. ||||We had dinner in the restaurant. There was an extensive menu and the food was delicious.||||The town is on the Romantische Strasse and this hotel lives up to that name! Superb.

Friendly staff, amazing dinner, and the touches of history in this building made it a very different experience for a business trip. I also had the roast duck for dinner which was delicious. The waiter recommended a lovely white wine to pair. The hotel is in a delightful little square with a couple cafes and ~14th century church. Very private and quiet room - 301 - is a inset twin bed. I'm 5' 10" and fit well, you might need to book a different room! And, there is a lift!!

Really good experience in this Hotel. The best was the self-made Roasted Duck in the restaurant. Wellness area was gorgeus. Winter indoor swimming pool, Sauna and Turkish Bad with Chill-Out music to relax. This is a Must-Do in this hotel! Everybody should spend there a couple of hours!||The Hotel is an old house with a lot of stairs, a little labyrinth. You can really loose yourself in the hotel corridors and multiple rooms and stairs. Well situated nearby the beautiful Rothenburg ob der Tauber or Dinkelsbühl.||The only negative points are: ||- The Reception-Desk service. The woman who is usually there is rude and a bit arrogant. But the rest of the service crew is really helpful and in a good mood.||- Make sure that you do not order food from outside. It is prohibited. You can only eat in your room food and beverages from the Hotel Restaurant.||- Smoking is strictly forbidden in the whole Hotel area (even in terraces and open-air spaces inside it).||||But in general:||Good Hotel, perfect for romantic couples to relax in a romantic environment. Good breakfast, and better restaurant. Enjoy!

We had a wonderful one night's stay in this hotel. I wish we had have stayed even longer. About the room: We chose to stay in the Renaissance style room complete with a beautiful four-poster bed. I loved this room and liked it much better than other four star hotel's I've stayed at due to the attention to details, the gorgeous decorations and the room's flair. Some people might find the room a little too dark, so if you like having a brighter space, you can reserve one of the other room styles: Romantic, Country house or petty bourgeoisie. About dinner: We recommend eating dinner at the restaurant. As part of their Easter deal, we had a well-chosen 4-course meal that included ingredients from local and organic farmers. The server was knowledgeable about the various herbs and ingredients used and he made sure to make our experience very enjoyable. About Breakfast: Breakfast was super delicious. Huge selection of fresh items, local items (3 types of local honey, 6 types of homemade jams, homemade pickles) and even some fun German specialties (Weisswurst and Pretzels). Ahh and tea drinkers, you'll love the selection of loose leaf teas at breakfast and the fact that the water is actually kept boiling. There were three different types of Darjeeling teas and they had plenty of timers to so you can make sure to get the very best pot of tea! About the sauna: We also recommend arriving early so you have enough time to enjoy the pool and sauna. After living in Europe for 7 years, I can honestly say this was one of the most relaxing and pristine small sauna areas that I have visited. The owners have taken care of all of the small details in order to make our stay wonderful.