josh k.
Yelp
We came to this hotel from Saltzburg. Our original plan was for our daughter to have a few spa treatments and then to have lunch before driving to one of the better known Austrian or Swiss mountain towns. We were so amazed by the staff, restaurant, and the hotel itself that we decided to stay.
The hotel is small but you would never know by the walking into the lobby. Every detail of the hotel itself is impeccable. It is very modern without feeling cold. It is also highly functional--unlike many Europen hotels, our room has space for a family of four Americans and all of our stuff. We have a large bathroom with a tub, decorative treatments including lighting and art work, a large flatscreen tv, in room wifi (included) and more.
Our lunch amazed us all. My daughter and I each had fish (char and trout) from Moon Lake which is only a few hundred yards away. The fish tasted like fresh caught lake fish should. It was perfectly prepared with a tasty crust. The sides (spinach and rice for me, potatoes for her) were so flavorful. The special chicken over linguine was similarly perfect. My wife's gnocchi was flavorfull but not so rich that it could not be finished. The prices ranged from inexpensive for the gnocchi to very reasonable (17 euro?) for the three course chicken meal. Service was super attentive.
The hotel is set in the center of a small town. It is surrounded on all sides by mountains and tall hills. The lake is large--it took us about 40 minutes to drive around it. There are boats if sailing or water skiing are your thing (or I think that's what a brochure or sign said.)The village is clean and picturesque. Churches, shops, cafes, bars and ice cream shops surround the hotel and seemed busy.
I'd like to come back here someday. It will be on my list ahead of Saltzburg. And the hotel now ranks among my family's favorite, which is a compliment considering my wife works for a fantastic hotel chain and gets to stay for free at their high end properties across the U.S. And Europe. We had to pay for this hotel, but it is totally worth it.