Joshua R.
Yelp
We stayed at the Waldhotel Stuttgart for two nights while visiting Stuttgart for the Cannstatter Volksfest. A smaller boutique hotel, Waldhotel is a short cab or train ride into the city center (€27-29 for cab). The train station is about a 7 minute walk from the hotel. We always seemed to be running late, so we always opted for the cab.
The rooms are very charming and we got a kick that the wallpaper looked to be inspired by a Victoria's Secret store (see photos). The amenities in the room were plenty with an abundance of free mini-bar items to include lots of water (needed after a long day/night at the Cannstatter).
The hotel staff are all very, very nice, service oriented, and everyone we ran into had enough command of the English language to be more than helpful. A particular memorable experience was when I went downstairs one morning too late for breakfast asking for coffee and water so I could work on my computer. The lady at the front desk went out of her way to have a restaurant server set up my very own coffee service in the lobby. How many hotels would have just coldly informed you that "breakfast is over?!" Not the Waldhotel.
The bar area is also very nice, with very reasonable prices. One evening I had a double Balvenie 16 year scotch, a generous pour of 20 year port, and ended with another double pour of Bowmore 18 year, all of which came out to around €50, which I considered very reasonable. Additionally, the bartenders kept feeding us free snacks the entire time (maybe they could tell the shape we were in)!
Unfortunately, we did not partake in any of the sauna/spa activities, but those seem to be a huge hit based on other reviews.
The Finch restaurant is located inside the Waldhotel and is where hotel breakfast is served, and they also boast a unique and impressive dinner menu. I will review the Finch separately, but the convenience of such a great onsite restaurant is another perk of the Waldhotel. We had two meals there.
Our entire two night stay which included the €50 bar tab, €48 for breakfast, my €6 lobby coffee service, came out to around €550 total, or around $602. It was probably one of the more expensive stays of anywhere during this romp around Europe, but definitely one of the more pampering and unique experiences we've had as well.