“The room was clean but be expected to be woken up early in the morning, way before check out time by a man telling you to get out and keeping opening the door w/o warning. Such an invasion of privacy.”
“Check-in was confusing and daunting. When I arrived in early evening, the front door was locked and the desk area was completely dark. Eventually, we went around back to look for humans, and some guests were playing ping pong and said the lady had been seen around earlier. The back door was open, though this added a flight of stairs to haul luggage up. Once inside, the dark desk had an un-labeled envelope on it and some signage in german indicating some numbers to call for help. One rang the……
“The hotel is perfectly functional, staff were helpful and the rooms were just fine. Having to walk through cigarette smoke from the staff smoking at the lobby entrance took the shine off things though. Idar-Oberstein itself is not what I expected. It's all a bit shabby, run-down and sad. In the centre we saw a lot of poverty, homelessness and on the street drinking which made it feel a little edgy and unsafe. The restaurants in the town centre are ok, but limited in number/choice. On reflection,……
“Excellent value for the price. Pleasantly surprised our suite had A/C. Very charming hotel with great courtyard for breakfast/dinner. Didn’t get to use sauna, but heard it’s great. Staff was super helpful with recommendations for wineries and hiking trails.”