Hotel Am Schloss - Schlossresidenz

Modern rooms with everything you need. I found the mattress too soft, but that's just my personal taste. I found it a bit odd that the room had a Nespresso machine and incompatible Dallmayr capsules next to it.

The location on the edge of the old town is ideal. The Residenz is often marketed as a separate hotel, but it's just the unmanned annex of the Hotel am Schloss opposite. That's okay, but you should be aware. The reception is across the street.

There aren't enough parking spaces for all hotel guests. If they're full, the only options are the paid parking zone or the hotel's own parking lot for €9.

The hotel's food was really bad. The bar didn't even have standard cocktails. Instead, they offered strange in-house concoctions. A classic daiquiri didn't work even on the second attempt. That's not four-star quality! A glance over the restaurant buffet as we walked revealed the worst sins of frozen food.

Breakfast was also a special experience. After a bus full of retirees had already departed and presumably had breakfast, we found the breakfast buffet comparatively straightforward. There was only one slice or piece of many things – if any – and refills weren't promptly or consistently available. The only beverages available were tea or filter coffee (from a moderately clean 1-liter thermos). Eggs are generally prepared upon request, but the person in charge would have to be present for that. Scrambled eggs were out.

In terms of atmosphere, the restaurant and breakfast area is unparalleled. It wasn't simply poorly decorated. Rather, it seemed as if someone had explicitly gone to great lengths to find every conceivable color or pattern that definitely didn't match the others. And I'm red-green colorblind, so I didn't notice some of the gaffes – like the green LED lighting on the ceiling – that intensely.