Hotel berhampiran THE.RIVERWAVE, Ebensee

Nur durch absoluten Zufall und last last minute hier gelandet. Aber was für eine Überraschung! Spektakulär die Lage, freier Blick von knapp 1000m auf den Hallstätter See. Ringsum Natur und Ruhe. Da steht ein Haus wie aus dem Ei gepellt, beim Nähern verfällt man beinahe ins flüstern. Und drinnen? Glaubt man sich in einer Bibliothek wiederzufinden. Gemütliche Tische und Sitzecken laden zum verweilen, ein Kamin trägt im Winter bestimmt zur tollen Atmosphäre bei, an der Wand und auf den Tischen und eigentlich überall im Hotel: Bücher, Bücher, Bücher.. Bücher die durchgeblättert, entdeckt, an- durch- und fertiggelesen werden möchten. 12 Tausend, so sagt die Chefin sind es im Moment und dank der Kooperation mit vielen Verlagen, werden es regelmäßig mehr. Schuhe werden beim Eingang ausgezogen, das stellt gleich mal das gewohnte Hotel Erlebnis auf den Kopf. Dadurch schleicht man allerdings auch angenehm leise durch die äußerst hübsch gestalteten Räume. Eine gemütliche self-service Bar mit ausgesuchten Weinen, lokalen Soft drinks bis hin zu französischen Champagner lässt keine Wünsche offen. Dazu modernste Technik - eine app öffnet die Türen, das gemütliche Bett, liest einem auf Wunsch sogar vor! Frühstück gibt es hier den ganzen Tag (!) und abends verhungert man auch nicht, man wird entweder im Hotel oder in einem nahen Gasthof fündig. Das ist ein so ein spezieller und entspannter Platz, man möchte einfach gar nicht mehr weg. Und ja, das Lesehotel hat auch einen Fernseher am Zimmer :)

Me and my brother stayed at the end of June for 2 nights half board. The hotel itself smelt really clean and very fresh. The rooms were clean but much smaller than expected. We asked for two single beds but we received a double room. The food was pretty tasteless and not a very big variety. I did end up going hungry. There is a nice pathway from the garden into Bad Aussee. It is a very steep climb back up though. Our first night staying here at Midnight a coach load of kids turned up having a party in the car park. They were not staying at the hotel but kept us up till 2am. This was a very disturbed night. The staff were not very friendly. It did seem to be an inconvenience to be working for them. The sauna we didn’t bother using as you would have to wait 30 minutes for it to warm up. You still have to pay in your total which was not aware to us until paying in person even if you don’t wish to use it. If you are staying on one of the top floors it can be very difficult taking all your luggage upstairs as there is no lift. The toilets in our bedrooms didn’t flush properly and there was constant trickling sound of water all night. If you would like to play table pool it is 2 Euros a game. There are 2 rooms to eat Breakfast/Dinner. All the guests were shut out of the 2nd room with the big windows with the nice views. We weren’t sure why. Minimal parking as they like to leave the car park for the coaches who come in and out. We probably wouldn’t choose this hotel if we were staying in the area again. Please don’t compare this review to JUFA hotel Grundlsee. I would travel 5 miles just to stay in the hotel if visiting Bad Aussee.

Very good service. The staff was super patient and helpful to recommend us for our tour planning. We had to walk 2mins from the reception to the other building, but our luggage was carried by their staff so nothing to be worried. The hotel room was nice and clean and with a stunning lake view balcony. The breakfast was also good with a lot of food choices. Will definitely recommend to my friends

Very nice resort with spacious compound, and very convenient. We took a boat from the resort to Hallstatt, 10 euro per person. From Hallstatt, there is a public bus taking us right to the bus stop in front of the resort. However, I was quite disappointed with the wrong information in trip.com regarding the rooms. Intially I wanted to book a chalet with 2 rooms as we are a group of 2 couples. When i made the booking, trip.com website stated that 1 room can fit in max 2 persons. So naturally i had to book 2 rooms. When i arrived that the resort i was shocked to find out that I was misled to pay for 2 chalets with 4 rooms! We didn't use the other chalet of course. It was totally unfair that because of the wrong information in trip.com, we have to pay for 2 other rooms that we didn't need at all. I am asking for compensation from trip.com regarding my loss and it's been 4 days and i am still waiting to hear from them for a solution.