Häcker's Grand Hotel Bad Ems

Pris og kvalitet hænger ikke helt sammen, næsten ingen gæster og to ud af 4 dage var baren lukket Dog super morgenmad

Beautiful hotel with great bath house

Von außen traumhaft, innen veraltet, Personal aber unglaublich bemüht. Ein gutes Beispiel, wie man mit motiviertem Personal ausstattungsmässige Defitizite ausgleichen kann

We spent five nights in this unique hotel with a fascinating history. It is set by the River Lahn in the beautiful spa town of Bad Ems. The facilities such as the thermal pool were superb and we made full use of them. The staff could not have been more helpful, the room was really clean and comfortable and the food excellent. It is unashamedly old-fashioned but is full of character and we had a superb holiday there. Highly recommended!

Wer einmal in die große Zeit der Bäderkultur abtauchen möchte, sollte in dieses Hotel in Bad Ems fahren. Sehr entspannend.

Ein schönes Traditionshaus!

Beautiful reminder of grand spa style with wonderful thermal springs pool.

Great property with nice, tastefully detailed interior. Some rooms can be on the small side but are sufficient. Everything is nicely detailed. The sauna spa is good and you have choices. Not every choice was up to my preference but overall it was very good. The saunas are beautifully detailed and that adds to a special experience. The breakfast is very good with great panoramic seating. The coffee stood out as very drinkable. One thing I noticed, and it may just be that morning, there was a lingering cigarette smell in the breakfast area. As if smoking was allowed in a nearby room. The lobby had also an intense smell of some sort of incense which reminded me of these supermarket plug-ins. If you work there every day you will suppress the smell / intensity but as a guest it was a bit overpowering. The balconies on the Lahn side have an enjoyable view

To start with the positives: the best thing was the breakfast buffet, good quality, many different items in a nice restaurant with old-time grandeur. Also, the mattress was good (not too soft), quiet sleep was possible thanks to the curtains blocking any light, and the windows any noise. Marble wall in bathroom seemed to be no fake. My room (401) had a view on the Lahn river valley. Location is great: just a few minutes walk from the railway station, bus stop very close (but few buses running). There is an original, semi-nostalgic hotel bar (but closed on some evenings), and, in the same building, Bad Ems' most agreeable cafe/bar "Rita's Arkade" (but closing early, and sometimes with slow service). On with the negatives: Musty, humid smell in the shower room. Maybe more thorough cleaning and CONTINUOUS venting would help. Half of the openings of the shower head were clogged, so showering was not very efficient. Since the shower area was half open, water easily gets outside this area. Moreover, there is a door stopper in the floor of the wardrobe, and you easily bang your toes against the door stopper when approaching the hooks with your coat. Ouch! My room had pretty small windows, so it was relatively dark inside even in daytime (without electrical light). Furniture in the room: the first thing you realize is that all that “natural wood” is fake. If the “wood”-like surface patterns on two cupboard doors look exactly the same (within submillimeter precision), then you know this is not natural wood, but plastic fake. The rule seems to be: make it look classy and luxurious without spending the money needed for real wood. So the overall effect is “new kitsch trying hard to look like serious old-time luxury”, but not succeeding. It’s like some not-so-rich “nouveaux riches” people desperately pretending to be really rich. You would have to be half-blind, self-delusional or without any sense of style to not notice this trickery. Even in the breakfast room, there is some fake: although coffee sups and plates were made of porcelain, the white muesli bowls were plain plastic. Arrrgh! Room service was storming into the room an hour before check-out time, but when actually checking out, I had wait for quite some time before a clerk appeared at the front desk. All in all: for the money spent I really expected more. But I may come back some day for a breakfast-only stay in the restaurant!!

Was soll man sagen? Der Wellnessbereich ist wirklich aussergewöhnlich. Allerlei Spielgerät liegt im Schwimmbad herum und hinterläßt einen unaufgeräumten Eindruck. Im ersten Stock sind die Küchendünste dominierend. Im Foyer parken die Fahrräder. Das Personal ist freundlich und bemüht, aber das Hotel scheint etwas zu groß zu sein. Vielleicht ist es auch gar nicht (mehr) möglich, ein feudales Hotel in einem postdemokratischen Land bestimmungsgemäß zu führen