Hotel Rössle

Our second time at Roessle. A very well run hotel that offers charm, style, quality, very good food for a very reasonable price. Hard to beat in terms of value. Michaela is a wonderful host and is almost always around. The vast majority of the staff is female in the hotel and that is somehow reflected in the way the hotel looks and feels. When we were there, there were quite a few families with smaller kids, but all in all a mix of different type of guests. Not a die hard ski hotel, many guests seem to hike or langlauf or just relax and read a book in the lobby. We regularly saw locals dropping by to have a coffee or a beer in the lobby that feels cosy, homely and inviting to read a book. The food is generally extremely good, especially the fish dishes where overall fantastic (which is not always a given in Austria). Portions in the hotel are small by Austrian standards (a plus for us), but there is a buffet salad, and if you would ask, you will surely get more. The winelist is ok, but it seems most guests stick to the housewine or beer (I would have liked to have seen a winelist focusing on female winemakers which would fit perfectly with the hotel style). Downsides of the hotel? Not on the slopes, but access to three ski areas (Warth-Schrocken, which gives you access to Lech/Weisse Ring), Damuls (view on Bodensee) and Diedamskopf (very near, good for a day or two). There is in the morning some noise from the deliveries at the hotel and the bus that passes by, at the back you have the river, but a busier road behind that. At night it is quiet though. There is no pool, but a great hot sauna outside and steambath, infra red and health sauna inside.