Weinhotel St. Stephanus

I stayed at the Weinhotel St. Stephanus for two nights in October 2024 with my parents and three sisters. We had three double rooms in the main building or Herrenhaus (manor house) as they call it, two regular rooms and one deluxe room for our parents. The Herrenhaus is very stately and pretty, built in 1850, and so were the high-ceilinged rooms, which are decorated in style and equipped with a safe, SAT-TV, free Wi-Fi, and a hair-dryer. No coffee/tea station and A/C, though. Our parents’ room and the room one of my sisters and I shared had a very nice view of the river, whereas our other two sisters only had a side view, which didn’t reflect on the price of the room. We were greeted by the owner upon our arrival, who was friendly enough but lacking in professionalism, in my opinion. All six of us were supposed to have bathrobes in our rooms, but my sister and I didn’t. I went back to reception to get them, and the owner handed them to me with a smile but without an apology. Similarly, I had booked massages for us women beforehand. When I asked where the spa was located, the owner told me that the contract with the masseur had been cancelled the previous week, the spa was closed, a mobile masseur would knock on our door at the appointed time and the massage would take place in our room. This never happened. We waited for half an hour and then went to the pool and sauna area, telling the owner in passing that the masseur hadn’t shown up and needn’t bother now. Again, not a word of apology. He only said he’d phone the masseur and pass on the message. The door to the office behind the reception was constantly open and staff members could often be seen eating in there, which was slightly odd. Why not close the door? We were also told by the owner to wait at the door to the restaurant in the evening. Thus, we came to the door at our preset dinner time and waited there for several minutes, watched by the owner, who had a good view of us from reception. We weren’t the only ones, either, there was another couple waiting. We finally concluded that we couldn’t really be seen by the restaurant staff, as the door opened onto an unstaffed bar area that was separated from the rest of the restaurant by a wall, so we decided to walk in and find someone to show us to our table. They couldn’t see us, fair enough. However, they should have been expecting us, because as I said, one had to book dinner at a certain time. Moreover, the owner’s behaviour in this situation was odd, to say the least. Overall, I wasn’t too impressed with the staff, though housekeeping did a god job cleaning our rooms. We had booked half-board. The food was good, though choices at breakfast were somewhat limited. Dinner consisted of a three-course meal on the first evening with a meat, fish, and vegetarian main course to choose from, and a four-course meal on the second evening. The food was well-prepared and of good quality, though I wouldn’t call it outstanding. The restaurant has a very

Über das Hotel kann man nichts sagen, ausser dass der Lift bereits um 22 Uhr abgestellt wurde. Ohne uns darüber vorab zu informieren, wurde uns ein Zimmer im 4. Stockwerk zugeteilt und wir mussten mit unseren 80 Jahren nach 22 Uhr die Treppen beschwerlich hochgehen. Ein alternatives Zimmer wurde uns nicht angeboten.

Het ontbijtbuffet was een tegenvaller en is eerder een ontbijttafel met steeds dezelfde (weinige) producten. Beleg en kaas die op zijn, worden jammer genoeg niet meer aangevuld (zoals bv. de schuimwijn, de zalm en meerdere kaassoorten onder de stolp). Op=Op. Gebakken eieren liggen uit te drogen en worden niet terstond klaar gemaakt. De hoteleigenaar denkt dat iedereen Duits spreekt en heeft moeite met andere talen. De wifi-verbinding op de kamer viel tevens vaak uit. De kamers werden wel steeds proper onderhouden en 's morgens opnieuw opgesmukt. Het diner was steeds lekker en verzorgd. Het zwembad en saunacomplex was proper onderhouden en voldoende toegankelijk. Dit is geen 4-sterren waard, voor mij hoogstens een 3+.

Ein kleines Hotel mit allem was man braucht. Das Restaurant hat uns sehr gute Menüs serviert, dazu ausgezeichnete Weine. Die Bar ist auch recht gemütlich. Die Zimmer sind sauber und gut gepflegt. Das WLAN im gesamten Haus ist das beste das ich je in einem Hotel angetroffen habe.

We booked the suite and were really fond of the room; our daughter had her own bathroom and ours contained a walk-in shower and what looked like a fantastic bathtub (since it was 30 degrees outside we didn’ t use it). The separate living room was very neat, cosy and practical. The pool had exactly the right temperature and was quite large; sauna’s were very cozy and very clean. Breakfast was wonderful with great choice and dinner at Braukeller was ok. We asked for a table at the Saxler s restaurant the second evening and that was really a nice experience. Although a bit overpriced in comparison to our Belgium gastronomy (we ordered different dishes from the menu) it was one of the best meals we ever had in the Moselle region, all fresh and tasty dishes with the right seasoning and perfectly cooked. Our only suggestion would be some sort of fan or airco in the rooms but this is rather unusual in Moselle I think. To end my review: we will be booking this hotel again when we will visit the region as we really loved every aspect about it.

Der Besuch des Restaurants hat uns wieder ein Mal mehr als begeistert . Eine neue Karte und spannende Kombinationen haben uns sehr viel Freude bereitet . Die begleitende Weinreise, die wir flexibel zu den einzelnen Gängen dazu buchen konnten, war perfekt abgestimmt. Sehr aufmerksamer und freundlicher Service runden es ab ! Wir freuen uns auf den nächsten Besuch wenn wir dann draußen sitzen können !